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Parliamentary and Other Pensions Act 1972 Part I General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Part II Prime Minister, Speaker and Lord Chancellor Pensions of Prime Minister and Speaker. 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pensions for dependants of Prime Minister or Speaker. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pension of Lord Chancellor. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Part III Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions as to Pensions (Increase) Act 1971. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annuity premiums of Ministers and other office-holders. 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Interpretation (general). 35 1 In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say— “ the Act of 1965 ” means the Ministerial Salaries and Members’ Pensions Act 1965; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ the Consolidated Fund ” means the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ enactment ” includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment. Amendments, repeals and savings. 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title. 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children Act 1972 Minimum age of employment. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Accordingly in each of those sections for subsection (1)(a) there shall be substituted the paragraph— a so long as he is under the age of thirteen years ; and in subsection (2) (which allows the general rules in subsection (1) to be modified by local authority bye-laws) for paragraph (a)(i) there shall be substituted the sub-paragraph— i the employment of children under the age of thirteen years (notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection) by their parents or guardians in light agricultural or horticultural work . Short title, repeal and extent. 2 1 This Act may be cited as the Children Act 1972. 2 The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule. 3 Nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Police Act 1972 (repealed 22.8.1996) Amendment of s. 44 of Police Act 1964. 1 1 Section 44 of the Police Act 1964 (Police Federations) shall be amended as follows. 2 In subsection (2) after the words “of, and” there shall be inserted the words “subject to subsection (2A) of this section”. 3 After subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:— “ (2A) The Secretary of State from time to time may authorise a Police Federation or a branch thereof to be associated with a person or body outside the police service in such cases and manner, and subject to such conditions and restrictions, as he may specify and may vary or withdraw an authorisation previously given; and anything for the time being so authorised shall not be precluded by subsection (2) of this section. ” Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1972.
Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages) Act 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Matrimonial relief and declarations as to validity in respect of polygamous marriages: Scotland. 2 1 A court in Scotland shall not be precluded from entertaining proceedings for, or granting, any such decree as is mentioned in subsection (2) below by reason only that either party to the marriage is, or has during the subsistence of the marriage been, married to more than one person . 2 The decrees referred to in subsection (1) above are— a a decree of divorce; b a decree of nullity of marriage; c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d a decree of separation; e a decree of aliment; f a decree of declarator that a marriage is valid or invalid; g any other decree involving a determination as to the validity of a marriage; and the reference in subsection (1) above to granting such a decree as aforesaid includes a reference to making any ancillary or incidental order which the court has power to make in proceedings for such a decree. 3 Provision may be made by rules of court— a for requiring notice of proceedings brought by virtue of this section to be served on any additional spouse of a party to the marriage in question; and b for conferring on any such additional spouse the right to be heard in the proceedings, in such cases as may be specified in the rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Short title, interpretation and powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland. 5 1 This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages) Act 1972. 2 References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, and as including references thereto as extended or applied, by any subsequent enactment. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) Amendment Act 1972 (repealed) Amendment of section 1 of Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) Act 1958. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repeals. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title and commencement. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972 Powers of court on hearing complaint for affiliation order and on appeal. 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The following enactments are hereby repealed:— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c in section 30(3) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it. Time for application for summons. 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Short title, extent and commencement. 4 1 This Act may be cited as the Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972. 2 This Act shall not extend to Scotland or . . . to Northern Ireland. 3 This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
Harbours, Piers And Ferries (Scotland) Act 1972 Amendment of s. 7 of Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937. 1 1 In section 7(1) of the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937 (which provides that in certain circumstances the Secretary of State may authorise a local or harbour authority to undertake, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Second Schedule to the said Act, certain operations, the cost of which does not exceed one hundred thousand pounds, in connection with a marine work) for the words “one hundred thousand pounds” (substituted by section 152(1) of the Transport Act 1968) there shall be substituted the words “two hundred thousand pounds” ; and the said section 152 is accordingly hereby repealed. 2 In the said section 7 at the end there shall be added the following subsections— 3 If it appears to the Secretary of State that the sum of two hundred thousand pounds specified in subsection (1) above (or such other sum as may for the time being be so specified by virtue of an order made under this subsection) should be varied, he may by an order made by statutory instrument amend subsection (1) above by substituting for that sum such sum as may be specified in the order. 4 Any order made under subsection (3) above may be revoked by a subsequent order thereunder which substitutes another sum for the sum specified in the order which is thereby revoked. 5 No order shall be made under subsection (3) above unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. Short title and citation. 2 This Act may be cited as the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1972, and the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937 and this Act may be cited together as the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Acts 1937 and 1972.
Social Work (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 1.4.1997) Jurisdiction of children’s hearing where child attains age of 16 years after commencement of hearing . 1 In Part III of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (children in need of compulsory measures of care), in section 30 (definition of child, etc. ) there shall be added the following subsection— 3 Where a child attains the age of sixteen years after the date on which a children’s hearing first sit to consider his case, but before the date of the conclusion of the proceedings on his case, the provisions of this Part of this Act and of any statutory instrument made thereunder shall continue to apply to him in relation to that case as if he had not attained that age. Citation. 2 This Act may be cited as the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1972, and the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and this Act may be cited together as the Social Work (Scotland) Acts 1968 and 1972.
Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons (Scotland) Act 1972 Amendment of section 29(2) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. 1 1 For section 29(2) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (which limits the extent of that Act) there shall be substituted the following subsection:— 2 Sections 1 and 2(1) of this Act shall apply to Scotland so however that— a any references to functions under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 shall be construed as references to duties to chronically sick or disabled persons (being persons in need) under section 12 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968; b any references to the services provided under arrangements made by the authority under the said section 29 shall be references to the services for such persons as aforesaid provided by a local authority by virtue of the said section 12; and c in section 2(1) as originally enacted— i the words “who is originally resident in their area” shall be omitted; ii for the words from “notwithstanding” to “that Act” where those words secondly occur there shall be substituted the words “subject to the provisions of section 5 of the said Act of 1968 (which requires local authorities to exercise their functions under that Act”. 2 Nothing in the provisions of this Act shall derogate from the scope of what local authorities are under a duty to do in respect of any person by virtue of any provision of the said Act of 1968. Expenses. 2 There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under any other enactment. Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Act 1972.
Transport (Grants) Act 1972 (repealed) Grants to British Railways Board and National Bus Company. 1 1 The Secretary of State shall before the end of the year 1972— a make payments to the British Railways Board amounting in all to £27 million, . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and any such payment shall be made out of money provided by Parliament and shall be for the credit of the revenue account of the body to which it is made. 2 Subject to the preceding provisions of this section, the time at which the payments are made, and the amount paid at any one time, shall be such as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine. Contributions by Secretary of State towards expenditure intended to promote employment. 2 1 There may be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament such sums not in the aggregate exceeding £5 million as may be required by the Secretary of State for the purpose of making with the approval of the Treasury contributions towards expenses to which this section applies. 2 This section applies— a to expenses incurred by the British Railways Board or any of their subsidiaries in or in connection with the carrying out of any project which is commenced before 1st April 1974 and which, pursuant to an agreement entered into with the Secretary of State with a view to promoting employment (whether or not in the transport industry) is, in whole or in part, commenced or carried out earlier than it would have been but for the agreement, and b to expenses incurred by the British Railways Board or any of their subsidiaries in or by reason of the purchase before that date of materials for any project, being a purchase which, pursuant to any such agreement, was effected earlier than it would have been but for the agreement. 3 This section applies to expenses incurred before as well as after the passing of this Act. Short title. 3 This Act may be cited as the Transport (Grants) Act 1972.
Mineral Exploration and Investment Grants Act 1972 Contributions in respect of mineral exploration. 1 1 Subject to the following subsections, there shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament any payments made by the Secretary of State by way of contribution towards expenditure incurred on searching for, or on discovering and testing, mineral deposits in Great Britain or in the sea bed and subsoil of the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain or in that of any area for the time being designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964. 2 The amount paid out of moneys provided by Parliament under this section shall not exceed £25 million or such larger sum, not exceeding £50 million, as the Secretary of State may specify by order made by statutory instrument; but an order shall not be made in pursuance of this subsection unless a draft of the order has been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons. 3 It shall be a condition for the making of a contribution in pursuance of this section in respect of any operations that the person applying for the contribution shall have agreed that geological information obtained in the carrying out of the operations will be communicated (in appropriate form and detail) to the Secretary of State and, for the purposes of the geological survey of Great Britain, to United Kingdom Research and Innovation . 4 This section shall not authorise the making by the Secretary of State out of moneys provided by Parliament of contributions towards expenditure on any operations, unless he is satisfied that planning permission for those operations was obtained or that it was not necessary to obtain it. 5 This section shall not authorise the making by the Secretary of State out of moneys provided by Parliament of contributions towards any expenditure which exceed 35 per cent. of that expenditure; but any payment made by him in pursuance of this section may be made on such terms as he thinks fit, including terms providing for repayment in whole or in part of the amount paid by him, with or without interest or an addition in lieu of interest, or for the giving of security for the performance of any of the terms. 6 Any sums received by the Secretary of State in accordance with the terms on which a payment is made by him in pursuance of this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. 7 In respect of the period ending 31st March 1973 and of each financial year ending after that date in which payments are made in pursuance of this section the Secretary of State shall as soon as may be after the end of that period or year prepare a report on the operation of this section, and shall lay the report before Parliament. 8 In this section “ mineral deposits ” includes any natural deposits capable of being lifted or extracted from the earth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Short title and extent. 3 1 This Act may be cited as the Mineral Exploration and Investment Grants Act 1972. 2 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Summer Time Act 1972 Advance of time during period of summer time. 1 1 . . . The time for general purposes in Great Britain shall, during the period of summer time, be one hour in advance of Greenwich mean time. 2 The period of summer time for the purposes of this Act is the period beginning at one o’clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning of the last Sunday in March and ending at one o’clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning of the last Sunday in October. Extension of period, and double summer time. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation of references. 3 1 Subject to subsection (2) below, wherever any reference to a point of time occurs in any enactment, Order in Council, order, regulation, rule, byelaw, deed, notice or other document whatsoever, the time referred to shall, during the period of summer time, be taken to be the time as fixed for general purposes by . . . this Act. 2 Nothing in this Act shall affect the use of Greenwich mean time for purposes of astronomy, meteorology, or navigation, or affect the construction of any document mentioning or referring to a point of time in connection with any of those purposes. Northern Ireland. 4 1 This Act shall apply to Northern Ireland in like manner as it applies to Great Britain. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel Islands and Isle of Man. 5 1 Unless other provision is made by a law of the States of Jersey or of Guernsey or by an Act of Tynwald, as the case may be, this Act shall, subject to subsection (2) below, apply to the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man in like manner as it applies to Great Britain. 2 An Order in Council made under section 2 above may make different provision with respect to Great Britain and with respect to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man or any of them. Short title, commencement, repeals and saving. 6 1 This Act may be cited as the Summer Time Act 1972. 2 This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed. 3 The Summer Time Acts 1922 to 1947 and the British Standard Time Act 1968 are hereby repealed (but the repeal of the British Standard Time Act 1968 does not affect the operation of the enactments revived by Schedule 1 to that Act and not repealed by this Act, that is to say the Statutes (Definition of Time) Act 1880, the Time (Ireland) Act 1916, the Time Act (Northern Ireland) 1924 and section 39(1) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954). 4 Nothing in this Act affects the Manx Time Act 1968 (which is an Act of Tynwald providing that the time for general purposes in the Isle of Man shall be the same as in Great Britain).
Local Employment Act 1972 Development areas and intermediate areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Powers for provision of employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Powers for contributing to development of industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Industrial estates corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Supplementary provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Transitional provisions. 19 The provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the matters there dealt with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Interpretation. 21 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 For the purposes of this Act Monmouthshire shall be deemed to be part of Wales. 3 Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Act any reference to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference thereto as extended or applied, by any other enactment. Consequential amendments, repeals and savings. 22 1 The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the general application of section 38 of the Interpretation Act 1889 with respect to the effect of repeals. Short title, commencement and extent. 23 1 This Act may be cited as the Local Employment Act 1972. 2 This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed. 3 This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Sunday Theatre Act 1972 (repealed) Plays on Sundays. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restriction on the hours of plays on Sundays. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement of section 2. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orders. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short title extent and commencement. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sierra Leone Republic Act 1972 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 19th April 1971, 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 Sierra Leone, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Sierra Leone, as it would have apart from this subsection if Sierra Leone had not become a republic. 2 This section applies to law of, or 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 Sierra Leone, to Law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 This section shall be deemed to have had effect from 19th April 1971. Short title. 2 This Act may be cited as the Sierra Leone Republic Act 1972.