Savings Banks Act 1887 (c. 40)

Savings Banks Act 1887

1887 CHAPTER 40 50 and 51 Vict

An Act to amend the Acts relating to Savings Banks and to the Purchase of Small Government Annuities, and to assuring Payments of Money after Death.

[16th September 1887]X1

Editorial Information

X1 This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland.

Part I U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1, 3 repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 62), Sch. and Trustee Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 63), Sch. 3

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2 repealed by Trustee Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 63), Sch. 3

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 1, 3 repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 62), Sch. and Trustee Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 63), Sch. 3

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 4 repealed by Savings Banks Act 1920 (c. 12), Sch. Pt. I

5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 5, 7 repealed by Savings Banks Act 1929 (c. 27), Sch.

6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 6 repealed by Savings Banks Act 1893 (c. 69), Sch. 2

7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 5, 7 repealed by Savings Banks Act 1929 (c. 27), Sch.

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 8, 13 repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 62), Sch.

Part II U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F9 S. 9 repealed (with savings) by Government Annuities Act 1929 (c. 29), s. 66, Sch. 2 Pt. II, Sch. 3 Pt. II

Part III U.K.

Supplemental U.K.

10 Price of certificate of birth, death, or marriage. U.K.

[F10 (1)] For the purpose of the Acts relating to [F11 the National Savings Bank] . . . F12 , and of the M1 [F13 Government Annuities Act 1929], a certificate of the birth or death or marriage of any depositor, or of any person insured under any of the above-mentioned Acts, shall be given under his hand by a registrar of births and deaths or marriages, or other person having the care of the register in which such birth or death or marriage is entered for [F14 , where the birth, death or marriage is registered in England and Wales, the appropriate fee or in any other case for] a sum not exceeding one shilling in place of all fees or payments in respect of the same, on application being made for the same in such form and under such regulations as may be from time to time approved of by the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively.

[F15 (2) In subsection (1), “the appropriate fee” means the fee payable to the registrar or other person having care of the register concerned for a certified copy of an entry in the register by virtue of section 38A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 or section 71A of the Marriage Act 1949.]

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 10(1): s. 10 renumbered as s. 10(1) (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 7(a); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)

F11 Words substituted by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 6 Pt. III

F12 Words repealed by Trustee Savings Banks Act 1985 (c. 58, SIF 110), ss. 4(3), 7(3), Sch. 4

F13 Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

F14 Words in s. 10(1) inserted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 7(b); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)

F15 S. 10(2) inserted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 7(c); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 10 power to amend conferred by Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1965 (c.14), s. 5(1), Sch. 3

C2 S. 10 applied with modifications by S.I. 1984/779, reg. 26

S. 10 applied with modifications by S.I. 1991/1031, reg. 26

S. 10 applied with modifications by S.I. 1991/1407, reg. 23

C3 Reference to Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Ireland to be construed as reference to Department of Finance for Northern Ireland: S.R. & O. 1922/183 (Rev. XVI, p. 991: 1922, p. 734), art. 44 and Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 8(1)

C4 S. 10: by virtue of S.S.I. 2010/428, art. 2, Sch. the fee payable (S.) (1.1.2011) under s. 10 is £10.00 and S.S.I. 2009/65 is revoked by art. 3

C5 S. 10: by virtue of S.I. 2010/441, art. 2, Sch. (as substituted (1.9.2014) by S.I. 2014/1790, art. 2) the fees payable (E.W.) under s. 10 are £4.00, £7.00 and £10.00 respectively for the purposes specified in that Schedule

C6 S. 10 applied (6.4.2015) by The National Savings (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/624), regs. 1(1), 81

Marginal Citations

M1 1929 c. 29.

[F16 10A Civil partnership certificates: England and Wales U.K.

(1) This section applies, for the purposes of the Acts relating to the National Savings Bank and the Government Annuities Act 1929, where the formation of a civil partnership by—

(a) a depositor in the National Savings Bank, or

(b) a person insured under the 1929 Act,

is recorded in the register kept under section 30 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

(2) The registration authority for the area in which the civil partnership was formed must, on an application made in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, give the applicant, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), a certified copy of such entries in the register as are prescribed by regulations made under section 36 of the 2004 Act.

(3) “The prescribed manner” means—

(a) in accordance with any regulations made under section 36 of the 2004 Act, and

(b) in such form as is approved by the Registrar General for England and Wales.

(4) “The prescribed fee” means any fee prescribed under section 34(1) of the 2004 Act.

Textual Amendments

F16 Ss. 10A-10C inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 S. 10A applied (6.4.2015) by The National Savings (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/624), regs. 1(1), 81

10B Civil partnership certificates: Scotland U.K.

(1) This section applies, for the purposes of the Acts relating to the National Savings Bank and the Government Annuities Act 1929, where particulars of the formation of a civil partnership by—

(a) a depositor in the National Savings Bank, or

(b) a person insured under the 1929 Act,

have been entered in a register under section 95(2) of the 2004 Act.

(2) The district registrar must, on an application made in such manner as is approved by the Registrar General for Scotland [F17 and on payment of the sum of £8.50], give the applicant, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), a certificate of the formation of the civil partnership.

Textual Amendments

F16 Ss. 10A-10C inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1

F17 Words in s. 10B(2) inserted (S.) (1.10.2006) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 53(1), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 S. 10B: by virtue of S.S.I. 2010/428, art. 2, Sch. the fee payable (S.) (1.1.2011) under s. 10B is £10.00 and S.S.I. 2009/65 is revoked by art. 3

C9 S. 10B applied (6.4.2015) by The National Savings (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/624), regs. 1(1), 81

10C Civil partnership certificates: Northern Ireland U.K.

(1) This section applies, for the purposes of the Acts relating to the National Savings Bank and the Government Annuities Act 1929, where the formation of a civil partnership by—

(a) a depositor in the National Savings Bank, or

(b) a person insured under the 1929 Act,

is recorded in a register kept by virtue of section 159(1) of the 2004 Act.

(2) The Registrar General for Northern Ireland or a registrar or deputy registrar of civil partnerships appointed under section 152(1) of the 2004 Act must, on an application made in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, give the applicant, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), a certificate of the formation of the civil partnership.

(3) “The prescribed manner” means—

(a) in accordance with any regulations made under section 159(1) of the 2004 Act, and

(b) in such form as is approved by the Department of Finance and Personnel.

(4) “The prescribed fee” means any fee prescribed under section 157 of the 2004 Act.]

Textual Amendments

F16 Ss. 10A-10C inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10 S. 10C applied (6.4.2015) by The National Savings (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/624), regs. 1(1), 81

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Textual Amendments

F18 S. 11, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)

12 Short title. U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Savings Bank Act 1887.

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Textual Amendments

F19 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)

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Textual Amendments

F20 Ss. 8, 13 repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 62), Sch.

F21 F21 SCHEDULES 1, 2 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F21 S. 11, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)