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| Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
| 1916 c. 68. | New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916. | The whole Act. |
| 1967 c. 13. | Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967. | In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Training Commission. |
| 1973 c. 50. | Employment and Training Act 1973. | Section 1. |
| Section 2(4) and (6). | ||
| Section 3. | ||
| In section 4, subsections (1) and (2), in subsection (3) paragraphs (a) and (b), the words “or the Commission” wherever occurring in paragraph (e) and the words from “to a person” to “acting jointly,” in paragraph(f), in subsection (4) the words “, the Commission”, in subsection (5) paragraphs (a) and (b) and “, (d)” in paragraph (c), and subsection (6). | ||
| In section 5(3)(a), the words from “or with a function” onwards. | ||
| Section 11(1). | ||
| In section 12, in subsection (1) the words from “and of the Commission” to “this Act” and the words “or it”, and in subsections (1A) and (2) the words “of the Commission and” wherever occurring. | ||
| In section 13(1), the definitions of “the Commission” and “modifications”. | ||
| Schedule 1. | ||
| In Schedule 3, paragraph 9. | ||
| 1974 c. 37. | Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. | Section 27(2)(b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it. |
| In section 55(1)(a), the words “, the Training Commission”. | ||
| 1975 c. 14. | Social Security Act 1975. | In section 20(5), the words “the Training Commission,” wherever occurring. |
| 1975 c. 24. | House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. | In Part III of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the chairman of the Training Commission. |
| 1975 c. 25. | Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975. | In Part III of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the chairman of the Training Commission. |
| 1975 c. 65. | Sex Discrimination Act 1975. | Section 14(2)(b). |
| In section 16(1), the words “or the Training Commission”.> | ||
| [F11975 c. 69.] | [F1Scottish Development Agency Act 1975.] | [F1In section 11(6), the words from “, the Training Commission” to “Training Services Agency”.] |
| 1975 c. 70. | Welsh Development Agency Act 1975. | In section 24(6), the words from “, the Training Commission” to “Training Services Agency”. |
| 1975 c. 71. | Employment Protection Act 1975. | In Schedule 14, paragraphs 1, 4 and 5. |
| 1976 c. 74. | Race Relations Act 1976. | Section 13(2)(b). |
| In section 15(1), the words “or the Training Commission”. | ||
| 1976 c. 75. | Development of Rural Wales Act 1976. | In section 17(1), the words from “, the Training Commission” to “Training Services Agency,”. |
| 1981 c. 57. | Employment and Training Act 1981. | In section 10(2), the words “the Training Commission,”. |
| In Schedule 2, Part I, and in Part II paragraphs 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19 and 21. | ||
| 1982 c. 9. | Agricultural Training Board Act 1982. | In section 4(1)(f), “, 3”. |
| 1982 c. 10. | Industrial Training Act 1982. | In section 1, in subsection (2), the definition of “the Commission” and, in subsection (6), the words from “or, in a case” to “Commission”. |
| In section 5(3)(e), “, 3”. | ||
| In section 6(2), the words from “or to the Commission” onwards. | ||
| Section 7(3). | ||
| 1982 c.10—cont. | Industrial Training Act 1982—cont. | In section 9(1), the words “, after consultation with the Commission,”. |
| In section 10(1), the words “of the Commission given with the approval”. | ||
| In section 11(1), the words from “and the Commission” onwards. | ||
| In section 13(4), the words “and the Commission”. | ||
| Section 15(3) and (4). | ||
| In section 16(4), the words from “; but no such” onwards. | ||
| In Schedule 1, in paragraph 7(1), the words “, the Training Commission”. | ||
| 1982 c. 30. | Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982. | In section 45(1), the words “the Training Commission or”. |
| 1982 c. 43. | Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982. | In section 8, the words “the Training Commission or”. |
| 1988 c. 9. | Local Government Act 1988. | In Schedule 6, paragraph 10(5). |
| 1988 c. 19. | Employment Act 1988. | Section 24. |
| Section 29(1) so far as relating to the Industrial Training Act 1982. | ||
| In Schedule 2, paragraphs 2(1)(b) and 3 to 8. | ||
| In Schedule 3, in Part II, paragraphs 7 to 10 and 14(2). |
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Amendments (Textual)
F1Entry repealed (1.4.1991) by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I
| 1922 c. 35. | Celluloid and Cinematograph Film Act 1922. | In section 1, subsection (1)(a), and in subsection (2) the words from “the provisions” (where first occurring) to “this Act, and”. |
| Section 4(3). | ||
| 1933 c. 12. | Children and Young Persons Act 1933. | Section 19. |
| 1937 c. 37. | Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937. | Section 29. |
| 1938 c. 69. | Young Persons (Employment) Act 1938. | The whole Act. |
| 1950 c. 28. | Shops Act 1950. | Section 18. |
| Section 20. | ||
| Section 21(4). | ||
| Sections 24 to 36. | ||
| Section 68. | ||
| In section 71(3), the words from “subsection (2) of section one hundred and forty-two” to “given age),”. | ||
| Section 72. | ||
| In section 74, in subsection (1) the definition of “young person”, and subsection (2). | ||
| Part II of Schedule 3. | ||
| 1954 c. 70. | Mines and Quarries Act 1954. | In sections 42(1), 43 and 44, the word “male”, wherever occurring. |
| In section 93, the words “woman or young”, in both places where they occur. | ||
| Section 124(2). | ||
| Sections 125 to 132. | ||
| In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Young Persons (Employment) Act 1938. | ||
| 1961 c. 34. | Factories Act 1961. | Section 11(1)(a)(iii). |
| In section 20, the words “woman or”, in both places where they occur. | ||
| Section 73(1). | ||
| Sections 86 to 94. | ||
| Sections 96 to 109. | ||
| Sections 112 to 116. | ||
| Section 117(1)(a). | ||
| Section 121(1)(f) (except the final “and”) and (5). | ||
| Section 126(2)(f). | ||
| Section 138(1)(d). | ||
| Section 140(1)(d). | ||
| In section 176(4), the words from “except that” onwards. | ||
| 1963 c. 37. | Children and Young Persons Act 1963. | Section 35(1). |
| 1963 c. 41. | Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963. | In section 17, subsection (3), in subsection (4) the words from “, except when any” onwards, and subsection (5). |
| 1964 c. 66. | Young Persons (Employment) Act 1964. | The whole Act. |
| 1968 c. 14. | Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968. | In Schedule 3, the entry relating to the Young Persons (Employment) Act 1938. |
| 1971 c. 80. | Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971. | Section 4(2). |
| In section 5(2), the words “, except section 4(2),”. | ||
| 1972 c. 70. | Local Government Act 1972. | In Schedule 29, paragraph 46. |
| 1973 c. 24. | Employment of Children Act 1973. | Section 1(5). |
| In Schedule 2, the first two entries. | ||
| 1973 c. 65. | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. | Section 155(4). |
| Section 160. | ||
| 1975 c. 65. | Sex Discrimination Act 1975. | In section 7, subsection (2)(f), and in subsection (4) “, (f)”. |
| In section 81, in subsections (1) and (2), “14(2)(d),”. | ||
| 1976 c. 74. | Race Relations Act 1976. | In section 74, in subsection (2), “13(2)(d), 37(3)(b),” and, in subsection (5), “13(2)(d), 37(3)(b) or”. |
| 1978 c. 44. | Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. | Sections 104 and 104A. |
| Section 106(4). | ||
| Section 117(2A) and (2B). | ||
| In section 153(1), the definition of “redundancy rebate”. | ||
| Schedule 6. | ||
| In Schedule 8, the entry relating to section 104 of the Act, and in the entry relating to section 108 of the Act “, (2), (4) and (5)”. | ||
| In Schedule 15, paragraph 13. | ||
| 1980 c. 43. | Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980. | In Schedule 7, paragraph 174. |
| 1982 c. 46. | Employment Act 1982. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 6(3). |
| In Schedule 3, paragraph 5. | ||
| 1985 c. 65. | Insolvency Act 1985. | In Schedule 8, paragraph 31(4). |
| 1985 c. 66. | Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985. | In Schedule 7, paragraph 14(3). |
| 1986 c. 45. | Insolvency Act 1986. | In Schedule 14, the entry relating to section 125(2) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. |
| 1986 c. 48. | Wages Act 1986. | Section 27. |
| In Schedule 4, paragraphs 8 and 11. | ||
| In Schedule 6, paragraph 9. | ||
| 1986 c. 59. | Sex Discrimination Act 1986. | In section 5(1), the words from “, apart from” to “authority),”. |
| Section 7. | ||
| In section 10, in subsection (3) “, 7”, and in subsection (5), the words from “except for the purpose” onwards. | ||
| 1986 c. 61. | Education (No.2) Act 1986. | In Schedule 4, paragraph 6. |
| 1988 c. 19. | Employment Act 1988. | In Schedule 3, in Part II, paragraphs 11(1) and 12(1) and (3). |
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Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 Pt. III wholly in force at 3.3.1997; Sch. 7 Pt. III not in force at Royal Assent see s. 30(4); Sch. 7 Pt. III in force for certain purposes at 26.2.1990 by S.I. 1990/189, art. 2; Sch. 7 Pt. III in force insofar as not already in force at 3.3.1997 by S.I. 1997/134, art. 2
| 1920 c. 65. | Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920. | Section 1(3). |
| In section 3(1), the words “young persons, or”. | ||
| Part II of the Schedule. | ||
| 1954 c. 70. | Mines and Quarries Act 1954. | Section 124(1). |
| 1961 c. 34. | Factories Act 1961. | In section 117(1), the words “or transport”, the words from “any of the following” to “that is to say”, and paragraph (b) and the “(c)” immediately following it. |
| Section 119A. | ||
| 1972 c. 28. | Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972. | Section 5(1). |
| Section 8(1) so far as relating to section 119A of the Factories Act 1961. | ||
| 1973 c. 50. | Employment and Training Act 1973. | In Schedule 3, paragraph 6. |
| 1975 c. 65. | Sex Discrimination Act 1975. | Section 21(1). |
| 1980 c. 42. | Employment Act 1980. | In Schedule 1, paragraph 9. |
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