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Guyana Independence Act 1966 Fully responsible status of Guyana. 1 1 On and after 26th May 1966 (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 the territory which immediately before that day constitutes the Colony of British Guiana and which on and after that day is to be called Guyana. 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 Guyana as part of its law; and on and after that day the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of Guyana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Effect of certain certificates of naturalisation. 4 1 Any document which on or after 1st January 1949 and before the passing of this Act was issued to a person by the Governor of British Guiana with the approval of the Secretary of State and which— a purported to be a certificate of naturalisation, but b did not contain a declaration that, upon taking the oath of allegiance within the time and in the manner required by the regulations made in that behalf, that person was to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as from the date of the certificate, shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, as if (instead of any other declaration contained in the document) it had contained such a declaration as is specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection. 2 Any document to which the preceding subsection applies shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, as a certificate of naturalisation granted under section 10 of the British Nationality Act 1948, whether it purported to be granted under that Act or not. 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 For the purpose of the making, on or after the appointed day, of Orders in Council under section 4 of the West Indies Act 1962, Guyana shall be treated as not being a colony with the meaning of that Act. 4 On and after the appointed day the provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule. 5 Subsection (4) of this section, and Schedule 2 to this Act, shall not extend to Guyana as part of its law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Interpretation and repeal. 8 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title. 9 This Act may be cited as the Guyana Independence Act 1966.
Land Registration Act 1966 (repealed 8.11.1995) Amendments of Land Registration Act 1925. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Applications under sections 4 and 8 of the said Act (first registration of title) as respects land outside an area of compulsory registration shall not be entertained except in such classes of cases as the registrar may, by notice published in such way as appears to him appropriate, from time to time specify and in those cases the registrar may require the applicant under either of those sections to show that there are special considerations which make it expedient to grant the application. In this subsection “ area of compulsory registration ” means an area as respects which an Order in Council made or having effect under the said section 120 is in force. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, construction, repeals and commencement. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Land Registration Act 1966 and the Land Registration Acts 1925 and 1936 and this Act may be cited together as the Land Registration Acts 1925 to 1966. 2 This Act shall be construed as one with the Land Registration Act 1925. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 This Act shall come into force at the expiration of a period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.
Air Corporations Act 1966 (repealed) Capital reconstruction of B.O.A.C. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Citation, interpretation and repeals. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
National Health Service Act 1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Remuneration of general practitioners Modification of prohibition of full-time salaried practitioner service. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplemental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Citation, commencement and extent. 12 1 This Act may be cited as the National Health Service Act 1966. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966 The Commonwealth Secretariat, its privileges and immunities. 1 1 The Commonwealth Secretariat shall have the legal capacity of a body corporate. 2 The Commonwealth Secretariat shall have the privileges and immunities conferred by Part I of the Schedule to this Act, the officers and servants of the Secretariat and members of their families and the President and members of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal shall have the privileges and immunities conferred by Part II of that Schedule and the supplementary provisions in Part III of that Schedule shall have effect for the purposes of the said Parts I and II. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 In this Act “ the Commonwealth Secretariat ” means the Commonwealth Secretariat established at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Meeting of June 1965. Short title and commencement. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966. 2 This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st July 1965, but not so as to affect any cause of action arising, or liability to criminal proceedings incurred, before the passing of this Act.
Church of England Convocations Act 1966 Duration of Convocations. 1 1 Notwithstanding any custom or rule of law to the contrary, the Convocations of Canterbury and York may be called together and dissolved at such times as Her Majesty may determine, without regard to the time at which Parliament is summoned or dissolved. 2 A Convocation of Canterbury or York shall (unless sooner dissolved pursuant to Her Majesty’s directions) stand dissolved at the expiration of the period of five years ... beginning with the date for which it was called together. 3 On the dissolution of the said Convocations, the power of Her Majesty to provide for the election of members and the calling together of new Convocations shall be exercised as heretofore so as to secure that the new Convocations are called together as soon as may be convenient after the dissolution of the old. 4 It is hereby declared that the said Convocations are not dissolved by the demise of the Crown. Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Church of England Convocations Act 1966.
Coal Industry Act 1965 (repealed) Borrowing by, and loans by Minister to, National Coal Board. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capital reconstruction, and application of funds, of Board. 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Pensions or compensation of members of Board. 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, construction, repeals and extent. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
National Coal Board (Additional Powers) Act 1966 (repealed 31.10.1994) Additional powers for National Coal Board 1 1 In addition to their duties and powers under the Coal Industry Acts 1946 to 1965, but subject to the provisions of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 and the Continental Shelf Act 1964, the British Coal Corporation (hereafter in this Act referred to as “the Corporation” shall have power— a to search and bore for and get petroleum within the meaning of the said Act of 1934 in the sea bed and subsoil of the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain and of any area for the time being designated under section 1(7) of the said Act of 1964; b where any crude natural gas or crude liquid petroleum has been got as aforesaid wholly or partly by or on behalf of the Corporation , to engage— i at well-head or within Great Britain; or ii at such other place, if any, as may be authorised by an order of the Secretary of State made by statutory instrument, which shall be laid before Parliament after being made, in the treatment of that gas or petroleum for the purpose of rendering it saleable in crude state, and in the sale or supply of that gas or petroleum with or without such treatment; c to do anything and to enter into any transaction (whether or not involving the expenditure, borrowing in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of the Coal Industry Act 1965, or lending, of money, or the acquisition of any property or rights) which in the opinion of the Corporation is calculated to facilitate the proper exercise by them of their powers under paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of this subsection; d to dispose of any property or rights held by the Corporation for the purpose of the exercise of their powers under the said paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) which are no longer required by the Corporation for that purpose; e to make available to other persons anything provided for the purpose of the exercise by the Corporation of their powers under the said paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) so far as not for the time being required for use by the Corporation for that purpose. 2 The powers of the Corporation under paragraph ( f ) of section 1(2) of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (which relates to training, education and research) shall be exercisable in relation to any activities under paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of subsection (1) of this section as they are exercisable in relation to any activities under paragraphs ( a ) to ( e ) of the said section 1(2). 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the National Coal Board (Additional Powers) Act 1966. 2 This Act and the Coal Industry Acts 1946 to 1965 may be cited together as the Coal Industry Acts 1946 to 1966.
Lesotho Independence Act 1966 Establishment of Kingdom of Lesotho. 1 On 4th October 1966 (in this Act referred to as “the appointed day”) the territory which immediately before that day constitutes the Colony of Basutoland shall cease to form part of Her Majesty’s dominions and shall become an independent kingdom under the name of Lesotho. Operation of existing law. 2 1 Subject to the following provisions of this Act, on and after the appointed day all law which, whether being a rule of law or a provision of an Act of Parliament or of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, is in force on that day or has been passed or made before that day and 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 Lesotho, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Lesotho, as it would have apart from this subsection if on the appointed day Basutoland has been renamed Lesotho but there had been no change in its status. 2 Part I of the Schedule to this Act (which relates to enactments applicable to Commonwealth countries having fully responsible status) and Part II of that Schedule (which relates to enactments excepted from the operation of the preceding subsection) shall have effect on and after the appointed day in relation to the enactments therein mentioned; but that Schedule shall not extend to Lesotho as part of its law. 3 Subsection (1) of 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 Basutoland, to law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends. 4 For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that nothing in this section is to be construed as continuing in force any enactment or rule of law which would limit or restrict the legislative powers of Lesotho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Short title and interpretation. 8 1 This Act may be cited as the Lesotho Independence Act 1966. 2 References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.
Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 Abolition of death penalty for murder. 1 1 No person shall suffer death for murder, and a person convicted of murder shall . . . be sentenced to imprisonment for life. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 For the purpose of any proceedings on or subsequent to a person’s trial on a charge of capital murder, that charge and any plea or finding of guilty of capital murder shall be treated as being or having been a charge, or a plea or finding of guilty, of murder only; and if at the commencement of this Act a person is under sentence of death for murder, the sentence shall have effect as a sentence of imprisonment for life. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Short title, repeal, extent and commencement. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 This Act ... shall not extend to Northern Ireland. 4 This Act shall come into force on the day following that on which it is passed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 Part I Divorce, nullity and other matrimonial suits Divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Remarriage of divorced persons. 8 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 No clergyman of the Church of England or the Church in Wales shall be compelled— a to solemnise the marriage of any person whose former marriage has been dissolved and whose former spouse is still living; or b to permit the marriage of such a person to be solemnised in the church or chapel of which he is the minister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Part II Ancillary relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Maintenance agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Alteration of agreements by court after death of one party. 25 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance from estate of deceased former spouse Orders for maintenance from deceased’s estate. 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discharge and variation of orders under s. 26. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional provisions as to orders under ss. 26 and 27. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Part III Protection of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Part IV Miscellaneous and general Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Evidence. 43 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 †Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent. 46 1 This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . ., this Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Malawi Republic Act 1966 Operation of existing law. 1 1 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 was in force on 6th July 1966, or, having been passed or made before that date, 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 Malawi, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Malawi, as it would have apart from this subsection if Malawi 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 Malawi, to law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends. 3 This section shall be deemed to have had effect from 6th July 1966. Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Malawi Republic Act 1966.
Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1965 Amendments of Act of 1945. 1 1 The Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 shall be amended as follows. 2 The period for presenting petitions under the Act against an order subject to special parliamentary procedure, and the resolution period as defined by section 4(2) of the Act, shall each be twenty-one days, instead of fourteen days . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A petition of general objection shall under section 4(2) of the Act stand referred to a joint committee of both Houses unless either House of Parliament has within the resolution period as defined in that subsection resolved that it be not so referred, . . . Citation, extent, commencement and repeals. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1965 and the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 and this Act may be cited together as the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Acts 1945 and 1965. 2 This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland. 3 This Act shall have effect as respects any order laid before both Houses of Parliament after the expiration of a period of one month beginning with the date on which this Act is passed. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Criminal Evidence Act 1965 (repealed 18.9.1993) Admissibility of certain trade or business records. 1 1 In any criminal proceedings where direct oral evidence of a fact would be admissible, any statement contained in a document and tending to establish that fact shall, on production of the document, be admissible as evidence of that fact if— a the document is, or forms part of, a record relating to any trade or business and compiled, in the course of that trade or business, from information supplied (whether directly or indirectly) by persons who have, or may reasonably be supposed to have, personal knowledge of the matters dealt with in the information they supply; and b the person who supplied the information recorded in the statement in question is dead, or beyond the seas, or unfit by reason of his bodily or mental condition to attend as a witness, or cannot with reasonable diligence be identified or found, or cannot reasonably be expected (having regard to the time which has elapsed since he supplied the information and to all the circumstances) to have any recollection of the matters dealt with in the information he supplied. 2 For the purpose of deciding whether or not a statement is admissible as evidence by virtue of this section, the court may draw any reasonable inference from the form or content of the document in which the statement is contained, and may, in deciding whether or not a person is fit to attend as a witness, act on a certificate purporting to be a certificate of a fully registered medical practitioner. 3 In estimating the weight, if any, to be attached to a statement admissible as evidence by virtue of this section regard shall be had to all the circumstances from which any inference can reasonably be drawn as to the accuracy or otherwise of the statement, and, in particular, to the question whether or not the person who supplied the information recorded in the statement did so contemporaneously with the occurrence or existence of the facts stated, and to the question whether or not that person, or any person concerned with making or keeping the record containing the statement, had any incentive to conceal or misrepresent the facts. 4 In this section “ statement ” includes any representation of fact, whether made in words or otherwise, “ document ” includes any device by means of which information is recorded or stored and “ business ” includes any public transport, public utility or similar undertaking carried on by a local authority and the activities of the Post Office. Short title, saving and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Criminal Evidence Act 1965. 2 Nothing in this Act shall prejudice the admissibility of any evidence which would be admissible apart from the provisions of this Act. 3 This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.