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Ministry of Pensions Act 1916 (repealed 5.11.1993)
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Ministry of Pensions Act 1916
1916 CHAPTER 65 6 and 7 Geo 5
An Act for establishing a Ministry of Pensions and for purposes connected therewith.
[22nd December 1916]
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent
1 F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1 repealed by S.I. 1953/1198 (1953 I, p. 1228), Sch. and S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. II
2 F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. II
3 F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
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4 F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F4S. 4 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)
5 F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 5, 7 repealed by S.I. 1953/1198 (1953 I, p. 1228), Sch.
6 Style, seal, and proceedings of Minister of Pensions.U.K.
(1)The Minister of Pensions may . . . F6 for all purposes be described by that name.
(2)The Minister shall have an official seal, which shall be officially and judicially noticed, and that seal shall be authenticated by the signature of the Minister, or of a secretary, or of some person authorised by the Minister to act on behalf of a secretary.
(3)Every document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Minister, and to be sealed with the seal of the Minister, authenticated in manner provided by this Act, or to be signed by a secretary or any person authorised by the Minister to act on behalf of a secretary, shall be received in evidence, and be deemed to be such an instrument without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
(4)A certificate signed by the Minister that any instrument purporting to be made or issued by him is so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.
(5)The M1Documentary Evidence Act 1868 as amended by the M2Documentary Evidence Act 1882 shall apply to the Minister of Pensions as if that Minister were mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to the first-mentioned Act, and as if the Minister, or a secretary of the Ministry, or any person authorised by the Minister to act on his behalf, was mentioned in the second column of that Schedule.
Textual Amendments
F6Words repealed by (E.W.) (S.) Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44), Sch. 2 and (N.I.) S.I. 1949/1836 (1949 I, p. 1261), Sch. 2 Pt. I
Marginal Citations
7 F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F7Ss. 5, 7 repealed by S.I. 1953/1198 (1953 I, p. 1228), Sch.
8 F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F8Ss. 8, 9(2) repealed by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. II
9†Short title, interpretation, and repeal.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Ministry of Pensions Act 1916.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
Textual Amendments
F9Ss. 8, 9(2) repealed by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. II
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C1Unreliable marginal note
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