Section 1.
1U.K.The M1Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 shall not apply to any law made on or after the appointed day by the legislature of Mauritius.
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2U.K.No law and no provision of any law made on or after the appointed day by that legislature shall be void or inoperative on the ground that it is repugnant to the law of England, or to the provisions of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, including this Act, or to any order, rule or regulation made under any such Act, and accordingly the powers of that legislature shall include the power to repeal or amend any such Act, order, rule or regulation in so far as it is part of the law of Mauritius.
3U.K.The legislature of Mauritius shall have full power to make laws having extra-territorial operation.
4Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this Schedule—
(a)sections 735 and 736 of the M2Merchant Shipping Act 1894 shall be construed as if references therein to the legislature of a British possession did not include references to the legislature of Mauritius; and
(b)section 4 of the M3Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 (which requires certain laws to be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure or to contain a suspending clause) and so much of section 7 of that Act as requires the approval of Her Majesty in Council to any rules of court for regulating the practice and procedure of a Colonial Court of Admiralty shall cease to have effect in Mauritius.
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F1Sch. 2 para. 1 repealed by Finance Act 1969 (c. 32), Sch. 21 Pt. IX
2 U.K.In section 1(6) of the M4Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act 1952, before the word “and” in the last place where it occurs there shall be inserted the word “Mauritius”.
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C1The text of Sch. 2 paras. 2, 4, 7, 8, 12, is in the form in which was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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4U.K.In section 2(4) of the M5Import Duties Act 1958, before the words “together with” there shall be inserted the word “Mauritius”.
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C2The text of Sch. 2 paras. 2, 4, 7, 8, 12, is in the form in which was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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5U.K.In the M6Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933, section 4 (attachment and mutual powers of command) shall apply in relation to forces raised in Mauritius as it applies to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the M7Statute of Westminster 1931.
6U.K.In the M8Visiting Forces Act 1952—
(a)in paragraph (a) of section 1(1) (countries to which that Act applies) at the end there shall be added the words “ Mauritius or”;
(b)in section 10(1)(a), the expression “colony” shall not include Mauritius;
and, until express provision with respect to Mauritius is made by an Order in Council under section 8 of that Act (application to visiting forces of law relating to home forces), any such Order for the time being in force shall be deemed to apply to visiting forces of Mauritius.
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C3The text of Para. 6(a) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which have been made prior to 1.2.1991
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7In section 427(2) of the M9Merchant Shipping Act 1894, as set out in section 2 of the M10Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949, before the words “or in any” there shall be inserted the words “or Mauritius”.
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C4The text of Sch. 2 paras. 2, 4, 7, 8, 12, is in the form in which was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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8In section 6(2) of the M11Merchant Shipping Act 1948, at the end of the proviso there shall be added the words “or Mauritius”.
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C5The text of Sch. 2 paras. 2, 4, 7, 8, 12, is in the form in which was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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10U.K.In the M12Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934, the expression “British ship to which this Act applies” shall not include a British ship registered in Mauritius.
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F4Sch. 2 para. 11 repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1971 (c. 75), Sch. 11
12In section 8(2) of the M13Imperial Institute Act 1925, as amended by the M14Commonwealth Institute Act 1958 (power to vary the provisions of the said Act of 1925 if an agreement for the purpose is made with the governments of certain territories which for the time being are contributing towards the expenses of the Commonwealth Institute) at the end there shall be added the words “and Mauritius”.
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C6The text of Sch. 2 paras. 2, 4, 7, 8, 12, is in the form in which was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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