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Documentary Evidence Act 1868

1868 CHAPTER 37 31 and 32 Vict

An Act to amend the Law relating to Documentary Evidence in certain Cases.

F1[25th June 1868]

Textual Amendments

F1Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland

C2Act amended by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. I; extended by (E.W.) Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70), s. 9(11), Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), s. 20(9) and enactments listed in Chronological Table of the Statutes

C3Act extended by S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12), art. 9

C4Act extended by S.I. 1985/226, rule 41

C5Act applied with modifications by S.I. 1988/1843, art. 5(1)

C6Act extended with modifications (31.7.1989) by S.I. 1989/992, art. 6

C7Act applied (NI) (27.8.1991) (temporarily until 15.6.1992 unless continued by Order) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), s. 26(12) (with s. 69)

C8Act amended (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 1(6), 223(2), Sch.1 para.5

C9Act extended (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 193(3)(b), 225(2)

C10Act extended (1.7.1992) by Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), s. 177, Sch. 8para. 3

C11Act amended (prosp.) by Education (Schools) Act 1992 (c. 38), ss. 1(6), 5(6), 21(3), Sch. 1 para. 7; which amendment is in force (31.8.1992) for England and Wales by S.I. 1992/1157, art. 2,Sch. and in force (1.5.1993) for Scotland by S.I. 1993/1190, art.3.

C12Act amended (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3060, reg. 7(6), Sch. 2para. 6(c)

C13Act amended (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 43, s. 1(6), Sch. 1 para.6(c)

Act applied (N.I.) (25.8.1996) by 1996 c. 22, ss. 28(12), 62(1) (with s. 62(2))

Act modified (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 57, ss. 1, 4, 48(2), Sch. 1 para. 6

Act applied (with modifications) (22.8.1997) by S.I. 1997/1759, art. 7(5)

Act applied (with modifications) (26.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2971, art. 2(5)

Act amended (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 88(6) (with s. 95(1)); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.

Act modified (27.6.1998) by S.I. 1998/1340, reg. 9(6), Sch. 2 para. 6(c)

Act applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (2.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/663, arts. 1(2), 4

Act applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(2), 7(3); S.R. 1999/480, art. 2

Act applied (with modifications) (13.8.2001) by S.I.2001/2568, art. 3(5), 4(5)

Act extended (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 120(4), 128; S.I. 2001/421, art. 2

Act amended (15.1.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 204, Sch. 14 para. 25; S.I. 2000/3376, art. 2

C14Act applied with modifications (27.6.2002) by The Secretaries of State for Education and Skills and for Work and Pensions Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1397), art. 3(5), art. 4(5)

C15Act applied with modifications (25.11.2002) by The Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2626), art. 19

C16Act modified (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), ss. 99(4), 136(2), Sch. 7 para. 6; S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)

C17Act modified (25.7.2003 for certain purposes otherwise 29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 403(8), 411(2) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with transitional provisions in art. 3 (as amended (8.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)

C18Act applied (with modifications) (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 3(5) (with art. 6)

C19Act applied (7.1.2004) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), s. 95A(11) (as inserted by Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (c. 25), s. 10(1); S.I. 2004/83, art. 2)

C20Act applied (with modifications) (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 1(6), 125(4), 126(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 6; S.I. 2005/2034, art. 3 (with art. 10, Sch.)

C21Act applied (with modifications) (7.4.2005 at 5.45 pm) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. s.24(5)(6); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(1)

C22Act applied (with modifications) (1.9.2006) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 19(8), 125(4), 126(2)(b) {Sch. 2 para. 6}; S.I. 2006/1338, art. 4(1), Sch. 2, (with Sch. 4)

C23Act applied (with modifications) (21.8.2006) by The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1926), art. 3(5)

C24Act applied (with modifications) (12.12.2006) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 112(4), 188(3), 189(7), Sch. 11 para. 11; S.I. 2006/2990, art. 2(i)(ii)

C25Act modified (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 1993 (c. 10), Sch. 1A para. 9 (as inserted by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), ss. 6(2), 79(2), Sch. 1 para. 1; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 4-13))

C26Act applied (with modifications) (1.4.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 115, 188(3), 189(7), Sch. 12 para. 5; S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(gg)

C27Act modified by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), ss. 90(7), 161(1), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) (subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)((4)(5) of the amending Act) (with Sch. 11 para. 22)

C28Act modified (19.7.2007) by Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17), ss. 60(8), 66(1) (with s. 60(7)(9))

C29Act applied (with modifications) (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), art. 3(5)

C30Act applied (with modifications) (12.10.2007) by The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2914), art. 4(5)

C31Act applied (with modifications) (12.12.2007) by The Secretaries of State for Children, School and Families, for Innovation, Universities and Skills and for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3224), art. 4(5)

C32Act applied (with modifications) (5.3.2009) by The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/229), art. 3(5)

C33Act applied (with modifications) (13.11.2009) by The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2748), art. 3(5) (with art. 7)

C34Act applied (with modifications) (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22) ss. 127(3), 269(4), {Sch. 9 para. 13}; S.I. 2010/1151, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with arts. 5-20)

C35Act applied (with modifications) (7.7.2010) by The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1551), art. 3(5)

C36Act applied (with modifications) (18.8.2010) by The Secretary of State for Education Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1836), art. 3(5) (with art. 5)

C37Act applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), Sch. 1 para. 9 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)

C38Act applied (14.11.2012) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2590), art. 5(8) (with art. 6)

C39Act applied (with modifications) by 1979 c. 10, Sch. para. 6 (as substituted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 12(3) (with art. 8))