Any expenses of the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food incurred in consequence of the provisions of this Act, including any increase attributable to those provisions in sums payable under any other Act, shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.
(1)Any notice or other document required or authorised by or by virtue of this Act to be served on any person may be served on him either by delivering it to him or by leaving it at his proper address or by sending it by post.
(2)Any notice or other document so required or authorised to be served on a body corporate or a firm shall be duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body or a partner of that firm.
(3)For the purposes of this section, and of [F1section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978] in its application to this section, the proper address of a person, in the case of a secretary or clerk of a body corporate, shall be that of the registered or principal office of that body, in the case of a partner of a firm shall be that of the principal office of the firm, and in any other case shall be the last known address of the person to be served.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), s. 25(2)
(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
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“enactment” includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or the Northern Ireland Assembly;
“holding company” means a holding company as defined by [F3section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006];
“industry” includes any description of commercial activity, and any section of an industry, and “industrial” has a corresponding meaning;
“manufacturing industry” means, subject to subsection (3) below, activities which are described in any of the minimum list headings in Orders III to XIX (inclusive) of the Standard Industrial Classification;
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[F5 “ Standard Industrial Classification ” means the revised edition published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in 1968 of the publication of that name prepared by the Central Statistical Office [F6 of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ] ; ]
“subsidiary” means a subsidiary as defined by [F3section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006];
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F7(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In determining the extent to which an undertaking is engaged in manufacturing industry, the following activities shall be treated as manufacturing industry so far as they relate to products manufactured or to be manufactured by the undertaking—
research,
transport,
distribution,
repair and maintenance of machinery.
sales and marketing,
storage,
mining and quarrying,
production and distribution of energy and heating,
administration,
training of staff,
packaging.
F8(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, applied or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
Textual Amendments
F2Definitions of "accounting year" and "wholly owned subsidiary" repealed (6.1.1992) by British Technology Group Act 1991 (c. 66, SIF 64), s. 17(2), Sch. 2, Pt.I; S.I. 1991/2721, art. 2.
F3Words in s. 37(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 33 (with art. 10)
F4Definitions repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), Sch. 2
F5Definition substituted (E.W.)(S.) by Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c. 57), SIF 64), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 1
F6Words inserted by S.I. 1989/992, art. 6(4), Sch. 2 para. 2
F7S. 37(2) repealed (6.1.1992) by British Technology Group Act 1991 (c. 66, SIF 64), s. 17(2), Sch. 2, Pt. I; S.I. 1991/2721, art. 2.
F8S. 37(4) repealed (6.1.1992) by British Technology Group Act 1991 (c. 66, SIF 64), s. 17(2), Sch. 2, Pt. I; S.I. 1991/2721, art.2.
(1)Any power to make an order conferred by this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2)Any power to make an order conferred by any provision of this Act shall include power to make an order varying or revoking any order previously made under that provision.
(3)It is hereby declared that any power of giving directions or making determinations conferred on the Secretary of State by any provision of this Act includes power to vary or revoke directions or determinations given or made under that provision.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Industry Act 1975.
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(3)The enactments specified in Schedule 8 to this Act are repealed to the extent mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule.
(4)It is hereby declared that this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(5)Notwithstanding the provisions—
(a)of section 12(3) of the M1Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945, . . . F10
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
the former Act shall apply to any compensation order which extends to Northern Ireland, . . . F12
(6)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
(7)An order under subsection (6) above may appoint different days for different provisions and for different purposes.
Textual Amendments
F10Word repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), Sch. 2
F11S. 39(5)(b) repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), Sch. 2
F12Words repealed by Industry Act 1980 (c. 33, SIF 64), Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss. 23–26, 39(3), Sch. 1 para. 11, Sch. 3 paras. 9, 10 and Schedule 8 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 may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
C2Power of appointment conferred by s. 39(6) fully exercised: S.I. 1975/1881
Marginal Citations