- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As enacted)
Edinburgh Bakers’ Widows’ Fund Act 2018
You are here:
- Previous
- Next
What Version
Advanced Features
Opening Options
More Resources
Status:
This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
Edinburgh Bakers’ Widows’ Fund Act 2018
2018 asp 1
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 21st November 2017 and received Royal Assent on 12th January 2018
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to allow the Trustees of the Widows’ Scheme of the Incorporation of Bakers of the City of Edinburgh to make capital payments to certain persons who might otherwise have been entitled to annuity payments from the Widows’ Fund for the Incorporation of Bakers within the City of Edinburgh; to transfer the remaining property, rights, interests and liabilities of the Widows’ Fund to a successor charitable trust; to dissolve the Widows’ Fund; and for connected purposes.
1Capital payments to wives of contributing members
(1)The Trustees may make a single capital payment to each person who, on 13 November 2015, was the wife of a contributing member of the Widows’ Fund, in lieu of prospective annuities that such a person would otherwise have been entitled to receive under the 1813 Act, in the event of being widowed.
(2)Where a person such as is referred to in subsection (1) accepts a payment under that subsection, she loses any future entitlement, should she be widowed, to annuity payments from the Widows’ Fund.
(3)The Trustees are to make any payments under subsection (1) within a period of one month beginning with the day after Royal Assent.
2Transfer of property etc.
(1)The property, rights, interests and liabilities of the Widows’ Fund are transferred to and vested in The Incorporation of Bakers of Edinburgh Charitable Trust (registered Scottish Charity Number SC047164).
(2)The property that is transferred under subsection (1) is the remaining property after the payments authorised under section 1 have been made.
3Dissolution and repeal
(1)The Widows’ Fund is dissolved.
(2)The 1813 Act is repealed.
4Interpretation
In this Act—
“the Trustees” mean the Trustees of the Widows’ Scheme of the Incorporation of Bakers of the City of Edinburgh,
“the Widows’ Fund” means The Widows’ Fund for the Incorporation of Bakers within the City of Edinburgh,
“the 1813 Act” means the Edinburgh Bakers’ Widows’ Fund Act 1813 (an Act for Providing a Fund for Annuities for Widows of Members of the Incorporation of Bakers of the City of Edinburgh) (53 Geo.3, c. cxxvi).
5Commencement
(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.
(2)Section 2 comes into force at the end of the period of one month and one day beginning with the day after Royal Assent.
(3)Section 3 comes into force at the end of the period of one month and two days beginning with the day after Royal Assent.
6Short title
The short title of this Act is the Edinburgh Bakers’ Widows’ Fund Act 2018.
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Act
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
See additional information alongside the content
Show Explanatory Notes for Sections: Displays relevant parts of the explanatory notes interweaved within the legislation content.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
Explanatory Notes
Text created by the Scottish Government to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Acts of the Scottish Parliament except those which result from Budget Bills.
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
More Resources
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- correction slips
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- links to related legislation and further information resources
The data on this page is available in the alternative data formats listed:
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.