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Same-Sex Marriage (Guernsey) Law, 2016. -

Adoption: 2017-01-17 | Date of entry into force: 2017-05-02 | GBR-2017-L-104796

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (2013 c. 30). -

Adoption: 2013-07-17 | GBR-2013-L-95026

An Act to make provision for the marriage of same sex couples in England and Wales, about gender change by married persons and civil partners, about consular functions in relation to marriage, for the marriage of armed forces personnel overseas, for permitting marriages according to the usages of belief organisations to be solemnized on the authority of certificates of a superintendent registrar, for the review of civil partnership, for the review of survivor benefits under occupational pension schemes, and for connected purposes.

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Micro and Small Business Act, 2013 (No. 2 of 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-04-11 | GBR-2013-L-100179

An Act to provide for the establishment of a regulatory framework to facilitate the growth of the small business sector in Montserrat.

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Civil Partnership Act 2011 (c.2). -

Adoption: 2011-03-15 | GBR-2011-L-91397

An Act to make provision for civil partnership which is defined as "a relationship between two people of the same sex". Makes minor amendments in respect of adoption.

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Gender Recognition Act 2009 (c.11) -

Adoption: 2009-11-17 | GBR-2009-L-91387

1. Interpretation
2. Effect of gender recognition certificate, etc.
3. Civil registration
4. Marriage
5. Parenthood
6. Succession, etc.
7. Trustees and personal representatives
8. Orders where expectations defeated
9. Sport
10. Gender-specific offences
11. Foreign gender change and marriage
12. Prohibition on disclosure of information
13. Power to modify statutory provisions
14. Validity of subordinate legislation
15. Short title and commencement

SCHEDULES
Schedule 1 - Gender recognition - registration practice
Schedule 2 - Amendment of enactments relating to marriage

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Companies (Amendment) Act 2009 (c.7). -

Adoption: 2009-07-14 | GBR-2009-L-91388

PART 1 - MODIFICATIONS TO THE COMPANIES ACT 1931
Prospectuses
1. Amendment of section 35
2. Repeal of section 36
3. Amendment of section 38
4. Insertion of new section 38DA
5. Repeal of the Fourth Schedule etc.
Statements in lieu of prospectus
6. Repeal of section 40 etc.
7. Substitution of section 324A
Registration of charges
8. Amendment of section 79
9. Amendment of section 81
10. Amendment of section 91
Takeovers and mergers
11. Insertion of new section 154A
Public offers
12. Amendment of section 342

PART 2 - MODIFICATIONS TO THE COMPANIES ACT 1982
Accounts and audit
13. Amendment of section 1
14. Amendment of section 2
15. Amendment of section 3
16. Insertion of new section 3A
17. Amendment of section 6
18. Substitution of section 14
19. Insertion of new sections 17B and 17C
20. Amendment of Schedule 1

PART 3 - MODIFICATIONS TO THE COMPANIES ACT 1992
Financial assistance for acquisition of shares
21. Substitution of sections 6 to 8
22. Amendment of section 25
23. Repeal of paragraph 4 of Schedule 6A to the 1931 Act
Treasury shares
24. Insertion of new section 25A

PART 4 - MODIFICATIONS TO THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES ACT 1996
Winding up
25. Amendment of sections 27 and 28

PART 5 - MODIFICATIONS TO THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
Treasury shares
26. Insertion of new section 58A
Accounting records and financial statements
27. Amendment of section 78
28. Amendment of section 80
29. Insertion of new sections 80A to 80E
30. Amendment of section 82
Takeovers and mergers
31. Insertion of new section 161A
Appeals from decisions of Registrar
32. Insertion of new section 208A

PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS MODIFICATIONS
33. Amendment to Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 2001
34. Amendment to Financial Services Act 2008

PART 7 - SUPPLEMENTARY
35. Interpretation
36. Short title and commencement

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007 No. 699 (L.3)). -

Adoption: 2007-03-07 | Date of entry into force: 2007-04-02 | GBR-2007-R-75701

These Rules add the following new provisions to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005: Part 4 (service of documents); Part 14 (indictments); Part 28 (witness summonses, warrants and orders); New rules in Part 2 (when the Rules apply). A number of other amendments and revocations are also made.

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Companies Act 2006 (c.13). -

Adoption: 2006-10-16 | GBR-2006-L-77135

Provides for the incorporation, management and operation of different types of companies, for the relationships between companies and their directors and members.

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Companies Ordinance 2004 (No. 1 of 2004). -

Adoption: 2004-03-10 | GBR-2004-L-92713

Part I - Construction and Interpretation of Ordinance
Part II - Formation and Operation of Companies
Part III - Protection of Creditors and Investors
Part IV - Other Registered Companies
Part V - Insolvency and Winding Up
Part VI - Administration and General

Repeals the Overseas Companies Registration Ordinance Cap. 118 and amends section 2 of the Immigrants' Land holding (Restriction) Ordinance Cap. 68.

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Companies Act (R.S.A. c. C65). -

Adoption: 2000-12-15 | GBR-2000-L-83664

Regulates the establishment and running of companies.

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act (Act. No. 1998-13). -

Adoption: 1998-01-29 | GBR-1998-L-92763

1. Title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Matrimonial injunctions.
4. Arrest for breach of injunction.
5. Jurisdiction of magistrates' court for breach of injunction.
6. Rights concerning the matrimonial home.
7. Time limit on the operation of injunctions.

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Family Law Act 1996 (c.27). -

Adoption: 1996-07-04 | GBR-1996-L-92499

An Act to make provision with respect to: divorce and separation; legal aid in connection with mediation in disputes relating to family matters; proceedings in cases where marriages have broken down; rights of occupation of certain domestic premises; prevention of molestation; the inclusion in certain orders under the Children Act 1989 of provisions about the occupation of a dwelling-house; the transfer of tenancies between spouses and persons who have lived together as husband and wife; and for connected purposes.

Repeals the following:
- The Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 (c.50);
- The Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 (c.19);
- The Matrimonial Homes Act 1983.

Also amends the following:
- The Domestic and Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of Publicity) Act 1968;
- The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973;
- The Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973;
- The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates¿ Courts Act 1978;
- The Magistrates¿ Courts Act 1980;
- The Senior Courts Act 1981;
- The Administration of Justice Act 1982;
- The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984;
- The Administration of Justice Act 1985;
- The Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985;
- The Building Societies Act 1986;
- The Family Law Act 1986;
- The Legal Aid Act 1988;
- The Housing Act 1988;
- The Children Act 1989;
- The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;
- The Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995.

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Evidence Ordinance 1994 (No. 21 of 1994)

Adoption: 1994-11-25 | Date of entry into force: 1995-01-01 | GBR-1994-R-39348

Pursuant to this Ordinance the Civil Evidence Act 1968 and the Civil Evidence Act 1972 are adopted as law of the Falkland Islands, subject to certain modifications and specific rules contained in the Ordinance. The specific rules concern rebuttal of common law presumptions as to legitimacy and illegitimacy, proof of instruments to validity of which attestation is necessary, presumptions as to documents twenty years old, and application of Acts relating to evidence.

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55). -

Adoption: 1986-11-07 | GBR-1986-L-92500

An Act to amend the law relating to the jurisdiction of courts in the United Kingdom to make orders with regard to the custody of children; to make provision as to the recognition and enforcement of such orders throughout the United Kingdom; to make further provision as to the imposition, effect and enforcement of restrictions on the removal of children from the United Kingdom or from any part of the United Kingdom; to amend the law relating to the jurisdiction of courts in Scotland as to tutory and curatory; to amend the law relating to the recognition of divorces, annulments and legal separations; to make further provision with respect to the effect of divorces and annulments on wills; to amend the law relating to the powers of courts to make declarations relating to the status of a person; to abolish the right to petition for jactitation of marriage; to repeal the Greek Marriages Act 1884; to make further provision with respect to family proceedings rules; to amend the Child Abduction Act 1984, the Child Abduction (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985; and for connected purposes.

Makes amendments to a number of Acts listed in the Schedule and repeals the following Acts:
- The Greek Marriages Act 1884;
- Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act 1926;
- Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act 1940
- Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act 1944;
- Colonial and Other Territories (Divorce Jurisdiction) Act 1950;
- Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations Act 1971.

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Arbitration Act, 1986 (1986:34). -

Adoption: 1986-07-28 | Date of entry into force: 1986-08-25 | GBR-1986-L-92551

Part I - Citation and Interpretation
Part II - Conciliation
Part III - Arbitration within Bermuda
Part IV - [Repealed by 1993:29]
Part V - Repeals

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Companies Act 1981 (1981:59). -

Adoption: 1981-07-16 | Date of entry into force: 1983-07-01 | GBR-1981-L-92555

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Civil Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 32). -

Adoption: 1969-05-01 | GBR-1969-L-99511

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Civil Procedure Rules (LN 5 of 1969). -

Adoption: 1969 | GBR-1969-R-99512

United Kingdom - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Factors Act (Act. No. 1895-09). -

Adoption: 1895-09-26 | GBR-1895-L-92871

SECTIONS:

1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.

DISPOSITIONS BY MERCANTILE AGENTS
3. Powers of mercantile agent with respect to disposition of goods.
4. Pledges of documents of title.
5. Pledge for antecedent debt.
6. Rights acquired by exchange of goods or documents.
7. Agreements through clerks, etc.
8. Provisions as to consignors and consignees.

SUPPLEMENTAL
9. Mode of transferring documents.
10. Saving for rights of true owner.
11. Saving for common law powers of agent.