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Tuvalu Act 1978
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SCHEDULES
Section 1(2).
SCHEDULE 1U.K. Legislative Powers of Tuvalu
1U.K.The M1Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 shall not apply to any law made on or after Independence Day by the legislature of Tuvalu.
Marginal Citations
M11865 c. 63(26:1).
2U.K.No law and no provision of any law made on or after Independence 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 Tuvalu.
3U.K.The legislature of Tuvalu shall have full power to make laws having extraterritorial operation.
4U.K.Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this Schedule—
F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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 Tuvalu.
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F1Sch. 1 para. 4(a) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with ss. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)
Marginal Citations
M21890 c. 27(26:1).
Section 4(3).
SCHEDULE 2U.K. Amendments Not Affecting The Law of Tuvalu
1U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
Textual Amendments
Visiting forcesU.K.
2U.K.In the M3Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933, section 4 (attachment and mutual powers of command) shall apply in relation to forces raised in Tuvalu as it applies to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the M4Statute of Westminster 1931.
3U.K.In the M5Visiting Forces Act 1952—
(a)in section 1(1)(a) (countries to which the Act applies) at the end there shall be added the words “Tuvalu or”;
(b)in section 10(1)(a), the expression “colony” shall not include Tuvalu;
and, until express provision with respect to Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 4(2)(b) and Sch. 2 paras. 3(a), 4, 8 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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M51952 c. 67(7:3).
Ships and aircraftU.K.
F34U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 2 para. 4 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with ss. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)
5U.K.In the M6Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934, the expression “British ship to which this Act applies” shall not include a British ship registered in Tuvalu.
Marginal Citations
M61934 c 49(52:3).
6U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
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Colonial stockU.K.
F57U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 2 para. 7 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 1
Commonwealth InstituteU.K.
F68U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 2 para. 8 repealed (7.1.2003) by 2002 c. 39, ss. 3, 4(2), Sch. 3
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