The Savings Certificates Regulations 1991

Application to the Channel Islands

36.—(1) These Regulations shall extend to the Channel Islands.

(2) In the application of these Regulations to Jersey—

(a) any reference to a mentally disordered person shall beconstrued as a reference to a person suffering from mental disorderwithin the meaning of the Mental Health (Jersey) Law 1969;

(b) any reference to a receiver in relation to a mentally disorderedperson shall be construed as a reference to a curator;

(c) the references in regulation 7(2) of these Regulations to sections3 and 4 of the Cheques Act 1957 shall be respectively construed asreferences to articles 3 and 4 of the Cheques (Jersey) Law 1957;

(d) any reference to a receiving order shall be construed as areference to a declaration of“de sastre”;

(e) any reference to the Official Receiver shall be construed as areference to the Viscount or to an“attourne” appointed in bankruptcy, as the case may be;

(f) any reference to the Treasury Solicitor shall be construed asa reference to Her Majesty’s Receiver General;

(g) any reference to a statutory declaration shall be construed as areference to a declaration on oath before the Bailiff, a Jurat, theMagistrate or a notary public.

(3) In the application of these Regulations to Guernsey, Alderney andSark—

(a) any reference to a mentally disordered person shall beconstrued as a reference to a person who under any law for the timebeing in force in any of the Islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey is aperson of unsound mind;

(b) any reference to a receiver in relation to a mentally disorderedperson shall be construed as a reference to a guardian appointed by theRoyal Court of Guernsey, the Court of Alderney or the Court of theSeneschal of Sark, as the case may be;

(c) any reference to the Treasury Solicitor shall be construed as areference to Her Majesty’s Receiver-General;

(d) any reference to a statutory declaration shall be construed as areference to a declaration on oath before a notary publicor—

(i) in Guernsey, before the Bailiff or Deputy Bailiff, A Jurat ofthe Royal Court or the Magistrate;

(ii) in Alderney, before a Jurat of the Court of Alderney; and

(iii) in Sark, before the Seneschal.

(e) the references in regulation 7(2) of these Regulations to section76, subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) and, so far as it relates tocrossed cheques, subsection (6) of section 77, and sections 78, 79, 80and 81 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 shall be respectively construedas references to section 75, subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) and, sofar as it relates to crossed cheques, subsection (6) of section 76, andsections 77, 78, 79 and 80 of the Bills of Exchange (Guernsey) Law 1958,and the references in the said regulation 7(2) to sections 3 and 4 ofthe Cheques Act 1957 shall be respectively construed as references tosections 83 and 84 of the Bills of Exchange (Guernsey) Law 1958;

(f) for regulation 12 of these Regulations shall be substitute

the following regulation—

“12.   Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director of Savingsthat any person who is the sole holder of a certificate is insolvent,the Director of Savings may, if he thinks fit, pay the amount repayablein respect of the certificate to any person who makes application inthat behalf and who satisfies him that he is a proper person to receivepayment.”;

(g) in regulation 24(1)(b) of these Regulations the words“or the trustee in bankruptcy or assignee of a holder who is bankruptor insolvent” shall be deleted.