PART V N.I. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

Repeal of the Colonial Solicitors Act 1900 N.I.

19.—(1) The Colonial Solicitors Act 1900 (c. 14) shall cease to have effect.

(2) Any admission or thing done under or for the purposes of the Colonial Solicitors Act 1900 shall be treated as an admission or thing done under or for the purposes of Article 5 of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (NI 12).

(3) In Article 5 of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, paragraph (5) shall cease to have effect.

Repeal of the Trading Stamps Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 N.I.

20.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Trading Stamps Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 (c. 6) shall cease to have effect.

(2) Section 9 of that Act continues to have effect for the purposes of the Consumer Transactions (Restrictions on Statements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1813).

Amendment of legislation to make provision for trading stamps N.I.

21.—(1) In the Consumer Transactions (Restrictions on Statements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1813)—

(a) in Article 2(1), in the definition of “statutory rights”, for the words from “section 4(1)(c) of the Trading Stamps Act 1964” to the end of that definition, there shall be substituted “ sections 4, 9, 11D, or 11J of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982. ”;

(b) in Article 3(a)(ii), for the words from “a warranty” to “1973” there shall be substituted “ a term implied by sections 4, 9, 11D, or 11J of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 ”.

(2) In the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (c. 29)—

(a) section 1(2)(c) shall cease to have effect;

(b) in section 6—

(i) in subsection (1), for the words “an excepted contract” there shall be substituted “ a hire-purchase agreement ”;

(ii) subsection (2) shall cease to have effect; and

(iii) in subsection (3), the words “(subject to subsection (2) above)” shall cease to have effect; and

(c) in section 18(1), the definitions of “redemption” and “trading stamps” shall cease to have effect.

Amendment of the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 N.I.

22.  For section 5 of the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 8) (statistics between one census and another) there shall be substituted—

• “5. The Registrar General shall—

  (a)

  collect and publish from time to time any available statistical information concerning the population of Northern Ireland in the interval between one census and another, and otherwise further the supply of, and provide for the better co-ordination of, such information; and

  (b)

  make arrangements with public authorities (within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998) for the purpose of acquiring any materials or information for the purposes of paragraph (a).” .

Amendment of the Damages Act 1996 N.I.

23.  In section 2A of the Damages Act 1996 (c. 48), in subsection (6), after “section” there shall be inserted “ and section 2 ”.

Article 24— Repeals