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| 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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