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Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland) Act 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Power of local authority to acquire or maintain certain open spaces. 3 A local authority may, for the purpose of preserving or improving the amenity of land forming an open space,— a acquire the land by agreement, or b without acquiring the land, undertake the entire or partial control and maintenance of that open space: Provided that the local authority shall not exercise the power conferred on them by paragraph (b) of this section unless they have taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of every owner of the open space and have obtained the consent of at least a majority of those owners whose identity they have ascertained. Financial provisions. 4 There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under any enactment relating to local government in Scotland. Interpretation. 5 In this Act— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994) ” “ open space ” means an open space forming part of the lay-out of a development but excludes land laid out for the purposes of public recreation. Short title and extent. 6 1 This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland) Act 1970. 2 This Act shall extend to Scotland only.
Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fishing vessel survey rules. 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tonga Act 1970 Operation of existing law. 1 1 The following provisions of this section shall have effect on and after 4th June 1970 (the date on which Tonga ceases to be a protected state and becomes an independent State within the Commonwealth); and that day is in the following provisions of this Act referred to as the appointed day. 2 Subject to the following provisions of this Act, all law which, whether being a rule of law or a provision of an Act of Parliament or of any other enactment or instrument whatsover, is in force on the appointed 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 of some other authority having power in that behalf, have the same operation in relation to Tonga, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Tonga, as it would have apart from this subsection if there had been no change in the status of Tonga on the appointed day. 3 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 in relation to the enactments therein mentioned; but that Schedule shall not extend to Tonga as part of its law. 4 Subsection (2) 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 Tonga, to the law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 An Order in Council or other instrument made under any Act of Parliament passed before the appointed day which varies or revokes a previous Order in Council or instrument in consequence of the change, on the appointed day, in the status of Tonga may, if made after the appointed day, be so made as to take effect on the appointed day. Short title and interpretation. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the Tonga Act 1970. 2 References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.
Guyana Republic Act 1970 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 23rd February 1970, 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 Guyana, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Guyana, as it would have apart from this subsection if Guyana 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 Guyana, 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 23rd February 1970. Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Guyana Republic Act 1970.
Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 Part I White Fish Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9 Inquiries, information, notices, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–13 Restrictions on disclosure of information. 14 1 Subject to subsection (2) below, no information with respect to any particular undertaking which has been obtained under or by virtue of this Part of this Act shall, without the consent of the person carrying on that undertaking, be disclosed otherwise than in connection with the execution of this Part of this Act or the execution of any scheme or of any regulations under this Part of this Act. 2 Nothing in subsection (1) above shall apply to any disclosure of information made by the Authority to the Ministers , to the Scottish Ministers or to the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Wales or to any of them or to any disclosure of information made for the purposes of any proceedings pursuant to this Part of this Act (including arbitrations), or any criminal proceedings, or for the purposes of any report of such proceedings as aforesaid. 3 If any person discloses any information in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £50 or to both, or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding £100 or to both. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15–28 Part II Herring industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29–39 Legal proceedings and offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Publication or disclosure of information. 42 Any person who publishes or discloses any information obtained by him in the exercise of any power conferred by or under this Part of this Act, otherwise than for the purpose of the proper discharge of a duty in that behalf or to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food , the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State, shall be liable— a on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding £100, or to both; b on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £50 or to both. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Part III Grants and subsidies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44–54 Part IV General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55–61 Citation and commencement. 62 1 This Act may be cited as the Sea Fish Industry Act 1970. 2 This Act shall, subject to subsection (3) below, come into force on the expiration of a period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed. 3 The repeals by this Act of paragraph ( b ) and in paragraph ( c ) of the definition of “ the Ministers ” in section 33(2) of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1962 shall come into force upon the day appointed for the repeal of section 18 of that Act under section 23(2) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968.
Game Act 1970 Amendment of Game Act 1831. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and commencement. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Local Employment Act 1970 Parts I, II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Minor and consequential amendments of enactments. 5 The enactments mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in relation thereto in column 2 thereof (being minor amendments or amendments consequential on this part of this Act). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Part III Supplementary Interpretation. 8 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Except where the context otherwise requires, a reference in this Act to any other enactment shall be construed as referring to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference thereto as applied, by any other enactment (including an enactment contained in this Act). †Short title, citation commencement, repeal and extent. 9 1 This Act may be cited as the Local Employment Act 1970. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 This Act shall come into force on the expiration of the period of seven days beginning with the day on which it is passed. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Industrial Development (Ships) Act 1970 (repealed 5.11.1993) Restriction of [ Secretary of State’s] power. 1 1 If, in the case of an application to which this section applies for a grant under section 5(1) of the Industrial Development Act 1966 (grants towards approved capital expenditure incurred in providing a new ship or in converting a ship), the Treasury are of opinion that the granting it by the Secretary of State would operate to the detriment of the United Kingdom in the matter of its balance of payments, they may direct him to refrain from granting it. 2 This section applies to an application received by the Secretary of State after 10th November 1969, other than— a an application for a grant in respect of the provision or conversion of a ship, where it is shown to the satisfaction of that Minister that, when all of the work involved in the provision or conversion is completed, none of it (or none of the bulk of it) will be found to have been done at a place which, when it was done, was outside the area which was then the Convention area for the purposes of the European Free Trade Association Act 1960 and the Republic of Ireland; or b an application for a grant in respect of the provision of a ship, where it is shown to the satisfaction of that Minister that the provision thereof is in fulfilment of a binding obligation incurred before that day or in respect of the conversion of a ship, where it is so shown that the conversion thereof is in fulfilment of a binding obligation so incurred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Industrial Development (Ships) Act 1970.
Police Act 1969 (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Air Corporations Act 1969 (repealed) †Financial assistance for B.E.A. by reduction of indebtedness and transfer of stock. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Short title, citation and interpretation. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1970 (repealed 1.4.1996) Increase on limits on contributions. 1 1 The following shall be substituted for section 1(5) of the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944 (Government contributions towards expenses of local authorities for rural water supplies and sewerage) as applied to Scotland by section 7 of that Act:— 5 Any contributions made by the Secretary of State under this section shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament, and shall not, in the aggregate, exceed sixty million pounds. 2 The following enactments are hereby repealed, that is to say, section 21 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1949, in section 1(3) of the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1955, the words “as amended by section twenty-one of the Water (Scotland) Act 1949”, in section 2(2) of the said Act of 1955, the words “and section twenty-one of the Water (Scotland) Act 1949”, the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage ( No. 2) Act 1955 and section 6 of the Local Goverment (Financial Provisions) Act 1963. Short title and extent. 2 This Act may be cited as the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1970 and extends to Scotland only.
Employer’s Liability (Defective Equipment) Act 1969 Extension of employer’s liability for defective equipment. 1 1 Where after the commencement of this Act— a an employee suffers personal injury in the course of his employment in consequence of a defect in equipment provided by his employer for the purposes of the employer’s business; and b the defect is attributable wholly or partly to the fault of a third party (whether identified or not), the injury shall be deemed to be also attributable to negligence on the part of the employer (whether or not he is liable in respect of the injury apart from this subsection), but without prejudice to the law relating to contributory negligence and to any remedy by way of contribution or in contract or otherwise which is available to the employer in respect of the injury. 2 In so far as any agreement purports to exclude or limit any liability of an employer arising under subsection (1) of this section, the agreement shall be void. 3 In this section— “ business ” includes the activities carried on by any public body; “ employee ” means a person who is employed by another person under a contract of service or apprenticeship and is so employed for the purposes of a business carried on by that other person, and “ employer ” shall be construed accordingly; “ equipment ” includes any plant and machinery, vehicle, aircraft and clothing; “ fault ” means negligence, breach of statutory duty or other act or omission which gives rise to liability in tort in England and Wales or which is wrongful and gives rise to liability in damages in Scotland; and “ personal injury ” includes loss of life, any impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition and any disease. 4 This section binds the Crown, and persons in the service of the Crown shall accordingly be treated for the purposes of this section as employees of the Crown if they would not be so treated apart from this subsection. Short title, commencement and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Employer’s Liability (Defective Equipment) Act 1969. 2 This Act shall come into force on the expiration of the period of three months beginning with the date on which it is passed. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 This Act, . . . does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Housing Act 1969 Part I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Part III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Part IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Part V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Part VI Miscellaneous and Supplemental Provisions Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Price payable on enfranchisement of leasehold house. 82 The Leasehold Reform Act 1967 shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, as if in section 9(1) (which provides for the price to be paid by a tenant on an enfranchisement under the Act to be calculated on certain assumptions, by reference to a sale of the reversion in the open market by a willing seller) there had been inserted after the words “a willing seller” the words “(with the tenant and members of his family who reside in the house not buying or seeking to buy)”, and as if at the end of section 9(1) there were added the words “The reference in this subsection to members of the tenant’s family shall be construed in accordance with section 7(7) of this Act”; Provided that this section shall not have effect where the price has been determined (by agreement or otherwise) before the passing of this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Supplemental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Citation, construction, commencement and extent. 91 1 This Act may be cited as the Housing Act 1969. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 This Act, . . . , does not extend to Scotland. 6 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Tattooing Of Minors Act 1969 Prohibition of tattooing of minors. 1 It shall be an offence to tattoo a person under the age of eighteen except when the tattoo is performed for medical reasons by a duly qualified medical practitioner or by a person working under his direction, but it shall be a defence for a person charged to show that at the time the tattoo was performed he had reasonable cause to believe that the person tattooed was of or over the age of eighteen and did in fact so believe. Penalties. 2 Any person committing such an offence shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale , or, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale . Definition. 3 For the purposes of this Act “ Tattoo ” shall mean the insertion into the skin of any colouring material designed to leave a permanent mark. Short title, commencement and extent. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the Tattooing of Minors Act 1969. 2 This Act shall come into force at the expiration of one month beginning with the date it is passed. 3 This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1969 (repealed 7.1.1996) Amendment of Act of 1963 c.2. 1 The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 shall have effect as if in paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 5, after the words “six per cent” there were inserted the words “or such other percentage as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument” and as if at the end of paragraph 3 of that Schedule there were inserted the following— “ Any power conferred by this paragraph to make an order shall include power to vary or revoke the order by subsequent order. ” Short title and citation. 2 This Act may be cited as the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1969 and this Act and the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 may be cited together as the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1963 and 1969.
Horserace Betting Levy Act 1969 Determination of annual scheme for bookmakers’ levy. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assessment to levy of individual bookmakers. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Levy Board’s costs on appeal ... against assessment of levy. 3 1 The following subsection shall have effect where, under section 28 of the Act of 1963 (assessment ... to levy) or under section 2 of the Horserace Betting Levy Act 1981 (appeals against notices of determination of liability to make payments on account) , a person appeals in respect of an assessment notice or a notice of determination issued by the Levy Board in his case, and the appeal, having been referred to a tribunal established under section 29 of that Act, is either dismissed by the tribunal or abandoned by the person . 2 If the tribunal thinks it just that the person should make a payment towards expenses appearing to it to have been reasonably incurred by the Levy Board in connection with the appeal, the tribunal may certify accordingly and the Board shall be entitled to recover from the person as a debt due to them the amount specified in the certificate. Non-renewal of bookmaker’s permit in case of failure to pay levy. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annual contribution by successor company to the Totalisator Board. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s. 24 of Act of 1963 as to appointment of members of Levy Board. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, interpretation, repeal and extent. 7 1 This Act may be cited as the Horserace Betting Levy Act 1969. 2 In this Act “ the Act of 1963 ” means the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963; and “Levy Board” has the same meaning as in that Act . 3 In section 25(2)(a) of the Act of 1963 (application of moneys in the hands of the Levy Board), for the words “section 26 or 29 of this Act or section 9 of the Betting Levy Act 1961” there shall be substitued the words “any enactment”. 4 The following enactments in the Act of 1963 are hereby repealed:— section 27(5), except in relation to a levy period beginning with or before 1st April 1969; section 28(1) to (4), except in relation to a levy period beginning before that date; and section 30(2), except in relation to a levy period beginning with or before that date. 5 This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Nuclear Installations Act 1969 (repealed) Restriction of liability for certain damage. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Extension of compensation in certain cases. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expenses. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .