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Trinidad and Tobago Republic Act 1976 Operation of existing law. 1 1 Subject to subsection (3) below, all law to which this section applies, whether being a rule of law or a provision of an Act or Parliament or of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, which is in force on such a date as Her Majesty may specify by Order in Council (in this Act referred to as “ the appointed day ”), or, having been passed or made before that date, comes into force thereafter, shall, unless and until provision to the contrary is made by Parliament or some other authority having power in that behalf, have the same operation in relation to Trinidad and Tobago, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Trinidad and Tobago, as it would have had apart from this subsection if Trinidad and Tobago had not become a republic. 2 This section applies to law of, or of any part of, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and, in relation only to any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council made by virtue of any such enactment whereby any such enactment applies in relation to Trinidad and Tobago, to law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The section shall have effect from the appointed day. Judicial Committee of Privy Council. 2 1 Her Majesty may by Order in Council confer on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council such jurisdiction and powers as may be appropriate in cases in which provision is made by the law of Trinidad and Tobago for appeals to the Committee from courts of Trinidad and Tobago. 2 Any Order in Council under this section may contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be expedient. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Except so far as otherwise provided by or in accordance with an Order in Council under this section, and subject to such modifications as may be so provided, the Judicial Committee Act 1833 shall have effect in relation to appeals in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred under this section as it has effect in relation to appeals to Her Majesty in Council. 5 An Order in Council under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council. Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Trinidad and Tobago Republic Act 1976.
Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons (Amendment) Act 1976 Amendment of Chronically Sick an d Disabled Persons Act 1970. 1 In section 4(2) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, after the words “of section 8” there shall inserted the words “or in subsection (2) of section 8A”. Access to, and facilities at, offices and other premises. 2 After section 8 of the said Act there shall be inserted the following section: Access to, and facilities at, offices and other premises. 8A 1 Any persons undertaking the provision of premises mentioned in subsection (2) below shall in the means of access both to and within the premises, and in the parking facilities and sanitary conveniences to be available (if any), make provision, in so far as it is in the circumstances both practicable and reasonable, for the needs of persons using the premises who are disabled. 2 Premises to which this section applies are:— a office premises, shop premises and railway premises to which the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 applies; b premises which are deemed to be such premises for the purposes of that Act, and c factories are defined by section 175 of the Factories Act 1961, being (in each case) premises in which persons are employed to work. Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) Act 1976.
Rating (Charity Shops) Act 1976 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 At the end of section 4 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962 (relief for charitable andother organisations), there shall be added the following sub-section — 11 Without prejudice to the meaning of the expression “wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes”, lands and heritages shall be treated as so used, for the purposes of subsection (2> of this section, if — a they are used wholly or mainly for the sale of goods donated to a charity; and b the proceeds of sale (after any deduction of expenses) are applied for the purposes of a charity. . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Rating (Charity Shops) Act 1976. 2 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Police Act 1976 Part I Complaints Against the Police The Police Complaints Board. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Part III Supplementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Short title and extent. 14 1 This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1976. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 (repealed) The Court. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judges of the Court. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Non-judicial members. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provision for additional judges or members. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pay and pensions of non-judicial members. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administration. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hearing and judgment. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Right of audience. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendment, savings and repeals. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, extent and commencement. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Explosives (Age of Purchase &c.) Act 1976 Increase of age for purchase of fireworks etc and of certain penalties relating to fireworks etc. 1 1 In section 31 of the Explosives Act 1875 (which, as extended by section 39 of that Act, prohibits the sale to children of explosives, including fireworks, and provides that a person who makes a sale in contravention of the said section 31 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20) for the words “any child apparently under the age of thirteen” there shall be substituted the words “any person under the age of sixteen” and for the word “£20” there shall be substituted the word “£200”. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, extent and commencement. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Explosives (Age of Purchase &c.) Act 1976, and this Act and the Explosives Acts 1875 and 1923 may be cited together as the Explosives Acts 1875 to 1976. 2 This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland. 3 This Act shall come into force at the expiration of one month beginning with the date of its passing.
Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Extension of powers of Land Court 17 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The books called the “Crofters Holdings Book” and the “Landholders Holdings Book” kept in pursuance of section 27 of the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 shall be kept by the principal clerk of the Land Court; and accordingly the said section 27 shall cease to have effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed) Increased availability of, and protection for, freshwater fishing. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appointment of wardens to secure compliance with protection order. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of entry and obstruction of wardens etc. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal status of right of freshwater fishing. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exchequer contributions towards organisations developing freshwater fisheries. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties for offences against fisheries enactments. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fish farmers not to be guilty of contravention of certain enactments. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of Act to Crown. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and extent. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seychelles Act 1976 Fully responsible status of Seychelles. 1 1 On and after 29th June 1976 (in this Act referred to as “ the appointed day ”) Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the Government of Seychelles. 2 No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to Seychelles as part of its law. Power to provide for constitution of Seychelles as Republic. 2 Her Majesty may by Order in Council (to be laid before Parliament after being made) make provision for the constitution of Seychelles as a Republic on the appointed day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Operation of existing law. 5 1 Subject to subsection (3) of this section, all law to which this section applies, whether being a rule of law or a provision of an Act of Parliament or of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, which is in force on the appointed day, or, having been passed or made before that day, comes or has come into force thereafter, shall, unless and until provision to the contrary is made by Parliament or some other authority having power in that behalf, have the same operation in relation to Seychelles, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Seychelles, as it would have had apart from this subsection if there had been no change in the status of Seychelles. 2 This section applies to law of, or any part of, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and, in relation only to any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council made by virtue of any such enactment whereby any such enactment applies in relation to Seychelles, to law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Consequential modifications of other enactments. 7 1 On and after the appointed day the provisions specified in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified respectively in that Schedule. 2 Subsection (1) of this section, and the Schedule to this Act, shall not extend to Seychelles as part of its law. Interpretation. 8 1 In this Act, and in any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment, “ Seychelles ” means the territories which immediately before the appointed day constitute the Colony of Seychelles. 2 References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as emended or extended by or under another enactment. Short title. 9 This Act may be cited as the Seychelles Act 1976.
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 Repeals and associated amendments. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The enactments mentioned in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified (which are consequential on or otherwise made in connection with certain of the repeals in Part II (Alcoholism) of Schedule 1 to this Act) and the enactments mentioned in Part II of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified (which are consequential on other repeals made by this Act). Savings. 2 1 Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act (Schedule 1 Part XIII) of the Irish Free State Land Purchase (Loan Guarantee) Act 1924 and the East Africa Loans Act 1926— a there shall continue to be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund any sums required by the Treasury for fulfilling the guarantees given under the said Acts and there shall continue to be paid into the Consolidated Fund any sums received by way of repayment of any sums so issued; and b the Treasury shall continue to be under a duty to lay before both Houses of Parliament an account of any sums issued out of the Consolidated Fund for the purpose of the guarantee given under the said Act of 1924 as soon as may be after any sum is so issued. 2 Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act (Schedule 1 Part XIII) of the Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1959— a any schemes under that Act in force at the commencement of this Act shall, so far as then in force (that is to say, by virtue of section 1(3) of the Overseas Development and Service Act 1965, so far as they make provision for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of pensions, allowances or other benefits in respect of injuries of diseases, or aggravation of diseases, incurred by persons engaged in activities carried on for the purposes of such schemes) continue in force; and b there shall continue to be paid into the Consolidated Fund any sums received by way of interest on, or in repayment of, any outstanding loans under that Act. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extent. 3 1 This Act extends to Northern Ireland. 2 This Act does not repeal any enactment so far as the enactment forms part of the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, but Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that the repeal by this Act of any enactment specified in the Order shall on a date so specified extend to any of the Channel Islands . . ... Short title. 4 This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976.
Education (School-leaving Dates) Act 1976 (repealed 1.11.1996) Alterations of summer school-leaving date. 1 1 For subsections (3) and (4) of section 9 of the Education Act 1962 (under which a person who attains the age of 16 between the end of January and the beginning of September is deemed to attain the upper limit of compulsory school age at the end of the summer term) there shall be substituted— 3 If he attains that age after the end of January but before the next May school-leaving date, he shall be deemed not to have attained.that age until that date. 4 If he attains that age after the May school-leaving date and before the beginning of September next following that date, he shall be deemed to have attained that age on that date. 2 After subsection (7) of that section there shall be added— 8 In this section “the May school-leaving date” means the Friday before the last Monday in May. Family allowances and social security. 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, repeals, commencement and extent. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Education (School-leaving Dates) Act 1976. 2 The Education Acts 1944 to 1975 and this Act may be cited together as the Education Acts 1944 to 1976. 3 The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act (which include provisions that are spent in consequence of the Raising of the School Leaving Age Order 1972) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. 4 Section 21(2) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (repeals consequential on the introduction of child benefit) shall have effect as if section 2(1) to (3) above were included among the enactments mentioned in Part I of Schedule 5 to that Act. 5 Section 2(4) above and so much of the Schedule to this Act as relates to the Social Security Act 1975 shall not come into force until 6th April 1976. 6 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland; and section 1 above does not extend to Scotland.
Damages (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed) Rights of relatives of a deceased person. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transmissibility to executor of rights of deceased relative. 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rights transmitted to executor in respect of deceased person’s injuries. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement by executor of rights transmitted to him. 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Executor’s claim not to be excluded by relatives’ claim: and vice versa. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Limitation of total amount of liability. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of references in other Acts. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abolition of right of assythment. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Damages due to injured person for patrimonial loss caused by personal injuries whereby expectation of life is diminished. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solatium for loss of expectation of life. 9A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, application to Crown, commencement and extent. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OECD Support Fund Act 1975 The Agreement. 1 In this Act “ the Agreement ” means the agreement establishing a financial support fund of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which was signed on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom on 9th April 1975 and of which a copy was laid before Parliament by command of Her Majesty on 9th October 1975. Payments out of and into National Loans Fund. 2 1 Any sums required for the purpose of making payments under section 1(a) of Article VIII of the Agreement (which provides for the direct financing by members of the support fund of loans by the fund) shall be paid out of the National Loans Fund. 2 There shall be paid into the National Loans Fund any sums received— a on account of payments made out of the National Loans Fund under subsection (1) above; b under section 2(a) of Article XIX of the Agreement (liquidation of the support fund). Payments out of and into Consolidated Fund. 3 1 Any sums required for the purpose of making payments in pursuance of undertakings given by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom under section 1(b) of Article VIII or section 1 of Article IX of the Agreement (which provide for undertakings to be given by members of the support fund to support borrowing by the fund) shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund. 2 Any sums received on account of payments made out of the Consolidated Fund under subsection (1) above shall be paid into that Fund. 3 Immediately after any undertaking is given as mentioned in subsection (1) above, the Treasury shall lay a statement of the undertaking before each House of Parliament. Tax exemptions. 4 1 A person not resident in the United Kingdom shall not be liable to income tax in respect of income from any security issued by the support fund established by the Agreement if he would not be liable but for the fact that— a the security or income is issued, made payable or paid in the United Kingdom or in sterling; or b the support fund maintains an office or other place of business in the United Kingdom; and such a security shall be taken for the purposes of capital transfer tax and capital gains tax to be situated outside the United Kingdom. 2 No stamp duty shall be chargeable under the heading “Bearer Instrument” in Schedule 1 to the Stamp Act 1891 on the issue of any instrument by the support fund or on the transfer of the stock constituted by, or transferable by means of, any instrument issued by the fund. Short title. 5 This Act may be cited as the OECD Support Fund Act 1975.
Civil List Act 1975 (repealed) Supplements to sums payable under Civil List Acts. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
National Coal Board (Finance) Act 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Payments towards mineworkers’ pension scheme deficiency. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Citation, interpretation and extent. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed) Investigation of death and application for public inquiry. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Death of service personnel abroad 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation of witnesses for precognition. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holding of public inquiry. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conduct of public inquiry. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Criminal proceedings and compellability of witnesses. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheriff’s determination etc. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rules. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minor and consequential amendments and repeals 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to continental shelf. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation, transitional, citation, commencement and extent. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .