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Insurance Companies Act 1981 (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Part III Miscellaneous and General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals. 36 1 Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Short title and extent. 38 1 This Act may be cited as the Insurance Companies Act 1981. 2 This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981 Restrictions on reports of committal proceedings. 1 1 At the beginning of subsection (2) of section 8 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (application for lifting restrictions on reports of committal proceedings) there shall be inserted the words “Subject to subsection (2A) below”. 2 After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections— 2A Where in the case of two or more accused one of them objects to the making of an order under subsection (2) above, the court shall make the order if, and only if, it is satisfied, after hearing the representations of the accused, that it is in the interests of justice to do so. 2B An order under subsection (2) above shall not apply to reports of proceedings under subsection (2A) above, but any decision of the court to make or not to make such an order may be contained in reports published or broadcast before the time authorised by subsection (3) below. 3 In relation to any time before the coming into force of the said Act of 1980, the same amendments as are made by subsections (1) and (2) above in section 8 of that Act shall be made in section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 except that the word “defendants” shall be substituted for the word “accused” wherever it occurs. 4 The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to committal proceedings begun before the commencement of this Act. Short title, commencement and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981. 2 This Act shall come into force at the expiration of a period of three months beginning with the date on which it is passed. 3 This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Forestry Act 1981 Disposal of land. 1 In section 39 of the Forestry Act 1967, for subsection (2) (which enables the Minister to sell land in specified circumstances) there shall be substituted— 2 Subject to subsection (2A) below, the Minister may dispose for any purpose of land acquired by him under this section. 2A Subsection (2) above shall not apply in relation to land acquired under this section which is in the Forest of Dean; but the Minister may sell such land if in his opinion it is not needed, or ought not to be used, for the purpose of afforestation or any purpose connected with forestry, and may exchange any such land for other land more suitable for either of the said purposes and may pay or receive money for equality of exchange. . Compulsory purchase of land. 2 In section 40 of the Forestry Act 1967, for subsection (4) there shall be substituted— 4 The power of compulsory purchase under this Act shall not be exercisable in relation to land held inalienably by the National Trust or by the National Trust for Scotland. Forestry Fund. 3 In section 41 of the Forestry Act 1967, after subsection (4) there shall be inserted— 4A There shall be paid out of the Forestry Fund into the Consolidated Fund such sums as the Ministers may from time to time with the approval of the Treasury direct. ;and subsection (7) (powers of investment) shall cease to have effect. General duty of Ministers. 4 After section 8 of the Forestry Act 1967 there shall be inserted— General duty of Ministers. 8A In performing their functions under this Act the Ministers shall have regard to the national interest in maintaining and expanding the forestry resources of Great Britain. . Number of Forestry Commissioners. 5 In section 2(1) of the Forestry Act 1967 (which provides that the Forestry Commissioners shall consist of a chairman and not more than nine other members) for the word “nine” there shall be substituted the word “ten”. Short title, repeals and extent. 6 1 This Act may be cited as the Forestry Act 1981. 2 The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column. 3 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Ports (Financial Assistance) Act 1981 Financial assistance to PLA and MDH. 1 1 The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, give financial assistance to the Port of London Authority and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company— a for measures taken by them to reduce the number of persons employed in, or in ports adjacent to, their respective ports, being measures taken with a view to restoring the profitability of their undertakings; and b for the carrying on of their undertakings while such measures are being taken. 2 Assistance under subsection (1) above may be given by way of a grant or loan or in the form of a guarantee; and in giving assistance under that subsection the Secretary of State may impose such conditions as he thinks fit, including conditions requiring a grant to be repaid in specified circumstances. 3 The aggregate at any time of— a grants made under subsection (1) above and not repaid; b outstanding loans made under that subsection; and c amounts in respect of which guarantees under that subsection are in force, shall not exceed £500 million . 4 Any grant, loan or guarantee falling within this subsection shall be taken into account for the purposes of subsection (3) above as if it were a grant, loan or guarantee (as the case may be) made or given under subsection (1) above. 5 The following grants, loans and guarantees fall within subsection (4) above:— a those (not within paragraph (b) or (c) below) made or given by any Minister of the Crown before, but not earlier than one year before, the passing of this Act for the purposes specified in subsection (1) above; b those made or given before the passing of this Act under section 1(1) of the Port of London (Financial Assistance) Act 1980; c those made or given before the passing of that Act and taken into account by virtue of section 1(5) of that Act as if made or given under section 1(1) of that Act. 6 Any sums required by the Secretary of State for making payments under this section shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament; and any sums received by him by virtue of this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. 7 The Port of London (Financial Assistance) Act 1980 is hereby repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Ports (Financial Assistance) Act 1981.
Water Act 1981 Increased borrowing powers of British Waterways Board. 1 1 For paragraph (iv) of subsection (3) of section 19 of the Transport Act 1962 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— iv for the British Waterways Board £25 million or such greater sum not exceeding £35 million as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument specify. 2 After the said subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection— 3A An order made under paragraph (iv) of subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument, and no such order shall be made unless a draft of the order has been approved by resolution of the House of Commons. 3 Section 3 of the Transport (Financial Provisions) Act 1977 is hereby repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Short title and extent. 7 1 This Act may be cited as the Water Act 1981. 2 Section 1 of this Act extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland but otherwise this Act extends to England and Wales only.
Representation of the People Act 1981 Disqualification of certain offenders for membership of the House of Commons. 1 A person found guilty of one or more offences (whether before or after the passing of this Act and whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere), and sentenced or ordered to be imprisoned or detained indefinitely or for more than one year, shall be disqualified for membership of the House of Commons while detained anywhere in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland in pursuance of the sentence or order or while unlawfully at large at a time when he would otherwise be so detained. Effects of disqualification. 2 1 If a person disqualified by this Act for membership of the House of Commons is elected to that House his election shall be void; and if such a person is nominated for election as a member of that House his nomination shall be void. 2 If a member of the House of Commons becomes disqualified by this Act for membership of that House his seat shall be vacated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Citation. 4 This Act may be cited as the Representation of the People Act 1981 and shall be included among the Acts which may be cited together as the Representation of the People Acts.
House of Commons Members’ Fund and Parliamentary Pensions Act 1981 (repealed) Right of certain past Members and widows or widowers of such Members to payments out of House of Commons Members’ Fund. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rate of payments as of right and effect on rate of discretionary payments. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appropriation of increases in Treasury contributions to Fund. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Short title and repeals. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Industry Act 1981 (repealed) Financial Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Financial limits for Development Agencies and Development Board. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public dividend capital and government loans Reduction of public dividend capital of National Enterprise Board and Development Agencies. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reduction of government loan debt of Development Agencies. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Short title et ceteralaetc. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research) Act 1981 (repealed) Abolition of compensation authorities Termination of functions of compensation authorities under the Licensing Act 1964. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appointment of the liquidator. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Final accounts of authorities and powers of liquidator. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dissolution of authorities and compensation for loss of office. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of assets of compensation funds Application of funds in hands of liquidator. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Establishment of the Alcohol Education and Research Council. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Alcohol Education and Research Fund. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charitable purposes connected with the licensed trade. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The repayment scheme. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplementary Accounts and audit. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repeals. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citation commencement and extent. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Industrial Diseases (Notification) Act 1981 Regulations. 1 The Secretary of State , or with his approval the Registrar General, may make by statutory instrument regulations concerning the notification and certification of death and for the recording of information relating to industrial diseases and matters related thereto. Short title, interpretation and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Industrial Diseases (Notification) Act 1981. 2 In this Act “ Registrar General ” means— a in England and Wales, the Registrar General for England and Wales; and b in Scotland, the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland. 3 This Act does not apply to Northern Ireland.
Parliamentary Commissioner (Consular Complaints) Act 1981 Extension of circumstances in which complaints about consular actions can be made under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967. 1 Section 6(4) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (which restricts the circumstances in which complaints can be entertained under that Act by reference to the residence of the person aggrieved in the United Kingdom or the connection with the United Kingdom of the action complained of) shall be amended by the insertion at the beginning of the words “Except as provided in subsection (5) below” and the addition at the end of the following subsection— 5 A complaint may be entered under this Act in circumstances not falling within subsection (4) above where— a the complaint relates to action taken in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom by an officer (not being an honorary consular officer) in the exercise of a consular function on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom ; and b the person aggrieved is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who, under section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971, has the right of abode in the United Kingdom . Short title and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner (Consular Complaints) Act 1981. 2 This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Deer Act 1980 (repealed) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment Act 1980 Trade union ballots and Codes of Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Exclusion from trade union membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unfair dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Maternity Notices to the employer. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Other rights of employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Restrictions on legal liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Miscellaneous and general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Anguilla Act 1980 Future status and administration of Anguilla. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as appears to Her expedient for and in connection with the government of Anguilla. 3 Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision— a for and in connection with the attainment by Anguilla of fully responsible status; b for and in connection with the establishment of Anguilla as an independent republic; or c after such provision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) has been made, in connection with Anguilla becoming a republic; and an Order so made may make such modifications of any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or of any instrument having effect by virtue of such an enactment, and such transitional or other incidental and supplementary provisions, as appear to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient. In this subsection “ modifications ” includes additions, omissions and alterations, and references to any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom include references to any enactment comprised in Northern Ireland legislation. 4 An Order in Council under subsection (2) may be made at any time after the passing of this Act but, if made before the appointed day, shall not come into force before that day; and no recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty to make an Order under subsection (3) unless a draft of the Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. 5 The Anguilla Act 1971 (which is superseded by this section) is hereby repealed as from the appointed day. 6 The repeal effected by subsection (5) shall not affect any Order in Council or appointment of a Commissioner made under the said Act of 1971; but any such Order or appointment may be revoked by or under an Order in Council made under subsection (2). Citation, etc. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Anguilla Act 1980. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Licensing (Amendment) Act 1980 (repealed) Amendment of provisions for upgrading of on-licences. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special hours certificates : amendment of provisions as to permitted hours. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special hours certificates : amendment of supplementary provisions. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement and extent. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Insurance Companies Act 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Consequential amendments, savings, transitional provisions and repeals. 4 1 The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title, commencement and extent. 5 1 This Act may be cited as the Insurance Companies Act 1980. 2 This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint. 3 This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Limitation Amendment Act 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous and Supplementary Debtor who becomes creditor’s executor by representation or administrator to account for debt to estate. 10 After section 21 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (rights and liabilities of administrator) there shall be inserted the following section— Debtor who becomes creditor’s executor by representation or administrator to account for debt to estate. 21A 1 Subject to subsection (2) of this section, where a debtor becomes his deceased creditor’s executor by representation or administrator— a his debt shall thereupon be extinguished ; but b he shall be accountable for the amount of the debt as part of the creditor’s estate in any case where he would be so accountable if he had been appointed as an executor by the creditor’s will. 2 Subsection (1) of this section does not apply where the debtor’s authority to act as executor or administrator is limited to part only of the creditor’s estate which does not include the debt ; and a debtor whose debt is extinguished by virtue of paragraph (a) shall not be accountable for its amount by virtue of paragraph (b) of that subsection in any case where the debt was barred by the Limitation Act 1939 before he became the creditor’s executor or administrator. 3 In this section “debt” includes any liability, and “debtor” and “creditor” shall be construed accordingly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 †Citation, commencement and extent. 14 1 This Act may be cited as the Limitation Amendment Act 1980. 2 5 This Act does not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1980 Restrictions of betting on dog racecourses. 1 Section 7 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 shall have effect as if— a in subsection (1)(a) thereof (which restricts the number of races on which betting may take place on any day on a dog racecourse) for the word " eight " there were substituted the word " ten "; and b in subsection (2)(a) (which imposes a like restriction in respect of any special betting day) for the word " eight " there were substituted the word " ten " and for the word " sixteen" there were substituted the word " twenty ". Special betting days. 2 Section 2 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1971 (which relates to the notification of special betting days) shall have effect as if— i in subsection (2) for the word " four " in each place where it occurs there were substituted the word " six "; and ii after subsection (2) there were inserted the following subsection— 2A a The Secretary of State may from time to time by order provide that subsection (2) above shall have effect with the substitution, for the references to six days, of references to such other number of days as may be specified in the order. b An order under this subsection shall be made by statutory instrument and shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. . Short title and citation. 3 This Act may be cited as the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1980 and the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1963 to 1971 and this Act may be cited together as the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1963 to 1980.