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Vaughan's Charity (Administration) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 WHEREAS it is desirable to substitute the Scheme set out in the Schedule to this Act (in this Act called “the 1954 Scheme” ) for the Scheme confirmed by the Vaughan's Charity (Administration) Act (Northern Ireland), 1936 : And Whereas the 1954 Scheme has been approved by Her Majesty's Attorney General for Northern Ireland, the Trustees of the Vaughan Agricultural Institute and the Ministries of Finance, Agriculture and Education for Northern Ireland: And Whereas it is necessary for giving effect to the 1954 Scheme that an Act passed in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, chapter thirty-eight, relating to the Vaughan's charity (among other things), (in this Act referred to as “the Act of the Irish Parliament”) should, so far as it relates to the said charity, have effect subject to the provisions of the 1954 Scheme: And Whereas it is necessary, for the purpose of giving effect to the 1954 Scheme, to make such further provision in that behalf as is hereafter contained in this Act: Future administration of Vaughan Agricultural Institute. 1 1 As from the commencement of this Act the Vaughan Agricultural Institute shall be administered in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the 1954 Scheme. 2 The 1954 Scheme shall have effect as if enacted in this Act. 3 The Act of the Irish Parliament shall, so far as it relates to the Vaughan Agricultural Institute, have effect subject to the provisions of the 1954 Scheme. Repeals, etc. 2 1 The Act of 1936 is hereby repealed without prejudice to anything done or suffered thereunder or to any right, title, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred thereunder. 2 Any document made or issued at any time (whether before or after the passing of this Act) which refers to the Scheme confirmed by the Act of 1936 or any provision of that Scheme shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as referring to the 1954 Scheme or, as the case may be, to the corresponding provision of the 1954 Scheme. 3 Any person holding office or acting or serving under or by virtue of any provision of the Scheme confirmed by the Act of 1936 shall, unless the contrary intention appears, continue to hold his office or to act or serve as if he had been appointed or authorised under or by virtue of the corresponding provision of the 1954 Scheme. 4 The inclusion in this section of any express saving or other provision shall not be taken to prejudice the operation of section thirty-eight of the Interpretation Act, 1889 , as it applies to repeals effected by Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Short title. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Vaughan's Charity (Administration) Act (Northern Ireland), 1954. Subs. (2) rep. by SLR 1973
Common Informers Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 Abolition of certain common informer actions. 1 1 After the commencement of this Act proceedings against any person for a penalty or forfeiture all or part of which is payable to a common informer shall not be instituted under— a any enactment referred to in the Schedule to this Act; or b any local or private Act. 2 The preceding sub-section shall not operate to prevent a person being prosecuted (whether on indictment or under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts (Northern Ireland)) for an offence. 3 Where, but for sub-section (1) of this section, any person would have been liable to a forfeiture or penalty, he shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (4) of this section, be liable on summary conviction to— a a fine not exceeding the amount of the forfeiture or penalty to which he would otherwise have been liable; and b any non-pecuniary forfeiture to which he would have been liable as aforesaid. 4 A person shall not be liable under sub-section (3) of this section if by virtue of any enactment he is liable, either on conviction on indictment or on summary conviction, to punishment either in addition to or in substitution for the forfeiture or penalty to which he would have been liable but for sub-section (1) of this section. 5 Any enactment— a relating to the burden of proof in proceedings prohibited by sub-section (1) of this section; or b providing a defence in any such proceedings; shall apply for the purposes of proceedings brought instead under sub-section (3) of this section. 6 Notwithstanding any provision in any of the Acts set out in the Schedule to this Act the consent of the Attorney-General or any other person shall not be necessary for the institution of proceedings under sub-section (3) of this section. Application to the Crown. 2 Sub-section (1) of section one of this Act shall bind the Crown so as to prevent the Crown from bringing proceedings as a common informer and, accordingly, the reference to a common informer in that sub-section shall include a reference to the Crown acting as a common informer. S. 3 rep. by SLR 1973 Short title. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the Common Informers Act (Northern Ireland), 1954. Subs. (2)(3) rep. by 1954 c. 33 ( NI ); subs. (4) rep. by SLR 1973
General Dealers (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 Amendment of 1903 c.44. 1 The General Dealers (Ireland) Act, 1903, shall cease to have effect in relation to transactions respecting iron, … Short title, and citation. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the General Dealers (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland), 1954 2 This Act and the General Dealers (Ireland) Act, 1903, may be cited together as the General Dealers Acts (Northern Ireland), 1903 and 1954.
Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 This Act has been repealed subject to a saving for the application of section 6(2)‐(7) (reproduced below) by section 5(2) of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (see SR 1981/94) Provisions as to samples. 6 1 … 2 An inspector taking a sample under the preceding sub-section with the intention of having it analysed shall, if practicable, forthwith after taking it give information of his intention to the employer of any person then working as mentioned in sub-section (1) of section one of this Act on the land or premises in question, and shall then and there divide the sample into parts, each part to be marked, and sealed or fastened up, in such manner as its nature will permit, and shall— a if required so to do by an employer so informed, deliver one part to him; b retain one part for future comparison; and c if the inspector thinks fit to have an analysis made, submit one part to an analyst approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Act. 3 Where it is not practicable for the inspector to give information of his intention as mentioned in the last preceding sub-section to an employer, the inspector shall, if he intends to have the sample analysed and if he can ascertain the name and address of the employer, forward one part of the sample to him by registered post or otherwise, together with a notice informing him that he intends to have the sample analysed. 4 A document purporting to be a certificate by an analyst approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Act as to the result of an analysis of a sample shall in proceedings under this Act be admissible as evidence of the matters stated therein, but either party may require the person by whom the analysis was made to be called as a witness. 5 In any proceedings under this Act in which the prosecutor intends to rely on evidence relating to a sample taken under this section, the summons shall not be made returnable less than fourteen days from the day on which it is served, and a copy of any certificate of analysis obtained on behalf of the prosecutor shall be served with the summons. 6 In any proceedings under this Act in which the prosecutor relies on evidence relating to a sample taken under this section, the part of the sample retained by the inspector for future comparison shall be produced at the hearing. 7 The court before which any proceedings are taken under this Act may, if it thinks fit, and upon the request of either party shall, cause the part of any sample produced before the court under the last preceding sub-section to be sent to the officer appointed under section two of the Administrative Provisions Act (Northern Ireland), 1928 , to be the government chemist for Northern Ireland, who shall make an analysis, and transmit to the court a certificate of the result thereof, and the cost of the analysis shall be paid by the prosecutor or the defendant as the court may order. If, in a case where an appeal is brought, no action has been taken under the preceding provisions of this sub-section, those provisions shall apply also in relation to the court by which the appeal is heard.
Government Property (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 Provision for reconveyance of Hillsborough Castle. 1 1 None of the provisions of section five of the Stormont Regulation and Government Property Act (Northern Ireland), 1933 (in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) shall apply to or affect the mansion house known as Hillsborough Castle with the demesne and certain other lands described in the First Schedule to an Indenture made the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, between the Commissioners of His Majesty's Works and Public Buildings of the one part and the Ministry of Finance (in this Act referred to as “the Ministry”) of the other part (being the hereditaments mentioned in Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the principal Act). Subs. (2) spent; subs. (3) rep. by SLR 1973 Short title and citation. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Government Property (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland), 1955. 2 This Act and the principal Act may be cited together as the Government Property Acts (Northern Ireland), 1933 and 1955.
Repeal of Unnecessary Laws Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 S. 1, with Schedule, effects repeals with savings Special provision with respect to repeal of portion of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845. 2 Where, if this Act had not repealed the provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Act the amount of any compensation payable in respect of the compulsory acquisition of any lands would fall to be determined under those provisions, that amount shall be determined as if it were a question of disputed compensation to which the Land Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 , applies and any costs incurred in connection therewith shall be dealt with in accordance with Article 5 of that Order . Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Repeal of Unnecessary Laws Act (Northern Ireland), 1953.
Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 Responsibility of Ministry for forestry in Northern Ireland. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of Ministry, subject to approval of Ministry of Finance. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further powers of Ministry. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ss. 4‐8 rep. by 1984 NI 2 Destruction of rabbits, hares or deer. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prevention of damage caused by rabbits and vermin. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burning of vegetation. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removal or destruction of vegetation on land adjoining woods. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identification of trees. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest parks. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial provisions. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power of entry on land. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous offences. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notices. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regulations. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. 21 rep. by SLR 1973 Short title. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 S. 1 rep. with saving by 1975 c. 7 Stamp Duties S. 2 rep. by 1954 c. 23 ( NI ) S. 3 rep. by 1970 c. 21 (NI) Relief from stamp duties on certain transactions. 4 1 There shall be exempt from all stamp duties instruments of the following descriptions, being instruments made or executed for the purposes of any savings committee, savings group or other similar body affiliated to the Ulster Savings Committee, that is to say,— Para. (a) rep. by 1970 c. 21 (NI) b … any agreement … whereby a person so acting makes himself responsible for money, stamps or other things supplied for the purposes of the body for which he acts. Subs. (2)‐(4) rep. by 1958 c. 14 (NI); 1963 c. 22 (NI) S. 5 rep. by SL(R) 1976 Ss. 6‐11 rep. by 1954 c. 17 (NI) General S. 12 rep. by SLR 1973 S. 13 rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI) Short title and construction. 14 1 This Act may be cited as the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland), 1954. Subs. (2)—Death Duties 3 Sections two, three, four and five of this Act shall be construed as one with the Stamp Act, 1891 .
Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 Part I (ss. 1‐3)—Estate Duty Ss. 4, 5 rep. by 1991 c. 31 S. 6 rep. by SLR 1973 S. 7 rep. by 1956 c. 11 ( NI ) S. 8 rep. by 1958 c. 14 (NI); 1963 c. 22 (NI) Part III (s. 9), Part IV (ss. 10‐13) and Part V (ss. 14, 15) rep. by 1953 c. 24 (NI) Part VI (ss. 16, 17) rep. by 1954 c. 17 (NI) PART VII Provisions as to certain funds and contributions S. 18 substitutes s. 31 of 1950 c. 3 (NI) S. 19 rep. by 1955 c. 6 (NI) S. 20(1)(2) repeal s. 3 of 1934 c. 13 (NI); subs. (3) rep. by SLR 1973; subs. (4) repeals s. 5 of 1950 c. 16 (NI) PART VIII General S. 21(1), with Fourth Schedule, effects repeals; subs. (2) rep. by SLR 1973 Short title and construction. 22 1 This Act may be cited as the Finance Act (Northern Ireland), 1952. Subs. (2)—Estate Duty 3 Part II of this Act shall be construed as one with the Stamp Act, 1891 . Subs. (4)(5) rep. by SLR 1973; subs. (6)(7) rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI)
Married Women (Restraint Upon Anticipation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 Abolition of restraint upon anticipation. 1 1 No restriction upon anticipation or alienation attached, or purported to be attached, to the enjoyment of any property by a woman which could not have been attached to the enjoyment of that property by a man shall be of any effect after the passing of this Act. 2 The preceding sub-section shall have effect whatever is the date of the passing, execution or coming into operation of the Act or instrument containing the provision by virtue of which the restriction was attached or purported to be attached, … . Subs. (3), with First Schedule, effects amendments; subs. (4) rep. by SLR 1973 Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Married Women (Restraint upon Anticipation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1952.
Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 S. 1 rep. by 1998 NI 4 S. 2 rep. by 2001 c. 6 (NI) S. 3 inserts s. 8A in 1950 c. 3 (NI) S. 4 rep. by 1957 c. 10 (NI) S. 5 rep. by 1968 c. 21 (NI) S. 6 rep. by 1964 c. 21 (NI) S. 7 amends s. 4 of 1923 c. 26 (NI) S. 8 rep. by 1961 c. 12 (NI) S. 9 rep. by SLR 1980 Interpretation. 10 1 In this Act the expression “enactment” includes any provision in any Act (whether public general, local or private) of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and a provision in any Order in Council, order, regulation, rule, bye-law, scheme or other instrument made under any such Act. Subs. (2)(3) rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI) S. 11, with Schedule, effects repeals Short title. 12 This Act may be cited as the Administrative and Financial Provisons Act (Northern Ireland), 1952.
Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 Part I (ss. 1‐4) rep. with saving by 1972 NI 10 Part II (ss. 5‐11) rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI); 1966 c. 27 (NI); 1967 c. 24 (NI) Part III—S. 12(1) rep. by 1972 NI 10; subs. (2) inserts s. 5B in 1950 c. 10 (NI); subs. (3) rep. by 1972 NI 10 PART IV General S. 13 rep. by 1972 NI 10 Short title. 14 1 This Act may be cited as the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland), 1951. Subs. (2) rep. by 1972 NI 10; subs. (3) rep. by 1967 c. 24 (NI); subs. (4) rep. by 1972 NI 10
Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 Avoidance of marriages where either party is under sixteen. 1 1 A marriage between persons either of whom is under the age of sixteen shall be void: ... 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. 2 rep. by 1995 NI 2 Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland), 1951.
Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 WHEREAS the Statute Law Revision Act, 1950 , made provision for the authorisation of measures expedient in connection with the publication of any revised edition of the statutes affecting Northern Ireland, in so far as those measures required authorisation by an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as affecting matters not within the power of the Parliament of Northern Ireland: And Whereas it is expedient to authorise the publication of a revised edition of the statutes affecting Northern Ireland: And Whereas it is expedient that certain enactments which may be regarded as spent, or have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express specific repeal or have, by lapse of time or otherwise, become unnecessary, should be expressly and specifically repealed: Authorisation of publication of Revised Statutes, Northern Ireland. 1 1 The Ministry of Finance may cause to be prepared a revised edition of the statutes affecting Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the Statutes Revised, Northern Ireland”) and such edition shall be printed and published in accordance with the directions of the Ministry by the Queen's printer for Northern Ireland. 2 Any expenses incurred by the said Ministry in connection with the publication of the Statutes Revised, Northern Ireland, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament. Omission of parts of title, preamble or recital. 2 In the Statutes Revised, Northern Ireland, every part of a title, preamble or recital specified after the words “in part, namely,” in connection with an Act mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, or in a Schedule to any Statute Law Revision Act being a Schedule which specifies enactments thereby repealed and applies to Northern Ireland, may be omitted, and there may be added in the Statutes Revised, Northern Ireland, such brief statement of the Acts, officers, persons, and things mentioned in the title, preamble or recital as may in consequence of such omission appear necessary. Omission of enacting and other words. 3 So much of the provisons of any Statute Law Revision Act applicable in Northern Ireland as authorises the omission of any enactment or enacting or other words, other than such words as are referred to in the last preceding section, shall apply to the Statutes Revised, Northern Ireland, so, however, that, without prejudice to any other saving contained in this Act, an omission made under the authority of this section shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any statute. Substitution of short titles. 4 Where any Act included in the Statutes Revised, Northern Ireland, cites or refers to another Act otherwise than by its short title, the short title may be printed in the Statutes Revised, Northern Ireland, in substitution for such citation or reference. S. 5, with Schedule, effects repeals with savings Short title and citation. 6 This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland), 1952.
Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 S. 1 amends ss. 1, 2 of 1946 c. 4 ( NI ) S. 2(1) amends s. 6 of 1946 c. 20 (NI); subs. (2) substitutes s. 7 of 1946 c. 20 (NI); subs. (3)‐(5) amend ss. 8, 15(2), 16 of 1946 c. 20 (NI) Power to seek alternative grants. 3 1 Where plans and specifications of a new house have (whether before or after the passing of this Act) been approved by a [ district council] for the purposes of the payment of grants under Part III of the Housing ( No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland), 1946 , and the person providing the house satisfies the [ district council] that— a no grant has been paid under the said Part III in respect of that house; b if such plans and specifications had been submitted to the [ district council] under section one of the Housing and Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland), 1946 , they would have been approved by the [ district council] under that section; and c he has made such a letting thereof as complies with the statutory conditions set out in section two of that Act; the [ district council] may make to him the like contribution as if such plans and specifications had been approved under that Act; and the provisions of that Act shall have effect accordingly. 2 The submission of plans and specifications under the said section one shall not preclude the person providing the house from electing [ within such time after the house has been completed as the [ district council] consider reasonable in the circumstances and before he has made such a letting thereof as is mentioned in paragraph ( c ) of sub-section (1) of this section] to withdraw the plans and specifications and submit them for approval under the said Part III. Subs. (3) repeals s. 20 (pt.) of 1946 c. 4 (NI) Ss. 4‐6 rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI); 1981 NI 3 Citation and construction. 7 1 This Act may be cited as the Housing Act (Northern Ireland), 1951. Subs. (2) rep. by 1981 NI 3
Game Law Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 S. 1 amends s. 6 of 1928 c. 25 ( NI ) S. 2 substitutes s. 7 of 1928 c. 25 (NI) S. 3 inserts ss. 7A‐7F in 1928 c. 25 (NI) S. 4(1) substitutes s. 10(2) of 1928 c. 25 (NI); subs. (2) rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI) Short title and commencement. 5 1 This Act may be cited as the Game Law Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 … Commencement … Subs. (2) rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI); subs. (3) rep. by SLR 1973
Finance ( No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 S. 1 rep. by 1954 c. 17 ( NI ) S. 2 rep. by 1953 c. 24 (NI) Exemption from stamp duties of transfers of certain stocks. 3 1 Where the payment of principal and interest on any stock issued on or after the day on which this section comes into operation by the Electricity Board for Northern Ireland or the Ulster Transport Authority is guaranteed by the Ministry of Finance, transfers of that stock shall be exempt from all stamp duties. Subs. (2) rep. by SLR (NI) 1954 Short title. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the Finance (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland), 1950. Subs. (2)(3) rep. by SLR (NI) 1954