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59 unusual facts about Act of Parliament


Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872

The Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 35), sometimes called the Shortened Services Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended some of the provisions of the English Act of Uniformity 1662.

Agricultural Gangs Act 1867

The Agricultural Gangs Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 130) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

Allotments Act 1950

The Allotments Act 1950 was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.

Andrew Fisher

Passing 113 Acts, the 1910–13 government was a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s under John Curtin and Ben Chifley.

Assessed Taxes Act 1840

The Assessed Taxes Act 1840 is an Act of Parliament passed in Victorian England.

Barry, Angus

The land was annexed by the crown in the Protestant reformation following an Act of Parliament in 1587 and the Bailiery of Barry was granted by James VI as a heritable gift to Patrick Maule in 1590.

Children Act 1948

The Children Act 1948 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that established a comprehensive childcare service.

Church of the Province of South East Asia

The Church in the Straits Settlement was separated from the See of Calcutta by an Act of Parliament in 1869 and placed under the episcopal care of the Bishop of Labuan as the United Diocese of Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak.

Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782

The Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782 (22 Geo. III, c. 82) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Corporations Act 1718

The Corporations Act 1718 (5 Geo. I, c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Custody of Infants Act 1873

The Custody of Infants Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie

On 26 May 1826 he succeeded to the title of 9th Earl of Airlie, after his honours were restored by Act of Parliament.

Distribution of Industry Act 1950

The Distribution of Industry Act 1950 was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.

Drug Trafficking Act 1994

The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c. 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Duchess of Kent's Annuity Act 1838

The Duchess of Kent's Annuity Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 8) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 26 January 1838.

Employment and Training Act 1948

The Employment and Training Act 1948 was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.

Factories Act 1948

The Factories Act 1948 was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.

Gryffe Reservoir

The construction was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1866 following the typhus epidemic of 1864, related to a continuing problem with unsafe water, which resulted in thousands of deaths in the town.

Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which governs harbors, docks, and piers.

Hill Farming Act 1946

The Hill Farming Act 1946 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Hillfields

These two mills were finally removed in 1844 by an Act of Parliament.

Houses of Parliament Act 1837

The Houses of Parliament Act 1837 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 7) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on December 23, 1837.

Justices Commitment Act 1741

The Justices Commitment Act 1741 (15 Geo. II, c.24) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1742 and formally repealed in 1914.

King's Hall, Cambridge

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, being both religious institutions and quite rich, expected to be the next target, and, indeed, the King duly passed an Act of Parliament that allowed him to suppress (and confiscate the property of) any college he wished.

Kyle of Lochalsh Line

Whilst undeniably a rural line, a historic term in the Act of Parliament for the railways here and around Inverness means that one through service per day is operated over the line towards Aberdeen (see above), whereas all other services start and finish at Inverness.

Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949

The Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 was a British Act of Parliament which provided people unable to pay for a solicitor with free legal aid.

Local Government Act 1948

The Local Government Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

National Insurance Contributions Act 2006

The National Insurance Contributions Act 2006 (c 10) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Newspaper Publication Act 1798

The Newspaper Publication Act 1798 (38 Geo. III, c. 78) was an Act passed by the British Parliament.

Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948

The Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Official Secrets Act 1889

The Official Secrets Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Paymaster General Act 1782

The Paymaster General Act 1782 (22 Geo. III, c. 81) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Pitlochry fish ladder

The ladder was constructed as a result of a 1943 Act of Parliament which laid a duty of care on the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to preserve fish stocks in the waterways encompassing its power schemes.

Police Act 1996

The Police Act 1996 (c 16) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the current police areas in England and Wales, constituted the current police authorities for those areas, and set out the relationship between the Home Secretary and the English and Welsh territorial police forces.

Police Reservists Act 1902

The Police Reservists Act 1902 (2 Edw 7 c. 10) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given the royal assent on 22 July 1902 and repealed shortly thereafter.

Political Parties and Elections Act 2009

The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act 1885

The Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 75) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985

The Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 (c. 38) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Protection of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1788

Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3 c. 55) was an Act of Parliament passed by the British Government in 1788 and aimed at increasing the penalties for the deliberate disruption of the activity of mechanical looms (stocking frames).

Quakers and Moravians Act 1833

The Quakers and Moravians Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 49.) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Quarter Sessions Act 1837

The Quarter Sessions Act 1837 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 4) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on December 23, 1837.

Repeal of Certain Laws Act 1772

The Repeal of Certain Laws Act 1772 (12 Geo. III, c. 71) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944

The Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo. VI c. 26) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, introduced by the coalition government.

Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Act 2010

The Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Act 2010 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Security of the Sovereign Act 1714

The Security of the Sovereign Act 1714 (1 Geo. I. St. 2, c. 13.) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Seditious Meetings Act 1819

The Seditious Meetings Act 1819 (60 Geo. III & 1 Geo. IV c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which made it illegal to hold a meeting of more than 50 people.

Solicitors Act 1974

The Solicitors Act 1974 (c 47) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom governing the regulation and responsibilities of practicing solicitors, and the firms for whom they work, as well as stipulating under what circumstances one can practise as a solicitor.

Superannuation Act 1949

The Superannuation Act 1949 was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.

The Harris Tweed Authority

The Harris Tweed Authority is an independent Statutory Public Body created by the Harris Tweed Act of Parliament 1993 replacing the Harris Tweed Association which formed in 1910.

Tondu

In July 1863 Brogdens obtained an Act of Parliament to build a new standard gauge railway in the Ogmore Valley and to lay a third rail on the existing broad gauge Lynfi Railway to Porthcawl.

Town Police Clauses Act 1847

The Town Police Clauses Act 1847 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (10 & 11 Vict c. 89).

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act

The Truth And Reconciliation Commission Act 2008 is an Act of the eighth National Parliament of Solomon Islands establishing the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Unlawful Oaths Act 1797

The Unlawful Oaths Act 1797 (37 Geo. III, c. 123) was an Act passed by the British Parliament.

Vehicle Registration Marks Act 2007

The Vehicle Registration Marks Act 2007 (c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Weapons Act 1990

The Weapons Act 1990 is an Act of the Parliament of Queensland.

West Indian Prisons Act 1838

The West Indian Prisons Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 67) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on August 4, 1838.

Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006

The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Work and Families Act 2006

The Work and Families Act 2006 (c 18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Zoo Licensing Act 1981

The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (1981 c. 37) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.


1715 in Ireland

County Palatine of Tipperary Act, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, enables purchase by the crown of rights and revenues in County Tipperary held by the Dukes of Ormonde.

1774 in Wales

An Act of Parliament establishes the Improvement Commissioners, responsible for paving, cleaning streets and providing oil lamp lighting in Cardiff.

Attempted Rape Act 1948

The Attempted Rape Act 1948 (11&12 Geo. 6 c. 19) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that increased the maximum sentence for attempted rape from 2 years imprisonment to 7 years penal servitude.

Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841

The Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841 (5 Vict., c. 6) is an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to enable the Church of England to create bishops overseas.

Canada Act 1982

The Canada Act 1982 (1982 c. 11) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was passed at the request of the Canadian federal government to "patriate" Canada's constitution, ending the necessity for the country to request certain types of amendment to the Constitution of Canada to be made by the British parliament.

Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966

The Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that established the legal character of the Secretariat of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Corruption of Blood Act 1814

The Corruption of Blood Act 1814 (54 Geo. 3 c. 145) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which abolished corruption of blood for all crimes except high treason, petty treason and murder.

Criminal Attempts Act 1981

The Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c 47) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Criminal Justice Act 1925

The Criminal Justice Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo.5 c.86) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Criminal law consolidation Acts 1861

The criminal law consolidation Acts 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. cc. 94 - 100) were Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Hogshead

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) notes that the hogshead was first standardized by an act of Parliament in 1423, though the standards continued to vary by locality and content.

Liability for Defective Products Act 1991

The Liability for Defective Products Act 1991 is an Act of the Oireachtas that augmented Irish law on product liability formerly based solely on negligence.

Metropolitan Police Act 1933

The Metropolitan Police Act was a 1933 Act of Parliament initiated by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009

The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 (c. 18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reforms the rule against perpetuities.

Port of Felixstowe

The port is operated by the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company which was set up under an Act of Parliament, the Felixstowe Railway and Pier Act 1875 and so, is one of the few limited companies in the UK that do not have the word "Limited" in their name.

Primary legislation

In the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth nations, primary legislation takes the form of an Act of Parliament, and in the United States, it is (at federal level) an Act of Congress.

Prince Edward Islands Act, 1948

The Prince Edward Islands Act, 1948 (Act No. 43 of 1948) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that annexed the Prince Edward Islands to the Union of South Africa (as it then was).

William Jessop

the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway (1807–1812; the first railway in Scotland authorised by Act of Parliament)