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Schedule 11E+W+S+N.I. Enactments Repealed

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C1The text of ss. 27, 29, Sch. 2, Sch. 11 are in the form in which they were originally enacted: they were not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, do not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
33 & 34 Vict. c. 23.The Forfeiture Act 1870.In section 4, the words from “and the amount” onwards.
49 & 50 Vict. c. 27.The Guardianship of Infants Act 1886.In section 5 the words from “and in every case” onwards.
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In section 11, paragraph (a), and, in paragraph (c), the words “Englan d or”.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 59.The Bankruptcy Act 1914.Section 107(1) to (3).
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 23.The Administration of Estates Act 1925.In section 30(3), the words “the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Divisio n of”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 59.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.In section 5(1), the words “report or”.
In section 58, the words from “and (4) Subject to rules of court” onwards.
In section 63, in paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection (6), the words “with the concurrence of the other judges of the Division or a majority thereof, or in the case of the King’s Bench Division”.
In section 225, the definition of “Probat e Division”.
23 &24 Geo. 5. c. 12.The Children and Young Persons Act 1933.Section 55(4).
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c.38.The Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act 1933.Section 5(2).
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.The Criminal Justice Act 1948.Section 11(3).
12, 13 and 14 Geo. 6. c. 87.The Patents Act 1949.Section 85(6).
12, 13 and 14 Geo. 6. c. 88.The Registered Designs Act 1949.Section 28(6).
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & I Eliz. 2. c. 48.The Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.Section 10(1) to (3); and in section 10(5) the words “under this section”, wherever occurring.
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952.In section 34, the words from “and any sum” onwards.
In section 74(6)(a), the words “under the Maintenance Orders Ac t 1958”.
Section 85(3).
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 39.The Maintenance Orders Act 1958.Section 4(3).
Sections 6 to 8.
Section 9(1), (3) and (6).
Sections 10 to 15.
In section 21(1), the definitions of “attachment of earnings order”, “earnings”, “employer”, “excepte d sums” and “maintenance order”; and section 21(5).
The Schedule.
1959 c. 22.The County Courts Act 1959.Section 153(a).
Section 154.
1964 c. 42.The Administration of Justice Act 1964.Section 5(2).
In Schedule 3, paragraph 25(2).
1965 c. 72.The Matrimonial Causes Act 1965.In section 38(1), the words from “and any order” onwards.
1966 c. 20.The Ministry of Social Security Act 1966.In section 23(6), the words from “and the Maintenance Orders Act 1958” onwards.
In section 24(9), the words from “and the Maintenance Orders Act 1958” onwards.
1966 c. 31.The Criminal Appeal Act 1966.Section 1(4) and (6)(b).
Section 2(2).
1967 c. 80.The Criminal Justice Act 1967.Section 46.
Section 79(3) to (7).
In section 84, the definition of “appropria te authority”.
Schedule 1.
1968 c. 19.The Criminal Appeal Act 1968.In Section 45(2), the words “of the Queen’s Bench Division of”.
In Schedule 5, the entry relating to section 10(2) of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.
1968 c. 36.The maintenance Orders Act 1958.In the Schedule, the entry relating to section 4 of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958.
1969 c. 46.The Family Law Reform Act 1969.In section 4(5)(b), the words from “and be deemed” onwards.
In section 6(7) the words from “and be deemed” onwards.
1969 c. 54.The Children and Young Persons Act 1969.In section 3(6), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (b), and paragraph (c).
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F1Sch. 11 entries relating to ss. 6, 9, 10, of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1886 repealed by Guardianship of Minors Act 1971(c. 3), s. 18(2), Sch. 2

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