Application to the Channel Islands
58.—(1) These Regulations shall extend to the Channel Islands.
(2) In the application of these Regulations to Jersey—
(a)any reference to a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a person suffering from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Jersey) Law 1969;
(b)any reference to a receiver in relation to a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a curator;
(c)the references in Regulation 21(5) above to sections 3 and 4 of the Cheques Act 1957 shall respectively be construed as references to articles 3 and 4 of the Cheques (Jersey) Law 1957;
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(e)
(f)any reference to the Treasury Solicitor shall be construed as a reference to Her Majesty's Receiver General for Jersey;
(g)a nomination made by a depositor domiciled in Jersey of any person to receive any sum due to the depositor at his death shall take effect only as to that portion of his personal estate over which he has power of testamentary disposition according to the law of Jersey, but any payment made to the nominee without notice of the depositor's incapacity to dispose of the whole or any portion of the estate nominated shall be a valid payment.
(3) In the application of these Regulations to Guernsey, Alderney and Sark—
(a)any reference to a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a person who under any law for the time being in force in any of the Islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a person of unsound mind;
(b)any reference to a receiver in relation to a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a guardian appointed by the Royal Court of Guernsey, the Court of Alderney or the Court of the Seneschal of Sark, as the case may be:
(c)any reference to the Treasury Solicitor shall be construed as a reference to Her Majesty's Receiver-General;
(d)any reference to a statutory declaration shall be construed, in relation to Guernsey, as a reference to a declaration on oath before the Bailiff, a jurat, the Magistrate or a Notary Public, in relation to Alderney, as a reference to a declaration on oath before the Court of Alderney, and, in relation to Sark, as a reference to a declaration before the Seneschal;
(e)the references in Regulation 21(5) above to section 76, subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) and, so far as it relates to crossed cheques, subsection (6) of section 77, and sections 78, 79, 80 and 81 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 shall be respectively construed as references to section 75, subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) and, so far as it relates to crossed cheques, subsection (6) of section 76, and sections 77, 78, 79 and 80 of the Bills of Exchange (Guernsey) Law 1958, and the references in the said Regulation 21(5) to sections 3 and 4 of the Cheques Act 1957 shall be respectively construed as references to sections 83 and 84 of the Bills of Exchange (Guernsey) Law 1958;
(f)for Regulation 26 above there shall be substituted the following Regulation:—
“26. Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director of Savings that any person who is a sole depositor is insolvent, the Director of Savings may, if he thinks fit, pay the deposits standing in the name of the depositor, or any part thereof, to any person who makes application in that behalf and who satisfies him that he is a proper person to receive payment.”;
(g)a nomination by a depositor domiciled in the Bailiwick of Guernsey of any person to receive any sum due to the depositor at his death shall take effect only as to that portion of his personal estate over which he has power of testamentary disposition according to the law of the said Bailiwick, but any payment made to the nominee without notice of the depositor's incapacity to dispose of the whole or any portion of the estate nominated shall be a valid payment.