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Highlands and Islands Air Services (Scotland) Act 1980 Assistance to persons providing air services serving the Highlands and Islands. 1 1 For the purposes of establishing, maintaining and improving air services serving the Highlands and Islands, the Secretary of State may assist, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, persons who provide or propose to provide such services. 2 The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make advances, out of moneys provided by Parliament, either by way of grant or loan, or partly in one of those ways and partly in the other, on such terms and conditions as he considers expedient, to any such person as aforesaid; and in the case of a grant, the terms and conditions may include provisions for repayment in whole or in part in specified circumstances. 3 Any moneys received by the Secretary of State by virtue of this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Expenses. 2 Any expenses of the Secretary of State incurred in consequence of the provisions of this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament. Interpretation. 3 In this Act— “air services” means air transport services, other than international air services, operating– a in accordance with a licence granted under section 22 of the Civil Aviation Act 1971 or section 65 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 or under the authority of an instrument made under section 21(2) of the said Act of 1971 or section 64(2) of the said Act of 1982, or b in exercise of traffic rights permitted by virtue of Chapter III of Regulation ( EC ) No. 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24th September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community; ... “ the Highlands and Islands ” means that area within or in relation to which the functions of the Highlands and Islands Development Board may be exercised by virtue of subsection (2) of section 1 of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965. “ the Highlands and Islands ” shall be construed in accordance with section 21(1) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Short Title commencement and extent. 5 1 This Act may be cited as the Highlands and Islands Air Services (Scotland) Act 1980. 2 This Act shall come into operation on the 15th of December 1980. 3 This Act extends to Scotland only.
New Hebrides Act 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Consequential amendments and repeals. 2 1 The provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on the attainment of independence within the Commonwealth by the New Hebrides. 2 The enactments and instruments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Short title and commencement. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the New Hebrides Act 1980. 2 Section 2 and Schedules 1 and 2 shall come into force on the appointed day.
Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980 Commonwealth citizenship. 1 1 2 It is hereby declared that Papua New Guinea has never been a colony within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1948. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous amendments and repeals. 3 1 The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the provisions of that Schedule, being provisions consequential on the attainment of independence by and the entry into the Commonwealth of Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru. 2 3 Paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of the Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on 16th September 1975. Short title. 4 This Act may be cited as the Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980.
Shipbuilding Act 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Guarantees in respect of alterations of ships, etc. 2 In section 10 of the Industry Act 1972 (which among other things authorises the Secretary of State to guarantee the payment of certain sums payable under arrangements for financing the construction of a ship or mobile offshore installation) in sub-section (9) (which provides that in that section “construction” includes the completion of a partially constructed ship or installation) after the word “installation” there shall be inserted the words “ and the alteration of a ship or installation and of a partially constructed ship or installation ” . Short title and extent. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Shipbuilding Act 1979. 2 This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
European Communities (Greek Accession) Act 1979 (repealed) Extended meaning of “the Treaties” and “the Community Treaties”. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Concessionary Travel For Handicapped Persons (Scotland) Act 1980 Travel concessions for handicapped persons. 1 1 2 Section 93 of the Transport Act 1985 (travel concession schemes) shall apply in relation to handicapped persons as it applies in relation to persons mentioned in subsection (7) of that section. 3 A local authority may contribute to any cost incurred by any other local authority in granting travel concessions under this Act. Interpretation. 2 1 In section 1 of this Act— “ handicapped persons ” means persons who, not being eligible persons within the meaning of section 93(7) of the Transport Act 1985 — suffer from mental disorder within the meaning of section 328 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 ; are deaf or dumb; or are substantially and permanently handicapped by illness, injury, defective hearing, defective sight or congenital deformity or by such other disabilities as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations; “ local authority ” means a regional or islands council; “ travel concession ” has the same meaning as in the said Act of 1985 . 2 The power to make regulations under subsection (1)(c) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. Expenses. 3 There shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of such moneys under any other Act. Short title, and extent. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the Concessionary Travel For Handicapped Persons (Scotland) Act 1980. 2 This Act extends to Scotland only.
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1980 (repealed) Amendment of s.20 of Gaming Act 1968. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leasehold Reform Act 1979 Price to tenant on enfranchisement. 1 1 As against a tenant in possession claiming under section 8 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, the price payable on a conveyance for giving effect to that section cannot be made less favourable by reference to a transaction since 15th February 1979 involving the creation or transfer of an interest superior to (whether or not preceding) his own, or an alteration since that date of the terms on which such an interest is held. 2 References in this section to a tenant claiming are to his giving notice under section 8 of his desire to have the freehold. 3 Subsection (1) applies to any claim made on or after the commencement date (which means the date of the passing of this Act), and also to a claim made before that date unless by then the price has been determined by agreement or otherwise. Citation and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Leasehold Reform Act 1979; and the 1967 Act and this Act may be cited together as the Leasehold Reform Acts 1967 and 1979. 2 This Act extends to England and Wales only.
Education Act 1979 (repealed 1.11.1996) Abolition of duty to give effect to comprehensive principle. 1 1 In the Education Act 1976— section 1 (the comprehensive principle); section 2 (submission of proposals for giving effect to comprehensive principle); and section 3 (approval and implementation of proposals submitted under section 2), are hereby repealed. 2 The following provisions of this section apply to proposals submitted or transmitted to the Secretary of State under section 2 which have been treated, by virtue of a direction under subsection (1) of section 3, as if they had been submitted to him by a local education authority under subsection (1) or by the . . . governors of a voluntary school under subsection (2) of section 13 of the Education Act 1944 (establishing, maintaining, changing character of, enlarging or ceasing to maintain county school or voluntary school). 3 Where any proposals to which this subsection applies have been approved under subsection (4) of section 13, the Secretary of State may, on the application of the local education authority . . . or governors concerned, revoke the approval. 4 Where any proposals to which this subsection applies have not been so approved but public notice of them has been given under subsection (3) of section 13, the local education authority, . . . or governors concerned may elect that, notwithstanding the repeals effected by subsection (1) above, the proposals shall continue to be treated as if they had been submitted to the Secretary of State under subsection (1) or (2) of that section; but no such election shall have effect unless it is made in writing to the Secretary of State before 31st December 1979. Citation, construction and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1979. 2 The Education Acts 1944 to 1976 and this Act may be cited together as the Education Acts 1944 to 1979. 3 This Act shall be construed as one with the Education Act 1944. 4 This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Industry Act 1979 Increase in limits on loans, etc. , to National Enterprise Board, Scottish Development Agency and Welsh Development Agency. 1 1 The following enactments, that is to say, . . . section 13 of the Scottish Development Agency Act 1975 and section 18 of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (limits on loans made and capital made available to . . . the Scottish Development Agency and the Welsh Development Agency and their wholly owned subsidiaries, and guarantees by, and in respect of loans to, . . . those Agencies and any such subsidiary of the Scottish Development Agency) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 In sections . . . 13 and 18, for the words “wholly owned subsidiaries” and “wholly owned subsidiary”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ subsidiaries ” and “ subsidiary ” respectively. 6 In sections . . .13(5)(b) and 18(5)(b) (which bring within the relevant limit sums borrowed by a subsidiary of . . . either of the Agencies only when it was such a subsidiary) for the words “when it was such a subsidiary” there shall be substituted the words “ (whether or not it was such a subsidiary at the time any such sum was borrowed) ” . 7 In accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section sections . . . 13 and 18 shall have effect as set out in the Schedule to this Act. Short title, etc. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Industry Act 1979. 2 The National Enterprise Board (Financial Limit) Order 1978 is hereby revoked.
Criminal Evidence Act 1979 Amendment of section 1 of Criminal Evidence Act 1898, etc. , and transitional provision. 1 1 In paragraph (f)(iii) of the proviso to each of the following enactments, that is to say, section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898, . . . and section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 (under which an accused person who has given evidence against another person charged with the same offence may be cross-examined about his previous convictions and his bad character), for the words “with the same offence” there shall be substituted the words “in the same proceedings”. 2 Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, a person charged with any offence who, before the coming into force of this Act, has given evidence against any other person charged in the same proceedings shall not by reason of that fact be asked or required to answer any question which he could not have been asked and required to answer but for that subsection. Short title and commencement. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Criminal Evidence Act 1979. 2 This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.
Forestry Act 1979 Finance for forestry. 1 1 The Forestry Commissioners may, with Treasury approval as regards England ..., ... , make grants and loans to owners and lessees of land in England ... for and in connection with the use and management of the land for forestry purposes. 2 Any such grant or loan shall be payable in accordance with section 41 of the Forestry Act 1967. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metrication of measurements. 2 1 The Forestry Act 1967 is amended as shown in Schedule 1 to this Act (the amendments being substitute metric units of measurement throughout the Act). 2 The appropriate authority may by regulations amend enactments to which this subsection applies so as to substitute— a for any reference to a number of acres, a reference to a number of hectares; b for any reference to a number of feet, a reference to a number of metres; and c for any requirement that plans be made on the scale of 3 chains to an inch, a requirement that they be made on the scale of 1 : 2,500; and for this purpose “ number ” includes a number less than unity. 3 Subsection (2) applies to any enactment contained in an Act (whether public general, local or private) relating to particular forest lands in England and Wales. 4 Before any such regulations are made by the Welsh Ministers, they shall consult such persons and organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be affected. 5 The regulations— a may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions (if any) as the appropriate authority consider expedient; and b shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment by resolution of either House of Parliament (in the case of regulations made by the Forestry Commissioners) or of the National Assembly for Wales (in the case of regulations made by the Welsh Ministers) . 6 In this section “the appropriate authority” means— a in relation to England, the Forestry Commissioners; b in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers. Citation, etc. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Forestry Act 1979; and the Forestry Act 1967 and this Act may be cited together as the Forestry Acts 1967 and 1979. 2 The Forestry Act 1967 is repealed to the extent specified in Schedule 2 to this Act. 3 This Act comes into force at the expiration of two months from the date on which it is passed. 4 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Community Service by Offenders (Scotland) Act 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Grants in respect of community service facilities. 9 After section 27 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 there shall be inserted the following section— Grants in respect of Community service facilities. 27A The Secretary of State may make to a local authority grants of such amount and subject to such conditions as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine in respect of expenditure incurred by the authority in providing a service for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (b) of section 27(1) of this Act in relation to persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (iii) of that paragraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Employment (Continental Shelf) Act 1978 Powers to apply employment legislation. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 In relation to employment concerned with the exploration or exploitation of a cross-boundary petroleum field, the powers to make Orders in Council under— a section 10(5) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, and b section 8(5) of the Race Relations Act 1976, in respect of designated areas shall be exercisable also in respect of foreign sectors of the continental shelf. Interpretation. 2 In section 1 above— “ cross-boundary petroleum field ” means a petroleum field that extends across the boundary between a designated area and a foreign sector of the continental shelf; “ designated area ” means an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964; “ foreign sector of the continental shelf ” means an area which is outside the territorial waters of any State and within which rights are exercisable by a State other than the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources; “ petroleum field ” means a geological structure identified as an oil or gas field by the Order in Council concerned. Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Employment (Continental Shelf) Act 1978.
Local Government Act 1978 Power for authorities to incur expenditure to remedy injustices caused by maladministration. 1 At the end of section 31 of the Local Government Act 1974 and section 29 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 there shall be added the following subsection :— 3 In any case where— a a report is laid before an authority under subsection (1) above, and b on consideration of the report, it appears to the authority that a payment should be made to, or some other benefit should be provided for, a person who has suffered injustice in consequence of maladministration referred to in the report, the authority may incur such expenditure as appears to them to be appropriate in making such payment or providing such a benefit. Short title and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act 1978. 2 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Import of Live Fish (Scotland) Act 1978 (repealed) Power to limit the import etc. of fish and fish eggs. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of entry and inspection. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences etc. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation and extent. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1978 (repealed) Raising of maximum deposit. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further alterations of limits. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction, citation, commencement and extent. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Theatres Trust (Scotland) Act 1978 Extension of Theatres Trust Act 1976 to Scotland. 1 1 The Theatres Trust Act 1976 shall be amended as follows, and as so amended shall extend to Scotland and come into force there on the passing of this Act. 2 In section 2 (objects of Trust and powers of trustees), after subsection (2) there shall be added— 3 Subsection (2) above shall have effect in relation to Scotland with the substitution for paragraph (d) of the following paragraph— “(d) from time to time to sell, let, surrender or otherwise dispose of, or apply as security for borrowing, any heritable or moveable property vested in or acquired by the trustees;”. . 3 In section 6(4) (extent), the words “Scotland or” are hereby repealed. Short title and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Theatres Trust (Scotland) Act 1978. 2 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Public Health Laboratory Service Act 1979 Extension of public health laboratory service. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payments in respect of membership of Public Health Laboratory Service Board and its committiees. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and extent. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 ( repealed) Part I The Boards Constitution Constitution of Boards. 1 1 The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board established by section 1 of the Act of 1943 (in this Act referred to as “ the North Board ”) and the South of Scotland Electricity Board established by section 2 of the Act of 1954 (in this Act referred to as “ the South Board ”) shall continue in existence, and are referred to in this Act as “ the Boards ”. 2 Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to the constitution and proceedings of the Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–47
Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978 Government grants to housing authorities and voluntary organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous and general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10