The following enactments are hereby repealed: —
(a)section 21 of the [1844 c. 32.] Bank Charter Act 1844 and section 13 of the [1845 c. 38.] Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845 (which require banks to make a return to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue of the names of their principals and places of business);
(b)in section 4(2) of the [1907 c. 24.] Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (which provides that a partnership registered under that Act may not have more than a certain number of partners), the words " in the case of a partnership carrying on the business of banking, of more than ten persons, and, in the case of any other partnership " ;
(c)in section 155 of the [1948 c. 38.] Companies Act 1948 and section 149 of the [1960 c. 22 (N.I.).] Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (which lay down requirements as to the signature of the balance sheet of a registered company), subsection (2) (which lays down special requirements for banking companies);
(d)section 429 of the said Act of 1948 and section 377 of the said Act of 1960 (which, subject to certain exceptions, prohibit the formation otherwise than as a registered company of a company, association or partnership of more than ten persons for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking);
(e)section 430 of the said Act of 1948 and section 378 of the said Act of 1960 (which require banking companies proposing to become registered with limited liability to give notice to all persons having an account with them);
(f)section 431 of the said Act of 1948 and section 379 of the said Act of 1960 (which exclude liabilities in respect of notes issued by a bank in the United Kingdom from the principle of limited liability); and
(g)in subsection (1) of section 433 of the said Act of 1948 and section 381 of the said Act of 1960 (which require certain companies to post up in their business premises a bi-annual statement of their financial position), the words " a limited banking company or ".