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An Act to amend the Acts relating to Savings Banks and to the Purchase of Small Government Annuities, and to assuring Payments of Money after Death.
[16th September 1887]X1
Editorial Information
X1This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1, 3 repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 62), Sch. and Trustee Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 63), Sch. 3
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed by Trustee Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 63), Sch. 3
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F3Ss. 1, 3 repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 62), Sch. and Trustee Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 63), Sch. 3
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F4S. 4 repealed by Savings Banks Act 1920 (c. 12), Sch. Pt. I
Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 5, 7 repealed by Savings Banks Act 1929 (c. 27), Sch.
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F6S. 6 repealed by Savings Banks Act 1893 (c. 69), Sch. 2
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F7Ss. 5, 7 repealed by Savings Banks Act 1929 (c. 27), Sch.
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F8Ss. 8, 13 repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 62), Sch.
Textual Amendments
F9S. 9 repealed (with savings) by Government Annuities Act 1929 (c. 29), s. 66, Sch. 2 Pt. II, Sch. 3 Pt. II
For the purpose of the Acts relating to [F10the National Savings Bank] . . . F11, and of the M1[F12Government Annuities Act 1929], a certificate of the birth or death or marriage of any depositor, or of any person insured under any of the above-mentioned Acts, shall be given under his hand by a registrar of births and deaths or marriages, or other person having the care of the register in which such birth or death or marriage is entered for a sum not exceeding one shilling in place of all fees or payments in respect of the same, on application being made for the same in such form and under such regulations as may be from time to time approved of by the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively.
Textual Amendments
F10Words substituted by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 6 Pt. III
F11Words repealed by Trustee Savings Banks Act 1985 (c. 58, SIF 110), ss. 4(3), 7(3), Sch. 4
F12Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 10 power to amend conferred by Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1965 (c.14), s. 5(1), Sch. 3
C2S. 10: by virtue of S.S.I. 2002/389, art. 2, Sch. the fee payable (S.) (1.10.2002) under s. 10 is £8.50
C3S. 10: by virtue of S.I. 2002/3076, art. 2, Sch. the fees payable (E.W.) (1.4.2003) under s. 10 are £3.50 and £7.00 respectively for the purposes specified in that Schedule
C4S. 10 applied with modifications by S.I. 1984/779, reg. 26
S. 10 applied with modifications by S.I. 1991/1031, reg. 26
S. 10 applied with modifications by S.I. 1991/1407, reg. 23
C5Reference to Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Ireland to be construed as reference to Department of Finance for Northern Ireland: S.R. & O. 1922/183 (Rev. XVI, p. 991: 1922, p. 734), art. 44 and Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 8(1)
C6S. 10: by virtue of S.S.I. 2009/65, art. 2, Sch. the fee payable (S.) (1.4.2009) under s. 10 is £9.00 and S.S.I. 2002/389 is revoked by art. 3
Marginal Citations
(1)This section applies, for the purposes of the Acts relating to the National Savings Bank and the Government Annuities Act 1929, where the formation of a civil partnership by—
(a)a depositor in the National Savings Bank, or
(b)a person insured under the 1929 Act,
is recorded in the register kept under section 30 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
(2)The registration authority for the area in which the civil partnership was formed must, on an application made in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, give the applicant, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), a certified copy of such entries in the register as are prescribed by regulations made under section 36 of the 2004 Act.
(3)“The prescribed manner” means—
(a)in accordance with any regulations made under section 36 of the 2004 Act, and
(b)in such form as is approved by the Registrar General for England and Wales.
(4)“The prescribed fee” means any fee prescribed under section 34(1) of the 2004 Act.
Textual Amendments
F13Ss. 10A-10C inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1
(1)This section applies, for the purposes of the Acts relating to the National Savings Bank and the Government Annuities Act 1929, where particulars of the formation of a civil partnership by—
(a)a depositor in the National Savings Bank, or
(b)a person insured under the 1929 Act,
have been entered in a register under section 95(2) of the 2004 Act.
(2)The district registrar must, on an application made in such manner as is approved by the Registrar General for Scotland [F14and on payment of the sum of £8.50], give the applicant, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), a certificate of the formation of the civil partnership.
Textual Amendments
F13Ss. 10A-10C inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1
F14Words in s. 10B(2) inserted (S.) (1.10.2006) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 53(1), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C7S. 10B: by virtue of S.S.I. 2009/65, art. 2, Sch. the fee payable (S.) (1.4.2009) under s. 10B is £9.00
(1)This section applies, for the purposes of the Acts relating to the National Savings Bank and the Government Annuities Act 1929, where the formation of a civil partnership by—
(a)a depositor in the National Savings Bank, or
(b)a person insured under the 1929 Act,
is recorded in a register kept by virtue of section 159(1) of the 2004 Act.
(2)The Registrar General for Northern Ireland or a registrar or deputy registrar of civil partnerships appointed under section 152(1) of the 2004 Act must, on an application made in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, give the applicant, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), a certificate of the formation of the civil partnership.
(3)“The prescribed manner” means—
(a)in accordance with any regulations made under section 159(1) of the 2004 Act, and
(b)in such form as is approved by the Department of Finance and Personnel.
(4)“The prescribed fee” means any fee prescribed under section 157 of the 2004 Act.]
Textual Amendments
F13Ss. 10A-10C inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1
Textual Amendments
F15S. 11, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
This Act may be cited as the Savings Bank Act 1887.
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Textual Amendments
F16Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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F17Ss. 8, 13 repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 (c. 62), Sch.
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Textual Amendments
F18S. 11, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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