Industrial Development Act 1966

PART IV Miscellaneous and Supplementary

28 Grants for fishing vessels and equipment.

(1) In section 3 of the [1962 c. 31.] Sea Fish Industry Act 1962 (which relates to grants in pursuance of schemes made under section 1 or 6 of the [1953 c. 17.] White Fish and Herring Industries Act 1953 towards expenditure on fishing vessels and engines and other equipment for such vessels)—

(a) subsection (5) (which precludes the approval of applications for such grants after 31st December 1972), and

(b) subsection (7) (which provides that the aggregate amount of such grants shall not exceed £17 million or such greater sum as may from time to time be prescribed),

shall cease to have effect; and subsection (8) (which limits the amount of such a grant to three-tenths of the expenditure where the vessel in question is less than eighty feet in length, and to one quarter of the expenditure in any other case) shall have effect, in relation to any such grants as are mentioned in subsection (2) of this section, with the substitution for the words " three-tenths " of the words " two-fifths " and for the words " one quarter " of the words " seven-twentieths ".

(2) The grants referred to in the foregoing subsection are grants in respect of expenditure consisting of payments made on or after 17th January 1966, being grants under a scheme made (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) under section 1 or 6 of the said Act of 1953 ; and any such scheme made before the commencement of this Act may be varied accordingly and, in particular, so as to provide for making up the amount of a grant already paid under the scheme to the amount permitted by this section.

29 Exemption from building control in development areas.

For section 4 of the [1966 c. 27.] Building Control Act 1966 (exemption for development districts) there shall be substituted the section set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act (which provides for the exemption to have effect in relation to development areas constituted under this Act).

30 Financial provisions.

(1) Any expenses incurred by any government department under or by virtue of this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament, and any receipts of any government department under or by virtue of this Act shall be paid into the Exchequer.

(2) In this section " government department " does not include the Postmaster General.

31 Short title, citation, amendments and repeals, interpretation, commencement and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Industrial Development Act 1966.

(2) Part II of this Act shall be construed as one with Part I of the [1960 c. 18.] Local Employment Act 1960, and may be cited together with that Act and the [1963 c. 19.] Local Employment Act 1963 as the Local Employment Acts 1960 to 1966.

(3) Part III of this Act may be cited together with the Town and Country Planning Acts 1962 to 1965 as the Town and Country Planning Acts 1962 to 1966 and together with the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Acts 1947 to 1965 as the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Acts 1947 to 1966.

(4) The enactments mentioned in Parts II and III of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on Parts II and III of this Act; and the enactments mentioned in Part IV of that Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Part.

(5) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference thereto as extended or applied, by any other enactment including an enactment contained in this Act.

(6) This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of seven days beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(7) The following provisions, that is to say—

(a) section 14 and the other provisions of Part I so far as they relate to grants made by virtue of any order making such provision as is mentioned in section 7(2); and

(b) section 21(6) and so much of subsection (4) of this section and Schedule 3 as amends the [1957 c. 20.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957,

shall extend to Northern Ireland but, save as aforesaid, this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.