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| Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 c. 35. | The Data Protection Act 1984. | The whole Act. |
| 1986 c. 60. | The Financial Services Act 1986. | Section 190. |
| 1987 c. 37. | The Access to Personal Files Act 1987. | The whole Act. |
| 1988 c. 40. | The Education Reform Act 1988. | Section 223. |
| 1988 c. 50. | The Housing Act 1988. | In Schedule 17, paragraph 80. |
| 1990 c. 23. | The Access to Health Records Act 1990. | In section 1(1), the words from “but does not” to the end. |
| In section 3, subsection (1)(a) to (e) and, in subsection (6)(a), the words “in the case of an application made otherwise than by the patient”. | ||
| Section 4(1) and (2). | ||
| In section 5(1)(a)(i), the words “of the patient or” and the word “other”. | ||
| In section 10, in subsection (2) the words “or orders” and in subsection (3) the words “or an order under section 2(3) above”. | ||
| In section 11, the definitions of “child” and “parental responsibility”. | ||
| 1990 c. 37. | The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. | Section 33(8). |
| 1990 c. 41. | The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. | In Schedule 10, paragraph 58. |
| 1992 c. 13. | The Further and Higher Education Act 1992. | Section 86. |
| 1992 c. 37. | The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. | Section 59. |
| 1993 c. 8. | The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993. | In Schedule 6, paragraph 50. |
| 1993 c. 10. | The Charities Act 1993. | Section 12. |
| 1993 c. 21. | The Osteopaths Act 1993. | Section 38. |
| 1994 c. 17. | The Chiropractors Act 1994. | Section 38. |
| 1994 c. 19. | The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. | In Schedule 13, paragraph 30. |
| 1994 c. 33. | The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. | Section 161. |
| 1994 c. 39. | The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. | In Schedule 13, paragraph 154. |
| Number | Title | Extent of revocation |
|---|---|---|
| S.I. 1991/1142. | The Data Protection Registration Fee Order 1991. | The whole Order. |
| S.I. 1991/1707 (N.I. 14). | The Access to Personal Files and Medical Reports (Northern Ireland) Order 1991. | Part II. |
| The Schedule. | ||
| S.I. 1992/3218. | The Banking Co-ordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992. | In Schedule 10, paragraphs 15 and 40. |
| S.I. 1993/1250 (N.I. 4). | The Access to Health Records (Northern Ireland) Order 1993. | In Article 2(2), the definitions of “child” and “parental responsibility”. |
| In Article 3(1), the words from “but does not include” to the end. | ||
| In Article 5, paragraph (1)(a) to (d) and, in paragraph (6)(a), the words “in the case of an application made otherwise than by the patient”. | ||
| Article 6(1) and (2). | ||
| In Article 7(1)(a)(i), the words “of the patient or” and the word “other”. | ||
| S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2). | The Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994. | In Schedule 1, the entries relating to the Access to Personal Files and Medical Reports (Northern Ireland) Order 1991. |
| S.I. 1994/1696. | The Insurance Companies (Third Insurance Directives) Regulations 1994. | In Schedule 8, paragraph 8. |
| S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2). | The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. | In Schedule 9, paragraphs 177 and 191. |
| S.I. 1995/3275. | The Investment Services Regulations 1995. | In Schedule 10, paragraphs 3 and 15. |
| S.I. 1996/2827. | The Open-Ended Investment Companies (Investment Companies with Variable Capital) Regulations 1996. | In Schedule 8, paragraphs 3 and 26. |
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