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Charter Trustees Act 1985 Continuation of charter trustees, etc. 1 1 The amendments specified in subsection (2) below shall have effect for the purpose of providing that where, after the passing of this Act, the area of any charter trustees becomes comprised in a borough (upon the grant of a charter under section 245 of the Act of 1972 conferring borough status or the making of an order under Part IV of that Act)— a the charter trustees constituted for that area shall continue in being without alteration of their powers; and b the privileges and rights of the inhabitants of that area shall be unaffected. 2 Section 246 of the Act of 1972 (status of cities and boroughs) shall be amended as follows— a in subsection (2)(a), after the words “in the district” there shall be inserted the words “being powers which are not exercised pursuant to subsection (4) or (5) below by charter trustees”; b in subsection (2)(b), after the words “city or borough” there shall be inserted the words “for which charter trustees are not constituted pursuant to subsection (4) or (5) below”; c in subsection (6), for the words “(3) and (4) above and any order under” there shall be substituted the words “and (3) above and any order applying subsection (3) made pursuant to”; d subsection (7) shall cease to have effect; e in subsection (9), for the words “neither subsection (7) nor subsection (8) above applies” there shall be substituted the words “subsection (8) does not apply”. 3 Nothing in this section shall affect any charter granted under section 245 of the Act of 1972 prior to the passing of this Act. Short title, interpretation and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Charter Trustees Act 1985. 2 In this Act, “ the Act of 1972 ” means the Local Government Act 1972. 3 This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985 Hospital complaints procedure. 1 1 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to give to each Strategic Health Authority and Health Authority, to each Special Health Authority in England and Wales and to each Health Board in Scotland such directions . . . as appear to him necessary for the purpose of securing that, as respects each hospital . . . which that Strategic Health Authority, Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Board manage — a such arrangements are made for dealing with complaints made by or on behalf of persons who are or have been patients at that hospital; and b such steps are taken for publicising the arrangements so made, as (in each case) are specified or described in the directions. 1A It shall also be the duty of the Secretary of State to give to each NHS trust which manages a hospital such directions as appear necessary for the purpose of securing that, as respects each hospital . . . which that NHS trust manages — a such arrangements are made for dealing with complaints made by or on behalf of persons who are or have been patients at that hospital; and b such steps are taken for publicising the arrangements so made, as (in each case) are specified or described in the directions. 1B It shall also be the duty of the Secretary of State to give to each Primary Care Trust and Local Health Board which manages a hospital such directions as appear necessary for the purpose of securing that, as respects each hospital which that Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board manages— a such arrangements are made for dealing with complaints made by or on behalf of persons who are or have been patients at that hospital; and b such steps are taken for publicising the arrangements so made, as (in each case) are specified or described in the directions. 1C In this section, “ directions ” means— a in relation to England and Wales, directions under section 17 of the National Health Service Act 1977, b in relation to Scotland, directions under section 2(5) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. 2 No right of appeal, reference or review conferred under this section shall preclude an investigation under the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 in respect of any matter. 3 In this section— a in its application to England and Wales, expressions which are also used in the said Act of 1977 have the same meanings as in that Act; b in its application to Scotland, expressions which are also used in the said Act of 1978 have the same meanings as in that Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1A Short title, commencement and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985. 2 This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint. 3 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Licensing (Amendment) Act 1985 (repealed) Extended hours orders and special hours certificates: amendment of provisions as to particular days. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and extent. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 Prohibition of female circumcision. 1 1 Subject to section 2 below, it shall be an offence for any person— a to excise, infibulate or otherwise mutilate the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person; or b to aid, abet, counsel or procure the performance by another person of any of those acts on that other person’s own body. 2 A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable— a on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both; or b on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum . . . or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both. Saving for necessary surgical operations. 2 1 Subsection (1)(a) of section 1 shall not render unlawful the performance of a surgical operation if that operation— a is necessary for the physical or mental health of the person on whom it is performed and is performed by a registered medical practitioner; or b is performed on a person who is in any stage of labour or has just given birth and is so performed for purposes connected with that labour or birth by— i a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife; or ii a person undergoing a course of training with a view to becoming a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife. 2 In determining for the purposes of this section whether an operation is necessary for the mental health of a person, no account shall be taken of the effect on that person of any belief on the part of that or any other person that the operation is required as a matter of custom or ritual. 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a in the list of extradition crimes contained in Schedule 1 to the Extradition Act 1870; and b among the descriptions of offences set out in Schedule 1 to the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967. 2 In paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (offences against the person in the case of which a member of a visiting force is in certain circumstances not liable to be tried by a United Kingdom court), at the end of paragraph (b) there shall be inserted, appropriately numbered, the following paragraph— 0 section 1 of the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985. . Short title, commencement, and extent. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985. 2 This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed. 3 This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Controlled Drugs (Penalties) Act 1985 Life imprisonment for Class A drug offences. 1 1 In the entries in Schedule 4 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 showing the punishment which may be imposed where a Class A drug is involved on persons convicted of offences under sections 4(2), 4(3) and 5(3) of that Act (production, supply and possession with intent to supply) for “14 years" there shall be substituted “Life". 2 In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (punishments for controlled drug offences) the following paragraph shall be substituted for the paragraph set out as paragraph ( b ) of sections 50(4), 68(3) and 170(3)— b on conviction on indictment— i where the goods were a Class A drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for life, or to both; and ii where they were a Class B drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, or to both. . Commencement. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and extent. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Controlled Drugs (Penalties) Act 1985. 2 This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 (repealed) “Multiple bingo”. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifications of principal Act for multiple bingo. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple bingo regulations. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and enforcement. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement and extent. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hill Farming Act 1985 Burning of bracken, gorse and vaccinium. 1 The power under section 20 of the Hill Farming Act 1946 to make regulations with respect to the burning of heather and grass in England and Wales shall apply also to the burning of bracken, gorse and vaccinium; and accordingly, for the words “ and grass ”— a in both places where they occur in subsection (1) of that section; and b in section 37(1)(g) of that Act (which lists regulations under section 20 among the instruments under that Act which are subject to negative resolution), there shall be substituted the words “, grass, bracken, gorse and vaccinium”. Short title, citation and commencement. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Hill Farming Act 1985. 2 This Act and the Hill Farming and Livestock Rearing Acts 1946 to 1959 may be cited together as the Hill Farming and Livestock Rearing Acts 1946 to 1985. 3 This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 (repealed) Enduring powers of attorney Enduring power of attorney to survive mental incapacity of donor. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Characteristics of an enduring power. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scope of authority et ceteralaetc. of attorney under enduring power. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Action on actual or impending incapacity of donor Duties of attorney in event of actual or impending incapacity of donor. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Functions of court prior to registration. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Functions of court on application for registration. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal position after registration Effect and proof of registration, et ceteralaetc. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Functions of court with respect to registered power. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protection of attorney and third parties Protection of attorney and third persons where power invalid or revoked. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplementary Application of Mental Health Act provisions relating to the court. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to joint and joint and several attorneys. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power of Lord Chancellor to modify pre-registration requirements in certain cases. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement and extent. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coal Industry Act 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Payments to or in respect of redundant workers. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, repeal and extent. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 (repealed) Offence of supply of intoxicating substance. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement and extent. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sexual Offences Act 1985 (repealed) Soliciting for the purpose of prostitution Kerb-crawling. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persistent soliciting . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase of penalties Penalties for certain sexual offences. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplementary Interpretation. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement et ceteralaetc. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1985 (repealed 27.5.1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Amendment of Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 s. 60. 2 1 Section 60 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (replacement of trees) shall be amended as follows. 2 In subsection (1), the words “ other than a tree to which the order applies as part of a woodland ” shall be omitted and after the words “order or” there shall be inserted the words “, except in the case of a tree to which the order applies as part of a woodland,”. 3 After subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection— 1A In respect of trees in a woodland it shall be sufficient for the purposes of this section to replace the trees removed, uprooted or destroyed by planting the same number of trees either on or near the land on which the trees removed, uprooted or destroyed stood or on such other land as may be agreed between the planning authority and the owner of the land, and (in either case) in such places as may be designated by the planning authority. Short title, commencement, etc. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1985. 2 Any local Act passed before, or in the same Session as, this Act which provides for the amendment or modification of section 62 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or section 60 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 is hereby repealed to the extent that it so provides. 3 This Act shall come into force on the expiration of the period of two months beginning with the date on which this Act is passed. 4 The amendments made by section 2 of this Act shall not apply in relation to trees removed, uprooted or destroyed before the coming into force of this Act. 5 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Agricultural Training Board Act 1985 (repealed) Training of persons overseas. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furnishing of information by the Board. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial provision. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement and extent. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hong Kong Act 1985 Ending of British sovereignty and jurisdiction over Hong Kong. 1 1 As from 1st July 1997 Her Majesty shall no longer have sovereignty or jurisdiction over any part of Hong Kong. 2 This section shall come into force on the exchange of instruments of ratification of the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong which was signed in Peking on 19th December 1984; and notice of the date on which those instruments are exchanged shall be given in the London Gazette. Short title and supplementary provisions. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Hong Kong Act 1985. 2 The Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the matters there mentioned, being matters consequential on or connected with the provisions of section 1 above or the Declaration mentioned in that section.
Shipbuilding Act 1985( repealed 5.11.1993 for Act except s. 1 and 1.4.1996 otherwise) Schemes under the 1978 Act. 1 1 This section extends the period in respect of which schemes made under the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 have effect. 2 In— a Article 2(1) of the Scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments Scheme) (Great Britain) Order 1981, as amended by Article 2(2) of the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments Scheme) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1982; and b Article 2(1) of the Scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments Scheme) (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 , as amended by Article 2(2) of the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments Scheme) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1982; for the words “eight years” there shall, in each case, be substituted the words “ nine years and six months ” . 3 Section 2(4) of the Act of 1978 is hereby repealed. The loan under the 1967 Act. 2 1 All outstanding liabilities in respect of the loan made by the Shipbuilding Industry Board to Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Limited under section 4 of the Shipbuilding Industry Act 1967 are hereby extinguished. 2 The assets of the National Loans Fund shall accordingly be reduced by £2,169,106. 99 in respect of the principal outstanding and £120,671.19 in respect of the interest outstanding. Short title and extent. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Shipbuilding Act 1985. 2 This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1985 (repealed) Removal of restrictions as to betting on racecourses et ceteralaetc. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operation of totalisators on dog racecourses. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation, commencement and extent. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
London Regional Transport (Amendment) Act 1985 (repealed) Grant by Greater London CouncilGLC for initial year of LRT. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Names Act 1985 (repealed) Persons subject to this Act. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of use of certain business names. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and expressions requiring Secretary of State’s approval. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disclosure required of persons using business names. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civil remedies for breach of s. 4. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regulations. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Ireland. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commencement. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Town and Country Planning (Compensation) Act 1985 (repealed 27.5.1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Restriction on compensation: Scotland. 2 1 In section 154 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (compensation where planning permission granted by a development order is withdrawn by revocation or amendment of the order etc. and an application for planning permission is subsequently refused or granted subject to different conditions) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted— 1A Where planning permission granted by a development order is withdrawn by revocation or amendment of the order subsection (1) of this section applies only if the application referred to in paragraph (c) is made before the end of the period of twelve months beginning with the date on which the revocation or amendment came into operation. 2 In section 158 of that Act (compensation for planning decision restricting development other than new development) after subsection (6) there shall be inserted— 6A For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to this Act shall be construed as not extending to the enlargement of a building which was in existence on the appointed day if— a the building contains two or more separate dwellings divided horizontally from each other or from some other part of the building; and b the enlargement would result in either an increase in the number of such dwellings contained in the building or an increase of more than one-tenth in the cubic content of any such dwelling contained in the building. Short title and commencement. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Compensation) Act 1985. 2 Section 2(1) above has effect in relation to the refusal or conditional grant of planning permission on any application made on or after the day on which this Act is passed; but where the period mentioned in the subsections inserted by those provisions begins before that day it shall not expire until the end of the period of twelve months beginning with that day. 3 Section 2(2) above has effect in relation to the refusal or conditional grant of planning permission on any application made after 23rd January 1985.