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Mauritius Independence Act 1968 Fully responsible status of Mauritius. 1 1 On and after 12th March 1968 (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 Mauritius. 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 Mauritius 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 Mauritius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Consequential modification of other enactments. 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 On and after the appointed day the provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified respectively in that Schedule. 4 Subsection (3) of this section, and Schedule 2 to this Act, shall not extend to Mauritius as part of its law. Interpretation. 5 1 In this Act, and in any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment, “ Mauritius ” means the territories which immediately before the appointed day constitute the Colony of Mauritius. 2 References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment. Short title. 6 This Act may be cited as the Mauritius Independence Act 1968.
Administration of Justice Act 1968 (repealed) Maximum numbers of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and certain other judges. 1 1 The maximum number— a of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary shall be twelve ; b in England and Wales— i of ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal shall be sixteen : ii of puisne judges of the High Court shall be seventy-five ; iii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c in Scotland, of judges of the Court of Session shall be twenty-four ; d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Her Majesty may by Order in Council from time to time amend the foregoing subsection so as to increase or further increase the maximum number of appointments which may be made to any of the offices therein mentioned. 3 No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this section unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. 4 There shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, or out of moneys provided by Parliament, any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums which, under any other enactment, are payable out of that Fund, or out of moneys so provided, as the case may be. 5 The enactments described in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1968.
Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/4/enacted Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968 en King's Printer of Acts of Parliament 2025-03-20 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/projects/controllers-library#item_700096 s. 16 The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999 art. 4 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 45(2) s. 16 The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999 art. 4 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 45(2) Pt. 4 s. 17 The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999 art. 4 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 45(3) Pt. 4 s. 17(2) The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2002 art. 2 Art. 1 s. 4(1) The Erskine Bridge Tolls Extension Order 1996 art. 2
Coal Industry Act 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Reimbursement of contributions to early retirement benefits. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Supplemental. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, citation and extent. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Family Allowances and National Insurance Act 1967 †Increase of family allowances and related amendments. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the commencement of subsections (2) to (5) above and with respect to the transitory matters dealt with in that Schedule. 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation and construction. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the Family Allowances and National Insurance Act 1967, and— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Water (Scotland) Act 1967 (repealed 1.4.1996) Part I Regional Water Boards and Water Development Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Transfer to Central Board of functions of certain joint water boards, and other functions of the Board. 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 For the purposes of this section the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for adapting statutory provisions as mentioned in that Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Parts II, III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Part IV Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Short title and extent. 36 1 This Act may be cited as the Water (Scotland) Act 1967, . . .
Greenwich Hospital Act 1967 Investment of the hospital capital account. 1 1 Money standing to the credit of the Greenwich Hospital capital account may be invested by the Secretary of State, subject to such conditions as the Treasury may from time to time determine with respect to the advice to be obtained for the purpose, on the mortgage or in the purchase of land or in other investments of any description whatsoever. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annual estimates. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and citation. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Greenwich Hospital Act 1967. 2 The Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1947 and this Act may be cited together as the Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1967.
Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1967 Power to provide living accommodation other than cottages and extension of power to sell cottages to widows. 1 1 In section 3(1) of the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922 (Session 2) (which established the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust for the purpose of providing cottages in Ireland for the accommodation of ex-servicemen of the first world war) the reference to providing cottages shall include a reference to providing, or assisting in the provision of, living accommodation other than cottages; and section 4(5) of the Irish Land (Provision for Sailors and Soldiers) Act 1919 as applied by section 3(3) of the said Act of 1922 (power to dispose of cottages which cease to be required) shall apply to any such accommodation as it applies to a cottage. 2 In section 1(1)( b ) of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1952 (which enables the Trust, subject to certain limitations, to sell cottages to the widows of ex-servicemen dying before or within six months after the commencement of that Act)— a the words “dying before or within six months after the commencement of this Act”; and b sub-paragraph (ii) (which limits the power of sale to cases where the ex-serviceman or his widow has within the said six months given notice of a desire to buy), together with the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (i), are hereby repealed. Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1967.
Bermuda Constitution Act 1967 Power to provide by Order in Council for the government of Bermuda. 1 1 Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as appears to Her expedient for the government of Bermuda. 2 Any Order in Council under this section may vary or revoke, or provide for the variation or revocation of, any Letters Patent relating to the government of Bermuda, any instrument issued in pursuance of any such Letters Patent, or any law relating to the government of Bermuda and made by any legislature for the time being constituted as the legislature of Bermuda. 3 Any Order in Council under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council thereunder, but otherwise shall not be capable of being varied or revoked except by Act of Parliament. 4 Any Order in Council under this section shall be laid before Parliament after being made. 5 In this Act “ Bermuda ” means the islands known as Bermuda or as the Bermudas or Somers Islands. Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Bermuda Constitution Act 1967.
Sexual Offences Act 1967 Amendment of law relating to homosexual acts in private. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Procuring others to commit homosexual acts. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Living on earnings of male prostitution. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Premises resorted to for homosexual practices. 6 Premises shall be treated for purposes of sections 33 to 35 of the Act of 1956 as a brothel if people resort to it for the purpose of lewd homosexual practices in circumstances in which resort thereto for lewd heterosexual practices would have led to its being treated as a brothel for the purposes of those sections. Time limit on prosecutions. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on prosecutions. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Past offences. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, citation, interpretation, saving and extent. 11 1 This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences Act 1967 and the Act of 1956 and this Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences Acts 1956 and 1967. 2 In this Act “ the Act of 1952 ” means the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 and “ the Act of 1956 ” means the Sexual Offences Act 1956. 3 Section 46 of the Act of 1956 (interpretation of “man”, “boy” and other expressions) shall apply for the purposes of the provisions of this Act as it applied for the purposes of the provisions of that Act. 4 References in this Act to any enactment shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended or applied by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act. 5 This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Tokyo Convention Act 1967 (repealed 17.7.1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Piracy. 4 For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of any proceedings before a court in the United Kingdom in respect of piracy, the provisions set out in the Schedule to this Act of the Convention on the High Seas signed at Geneva on 29th April 1958 shall be treated as constituting part of the law of nations; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Interpretation, etc. 7 1 In this Act, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ modifications ” includes additions, omissions and amendments; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, any difference to a country or the territorial limits thereof shall be construed as including a reference to the territorial waters, if any, of that country, . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel Islands, Isle of Man, etc. 8 1 Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that such of the provisions of this Act . . . as may be specified in the Order shall extend, with such . . . modifications as may be so specified, to any of the Channel Islands, to the Isle of Man or to any other territory outside the United Kingdom for the international relations of which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom are responsible. 2 Any Order in Council made under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council so made. Citation and commencement. 9 1 This Act may be cited as the Tokyo Convention Act 1967. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 This Act shall come into force on such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967 (repealed) Regulations as to labelling and marking of farm and garden chemicals. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Substances to which this Act applies. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transactions in unlabelled products. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evidence of analysis of products. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and extent. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod Act 1967 (repealed) Contributions towards expenses of Llangollen Eisteddfod. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential increases in rate support grant. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Licensing (Amendment) Act 1967 (repealed) Exclusion of off-licences from Part VII of Licensing Act 1964. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, citation and commencement. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Supplementary Consequential amendments. 109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 †Short title, commencement and extent. 113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Records Act 1967 Reduction of period for which certain public records must have been in existence for them to be available for public inspection . 1 In subsection (1) of section 5 of the Public Records Act 1958 (which provides that public records in the Public Record Office, with certain exceptions, shall not be available for public inspection until they have been in existence for fifty years or such other period as the Lord Chancellor may, in accordance with that subsection, prescribe as respects any particular class of public records) for the words “until they have been in existence for fifty years or such other period”, there shall be substituted the words. “ until the expiration of the period of thirty years beginning with the first day of January in the year next after that in which they were created, or of such other period ” Short title and commencement. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Public Records Act 1967. 2 This Act shall come into operation on 1st January 1968.
Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 (repealed) Prohibition of broadcasting from ships and aircraft. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of broadcasting from marine structures. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unlawful broadcasting from within prescribed areas of the high seas. 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of acts connected with broadcasting from certain ships and aircraft, and from marine structures outside United Kingdom. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of management of stations broadcasting from ships, aircraft, etc. 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of acts facilitating broadcasting from ships, aircraft, &c. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of acts relating to matter broadcast from ships, aircraft, &c. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties and legal proceedings. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special defence available in proceedings for carrying goods or persons in contravention of section 4. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of enforcement in relation to marine offences under this Act. 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving for things done under wireless telegraphy licence. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power to extend Act to Isle of Man and Channel Islands. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and commencement. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Extent of powers under Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952. 8 It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that— a the power conferred on Her Majesty by section 1 of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952 (Orders in Council for implementing international agreements about international road traffic) to make provision by Order in Council for modifying any enactment relating to vehicles or the drivers of vehicles includes power to make provision corresponding to any such enactment; and b the reference in subsection (1)(b) of that section to any enactment is a reference to any enactment passed before or after that Act; and that section 2 of that Act (Orders for implementing international agreements about international road traffic in Northern Ireland) has effect accordingly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Short title, citation, commencement and extent. 10 1 This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1967. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 This Act, except section 8 thereof, does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1967 (repealed 18.10.1996) Amendment of section 15 of the Act of 1959 c. 40. 1 In section 15(1) of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1959 (entry on land) at the end there shall be inserted the following paragraph— d for the purpose of taking a census of red deer in any area in pursuance of the general functions of the Commission under section 1(1) of this Act. Amendment of section 33 of the Act of 1959. 2 1 In subsection (1) of section 33 of the said Act (exemptions from certain acts) for the words from “prevention” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “ purpose of preventing suffering by an injured or diseased deer, or by any deer calf deprived of its mother ” . 2 Subsections (2) and (3) of the said section 33 shall be repealed and replaced by the following subsections:— 2 Where a person performs an act under the authority of or at the request of the Commission of section 6 of this Act or in pursuance of a control scheme he shall not by reason of that Act be liable to be proceeded against for an offence against this Act, except that— a where the person is an officer or servant of the Commission performing an act as aforesaid in pursuance of the said section 6, and the act constitutes an offence against section 23(2) of this Act, or b where the person is any such officer or servant performing an act as aforesaid in pursuance of a control scheme, and the act constitutes an offence against either subsection (1) or (2) of the said section 23,or c in the case of any other person performing an act for either of the purposes mentioned in the two last foregoing paragraphs, if the act constitutes an offence against either of the said subsections, he shall be so liable. 3 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21 of this Act, or any order made thereunder, it shall not be an offence— a for an occupier of agricultural land or of enclosed woodlands, or for any person authorised by him in writing in that behalf, to take or kill during a close season any deer found on arable land, garden grounds or land laid down in permanent grass (other than moorland and unenclosed land) forming part of that land, or on such woodlands, as the case may be, and b for a person authorised by the Secretary of State in writing in that behalf to take or kill deer during a close season for some scientific purpose. Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1967.