The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprem ...

. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. ...

by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. In that country, this Act is one of the

Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 Short Titles Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Ireland and the United Kingdom which retroactively confers short titles on a large number of earlier pieces of legislation. The Bill for an Act with this short ti ...

. Section 1 and Schedule 1 authorised the citation of 2,095 earlier Acts by

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title. T ...

s. The Acts given short titles were passed between 1351 and 1893. This Act gave short titles to all

public general Act In the United Kingdom an act of Parliament is primary legislation passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. An act of Parliament can be enforced in all four of the UK constituent countries ( England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Irelan ...

s passed since the

Union of England and Scotland The Acts of Union ( gd, Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act 1707 passed by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the te ...

and then in force, which had not already been given short titles, except for those omitted from the Revised Edition of the Statutes by reason of their local or personal character. In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that section 1 and Schedule 1 be repealed.The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. March 1995. Pages 37 and 77. Section 1 and Schedule 1 were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 (c 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implemented recommendations contained in the fifteenth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Sched ...

. Notwithstanding these repeals, such citations are still authorized by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

Section 3

This section was repealed by section 25(1) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Interpretation Act 1978. It is replaced by section 19(2) of that Act.

Section 4

This section repealed the Short Titles Act 1892. It was in turn repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

Schedule 1

Section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 repealed the entries relating to the following Acts: * Linen and Hempen Manufactories (Scotland) Act 1726 13 Geo 1 c 26 * Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1726 13 Geo 1 c 30 * Justices Qualification Act 1731 5 Geo 2 c 18 * Justices Qualification Act 1744 18 Geo 2 c 20 * Marine Insurance Act 1745 19 Geo 2 c 37 * Inclosure Act 1756 29 Geo 2 c 36 * Inclosure Act 1757 31 Geo 2 c 41 * Inclosure (Consolidation) Act 1801 41 Geo 3 UK c 109 *

Inclosure Act 1821 Enclosure or Inclosure is a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste" or " common land" enclosing it and by doing so depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege. Agreements to enclose land ...

1 & 2 Geo 4 c 23 *

Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act 1822 A royal burgh () was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished by law in 1975, the term is still used by many former royal burghs. Most royal burghs were either created by ...

3 Geo 4 c 91 *

Masters and Workmen Arbitration Act 1824 Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...

5 Geo 4 c 96 * Quarantine Act 1825 6 Geo 4 c 78 * Licensing (Scotland) Act 1828 9 Geo 4 c 58 * Charities (Ireland) Act 1832 2 & 3 Will 4 c 85 *

Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act 1833 A royal burgh () was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished by law in 1975, the term is still used by many former royal burghs. Most royal burghs were either created by ...

3 & 4 Will 4 c 76 *

Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Act 1833 A police burgh was a Scottish burgh which had adopted a "police system" for governing the town. They existed from 1833 to 1975. The 1833 act The first police burghs were created under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Wm IV c.46). Thi ...

3 & 4 Will 4 c 77 * Common Fields Exchange Act 1834 4 & 5 Will 4 c 30 *

Registration of Aliens Act 1836 Register or registration may refer to: Arts entertainment, and media Music * Register (music), the relative "height" or range of a note, melody, part, instrument, etc. * ''Register'', a 2017 album by Travis Miller * Registration (organ), the ...

6 & 7 Will 4 c 11 * Poor Relief (Loans) Act 1836 6 & 7 Will 4 c 107 * Inclosure Act 1836 6 & 7 Will 4 c 115 * Land Tax Redemption Act 1837 7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 17 * County Dublin Baronies Act 1838 1 & 2 Vict c 115 * County Institutions (Ireland) Act 1838 1 & 2 Vict c 116 * Stannaries Act 1839 2 & 3 Vict c 58 *

Inclosure Act 1840 Enclosure or Inclosure is a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste" or " common land" enclosing it and by doing so depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege. Agreements to enclose land ...

3 & 4 Vict c 31 * Manufacturies Improvement Fund (Scotland) Act 1847 10 & 11 Vict c 91 * County Cess (Ireland) Act 1848 11 & 12 Vict c 32 * Indictable Offences (Ireland) Act 1849 12 & 13 Vict c 69 * Burghs (Scotland) Act 1852 15 & 16 Vict c 32 *

Berwickshire Courts Act 1853 Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of th ...

16 & 17 Vict c 27 *

Licensing (Scotland) Act 1853 A license (or licence) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit). A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...

16 & 17 Vict c 67 * Land Tax Redemption Act 1853 16 & 17 Vict c 74 * Education Department Act 1856 19 & 20 Vict c 116 *

Burgesses (Scotland) Act 1860 __NOTOC__ Burgess may refer to: People and fictional characters * Burgess (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Burgess (given name), a list of people Places * Burgess, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Burgess, Missouri, ...

23 & 24 Vict c 47 *

Boundaries of Burghs Extension (Scotland) Act 1861 Boundary or Boundaries may refer to: * Border, in political geography Entertainment * ''Boundaries'' (2016 film), a 2016 Canadian film * ''Boundaries'' (2018 film), a 2018 American-Canadian road trip film *Boundary (cricket), the edge of the pla ...

24 & 25 Vict c 36 *

Turnpike Trusts Relief Act 1861 Turnpike often refers to: * A type of gate, another word for a turnstile * In the United States, a toll road Turnpike may also refer to: Roads United Kingdom * A turnpike road, a principal road maintained by a turnpike trust, a body with powers ...

24 & 25 Vict c 46 * Dogs (Ireland) Act 1862 25 & 26 Vict c 59 * Dogs (Scotland) Act 1863 26 & 27 Vict c 100 * Chain Cable and Anchor Act 1864 27 & 28 Vict c 27 * Poor Law Officers Superannuation Act 1864 27 & 28 Vict c 42 * Lancaster Palatine Court Act 1865 28 & 29 Vict c 40 * Dogs Act 1865 28 & 29 Vict c 60 * Public Works (Ireland) Act 1867 30 & 31 Vict c 112 *

Justices Qualification Act 1871 A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility ...

34 & 35 Vict c 18 * Colonial Attorneys Relief Act 1874 37 & 38 Vict c 41 * Mersey Collisions Act 1874 37 & 38 Vict 52 *

Justices Qualification Act 1875 A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility ...

38 & 39 Vict c 54 * Burgesses Qualification (Scotland) Act 1876 39 & 40 Vict c 12 * Burgh Wards (Scotland) Act 1876 39 & 40 Vict c 25 * Pauper Children (Ireland) Act 1876 39 & 40 Vict c 38 *

Borough Quarter Sessions Act 1877 A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle A ...

40 & 41 Vict c 17 *

Lunatic Asylum Loans (Ireland) Act 1878 Lunatic is an antiquated term referring to a person who is seen as Mental disorder, mentally ill, Risk, dangerous, Foolishness, foolish, or crazy—conditions once attributed to "lunacy". The word derives from ''lunaticus'' meaning "of the moon" ...

41 & 42 Vict c 24 * Public Works Loans Act 1880 43 & 44 Vict c 1 In column 3, against the Act 5 Geo 4 c 82, the words " The Clerk of the Parliaments Act 1824" were substituted for the words "The Clerk of Parliaments Act 1824" by section 2 of, and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to, the

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c 45) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. It implemented recommendations contained in the ninth report on statute law revision ...

. Paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 provided that a corresponding change was to be made in any existing citation of the Clerk of Parliaments Act 1824 5 Geo 4 c 82, but without prejudice to the validity of any citation not so amended. This Schedule was amended for the

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Schedule 2

Section 2(1) and Schedule 2 originally authorised the citation of 132 groups of Acts by collective titles.The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.4 at page 77. Section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 repealed the entries relating to the following groups of Acts: *The

Factory and Workshop Acts 1878 to 1895 A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an Industry (manufacturing), industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with Outline of industrial machinery, machinery, where workers manufacturing, manuf ...

*The

Friendly Societies Acts 1875 to 1895 Friendly Societies Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in New Zealand and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to friendly society, friendly societies. List New Zealand *The Friendly Societies Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict No 28 ...

*The Justices Qualification Acts 1731 to 1875 *The Licensing (Scotland) Acts 1828 to 1887 *The Open Spaces Acts 1877 to 1890 In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended the repeal of a further 74 collective titles. Section 1(1) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the

repealed the entries relating to the following groups of Acts: *The Bank Notes Acts 1826 to 1852 *The Bankruptcy Acts 1883 to 1890 *The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Acts 1856 to 1881 *The Baths and Washhouses Acts 1846 to 1882 *The Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Acts 1854 to 1860 *The Births and Deaths Registration (Ireland) Acts 1863 to 1880 *The Bridges Acts 1740 to 1815 *The Bridges (Ireland) Acts 1813 to 1875 *The

British Subjects Acts 1708 to 1772 British Nationality Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to nationality. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a British Nationality Bill during its passage through Parliame ...

*The Building Societies Acts 1874 to 1894 *The Burial Grounds (Scotland) Acts 1855 to 1886 *The Charitable Trusts Acts 1853 to 1894 *The Companies Acts 1862 to 1893 *The

Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts Congested Districts Board may refer to: *Congested Districts Board for Ireland *Congested Districts Board (Scotland) The Congested Districts Board (Scotland) was set up by the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act, 1897 for the purpose of administer ...

*The

Copyright Acts 1734 to 1888 This is a list of copyright acts, which are laws enacting the copyright. Afghanistan *The law on the support the right of authors, composers, artists and researchers (Copy Right Law) enacted in 2008. Argentina * Article 17º Constitutio ...

*The Coroners (Ireland) Acts 1829 to 1881 *The County Courts (Ireland) Acts 1851 to 1889 *The County Infirmaries (Ireland) Acts 1805 to 1833 *The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Acts 1863 to 1892 *The Drainage and Navigation (Ireland) Acts 1842 to 1857 *The Durham County Palatine Acts 1836 to 1889 *The East India Company (Money) Acts 1786 to 1858 *The

East India Loans Acts 1859 to 1893 East India Company Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to the East India Company. List *The East India Company Act 1697 (9 Will c.44) *The East India Company Act 1707 (6 Ann c.3) *The East India Compa ...

*The Education (Scotland) Acts 1872 to 1893 *The

Elementary Education Acts 1870 to 1893 Education Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States that relates to education. The Bill for an Act with this short title wi ...

*The Endowed Schools Acts 1869 to 1889 *The Fisheries (Ireland) Acts 1842 to 1895 *The Government Annuities Acts 1829 to 1888 *The Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1821 to 1890 *The Highway Acts 1835 to 1885 *The International Copyright Acts *The Judicature (Ireland) Acts 1877 to 1888 *The Juries Acts 1825 to 1870 *The Justiciary Court (Scotland) Acts 1783 to 1892 *The Labourers (Ireland) Acts 1883 to 1892 *The Lancaster County Palatine Acts 1794 to 1871 *The Licensing (Ireland) Acts 1833 to 1886 *The Life Assurance Companies Acts 1870 to 1872 *The Lunacy (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1887 *The Lunacy (Ireland) Acts 1821 to 1890 *The Matrimonial Causes Acts 1857 to 1878 *The Medical Acts *The Merchandise Marks Acts 1887 to 1894 *The Metropolis Management Acts 1855 to 1893 *The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Acts 1840 to 1888 *The Naval Enlistment Acts 1835 to 1884 *The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Acts 1883 to 1888 *The Petroleum Acts 1871 to 1881 *The Police Acts 1839 to 1893 *The Police (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1890 *The

Post Office Acts 1837 to 1895 Post Office Act (with their variations) is a stock short title initially used in the United Kingdom and later in the United States and other English speaking countries, for legislation relating to the post office. List Bahamas * Post Office A ...

*The Post Office (Duties) Acts 1840 to 1891 *The Post Office (Management) Acts 1837 to 1884 *The Post Office (Money Orders) Acts 1848 to 1883 *The

Post Office (Offences) Acts 1837 and 1884 Post Office Act (with their variations) is a stock short title initially used in the United Kingdom and later in the United States and other English speaking countries, for legislation relating to the post office. List Bahamas *Post Office Act 19 ...

*The Post Office Savings Bank Acts 1861 to 1893 *The Prison Acts 1865 to 1893 *The Prisons (Scotland) Acts 1860 to 1887 *The Prisons (Ireland) Acts 1826 to 1884 *The Public Libraries Acts 1892 and 1893 *The Public Libraries (Ireland) Acts 1855 to 1894 *The Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts 1887 and 1894 *The Public Money Drainage Acts 1846 to 1856 *The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1828 to 1868 *The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Acts 1861 to 1892 *The Small Debt (Scotland) Acts 1837 to 1889 *The Solicitors Acts 1839 to 1894 *The Solicitors (Ireland) Acts 1849 to 1881 *The Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1892 *The Trustee Savings Banks Acts 1863 to 1893 *The Trusts (Scotland) Acts 1861 to 1891 *The Universities and College Estates Acts 1858 to 1880 *The Weights and Measures Acts 1878 to 1893 *The Yeomanry Acts 1802 to 1826 The entries relating to the following groups of Acts were not repealed by either the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 or the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995: *The Bank of England Acts 1694 to 1892 *The Bank of Ireland Acts 1808 to 1892 *The Bank Notes (Scotland) Acts 1765 to 1854 *The

Bank Notes (Ireland) Acts 1825 to 1864 Bank Notes Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to bank notes. List The Bank Notes Acts 1826 to 1852 was the collective title of the following Acts: *The Bank Notes Act 1826 (7 Geo 4 c 6) *The Country Bank ...

*The Births and Deaths Registration Acts 1836 to 1874 *The

Burial Acts 1852 to 1885 Burial Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to burials. List *Burying in Woollen Acts *The Burial of Drowned Persons Acts 1808 and 1886 The Burial Acts 1852 to 1885 is the collective title of the followi ...

*The Burial (Ireland) Acts 1824 to 1868 *The Church Building Acts 1818 to 1884 *The Cinque Ports Acts 1811 to 1872 *The Companies Clauses Acts 1845 to 1889 *The Constabulary (Ireland) Acts 1836 to 1885 *The Conveyancing Acts 1881 to 1892 *The Court of Session Acts 1808 to 1895 *The Crown Lands Acts 1829 to 1894 *The Defence Acts 1842 to 1873 *The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Acts 1840 to 1885 *The Ecclesiastical Courts Acts 1787 to 1860 *The Entail Acts *The

Evidence Acts 1806 to 1895 Evidence Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, India, Malaysia and the United Kingdom relating to evidence. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Evidence Bill dur ...

*The Grand Juries (Ireland) Acts 1816 to 1895 *The Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1892 *The House of Commons (Disqualifications) Acts 1715 to 1821 *The Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882 *The

Judicature Acts 1873 to 1894 Judicature Act is a term which was used in the United Kingdom for legislation which related to the Senior Courts of England and Wales, Supreme Court of Judicature. List United Kingdom :The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c.66) ...

*The

Juries (Scotland) Acts 1745 to 1869 Juries Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to juries. List * The Juries Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 2) * The Juries Act 1974 The Juries Acts 1825 to 1870 was the collective title of ...

*The Juries (Ireland) Acts 1871 to 1894 *The Land Law (Ireland) Acts *The

Land Purchase (Ireland) Acts Land Purchase Act (with its variations) is used as a short title and collective title in Prince Edward Island and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to the purchase of land. Under the act, those who own more than 40 acres (16.2 ha) of lan ...

*The Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Acts *The Licensing Acts 1828 to 1886 *The Marriage Acts 1811 to 1886 *The Metropolitan Commons Acts 1866 to 1878 *The Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1895 *The National Debt Acts 1870 to 1893 *The New Parishes Acts 1843 to 1884 *The Parliamentary Costs Acts 1847 to 1879 *The Penal Servitude Acts 1853 to 1891 *The Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts 1838 to 1892 *The

Public Health Acts Public Health Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to public health. List *The Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict c 63) *The Sanitary Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict c 90) is sometimes called the Public Health A ...

*The Public Schools Acts 1868 to 1873 *The Public Works (Ireland) Acts 1831 to 1886 *The Queen Anne's Bounty Acts 1706 to 1870 *The Railway and Canal Traffic Acts 1854 to 1894 *The Railway Regulation Acts 1840 to 1893 *The School Sites Acts *The Sea Fisheries Acts 1843 to 1893 *The Settled Land Acts 1882 to 1890 *The Telegraph Acts 1863 to 1892 *The Tithe Acts 1836 to 1891 *The

Town Police Clauses Acts 1847 and 1889 Police Act is a stock short title used for legislation in India, Malaysia and the United Kingdom relating to police forces and officers. List India *Indian Police Act 1861 Malaysia *The Police Act 1967 United Kingdom *The Police (Property) Act ...

*The Tramways (Ireland) Acts 1860 to 1895 *The Trustee Appointment Acts 1850 to 1890 *The Vestries Acts 1818 to 1853

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* * Irish Statute Book (Republic of Ireland): *
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{{UK legislation United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1896

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