(2) There shall be established a Public Works Loans (Advances) Account at the Bank of England under the control of the Commissioners, and, on receipt of a certificate given under paragraph (1) of this Regulation, the Treasury shall, on or before the day on which the loans are due to be made, issue from the National Loans Fund to the Public Works Loans (Advances) Account the sum specified in that certificate. (3) The Secretary to the Commissioners shall sign orders to the Cashiers of the Bank of England for payment out of the Public Works Loans (Advances) Account to the agents specified therein of the amount of the loans which the agents are authorised to receive. No order shall be delivered by the Secretary to the agent named therein unless that agent has paid the amount of the fees and disbursements payable in respect of the loan or loans to which the order relates. Repayment of loans 4. All sums payable or applicable in or towards the discharge of the principal or interest of any loan made by the Commissioners shall be paid by the borrower or his agent into the Bank of England to the credit of the Public Works Loans Account, being an account kept by direction of the Treasury under section 43 of the Public Works Loans Act 1875, and such payments are to be made under an authority to be obtained at the office of the Commissioners empowering the Bank of England to receive the sum therein mentioned. Receipts and discharges 5. Any receipt required to be given by or on behalf of the Commissioners, and any receipt or further discharge to be given when all money due in respect of a loan has been fully paid, shall be given by the Secretary to the Commissioners. Powers of Secretary 6. All documents of the Commissioners shall, if purporting to be signed by their Secretary, be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to be made or issued by the Commissioners; and all directions given or acts done by the Secretary shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to be given or done by the Commissioners; and all documents may be proved by the production of a copy or extract purporting to be certified by the Secretary to be true. For the purpose of this Regulation no proof shall be required of the handwriting or official position of the person purporting to be the Secretary. Powers of other officers 7. The Assistant Secretary to the Commissioners, and not more than two other officers authorised by the Commissioners for the purpose, shall be competent to perform any act authorised by these Regulations to be performed by their Secretary. Interpretation 8. The Interpretation Act 1889(a) shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament. Revocation 9. The Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked. (a) 1889 c. 63. Citation and Commencement 10. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Loans (Procedure) Regulations 1968, and shall come into operation on 1st April 1968. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This Note is not part of the Regulations.) These Regulations consolidate with amendments the earlier Regulations made by the Public Works Loan Commissioners for carrying into effect the Public Works Loans Act 1875. Apart from the omission of various provisions which have become unnecessary with the passage of time, the main amendment is the revision of the procedure for the financing of loans by the Commissioners, to take account of the establishment of the National Loans Fund under the National Loans Act 1968. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of March 1968 Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in Her in that behalf by section 1 of the Bermuda Constitution Act 1967(a), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: commencement. 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Bermuda Constitution Citation and (Amendment) Order 1968, and the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968(b) and this Order may be cited together as the Bermuda Constitution Orders 1968. (2) This Order shall come into force on 29th March 1968. 2. Paragraph (a) of section 43(2) of the Constitution set out in Amendment Schedule 2 to the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968 is amended by the substitution of the word "four" for the word "fourteen ". of section 43 of the Constitution of Bermuda. W. G. Agnew. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This Note is not part of the Order.) This Order corrects a typographical error in the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968 relating to the quorum of the Legislative Council for Bermuda. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1968 No. 464 DIPLOMATIC AND INTERNATIONAL The Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland (Immunities) (Amendment) Order 1968 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of March 1968 Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(2) of the Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act 1952(a) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland (Immunities) (Amendment) Order 1968. (2) This Order shall come into operation on 29th March 1968. (3) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply, with the necessary adaptations, for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament. 2. In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland (Immunities) (No. 2) Order 1967(c) after the entry "The Regional Welfare Officer, Manchester" shall be inserted the sub-heading "Malawi " followed by the entry: "The Chief Buying and Trade Agent,”. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This Note is not part of the Order.) W. G. Agnew. This Order adds an additional office to Part I of Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland (Immunities) (No. 2) Order 1967, namely the office of the Chief Buying and Trade Agent for Malawi. It confers on the person holding this office the like immunity from suit and legal process and the like inviolability of official archives as are accorded to consular officers of a foreign sovereign Power, and restricts powers of entry into the official premises of such a person. (a) 1952 c. 18. (b) 1889 c. 63. (c) S.I. 1967/815 (1967 II, p. 2431). STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1968 No. 465 ARABIA The Aden, Perim and Kuria Muria Islands Act 1967 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of March 1968 Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf by section 3 of the Aden, Perim and Kuria Muria Islands Act 1967(a) in Her Majesty vested, and being satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so to order in consequence of Aden and Perim having ceased to form part of Her Majesty's dominions, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Aden, Perim and Kuria Muria Islands Act 1967 (Modification of Enactments) Order 1968. (2) This Order shall come into operation on 29th March 1968. (3) In this Order "appointed day" means 30th November 1967. (4) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply, with the necessary adaptations, for the purpose of interpreting this Order and otherwise in relation thereto as it applies for the purpose of interpreting and in relation to Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 2. The Schedule to this Order shall have effect as from the appointed day in relation to the enactments mentioned in that Schedule. W. G. Agnew. SCHEDULE Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874 1. Section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874(c) shall apply in relation to any probate of the will or other testamentary settlement of a person deceased, issued before the appointed day by the Supreme Court of Aden, as if that section had not ceased to apply to Aden. Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884 2. Any person who, before the appointed day, was removed from Aden under the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884(d) may be detained under that Act after that day, and the provisions of that Act shall have effect in relation to any such person as if it had not ceased to apply to Aden. (a) 1967 c. 71. (b) 1889 c. 63. (c) 1874 c. 94. (d) 1884 c. 31. |