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SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1S Provisions as to the Crofters Commission

Constitution of the CommissionS

1SThe Commission shall be a body corporate and shall have a common seal.

2SEvery member of the Commission shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of the instrument under which he is appointed; but notwithstanding anything in such an instrument any member of the Commission may resign his office by a notice given under his hand to the Secretary of State, and a member of the Commission who ceases to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment to the Commission.

3SThe Secretary of State shall pay to the members of the Commission such remuneration and such allowances as he may F1. . . determine.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 omitted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2, Pt. 1 para. 111, Pt. 5

4SThe Secretary of State shall, in the case of any member of the Commission to whom he may with the approval of the Treasury determine that this paragraph applies, pay such pension, allowance or gratuity to or in respect of the member on his retirement or death, or make such payments towards the provision of such a pension, allowance or gratuity, as he may, with the like approval, determine.

5SIf a person ceases to be a member of the Commission and it appears to the Secretary of State that there are special circumstances which make it right that that person should receive compensation he may, with the approval of the Treasury, pay to that person a sum of such amount as he may, with the like approval, determine.

Meetings and Proceedings of the CommissionS

6SThe quorum of the Commission shall be three or such larger number as the Commission may from time to time determine.

7SThe proceedings of the Commission shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in the membership of the Commission or by any defect in the appointment of any member thereof.

8SIf at any meeting of the Commission the votes are equally divided on any question, the person [F2chairing] the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

9SThe Commission shall refer to one or more of their number for report and recommendation such matters as may be determined by the Commission and shall delegate to one or more of their number such of the functions conferred on the Commission by this Act, to such extent and subject to such conditions or restrictions, as may with the approval of the Secretary of State be so determined.

10SIn any application or other proceeding coming before them the Commission may order that the evidence shall be taken on oath.

11SSubject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, the Commission shall have power to regulate their own procedure.

Office, Officers and ServantsS

12SThe Commission shall have an office in the crofting counties at which communications and notices will at all times be received.

13SThe Secretary of State may provide the services of such officers and servants as the Commission may require.

Instruments executed or issued by the CommissionS

F314S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 1 para. 14 repealed (1.8.1995) by 1995 c. 7, ss. 14(2), 15(2), Sch. 5 (with ss. 9(3)(5)(7), 13, 14(3)).

F415S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 1 para. 15 repealed (1.8.1995) by 1995 c. 7, ss. 14(2), 15(2), Sch. 5 (with ss. 9(3)(5)(7), 13, 14(3)).

[F5Appeals to the Land Court etcS

14SThe Commission may do anything which appears to them to be necessary or expedient for the preparation of a stated case in an appeal to the Land Court under this Act; and without prejudice to that generality may make rules prescribing procedures to be complied with, and by whom, in such preparation.

15SThe Commission may be a party to any such appeal or in any proceedings on a question coming before that Court on an application under section 53(1) of this Act.]

Section 5.

SCHEDULE 2S The statutory conditions

1SThe crofter shall pay his rent at the terms at which it is due and payable.

2SThe crofter shall not, except in accordance with the provisions of this Act, execute any deed purporting to assign his tenancy.

3SThe crofter shall, by himself or his family, with or without hired labour, [F6either or both—

(a)cultivate his croft;

(b)put it to some other use, being a purposeful use,

so that every part of the croft either is cultivated or is put to such use. ]

Textual Amendments

[F73ASThe croft shall be kept in a fit state for cultivation except in so far as a use to which it is put by virtue of paragraph 3(b) above is incompatible with its being so kept.

Textual Amendments

F7Sch. 2 paras. 3A, 3B inserted (28.1.2008) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 7(2)(b), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/568, art. 2

3BSWithout prejudice to the generality of paragraph 3A above, in determining whether that paragraph is complied with regard shall be had to whether appropriate measures (which may include the provision of drainage) are routinely undertaken, where requisite and practicable, to control or eradicate vermin, bracken, whins, broom, rushes, iris and harmful weeds.]

Textual Amendments

F7Sch. 2 paras. 3A, 3B inserted (28.1.2008) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 7(2)(b), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/568, art. 2

4SThe crofter shall provide such fixed equipment on his croft as may be necessary to enable him to cultivate the croft.

5SThe crofter shall not, to the prejudice of the interest of the landlord, [F8injure the croft—

(a)by allowing the dilapidation of buildings;

(b)where the croft is cultivated, by allowing, after relevant notice, the deterioration of the soil; or

(c)where the croft is put to some other purposeful use, by actings prejudicial to that use being actings carried out after relevant notice.]

Textual Amendments

F8Words in Sch. 2 para. 5 substituted (28.1.2008) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 7(2)(c), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/568, art. 2

[F95ASIn sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 5 above, “relevant notice” means notice given by the landlord to the crofter not to do, or not to allow, a particular thing or not to engage in a particular course of conduct (being a thing or course of conduct specified in the notice and relevant to the deterioration or prejudice in question).]

Textual Amendments

F9Sch. 2 para. 5A inserted (28.1.2008) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 7(2)(d), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/568, art. 2

6SThe crofter shall not sublet his croft or any part thereof otherwise than with the consent in writing of the Commission and in accordance with such conditions (which shall not include conditions relating to rent) as the Commission in giving their consent may impose:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as debarring a crofter from subletting any dwelling-house or other building forming part of his croft to holiday visitors.

[F106ASThe crofter shall be responsible for ensuring, where the croft is sublet, that the subtenant adheres to the statutory conditions.]

Textual Amendments

7SThe crofter shall not, except in accordance with the provisions of this Act, [F11divide] his croft.

Textual Amendments

F11Word in Sch. 2 para. 7 substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 7(2)(f), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.

8SThe crofter shall not, without the consent in writing of the landlord, erect or suffer to be erected on the croft any dwelling-house otherwise than in substitution for a dwelling-house which at the commencement of this Act was already on the croft:

Provided that, if at the commencement of this Act there was no dwelling-house on the croft, the crofter may erect one dwelling-house thereon.

9SThe crofter shall not F12... violate any written condition signed by him for the protection of the interest of the landlord or of neighbouring crofters which is legally applicable to the croft and which the Land Court shall find to be reasonable.

Textual Amendments

F12Word in Sch. 2 para. 9 repealed (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 7(2)(g), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.

10SThe crofter shall not do any act whereby he becomes apparently insolvent within the meaning of the M1Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985.

Marginal Citations

11SThe crofter shall permit the landlord or any person authorised by the landlord in that behalf to enter upon the croft for the purpose of exercising (subject always to the payment of such compensation as in case of dispute the Land Court may find to be reasonable in respect of any damage done or occasioned thereby) any of the following rights, and shall not obstruct the landlord or any person authorised as aforesaid in the exercise of any of such rights, that is to say—

(a)mining or taking minerals, or digging or searching for minerals;

(b)quarrying or taking stone, marble, gravel, sand, clay, slate or other workable mineral;

(c)using for any estate purpose any springs of water rising on the croft and not required for the use thereof;

(d)cutting or taking timber or peats, excepting timber and other trees planted by the crofter or any of his predecessors in the tenancy, or which may be necessary for ornament or shelter, and excepting also such peats as may be required for the use of the croft;

(e)opening or making roads, fences, drains and water courses;

(f)passing and re-passing to and from the shore of the sea or any loch with or without vehicles for the purpose of exercising any right of property or other right belonging to the landlord;

(g)viewing or examining at reasonable times the state of the croft and all buildings or improvements thereon;

(h)hunting, shooting, fishing or taking game or fish, wild birds or vermin;

but nothing in this paragraph shall be held to preclude the crofter from recovering any compensation for damage by game which is recoverable under section 52 of the M2Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 [F13, or by virtue of section 53(3) of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11)] , by a tenantF14....

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

[F1511ASNothing in paragraph 11 above shall be held to allow, or require the crofter to allow, the landlord, or any person authorised by the landlord, to exercise unreasonably a right enjoyed by virtue of that paragraph.]

Textual Amendments

12SThe crofter shall not on his croft, without the consent in writing of the landlord, open any house for the sale of intoxicating liquors.

13SIn this Schedule—

  • cultivate” includes the use of a croft for horticulture or for any purpose of husbandry, including the keeping or breeding of livestock, poultry or bees, the growing of fruit, vegetables and the like and the planting of trees and use of the land as woodlands;

  • game” means deer, hares, rabbits, pheasants, partridges, grouse, blackgame, capercailzie, ptarmigan, woodcock, snipe, wild duck, widgeon and teal.

  • [F16 purposeful use ” is any planned and managed use, being a use which subject to the exception in paragraph 3A above, does not adversely affect the croft, the public interest, the interests of the landlord or the use of adjacent land.]

Section 30(7).

SCHEDULE 3S Permanent improvements

1SDwelling-house.

2SImprovement works carried out in compliance with a notice of a final resolution served under Part IV of the M3Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

Marginal Citations

3SFarm offices.

4SSubsoil and other drains.

5SWalls and fences.

6SDeep trenching.

7SClearing the ground.

8SPlanting trees, other than under section 48(4) of this Act.

9SMaking piers or landing stages.

10SRoads practicable for vehicles from the croft to the public road or the sea shore.

11SAll other improvements which, in the judgment of the Land Court, will add to the value of the croft as an agricultural subject.

12SBuildings or other structures erected under section 5 of the M4Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961 or section 31 of this Act, being buildings or structures which are fixtures on the land, or works executed under the said section 5 or 31.

Marginal Citations

Section 38(7).

F17SCHEDULE 4S Confirmation and validity of reorganisation schemes

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Textual Amendments

Sections 19(1), 43(4) and (6), 45(2) and 46(3).

SCHEDULE 5S Provisions as to security, etc., of loans

1SThe loan shall be secured by a heritable security over the land in favour of the Secretary of State.

2SThe loan shall either be repaid by half-yearly instalments of principal with such interest and within such period (not exceeding such period as may be fixed by the Treasury) from the date of the loan, or at such date thereafter not exceeding 18 months as may be agreed on, or shall be repaid with such interest and within such period by a terminable annuity payable by half-yearly instalments.

3SThe amount for the time being unpaid may at any time be discharged, and any such terminable annuity may at any time be redeemed in accordance with tables fixed by the Secretary of State.

4SA certificate by the Secretary of State that the whole of the loan has been repaid or that such terminable annuity has been redeemed shall, without any other instrument, operate as a discharge of the loan or extinction of the terminable annuity, as the case may be, and the recording of such certificate in the Register of Sasines or the registration of the certificate in the Land Register of Scotland shall be equivalent to the recording or the registration of a discharge of the said heritable security.

5SThe Secretary of State shall cause to be prepared and duly recorded all documents necessary for securing the payment of any loan over land made by him, and shall include in the loan the cost so incurred, or to be incurred, in accordance with scales set forth in tables fixed by the Secretary of State.

Section 63(1).

SCHEDULE 6S Transitional provisions and savings

1SIn so far as anything done under an enactment repealed by this Act could have been done under a corresponding provision of this Act, it shall not be invalidated by the repeal but shall have effect as if done under that provision.

2SWhere any period of time specified in an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision thereof had been in force when that period began to run.

3SAny reference in any enactment or document, whether express or implied, to an enactment repealed by this Act shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the corresponding enactment in this Act.

4SNothing in this Act shall affect the enactments repealed by this Act in their operation in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this Act.

5SThe repeal by this Act of section 22 of the 1955 Act shall not affect the operation of that section in so far as it relates to a person who is the owner and occupier of a holding mentioned in subsection (6) of that section.

6SNotwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 3 of the M5Crofter Forestry (Scotland) Act 1991, the amendments made by that section to section 1 of the M6Forestry Act 1979 and to section 2 of the M7Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 shall continue to have the same effect as they had immediately before the commencement of this Act.

Marginal Citations

Section 63(2).

SCHEDULE 7S Repeals

Part IS Enactments repealed so far as they apply in the crofting counties

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
49 & 50 Vict. c. 29The Crofters F18[Holdings] (Scotland) Act 1886Section 30.
Section 33.
1 & 2 Geo. 5 c. 49The Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911Section 28.
1976 c. 21The Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976Section 17(2).

Textual Amendments

F18Word in Sch. 7 Pt. 1 inserted (retrospectively) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), Sch. 1 para. 2(21)(22) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.

Part IIS Other enactments repealed

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 21The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955The whole Act.
9 & 10 Eliz 2 c. 58The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961The whole Act.
1976 c. 21The Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976The whole Act except section 17.
1985 c. 73The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985Sections 30 and 31.
1991 c.18The Crofter Forestry (Scotland) Act 1991The whole Act.

S TABLE OF DERIVATIONS

Showing the derivation of the provisions of the Act

NOTE: The following abbreviations are used in this Table—

1955= The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (c.21)
1961= The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961 (c.58)
1968= The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.70)
1973= The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65)
1974= The Housing (Scotland) Act 1974 (c.45)
1975= The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21)
1976= The Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976 (c.21)
1985= The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.73)
1991= The Crofter Forestry (Scotland) Act 1991 (c.18)
R (followed by a number)= The recommendation so numbered in the Appendix to the Report of the Scottish Law Commission.
ProvisionsDerivations
11955 s.1; 1961 s.1; 1976 Sch.2 para.4.
21955 s.2; 1976 Sch.2 para.5.
31955 s3(1), (2), (5) and (6); 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.9; 1976 s.14.
4(1)1961 s.2(2).
(2)1961 s.2(2A); 1976 Sch.2 para.17.
(3)1961 s.2(3).
(4)1961 s.2(5).
5(2)1955 s.3(3).
(3)1955 s.3(4).
61955 s.5.
71955 s.7; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.I para.1.
81955 s.8; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.10; 1968 Sch.2 Pt.I para 1; 1976 s.15 and Sch.2 para.6.
91955 s.9.
101955 s.10; 1968 Sch.2 Pt.I paras.2 and 3.
111955 s.11; 1968 s.8 Sch.2 Pt II.
12(1)–(4)1976 s.1. R1.
(5)1955 s.28(4); 1976 s.21.
131976 s.2.
141976 s.3.
151976 s.4.
161976 s.5.
171976 s.6; R2.
181976 s.7.
191976 s.8.; Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.35) s.22.
201955 s.12; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.11; 1976 Sch.3; 1985 s.30(1); 1991 s.2(1).
211976 s.9; 1985 s.30(2); R3.
221955 s.17; 1976 Sch.2 para.9.
231955 s.16; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.I para.5 & Pt.II para.12; 1968 Sch.2 Pt.I para.17; 1975 ss.289F and 289G; 1976 s.13 Sch.2 para.8; R4.
241955 ss.12(4), 16(7),(9) and (9A).
251955 s.16A; 1976 s13(3).
261955 s.13; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.I para.3.
271961 s.11.
28(1) to (16)1961 s.12; 1976 Sch.2 para.20.
(17)1961 s.19(2).
291961 s.13; 1976 Sch.2 para.21.
30(1)1955 s.14(1); 1968 s.8 Sch.2 Pt.II.
(2)1955 s.14(2).
(3)1955 s.14(3).
(4)1955 s.14(8).
(5)1955 s.14(10).
(6)1955 s.14(11).
(7)1955 s.37(1).
311961 s.5.
321961 s.6; 1968 Sch.2 paras. 19 to 21.
331955 s.6.
34(1)1955 s.14(6).
(2)1955 s.14(7).
(3)1955 s.14(8).
351955 s.14(9).
361955 s.28; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.I para.7.
371976 s.10.
381961 s.8.
391961 s.9.
401955 s.15; 1975 ss.289F and 289G; 1976 Sch.2 para.7.
411961 s.3; 1976 Sch.2 para.18; 1991 s.2(7).
42(1) to (6) and (8) to (10)1955 s.22; 1961 s.14; 1975 ss.289F and 289G; 1976 s.12(2), (5) and (6); 1985 s.31. R5(a) and (b).
(7)1961 s.14(2).
431955 s.23; 1957 s.10(7).
441955 s.28(3).
451976 s.12(1),(3),(4) and (5).
46(1) to (3)1955 s.31; 1976 s.12(2) and (5); 1976 Sch.2 para.13.
(4)1961 s.14(1).
47(1) to (9)1955 s.24; 1961 15(1), Sch.1 Pt.II para.13; 1976 s.16(1).
(10)1961 s.15(6).
481955 s.25; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.14; 1976 s.16(2) and (3); 1991 ss.1(1) and 2(2).
491955 s.26; 1961 s.15(2) and (3) Sch.1 Pt.II para.15; 1976 s.16(4); 1991 s.2(3).
501991 s.1(2).
511961 s.2(4) and (5).
52 (except subs (6))1955 s.27; 1961 s.15; 1975 ss.289F and 289G; 1976 s.16(5) and Sch.2 para.11; 1991 s.2(4); R6(a) and (b).
(6)1961 s.15(5).
53(1)1961 s.4(1); 1976 Sch.2 para.19.
(2)1961 s.4(2).
541976 s.17(2).
551955 s.29.
561955 s.30; 1975 ss.289E, 289F and 289G.
571955 s.32; 1963 s.47.
581955 s.33.
591955 s.35
601955 s.36.
611955 s.37; 1961 s.17(1); 1973 Sch.27 Pt.II para.20; 1976 s.21.
621955 s.38; 1976 s.19.
Sch 11955 Sch.1; 1976 s.18.
Sch 21955 Sch.2; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.20; 1991 s.2(5).
Sch 31955 Sch. 5; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para. 21; 1974 s.25(3); 1991 s.2(6).
Sch 41961 Sch.2; 1973 s.237(2).
Sch 51955 Sch.3; 1976 Sch.2 para.15.
ProvisionsDerivations
11955 s.1; 1961 s.1; 1976 Sch.2 para.4.
21955 s.2; 1976 Sch.2 para.5.
31955 s3(1), (2), (5) and (6); 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.9; 1976 s.14.
4(1)1961 s.2(2).
(2)1961 s.2(2A); 1976 Sch.2 para.17.
(3)1961 s.2(3).
(4)1961 s.2(5).
5(2)1955 s.3(3).
(3)1955 s.3(4).
61955 s.5.
71955 s.7; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.I para.1.
81955 s.8; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.10; 1968 Sch.2 Pt.I para 1; 1976 s.15 and Sch.2 para.6.
91955 s.9.
101955 s.10; 1968 Sch.2 Pt.I paras.2 and 3.
111955 s.11; 1968 s.8 Sch.2 Pt II.
12(1)–(4)1976 s.1. R1.
(5)1955 s.28(4); 1976 s.21.
131976 s.2.
141976 s.3.
151976 s.4.
161976 s.5.
171976 s.6; R2.
181976 s.7.
191976 s.8.; Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.35) s.22.
201955 s.12; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.11; 1976 Sch.3; 1985 s.30(1); 1991 s.2(1).
211976 s.9; 1985 s.30(2); R3.
221955 s.17; 1976 Sch.2 para.9.
231955 s.16; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.I para.5 & Pt.II para.12; 1968 Sch.2 Pt.I para.17; 1975 ss.289F and 289G; 1976 s.13 Sch.2 para.8; R4.
241955 ss.12(4), 16(7),(9) and (9A).
251955 s.16A; 1976 s13(3).
261955 s.13; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.I para.3.
271961 s.11.
28(1) to (16)1961 s.12; 1976 Sch.2 para.20.
(17)1961 s.19(2).
291961 s.13; 1976 Sch.2 para.21.
30(1)1955 s.14(1); 1968 s.8 Sch.2 Pt.II.
(2)1955 s.14(2).
(3)1955 s.14(3).
(4)1955 s.14(8).
(5)1955 s.14(10).
(6)1955 s.14(11).
(7)1955 s.37(1).
311961 s.5.
321961 s.6; 1968 Sch.2 paras. 19 to 21.
331955 s.6.
34(1)1955 s.14(6).
(2)1955 s.14(7).
(3)1955 s.14(8).
351955 s.14(9).
361955 s.28; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.I para.7.
371976 s.10.
381961 s.8.
391961 s.9.
401955 s.15; 1975 ss.289F and 289G; 1976 Sch.2 para.7.
411961 s.3; 1976 Sch.2 para.18; 1991 s.2(7).
42(1) to (6) and (8) to (10)1955 s.22; 1961 s.14; 1975 ss.289F and 289G; 1976 s.12(2), (5) and (6); 1985 s.31. R5(a) and (b).
(7)1961 s.14(2).
431955 s.23; 1957 s.10(7).
441955 s.28(3).
451976 s.12(1),(3),(4) and (5).
46(1) to (3)1955 s.31; 1976 s.12(2) and (5); 1976 Sch.2 para.13.
(4)1961 s.14(1).
47(1) to (9)1955 s.24; 1961 15(1), Sch.1 Pt.II para.13; 1976 s.16(1).
(10)1961 s.15(6).
481955 s.25; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.14; 1976 s.16(2) and (3); 1991 ss.1(1) and 2(2).
491955 s.26; 1961 s.15(2) and (3) Sch.1 Pt.II para.15; 1976 s.16(4); 1991 s.2(3).
501991 s.1(2).
511961 s.2(4) and (5).
52 (except subs (6))1955 s.27; 1961 s.15; 1975 ss.289F and 289G; 1976 s.16(5) and Sch.2 para.11; 1991 s.2(4); R6(a) and (b).
(6)1961 s.15(5).
53(1)1961 s.4(1); 1976 Sch.2 para.19.
(2)1961 s.4(2).
541976 s.17(2).
551955 s.29.
561955 s.30; 1975 ss.289E, 289F and 289G.
571955 s.32; 1963 s.47.
581955 s.33.
591955 s.35
601955 s.36.
611955 s.37; 1961 s.17(1); 1973 Sch.27 Pt.II para.20; 1976 s.21.
621955 s.38; 1976 s.19.
Sch 11955 Sch.1; 1976 s.18.
Sch 21955 Sch.2; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para.20; 1991 s.2(5).
Sch 31955 Sch. 5; 1961 Sch.1 Pt.II para. 21; 1974 s.25(3); 1991 s.2(6).
Sch 41961 Sch.2; 1973 s.237(2).
Sch 51955 Sch.3; 1976 Sch.2 para.15.

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