Where by or under the [F1Merchant Shipping Act 1995]or the [M1F2Customs and Excise Act 1952], F3. . . F4 . . . or Acts amending the same respectively, any oath or affidavit is required to be taken or made before any particular person or officer, whether having special authority or otherwise, and whether at any particular place, or within any specified limits or otherwise, such oath or affidavit may be taken or made before a commissioner for oaths, at any place, and shall be as effectual to all intents and purposes as if taken or made before such person or officer, and at any particular place or within specified limits.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in S. 1 substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 10 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)
F2Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)
F3Words in s. 1 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2
F4Words repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), s. 192(4), Sch. 5 Pt. I
Marginal Citations