Edinburgh Merchant Company Order Confirmation 1996

(5) By the [1960 c.xix.] Edinburgh Merchant Company Order Confirmation Act 1960 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act of 1960”) the Company was reincorporated as a body corporate under the same name and provisions of the Act of 1898; the said Orders of 1909, 1947 and 1952 were consolidated with certain amendments, modifications and additions; further provisions were made with respect to the constituting of the Master, treasurer and assistants of the Company as the Master’s court of the Company and as to the functions of the said Master’s court and with respect to the regulation, management and administration of the affairs of the Company and of the widows' fund and charitable endowments and provision was made whereby the benefits of the widows' fund were extended to new classes of beneficiaries including the orphans of contributors to the widows' fund: