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Employment and Training Act 1981

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Contents: 9 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  3. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  4. 9 Abolition of Employment Service Agency and Training Services Agency.
  5. 10 Retention of receipts by certain bodies.
  6. 11 Short title, repeals, commencement and extent.
  7. SCHEDULE 1 . . .
  8. SCHEDULE 2 Abolition of Employment Service Agency and Training Services Agency
  9. SCHEDULE 3

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9 provisions

Title and introductory text

Employment and Training Act 1981 1981 c. 57 An Act to amend the Industrial Training Act 1964; to abolish the Employment Service Agency and the Training Services Agency; to provide for the retention of receipts by certain bodies; and for connected purposes. [31st July 1981]

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9 Abolition of Employment Service Agency and Training Services Agency.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act, Part I of which contains provisions supplementary to the abolition of the said Agencies and Part II of which contains amendments consequential on their abolition, shall have effect.

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10 Retention of receipts by certain bodies.

(1) Any sums received by a body to which this section applies shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund except to such extent as the Secretary of State and the Treasury agree to their retention by that body. (2) This section applies to . . . , the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service... and the Health and Safety Executive.

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11 Short title, repeals, commencement and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Employment and Training Act 1981. (2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act (which include spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) The provisions of this Act ... do not extend to Northern Ireland.

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SCHEDULE 2 Abolition of Employment Service Agency and Training Services Agency

Section 9. Part I . . . Part II Consequential Amendments 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 For subsection (1) of section 16 of that Act there shall be substituted— (1) It is unlawful for the Manpower Services Commission to discriminate in the provision of facilities or services under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 For subsection (1) of section 15 of that Act there shall he substituted— (1) lt is unlawful for the Manpower Services Commission to discriminate in the provision of facilities or services under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SCHEDULE 3

Section 11(2). Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal 1964 c. 16. | The Industrial Training Act 1964. | In section 7, in subsections (3), (4) and (5) the words “subsection (2) of ”. In the Schedule, in paragraph 10 the words from “with the approval” onwards, save as respects the Agricultural Training Board. 1965 c. 62. | The Redundancy Payments Act 1965. | Section 45. 1967 c. 13. | The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967. | In Schedule 2 the words “Employment Service Agency ” and “Training Services Agency ”. 1973 c. 50. | The Employment and Training Act 1973. | In section 1, in subsection (1) the words from “the Employment” to “each of ”, subsection (4), in subsection (5) the words “and the Agencies”, subsection (6), in subsection (7) the words “and of the Agencies”. In section 2, in subsection (3) the words following paragraph (c), subsection (4), in subsection (5) the words “and each of the Agencies” and “or as the case may be” onwards. In section 4, in subsection (3) in paragraphs (a) and (b) the words “or either of the Agencies”, in paragraph (c) the words “either of the Agencies or” and paragraph (d), in subsection (4) the words “either of the Agencies”, in subsection (5)(a) the words from “or” onwards, in subsection (6) the words “and an officer of either of the Agencies”. In section 5(3) the words “or either of the Agencies”. In section 11(1) the words from “and it ” onwards. In section 13(1) the definition of “the Agencies”. In Schedule 1, paragraph 21. In Part I of Schedule 2, paragraphs 4(2) and 17(e) and (f). 1975 c. 24. | The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. | In Part II of Schedule 1 the words “The Employment Service Agency ” and “The Training Services Agency ”. 1975 c. 65. | The Sex Discrimination Act 1975. | In section 14(2)(b) the wordsfrom “the Employment ” onwards. 1975 c.71. | The Employment Protection Act 1975. | In schedule 16, in paragraph 16 of Part IV, the words “‘The Employment Service Agency’ ‘The Training Services Agency ’”. 1976 c. 74. | The Race Relations Act 1976. | In section 13(2)(b) the words from “the Employment ” onwards. 1977 c. 5. | The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977. | In section 22(6)(b) the words from “the Employment ” onwards.

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