Miscellaneous provision as to instruments
4.—(1) In the Public Trustee Rules 1912(1), in rule 30 (corporate bodies as custodian trustees) as substituted by the Public Trustee (Custodian Trustee) Rules 1971(2), for items (g)(ii) and (iii) there shall be substituted—
“(ii)the corporation of any London borough, acting by the council,
(iii)a county council, district council, parish council or community council, or”.
(2) The House to House Collections Regulations 1947(3) shall continue to have effect on and after 1st April 1974 as if for any reference to a police authority there were substituted a reference to a licensing authority within the meaning of section 2 of the House to House Collections Act 1939 as amended by Schedule 29 to the Act, and any reference in those regulations to a police area shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In the Bedwellty Order 1951, section 3 shall cease to have effect.
(4) In the Llanelly Harbour Order 1954(4)—
(a)in section 4 for the definition of “the Council” there shall be substituted—
““the Council” means
and
(b)in section 6, for “twenty-four” (being the maximum number of members of the Llanelly Harbour Trust to be appointed by the Council) there shall be substituted “18”.
(5) In the Agricultural Lime Scheme 1966(5), in Part I of Schedule 2 (rates of contribution in respect of lime)—
(a)in paragraph (a), for “elsewhere than in the counties of Cornwall, Montgomery, Cardigan, Merioneth and Pembroke” there shall be substituted “elsewhere than in the county of Cornwall, the districts of Ceredigion, Meirionnydd, Montgomery, Preseli and South Pembrokeshire and the communities of Betws Gwerfil Goch, Corwen, Gwyddelwern, Llandrillo, Llangar and Llansantffraid Glyndyfrdwy”; and
(b)in paragraph (c), for “in the counties of Montgomery, Cardigan, Merioneth and Pembroke” there shall be substituted “in any district or community named in paragraph (a) of this Part of this Schedule”.
(6) In the Humber Harbour Reorganisation Scheme 1966 Confirmation Order 1967(6), in article 11(2) (members of the Humber Local Board) of the Scheme set out therein, for items (g) and (h) there shall be substituted—
“(g)one shall be appointed on the joint nomination of the Borough Council of Grimsby, the District Council of Cleethorpes and the County Council of Humberside;
(h)one shall be appointed on the joint nomination of the District Council of Boothferry and the County Council of Humberside;”.
(7) In the Southampton Harbour Reorganisation Scheme 1967 Confirmation Order 1968, in article 11(2) (members of Southampton Local Board) of the Scheme set out therein, for items (h) and (i) there shall be substituted—
“(h)one shall be appointed on the nomination of the City Council of Southampton;
(i)one shall be appointed on the nomination of the County Council of Hampshire;”.
(8) In the Statutory Harbour Undertakings (Form of Accounts etc.) (Local Authorities) Regulations 1969, for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this order.
(9) In the Gaming Clubs (Permitted Areas) Regulations 1971(7)—
(a)for paragraph (a) of regulation 3 (which as amended by the Gaming Clubs (Permitted Areas) (Amendment) Regulations 1971(8) defines certain of the areas in which licences for general gaming may be granted) there shall be substituted—
“(a)the area of every county borough which was shown as having an estimated population of 125,000 or more in any of the annual estimates made by the Registrar General for England and Wales and published between 1st December 1970 and 1st October 1973; and”;
and
(b)the Schedule (which defines further areas for that purpose) shall not be affected by the abolition of areas effected by section 1(10) of the Act.
(10) In the Housing Finance (North Eastern Housing Association) Order 1972—
(a)article 16 (special provision for Tow Law urban district) shall be omitted; and
(b)for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted—
“SCHEDULE 1LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN RELATION TO WHICH THE ORDER APPLIES
The District Councils of Allerdale, Blyth Valley, Copeland, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, North Tyneside, Sedgefield, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Teesdale and Wear Valley.”.
(11) In the Poisons Rules 1972(9), Schedule 13 (restriction of sale and supply of strychnine and certain other substances)—
(a)in Part I—
(i)in paragraph 6(1)(a) and (b), for “medical officer of health” there shall be substituted “proper officer”; and
(ii)in paragraph 6(2), in the definition of “local authority”, for “, a county borough or a county district” there shall be substituted “or a district”; and
(b)in Part III, in forms A and B for “Medical Officer of Health of” there shall be substituted “The officer appointed for this purpose by”.
(12) The abolition of areas effected by sections 1(10) and 20(6) of the Act shall not affect the Schedule to the Grey Squirrels (Warfarin) Order 1973(10) (which sets out the areas in which specified poison may be used only inside a building).
(13) In the National Ports Council Provision of Funds (Variation) Scheme 1973 (Confirmation) Order 1973(11), in the Schedule of third contributing authorities, for each entry set out in column (1) of Schedule 3 to this order there shall be substituted the entry set out in respect thereof in column (2).
(14) Outside Greater London, any order made under section 112(1) of the Local Government Act 1933 or any enactment replaced by that provision, in force immediately before 1st April 1974, shall cease to have effect.
(15) The instruments specified in Schedule 4 to this order are hereby revoked.
(Rev. XXIII p. 311: (1974 p. 1977), 1912 p. 1231)
(1971 III, p. 5142).
(Rev. III, p. 679).
Confirmed by 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. xxxiii.
(1966 II, p. 1840).
S.I. 1968/237.
(1971 III, p. 4345).
(1971 III, p. 5820).
(1972 III, p. 5750).
(1973 I, p. 2376).
(1973 III, p. 5060).