Section 1.
1U.K.The M1Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 shall not apply to any law made on or after the appointed day by the legislature of the Bahamas.
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2U.K.No law and no provision of any law made on or after the appointed day by that legislature shall be void or inoperative on the ground that it is repugnant to the law of England, or to the provisions of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, including this Act, or to any order, rule or regulation made under any such Act, and accordingly the powers of that legislature shall include the power to repeal or amend any such Act, order, rule or regulation in so far as it is part of the law of the Bahamas.
3U.K.The legislature of the Bahamas shall have full power to make laws having extra-territorial operation.
4U.K.Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this Schedule—
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(b)section 4 of the M2Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 (which requires certain laws to be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure or to contain a suspending clause) and so much of section 7 of that Act as requires the approval of Her Majesty in Council to any rules of court for regulating the practice and procedure of a Colonial Court of Admiralty shall cease to have effect in the Bahamas.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 4(a) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with ss. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)
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Section 4.
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Textual Amendments
2U.K.In section 2(4) of the M3Import Duties Act 1958, before the words “together with” there shall be inserted the words “the Bahamas”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of Sch. 2 para. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
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3U.K.In the M4Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933, section 4 (attachment and mutual powers of command) shall apply in relation to forces raised in the Bahamas as it applies to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the M5Statute of Westminster 1931.
4U.K.In the M6Visiting Forces Act 1952—
(a)in section 1(1)(a) (countries to which the Act applies) at the end there shall be added the words ’’the Bahamas or’’;
(b)in section 10(1)(a), the expression “colony” shall not include the Bahamas;
and, until express provision with respect to the Bahamas is made by an Order in Council under section 8 of that Act (application to visiting forces of law relating to home forces), any such Order for the time being in force shall be deemed to apply to visiting forces of the Bahamas.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of Sch. 2 para. 4(a) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 2 para. 5 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with ss. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)
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Textual Amendments
7U.K.In the M7Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934, the expression “British ship to which this Act applies” shall not include a British ship registered in the Bahamas.
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 2 para. 9 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Gp. 1
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Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 2 para. 10 repealed (7.1.2003) by 2002 c. 39, ss. 3, 4(2), Sch. 3