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1U.K.In section 1 of the Carriers Act 1830, after “or lace” insert “ (other than machine-made lace) ”.
2U.K.After section 5 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833 insert the following section—
No matter shall be heard, nor shall any order, report or recommendation be made by the Judicial Committee in pursuance of any Act unless in the presence of at least three members of the said Committee, exclusive of the Lord President of Her Majesty’s Privy Council for the time being.”.
3U.K.In the Non-Parochial Registers Act 1840, after section 17 insert the following section—
Sections 5 to 17 shall apply to the registers or records deposited in the General Register Office under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1858 as they apply to the registers or records deposited under this Act.”.
4U.K.After section 16 of the Game Licences Act 1860 insert the following section—
The provisions of this Act relating to excise licences to deal in game and the dealing in and selling of game without an excise licence shall extend and apply to the dealing in and selling of hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath or moor game, black game, and bustards, imported from foreign parts into Great Britain.”.
5U.K.In section 5(1) of the Finance Act 1937, for “of that Act” substitute “ of the Game Licences Act 1860 ”.
6U.K.In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, after paragraph 4(1) insert—
“(1A)Records of, or held in any department of, the Supreme Court within sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this paragraph include the records of the Chancery Court of the county palatine of Lancaster and the Chancery Court of the county palatine of Durham (which were abolished by the Courts Act 1971).
(1B)Records of county courts within sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this paragraph include the records of the following courts (which were abolished by the Courts Act 1971)—
(a)the Tolzey and Pie Poudre Courts of the City and County of Bristol;
(b)the Liverpool Court of Passage;
(c)the Norwich Guildhall Court; and
(d)the Court of Record for the Hundred of Salford.”.
7U.K.Section 232(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (failure to give information as to identity or leading to identification of driver) continues to have effect as amended by paragraph 48 in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic Act 1962 and by Part 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982, that is with the words “ to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. ” being added after the words “summary conviction”.
8U.K.Section 242(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (evidence by certificate as to identity of driver) continues to have effect as amended by Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1962, that is—
(a)after the word “driven”, in both places where it occurs, insert the words “ or used ”;
(b)for the words “belonged on a particular occasion to”, in both places where they occur, substitute the words “ on a particular occasion was used by or belonged to ”.
9U.K.Civil Procedure Rules may continue to be made for the purposes of section 4 of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (extension of power to make administration order) notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 12(1) of the Insolvency Act 1976, and the repeal of section 12(1) shall not affect the operation of any rules that are in force immediately before the coming into force of the repeal.
10U.K.Section 4(1)(a) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (power to make administration order on application for attachment of earnings order) continues to have effect with the substitution of “ an administration order should be made ” for “an order should be made for the administration of his estate”.
11U.K.In section 4 of the Prices Act 1974 (price marking), for subsection (3) substitute—
“(3)Before making an order under this section the Secretary of State shall consult, in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate having regard to the subject-matter and urgency of the order, with such organisations representative of interests substantially affected by the order as appear to him, having regard to those matters, to be appropriate.”.
12U.K.In section 3 of the Industry Act 1981 (public dividend capital of the Welsh Development Agency), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)The public dividend capital of the Welsh Development Agency is hereby reduced by £2.9 million.”.
13U.K.The repeal by this Act of the Hops Marketing Act 1982 shall not affect the operation of section 1(3) of that Act as it relates to paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958.
14U.K.In section 15(1) of the Industrial Development Act 1982 (annual reports by the Secretary of State), for “under Parts I to III” in paragraph (a) substitute “ under Parts 1 and 3 ”.
15U.K.The repeal by this Act of section 12 of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1983 shall not affect any power to dispose of the house and muniment room referred to in that section in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Pastoral Measure 1983 as if they had been transferred to the Board of Finance of the diocese of Lichfield by a pastoral scheme within the meaning of that Measure.
16U.K.In Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, for paragraph 3 (definition of statutory statement of facts) substitute—
“3For the purposes of the specified sections, a statutory statement of facts is a statement which is in the prescribed form and which either—
(a)states that the person furnishing it was the driver of the vehicle at the relevant time and is signed by him; or
(b)states that that person was not the driver of the vehicle at the relevant time, states the name and address at the time the statement is furnished of the person who was the driver of the vehicle at the relevant time and is signed both by the person furnishing it and by the person stated to be the driver of the vehicle at the relevant time.”.
17U.K.Civil Procedure Rules may continue to be made for the purposes of Part 6 of the County Courts Act 1984 (administration orders) notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 12(1) of the Insolvency Act 1976, and the repeal of section 12(1) shall not affect the operation of any rules that are in force immediately before the coming into force of the repeal.
18U.K.In section 69(17) of the Building Societies Act 1986 (disclosure and record of income of related businesses), for paragraph (a) in the definition of “conveyancing services” substitute—
“(a)land in England and Wales means the preparation of transfers, conveyances, contracts and other documents in connection with, and other services ancillary to, the disposition or acquisition of estates or interests in land; and for the purposes of this paragraph—
(i)“disposition”—
(a)does not include a testamentary disposition or any disposition in the case of such a lease as is referred to in section 54(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (short leases); but
(b)subject to that, includes in the case of leases both their grant and their assignment; and
(ii)“acquisition” has a corresponding meaning,
(aa)land in Northern Ireland has the same meaning as in paragraph (a) above with the modification that “disposition” does not include any disposition in the case of such a lease as is excepted, by section 4 of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act (Ireland) 1860, from the requirements of that section, and”.