Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/1083
Timestamp: 2017-12-11 04:16:46
Document Index: 309520617

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 13', 'art. 12', 'art. 15', 'art. 2', 'art. 10', 'Art. 32']

PART IIIN.I.INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
7 .F3—(1) [F4INI] mayF4. . . provide financial assistance where, in its opinion—
(a)investment by subscription for, or acquisition of, loan or share capital in any company including an acquisition effected by[F4 INI] through that company's holding company;
(4) [F4INI] may, in return for any shares or stock acquired by it under paragraph (3) (a), cancel or amend any conditions attached to a grant made by[F4 INI] under any statutory provision.
(a)a sum is outstanding in respect of a loan made under any statutory provision by[F4 INI] to a company; and
(b)[F4INI] has power to give assistance to the company under the foregoing provisions of this Article,
[F4INI] may, at its discretion, subscribe for or acquire stocks or shares in that company or its holding company in satisfaction of the sum outstanding or such part of it as may be agreed between[F4 INI] and the company.
(7) Subject to paragraph (8), where any[F4 amount] of principal or interest or both principal and interest due on foot of any loan made under this Article is more than thirty-one days in arrear, additional interest at such rate as may from time to time be determined by an order made by the Department of Finance and Personnel subject to negative resolution shall, notwithstanding and statutory provision or rule of law to the contrary, be chargeable on that[F4 amount] as from the date on which it fell due and shall be recoverable therewith.
(8) [F4INI] mayF4. . . in such cases as it thinks fit waive the payment of such additional interest as is mentioned in paragraph (7) or any part of such additional interest.
(b)[F4INI] is satisfied that, with a view to safeguarding all or part of the investment or, as the case may be, enabling all or part of any moneys paid for fulfilling the guarantee or of the moneys lent to be recovered, it is expedient to provide further financial assistance for the purposes of the undertaking.
[F4INI] mayF4. . . provide such further financial assistance of such amount and on such terms and conditions as[F4 INI] may think proper.
(10) Any reference in this Article to the acquisition of stocks or shares by[F4 INI] shall include a reference to such acquisition by a company as nominee of[F4 INI].
F3functions transf. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
F42002 c. 1 (NI)
8 .F5—(1) For any of the purposes set out in paragraph (2),[F6 INI] mayF6. . .
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), in the exercise of its powers under that paragraph[F6 INI] may—
F5functions transf. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
9 .F7 [F8INI] mayF8. . .
F7functions transf. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
F82002 c. 1 (NI)
Provision of premises and sitesN.I.
10 .F9—(1) In order to provide or facilitate the provision in Northern Ireland of premises for occupation by industrial undertakings carried on or to be carried on, or for otherwise meeting the requirements of such undertakings, or for meeting the requirements (including the training) of persons employed or likely to be employed therein,[F10 INI] may—
(a)by agreement acquire or take on lease any land or, subject to paragraph (3), acquire land compulsorily;
(b)do anything (whether by itself or in pursuance of an agreement entered into with another person) which is required in order to develop land so acquired or taken on lease; and
(c)dispose of any land so acquired or taken on lease.
(2) [F10INI] may, for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1),—
(a)enter into an agreement with any person to develop any land, whether or not[F10 INI] has any estate in that land, and
[F10(3) Schedule 2 applies in relation to the acquisition of land otherwise than by agreement under paragraph (1).]
Para. (4) rep. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
(5) Without prejudice to the generality of the power thereby conferred, the power conferred by paragraphs (1) (b) and (2) (b) shall include power—
(a)to erect or extend buildings;
(b)to carry out works;
(c)to provide, or facilitate the provision of, means of access, services and other facilities;
(d)to modernise, alter, rebuild, repair or keep in repair any premises;
(e)to provide in any such premises such plant or other equipment, fittings or fixtures of a permanent or semi-permanent nature as[F10 INI] considers necessary for the proper occupation of the premises.
(6) Without prejudice to paragraph (1) (c) or to any other power of disposal,[F10 INI] mayF10. . . subject to such terms and conditions as[F10 INI] may think fit, dispose of any land acquired or taken on lease under this Article for the purpose of the provision of any basic service.
Para. (7) rep. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
F9functions transf. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
F102002 c. 1 (NI)
Matters to which Department must have regardN.I.
11 .F11—(1) In exercising its functions under Articles 7, 8, and 10[F12 INI] shall have regard to any circumstances which, in the opinion of[F12 INI], render it desirable that an industrial undertaking should be established, carried on or developed in some particular locality.
(2) In exercising its functions under Articles 7 and 8, it shall be the duty of[F12 INI] to promote the private ownership of interests in industrial undertakings by the disposal of securities and other property held by[F12 INI] or any of its subsidiaries.
F11functions transf. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
F122002 c. 1 (NI)
13 .F13—(1) [F14INI] mayF14. . .
(ii)promoting, or assisting the promotion of, publicity relating to any of the functions of[F14 INI] under this Part;
(b)carry out or give financial assistance towards the carrying out of such inquiries, investigations and research as[F14 INI] considers will further the purposes of this Part;
(2) [F15sections 979 to 982 of the Companies Act 2006] (power to acquire shares of shareholders dissenting from scheme or contract approved by majority) shall have effect in relation to the transfer of shares or any class of shares in a company to[F14 INI] and references to a transferee company in that section shall be construed accordingly.
F13functions transf. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
F142002 c. 1 (NI)
F15Words in art. 13(2) substituted (1.10.2007) by Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), arts. 1(3)(a), 10(1), Sch. 4 para. 36 (with savings in art. 12)
14.—(1) A person authorised in writing (stating the particular purpose or purposes for which the entry is authorised) by[F16 INI or] the Northern Ireland department in respect of whose responsibilities the entry is required may, at all reasonable times, on giving—
(a)in the case of entry under this Article for the sole purpose of examination, at least twenty-four hours' prior notice of his intention to the occupier or owner; and
(b)in the case of entry under this Article for any other purpose, at least six days' prior notice in writing of his intention to the occupier and to the owner, if the owner is known,
(i)any land which[F16 INI] proposes to acquire compulsorily under powers conferred upon it by this Part;
(ii)any land, where it appears to[F16 INI or] the Northern Ireland department that survey, valuation or examination is necessary in order to determine whether any powers under this Part should be exercised in respect of that land; and any power conferred by this Article to survey land shall be construed as including power to search and bore for the purposes of ascertaining the court of any sewers or drains or of ascertaining the nature of the subsoil or the presence of minerals therein, or both, and to take and carry away, for the purpose of examination, specimens of the subsoil or minerals, or both, found therein.
(2) If any person, other than the owner or occupier of the land, obstructs a person so authorised in the performance of anything which the second-mentioned person is so required or authorised to do, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200.
(3) If any person, being the owner or occupier of land, prevents a person authorised under paragraph (1) from duly carrying into effect any survey, valuation or examination of the land, or from doing thereon anything authorised by that paragraph, a court of summary jurisdiction on proof thereof may order the first-mentioned person to permit to be done on the land all things requisite for carrying into effect the survey, valuation or examination or for doing such other things as aforesaid; and, if he fails to comply with the order, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, for every day during which the failure continues, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200.
(4) Where any property is damaged in the exercise of a right of entry conferred under this Article or in the making of any survey or examination or the doing of any thing for the purpose of which any such right of entry has been so conferred, compensation in respect of that damage may be recovered from[F16 INI or (as the case may be)] the Northern Ireland department by any person interested in the property.
(5) Any question of dispute compensation under this Article shall be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.
(6) Any reference in this Article to an occupier or to an owner shall be construed as including a reference to a person appointed in writing by such occupier or owner as his representative for purposes which include all or any of the purposes of this Article.
F162002 c. 1 (NI)
“basic service” means the provision of—
power, lighting or heating; or
any other service on which undertakings depend, including housing, water supplies, drainage and other facilities for meeting the requirements of persons employed in industrial undertakings;
[F17“holding company” and “subsidiary” have the meanings given by [F18section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006];]
“public utility undertaking” includes any company or authority which carries on a gas, electricity or public transport or harbour undertaking.
(2) In this Part references to the guaranteeing of a loan shall be construed as references to guaranteeing (whether wholly or in part and whether solely or jointly with other guarantors) the payment either of the interest or of the principal, or of both, of the loan.
F171990 NI 10
F18Words in art. 15(1) in definition of "holding company" and "subsidiary" substituted (1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 53 (with art. 10)
Part IV (Arts. 16-25) rep. with saving by 1988 NI 6
Pt. V (Arts. 26-29) rep. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
PART VIN.I.MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
(b)anyF19. . . body or person specified in an order made, subject to affirmative resolution, by the Department with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel,
F192002 c. 1 (NI)
Transfer to Department of publicly owned securitiesN.I.
31.—(1) The Department shall have power to accept, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Department of Finance and Personnel, the transfer to the Department of any publicly owned securities on such terms and conditions as may be agreed to in relation to the transfer.
(2) For the purposes of this Article securities are publicly owned if they are held—
(b)by a company all of whose shares are held by or on behalf of the Crown or by a wholly owned subsidiary of such a company; or
(c)by any corporation constituted by or under any statutory provision under which an industry is carried on by that corporation under national ownership or control; or
(3) In this Article “wholly owned subsidiary” has the meaning[F20 given by Article 4(2) of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986].
Art. 32 rep. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
(5) Where any Northern Ireland department recommends that the whole or any part of the principal or interest of any loan made under Part III[F21 by that department] should be written off by reason that the same is not likely to be recovered and the Department of Finance and Personnel directs that the amount shall be written off, such amount shall be treated as a loss to the Consolidated Fund, but nothing in this paragraph shall affect the liability of any person to pay to such department the principal of, or interest on, any such loan or part thereof.
F212002 c. 1 (NI)
Schedule 1 rep. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)
[F22SCHEDULE 2N.I. COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND BY INI
F222002 c. 1 (NI)
1.—(1) Where INI proposes to acquire, otherwise than by agreement, any land required for the purposes referred to in Article 10(1), it may apply to the Department for an order ( “a vesting order”) vesting that land in INI and the Department shall have power to make a vesting order.N.I.
2.—(1) The power to make a vesting order under paragraph 1 in respect of land—N.I.
3.—(1) Nothing in this Schedule shall authorise the acquisition of any land of an industrial undertaking to which this paragraph applies which is in use for the purposes of that undertaking.N.I.
4.—(1) Nothing in this Schedule shall authorise the acquisition, without the consent of the Department of the Environment, of any land on or in which there is, to the knowledge of the Department, any historic monument or archaeological object.N.I.
5. Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c.9) shall apply for the purposes of the acquisition of land by means of a vesting order made under paragraph 1 in the same manner as it applies to the acquisition of land by means of a vesting order made under that Act subject to the following modifications—N.I.
Schedules 3-5 rep. by 2002 c. 1 (NI)