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Matrimonial Proceedings (Transfers) Act 1988 Transfer to county courts of proceedings transferred to the High Court before 28 April 1986. 1 1 Section 38 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (power at any stage in family proceedings in the High Court to transfer the whole or any part of the proceedings to a county court) shall have effect as if at the end of the list in subsection (2) of the proceedings transferable under that section there were added the following— and d all matrimonial causes and matters transferred from the family court or a county court otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (c) above. 2 Where before the passing of this Act the High Court has made an order purporting to transfer to a county court the whole or any part of any such proceedings as are mentioned in subsection (3) below, the order shall be deemed not to be, and never to have been, invalid by reason of the fact that the proceedings were not transferable under section 38 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984. 3 The proceedings referred to above are any matrimonial cause or matter which at the time of the order was pending in the High Court by virtue of its having been transferred from a county court before 28 April 1986, otherwise than under section 41 of the County Courts Act 1984. 4 Where before the passing of this Act the High Court has continued to exercise jurisdiction in a transferred cause because of the invalidity of the order purporting to transfer the proceedings to a county court and, in so exercising jurisdiction, has granted a decree which has been made absolute, subsection (2) above shall not have effect— a to invalidate an order made in the proceedings by the High Court; or b to validate an order made in the proceedings by the county court; and if, immediately before the passing of this Act, the proceedings were still pending in the High Court, that court shall continue to have jurisdiction in them notwithstanding the validation of the purported transfer to the county court. 5 The reference in subsection (4) above to a transferred cause is to a matrimonial cause which the High Court has purported to transfer to a county court by means of an order validated by this Act. Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Proceedings (Transfers) Act 1988.
Register of Sasines Act 1987 Regulations prescribing methods of operation in the Register of Sasines. 1 1 Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe methods of operation in the Register of Sasines and these methods shall apply in place of methods of operation provided for in any enactment prior to the coming into force of this Act, notwithstanding the provisions of such enactments. 2 In subsection (1) above, “ methods of operation ” means— a the manner of recording a deed and of keeping the Register, including the medium in which a deed may be recorded and the Register kept; b the making available of the Register to the public for inspection, and different provision may be made for different cases or classes of case. 3 Nothing in this Act, or in regulations under this Act, or done under or by virtue of such regulations shall affect— a any rule of law relating to the information— i to be recorded in the Register; or ii to be made available to the public; or b the evidential value of the Register or of an extract from the Register. 4 Methods of keeping the Register prescribed in accordance with subsection (1) above may apply to records of deeds, notwithstanding that they were recorded before the coming into force of the regulations. 5 Any reference, however expressed, in any enactment to— a a particular book, volume or folio; or b a method of recording a deed or keeping the Register which has been superseded by virtue of regulations made under this Act shall be construed as a reference to such document or method as has so superseded it. 6 In this Act— “ enactment ” includes any Act of Parliament, whether public, general, local or private, any Act of Sederunt and any instrument made under any enactment; any reference to the Register of Sasines shall be construed in accordance with section 2 of The Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1868. Making of regulations. 2 1 Before making regulations under this Act, the Secretary of State shall consult such persons or bodies as appear to him to be appropriate. 2 Regulations under this Act shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. Citation commencement and extent. 3 1 This Act, which may be cited as the Register of Sasines (Scotland) Act 1987, shall come into force on the expiry of the period of two months begining with the day on which it is passed. 2 This Act extends to Scotland only.
Welsh Development Agency Act 1988 (repealed 19.12.1991) Increase of financial limit. 1 In section 18(3) of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (financial limit for the Agency), for the words “£450 million” there shall be substituted the words “ £700 million ” . Short title and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Welsh Development Agency Act 1988. 2 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1987 (repealed) Amendment of section 18 of the Gaming Act 1968. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement and extent. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Minors’ Contracts Act 1987 Disapplication of Infants Relief Act 1874 etc. 1 The following enactments shall not apply to any contract made by a minor after the commencement of this Act.— a the Infants Relief Act 1874 (which invalidates certain contracts made by minors and prohibits actions to enforce contracts ratified after majority); and b section 5 of the Betting and Loans (Infants) Act 1892 (which invalidates contracts to repay loans advanced during minority). Guarantees. 2 Where— a a guarantee is given in respect of an obligation of a party to a contract made after the commencement of this Act, and b the obligation is unenforceable against him (or he repudiates the contract) because he was a minor when the contract was made,the guarantee shall not for that reason alone be unenforceable against the guarantor. Restitution. 3 1 Where— a a person (“the plaintiff”) has after the commencement of this Act entered into a contract with another (“the defendant”), and b the contract is unenforceable against the defendant (or he repudiates it) because he was a minor when the contract was made,the court may, if it is just and equitable to do so, require the defendant to transfer to the plaintiff any property acquired by the defendant under the contract, or any property representing it. 2 Nothing in this section shall be taken to prejudice any other remedy available to the plaintiff. Consequential amendment and repeals. 4 1 In section 113 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (that Act not to be evaded by use of security) in subsection (7)— a after the word “indemnity”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be inserted “ or guarantee ” ; b after the words “minor, or” there shall be inserted “ an indemnity is given in a case where he ” ; and c for the words “they” there shall be substituted “ those obligations ” . 2 The Infants Relief Act 1874 and the Betting and Loans (Infants) Act 1892 are hereby repealed (in accordance with section 1 of this Act). Short title, commencement and extent. 5 1 This Act may be cited as the Minors’ Contracts Act 1987. 2 This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed. 3 This Act extends to England and Wales only.
Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) Act 1987 Amendment of section 32(2) of Social Security Act 1986. 1 In section 32(2)(a) of the Social Security Act 1986 the words "of prescribed amounts, whether in respect of prescribed items or otherwise," shall be inserted before "to meet". Short title etc. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) Act 1987. 2 An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which states that it is made only for purposes corresponding to those of this Act— a shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament); but b shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House. 3 Subsections (1) and (2) above extend to Northern Ireland, but this Act does not otherwise so extend.
Local Government Finance Act 1987 (repealed) Part I England and Wales Rate support grant: future years Rate fund revenue accounts. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rate fund revenue accounts: further provisions. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of local authorities’ expenditure. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rate support grant: other years Validation for past and general provision for future. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further provision as to future. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates Validation of past acts. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on rating and precepting. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanctions. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous and general Power of specifying: general. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special provisions as to rate support grant. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments and repeals. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part II Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Part III General Expenses. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation and extent. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recognition of Trusts Act 1987 Applicable law and recognition of trusts. 1 1 The provisions of the Convention set out in the Schedule to this Act shall have the force of law in the United Kingdom. 2 Those provisions shall, so far as applicable, have effect not only in relation to the trusts described in Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention but also in relation to any other trusts of property arising under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or by virtue of a judicial decision whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. 3 In accordance with Articles 15 and 16 such provisions of the law as are there mentioned shall, to the extent there specified, apply to the exclusion of the other provisions of the Convention. 4 In Article 17 the reference to a State includes a reference to any country or territory (whether or not a party to the Convention and whether or not forming part of the United Kingdom) which has its own system of law. 5 Article 22 shall not be construed as affecting the law to be applied in relation to anything done or omitted before the coming into force of this Act. Extent. 2 1 This Act extends to Northern Ireland. 2 Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that this Act shall also form part of the law of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands or any colony. 3 An Order in Council under subsection (2) above may modify this Act in its application to any of the territories there mentioned and may contain such supplementary provisions as Her Majesty considers appropriate. 4 An Order in Council under subsection (2) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. Short title, commencement and application to the Crown. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Recognition of Trusts Act 1987. 2 This Act shall come into force on such date as the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Advocate may appoint by an order made by statutory instrument. 3 This Act binds the Crown.
Advance Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1986 Repayment of APRT where net profit period not yet reached. 1 1 In accordance with the provisions of this Act, advance petroleum revenue tax shall be paid to a participator in an oil field— a in respect of whom none of the chargeable periods ending before 1st July 1986 is his net profit period for the purposes of this Act; and b who was a participator in that field on 6th November 1986 and who, on that date, was entitled to a share of the oil won from that field during the chargeable period ending on 31st December 1986; and the Schedule to this Act shall have effect for determining whether any chargeable period is for the purposes of this Act a participator’s net profit period in relation to a particular oil field. 2 In this section “ relevant participator ” means any such participator as is referred to in subsection (1) above; and other expressions used in this Act have the same meaning as in Chapter II of Part VI of the Finance Act 1982 (advance petroleum revenue tax). 3 There shall be determined in the case of every relevant participator the amount by which his APRT credit for the chargeable period ending on 31st December 1986 exceeds his provisional liability for petroleum revenue tax for that period in respect of the field in question and, subject to subsection (5) below, on a claim made in that behalf, there shall be repaid to the participator so much of that excess as does not exceed £15 million. 4 The reference in subsection (3) above to a participator’s provisional liability for petroleum revenue tax for a chargeable period is a reference to the amount of tax shown to be payable by him for that period in the statement delivered under section 1(1)(a) of the Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980. 5 A claim under subsection (3) above shall be made in such form as the Board may prescribe (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and shall be made not later than 28th February 1987 and, for the purposes of this Act, the Board may have regard to claims made before as well as after the passing of this Act. 6 Paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 19 to the Finance Act 1982 (interest on certain repayments of APRT) shall not apply to any amount of APRT which is repayable only by virtue of this Act. 7 A repayment of APRT made to a relevant participator pursuant to this Act,— a shall be presumed to be a repayment of APRT which was paid later in priority to APRT which was paid earlier; and b shall be disregarded in computing his income for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax. Short title and construction. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Advance Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1986. 2 This Act shall be construed as one with Part I of the Oil Taxation Act 1975.
Sex Discrimination Act 1986 (repealed) Private households and small undertakings and partnerships. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discrimination as to retirement et ceteralaetc. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Discrimination in relation to training. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discrimination required by public entertainment licences. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collective agreements and rules of undertakings. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Repeal of Baking Industry (Hours of Work) Act 1954. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendment, repeals and saving. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement and extent. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 Extended meaning of “the Treaties” and “the Community Treaties”. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extensions of provisions to courts attached to European Court. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provisions relating to European Assembly. 3 1 Subject to subsection (2) below and to the repeals and revocations made by section 4(3) below, any enactment or instrument passed or made before the day on which the Single European Act enters into force shall have effect on and after that day with the substitution— a of a reference to the (or, as the case may be, a) European Parliament for any reference (however worded) to the (or an) Assembly of the European Communities; and b of the words “European Parliamentary” for the word “Assembly” and for the words “ European Assembly ” wherever that word or those words are used adjectivally with reference to the European Assembly (together with, where necessary, the consequential substitution of “a” for “an”). 2 The provisions on which subsection (1) above operates do not include that subsection itself or subsection (3) below or the long title of this Act but, subject to those exceptions, include— a the long titles of Acts passed before the day mentioned in subsection (1) above; b any provision of an Act or instrument passed or made before that day specifying how that Act or instrument may be cited; and c so much of any Act or instrument so passed or made as uses a mode of citation authorised by another such Act or instrument to refer to that other Act or instrument. 3 On and after the day mentioned in subsection (1) above the enactments and instruments amended by this section shall have effect as if the Assembly of the European Communities had always been named the European Parliament. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title interpretation and repeals. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986. 2 In this Act “ the Single European Act ” means the Single European Act signed at Luxembourg and The Hague on 17th and 28th February 1986. 3 The enactments and instruments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed or revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule as from the day mentioned in section 3(1) above.
Rate Support Grants Act 1986 (repealed) Validation of approved block grant determinations. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjustment of block grant to limit effects of changes. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other rate support grant amendments. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, interpretation, repeals, and extent. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
British Council and Commonwealth Institute Superannuation Act 1986 Superannuation of staff of British Council and Commonwealth Institute. 1 1 The persons to whom section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 applies (persons to or in respect of whom benefits may be provided by schemes under that section) shall include persons who at any time after the coming into force of this Act are serving in employment with— a the British Council; . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and accordingly a reference to that body shall be inserted at the appropriate point in the alphabetical list of “ Other Bodies ” in Schedule 1 to that Act. 2 That section shall also apply to persons who at any time before the coming into force of this Act have ceased to serve in employment with that body . Financial provisions. 2 1 There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of such moneys under the said Act of 1972; and the British Council . . . shall . . . pay to the Treasury in respect of that increase, at such times as the Treasury may direct, such sums as the Treasury may determine. 2 Any sums received by the Treasury by virtue of this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund or used as an appropriation in aid for the purposes of section 1 of the said Act of 1972. Short title and commencement. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the British Council and Commonwealth Institute Superannuation Act 1986. 2 This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different dates may be appointed in relation to the British Council and the Commonwealth Institute respectively.
Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986 Public Trustee and Funds Administration Public Trustee and Accountant General: appointment, tenure of office etc. 1 1 The office of Public Trustee and the office of Accountant General of the Senior Courts may be held by one person. 2 The office of Accountant General of the Senior Courts may, but need not, be held by the Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor. 3 The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect with the amendments specified in that Schedule. Exercise by Public Trustee of functions of Court of Protection. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Functions of the Public Trustee. 3 1 The Public Trustee may exercise the functions of a deputy appointed by the Court of Protection. 6 The discharge by the Public Trustee of any functions under this section shall not be treated as the discharge of the duties of his office for the purposes of the following provisions of the Public Trustee Act 1906 , that is to say— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b section 9 (fees); and c section 10 (appeal to court); but persons may be appointed as his officers and expenses paid under section 8 and rules may be made under section 114 of that Act for the purposes of this section as for the purposes of that Act. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accountant General’s powers of investment. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Investment expenses of National Debt Commissioners Deduction by National Debt Commissioners of investment expenses of money in court. 5 1 In section 39 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (investment of money in court transferred to National Debt Commissioners) in subsection (2) (payment of excess into Consolidated Fund) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the words— and c an amount equal to the expenses incurred by the Commissioners in that year in making investments under subsection (1) above and disposing of investments so made . 2 In subsection (3) of that section (deficiencies to be made good out of the Consolidated Fund) for the words “paragraphs (a) and (b)” there shall be substituted the words “ paragraphs (a) to (c) ” . 3 After subsection (4) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection— 4A Any sum deducted by the Commissioners under subsection (2)(c) above shall be applied as an appropriation in aid of moneys provided by Parliament for the expenses of the National Debt Commissioners; and, so far as not so applied, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. General Short title commencement and extent. 6 1 This act may be cited as the Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 With the exception of the amendments in the Administration of Justice Act 1982, this Act extends to England and Wales only.
Crown Agents (Amendment) Act 1986 (repealed 21.3.1997) Interest on Crown Agents’ commencing capital debt: extension of “initial period”. 1 In section 17 of the Crown Agents Act 1979 (interest on Crown Agents’ commencing capital debt payable during initial period only if Secretary of State so determines)— a in subsection (9), for the words from “five” to “seven” there shall be substituted the word “ twelve ” ; and b subsection (10) shall cease to have effect. Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Crown Agents (Amendment) Act 1986.