MISCELLANEOUS

32 Application to the Channel Islands
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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 be construed as a reference to a person suffering from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Jersey) Law 1969;
(b) any reference to a receiver in relation to a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a curator;
(c) the references in regulation 7(2) of these Regulations to sections 3 and 4 of the Cheques Act 1957 shall be respectively construed as references to articles 3 and 4 of the Cheques (Jersey) Law 1957;
(d) any reference to a receiving order shall be construed as a reference to a declaration of “désastre”;
(e) any reference to the Official Receiver shall be construed as a reference to the Viscount or to an “attourné” appointed in bankruptcy, as the case may be;
(f) any reference to the Treasury Solicitor shall be construed as a reference toHer Majesty’s Receiver General;
(g) any reference to a statutory declaration shall be construed as a reference to a declaration on oath before the Bailiff, a Jurat, the Magistrate or a notary public.
3 In the application of these Regulations to Guernsey, Alderney and Sark–
(a) any reference to a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a person who under any law for the time being in force in any of the Islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a person of unsound mind;
(b) any reference to a receiver in relation to a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a guardian appointed by the Royal Court of Guernsey, the Court of Alderney or the Court of the Seneschal of Sark, as the case may be;
(c) any reference to the Treasury Solicitor shall be construed as a reference toHer Majesty’s Receiver-General;
(d) any reference to a statutory declaration shall be construed as a reference to a declaration on oath before a notary public or–
(i) in Guernsey, before the Bailiff or Deputy Bailiff, a Jurat of the 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 section 76, subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) and, so far as it relates to crossed cheques, subsection (6) ofsection 77, and sections 78, 79, 80 and 81 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 shall be respectively construed as references to section 75, subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) and, so far as it relates to crossed cheques, subsection (6) of section 76, and sections 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 of the Cheques Act 1957 shall be respectively construed as references to sections 83 and 84 of the Bills of Exchange (Guernsey) Law 1958;
(f) for regulation 10 of these Regulations shall be substituted the following regulation–

“10 Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director of Savings that any person who is the holder of a certificate is insolvent, the Director of Savings may, if he thinks fit, pay the amount repayable in respect of the certificate to any person who makes application in that behalf and who satisfies him that he is a proper person to receive payment.”

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(g) in regulation 21(1)(b) of these Regulations the words “or the trustee in bankruptcy or assignee of a holder who is bankrupt or insolvent” shall be deleted.