Statutory Instruments
SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
Made
1st March 1996
Coming into force
1st April 1996
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4(3) of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993(1), hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1996.
2. The repeal by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 of—
(a)the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978(2); and
(b)section 1 of the Shipbuilding Act 1985(3),
shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 1st March 1996
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force the repeal of the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”) and of section 1 of the Shipbuilding Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”) by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 (Part IX, Group 1) to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”). The purpose of the 1978 Act was to provide, for a limited period, schemes to alleviate the hardship caused to redundant employees of British shipbuilders by the contraction of the international shipping market. Section 1 of the 1985 Act extended the period by which schemes under the 1978 Act were to have effect. The legislation is now spent; the schemes have expired and have been replaced by non-statutory schemes.
Section 4(3) of the 1993 Act made provision for the repeal of the 1978 Act and of section 1 of the 1985 Act to come into force on a day to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor. This Order, made pursuant to section 4(3) of the 1993 Act, provides for 1st April 1996 to be the appointed day.