The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Article 3(4)

SCHEDULE 1 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 16)

1.  In section 97 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

2.  In Schedule (B) for “As witness our hands and seals” substitute “Executed as a deed by us”.

3.  In Schedule (E) for “hereunto set my hand and seal” substitute “executed this instrument as a deed”.

Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 18)

4.  In section 75 and section 77, in each case, for the words from “it shall be lawful” to “any two of them” substitute “then, if the promoters of the undertaking think fit, it shall be lawful for the promoters to execute a deed poll under their common seal if they are a corporation, or, if they are not a corporation, for the promoters or any two of them to execute a deed poll”.

5.  In section 85 for “under the hands and seals of” substitute “executed by”.

6.  In Schedule (A) and Schedule (B), in each case, for “hereunto set my hand and seal” substitute “executed this instrument as a deed”.

Commissioners Clauses Act 1847 (c. 16)

7.  In section 56 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed” and for “under the hands and seals” substitute “executed as a deed by them”.

8.  In Schedule (B) for “hereunto set our hands and seals” substitute “executed this instrument as a deed”.

9.  In Schedule (C) for “hereunto set my hand and seal” substitute “executed this instrument as a deed”.

Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 (c. 65)

10.  In the Schedules, in the Form of Assignment of Right of Burial, for “Witness my hand and seal” substitute “Executed as a deed”.

Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (c. 112)

11.  In section 13—

(a) for “hereunto set their hands and seals [or seals only, as the case may be,]” substitute “executed this instrument as a deed”; and

(b) for “Signed, sealed and delivered” substitute “Signed and delivered as a deed”.

Open Spaces Act 1906 (c. 25)

12.  In section 2(3) for “under the hands and seals of” substitute “executed as a deed by”.

Pig Production Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 25)

13.  In paragraph 5 of Part II of the Schedule, for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17)

14.  In paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24)

15.  In section 13(1) for “subscribed his name and affixed his seal thereto” substitute “executed them as a deed”.

16.  In section 28(1) in paragraph (a) for “in writing under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”, and in paragraph (d) for “under seal”, in the first two places where those words occur, substitute “executed as a deed”.

17.  In Schedule 4, in form A for “Sealed with our seals” substitute “Executed by us as a deed” and for “Sealed and delivered” substitute “Signed and delivered as a deed”; and in form B for “sealed with my seal” substitute “executed by me as a deed”, for “sealed with our seals” substitute “executed by us as a deed” and for “Sealed and delivered” substitute “Signed and delivered as a deed”.

Powers of Attorney Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 33)

18.  In section 1—

(a) in subsection (1), for the words “signed and sealed by, or by direction and in the presence of,” substitute “executed as a deed by”;

(b) omit subsection (2).

Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9)

19.  In section 100(1) for “under seal” substitute “by deed”.

Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (NI 14)

20.  In paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Enterprise Ulster (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (NI 16)

21.  In paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 9)

22.  In paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (NI 14)

23.  In Article 17(2)(a) for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 3)

24.  In paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 1 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (NI 10)

25.  In paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

The General Consumer Council (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (NI 12)

26.  In paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 1 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 4)

27.  In paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Laganside Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 2)

28.  In paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 11)

29.  In Article 15—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “an action upon” (where those words occur twice) insert “a deed or”; and

(b) in paragraph (b) for “under seal” substitute “a deed or under seal”.

Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (NI 3)

30.  In paragraph 8 of the Schedule for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Tourism (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 3)

31.  In paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 5)

32.  In paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.

Industrial Development Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 1)

33.  In paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 for “under seal” substitute “executed as a deed”.