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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><PrimaryPrelims DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/introduction" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/introduction"><Title>Ministry of Pensions Act 1916 <CommentaryRef Ref="c580628"/>(repealed 5.11.1993)</Title><Number>1916 c.65</Number><LongTitle/><DateOfEnactment><DateText/></DateOfEnactment></PrimaryPrelims><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/body" NumberOfProvisions="9" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="1993-11-05" Match="false"><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="1993-11-05" Match="false"><Title> <CommentaryRef Ref="c580630"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/1" id="section-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="1993-11-05" Match="false"><Title> <CommentaryRef Ref="c580631"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/2" id="section-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." 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RestrictEndDate="1993-11-05" Match="false"><Title> <CommentaryRef Ref="c580634"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/5" id="section-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="1993-11-05" Match="false"><Title> Style, seal, and proceedings of Minister of Pensions.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6" id="section-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/1" id="section-6-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Minister of Pensions may . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c580635"/> for all purposes be described by that name.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/2" id="section-6-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Minister shall have an official seal, which shall be officially and judicially noticed, and that seal shall be authenticated by the signature of the Minister, or of a secretary, or of some person authorised by the Minister to act on behalf of a secretary.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/3" id="section-6-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Every document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Minister, and to be sealed with the seal of the Minister, authenticated in manner provided by this Act, or to be signed by a secretary or any person authorised by the Minister to act on behalf of a secretary, shall be received in evidence, and be deemed to be such an instrument without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/4" id="section-6-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A certificate signed by the Minister that any instrument purporting to be made or issued by him is so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/6/5" id="section-6-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The <CommentaryRef Ref="c580636"/>Documentary Evidence Act 1868 as amended by the <CommentaryRef Ref="c580637"/>Documentary Evidence Act 1882 shall apply to the Minister of Pensions as if that Minister were mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to the first-mentioned Act, and as if the Minister, or a secretary of the Ministry, or any person authorised by the Minister to act on his behalf, was mentioned in the second column of that Schedule.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="1993-11-05" Match="false"><Title> <CommentaryRef Ref="c580638"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/7" id="section-7"><Pnumber>7</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="1993-11-05" Match="false"><Title> <CommentaryRef Ref="c580639"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/8" id="section-8"><Pnumber>8</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="1993-11-05" Match="false"><Title><CommentaryRef Ref="c580640"/>†Short title, interpretation, and repeal.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/9" id="section-9"><Pnumber>9</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/9/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/9/1" id="section-9-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Act may be cited as the Ministry of Pensions Act 1916.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/9/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/9/2" id="section-9-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c580641"/></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c580628" Type="F"><Para><Text>Act repealed (5.11.1993) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/50" id="c00001" Year="1993" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="50">1993 c. 50</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00002" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/50/section/1/1" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-1-1">s. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00003" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/50/schedule/1/part/XI" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-XI">Sch. 1 Pt.XI</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580630" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00004" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/1" SectionRef="section-1">S. 1</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1953/1198" id="c00005" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1953" Number="1198">S.I. 1953/1198</Citation> (1953 I, p. 1228), Sch. and <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1964/488" id="c00006" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1964" Number="488">S.I. 1964/488</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1964/488/schedule/1/part/II" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00006" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-II">Sch. 1 Pt. II</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580631" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00008" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/2" SectionRef="section-2">S. 2</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1964/488" id="c00009" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1964" Number="488">S.I. 1964/488</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1964/488/schedule/1/part/II" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00009" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-II">Sch. 1 Pt. II</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580632" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00011" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/3" SectionRef="section-3">S. 3</CitationSubRef> repealed by Naval and Military War Pensions, &amp;c. (Transfer of Powers) Act 1917 (c. 37), Sch.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580633" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00012" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/4" SectionRef="section-4">S. 4</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1927/42" id="c00013" Year="1927" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="42" Title="Statute Law Revision Act 1927">Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)</Citation></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580634" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/5" SectionRef="section-5">Ss. 5</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00015" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/7" SectionRef="section-7">7</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1953/1198" id="c00016" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1953" Number="1198">S.I. 1953/1198</Citation> (1953 I, p. 1228), Sch.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580635" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words repealed by (E.W.) (S.) <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1947/44" id="c00017" Year="1947" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="44" Title="Crown Proceedings Act 1947">Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00018" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1947/44/schedule/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00017" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef> and (N.I.) <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1949/1836" id="c00019" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1949" Number="1836">S.I. 1949/1836</Citation> (1949 I, p. 1261), Sch. 2 Pt. I</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580636" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1868/37" id="c00020" Year="1868" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="37">1868 c. 37</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580637" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1882/9" id="c00021" Year="1882" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="9">1882 c. 9</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580638" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00022" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/5" SectionRef="section-5">Ss. 5</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00023" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/7" SectionRef="section-7">7</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1953/1198" id="c00024" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1953" Number="1198">S.I. 1953/1198</Citation> (1953 I, p. 1228), Sch.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c580639" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00025" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/8" SectionRef="section-8">Ss. 8</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00026" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/65/section/9/2" SectionRef="section-9-2">9(2)</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1964/488" id="c00027" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1964" Number="488">S.I. 1964/488</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00028" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1964/488/schedule/1/part/II" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00027" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-II">Sch. 1 Pt. 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