A consolidation bill is a

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introduced into the

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with the intention of consolidating several

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or Statutory Instruments into a single Act. Such bills simplify the

statute book The Statute Book is "the surviving body of enacted legislation published by authority" in "a number of publications". In England at the end of 1948, the Statute Book printed by authority consisted of the twenty-four volumes of ''The Statutes: Se ...

without significantly changing the state of the law, and are subject to an expedited

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. The parliamentary practice of legislating only for small portions of a subject at a time can create undue complexity in

statute law Statutory law or statute law is written law passed by a body of legislature. This is opposed to oral or customary law; or regulatory law promulgated by the executive or common law of the judiciary. Statutes may originate with national, state ...

. Acts relating to a particular subject often end up scattered over many years, and through the operation of clauses partially repealing or amending former acts, the specific meaning of the law regarding the subject becomes enveloped in intricate or contradictory expressions. For clarity, the law as expressed across many statutes is sometimes recast in a single statute, called a consolidation bill. By 1911, such bills had been passed dealing with subjects as diverse as customs, stamps and stamp duties,

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

weights and measures A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a mul ...

sheriffs A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ...

, coroners,

county court A county court is a court based in or with a jurisdiction covering one or more county, counties, which are administrative divisions (subnational entities) within a country, not to be confused with the medieval system of ''county courts'' held by t ...

s, housing,

municipal corporation A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally ow ...

libraries A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...

trustees Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility to ...

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, diseases of animals, merchant shipping, and friendly societies. These observations apply to the

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s of the legislature. On the other hand, in settling

private Act Proposed bills are often categorized into public bills and private bills. A public bill is a proposed law which would apply to everyone within its jurisdiction. This is unlike a private bill which is a proposal for a law affecting only a single ...

s, such as those relating to

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and

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enterprise, the legislature always inserted certain clauses founded on reasons of public policy applicable to the business in question. To avoid the necessity of constantly re-enacting the same principles in private Acts, their common clauses were embodied in separate statutes, and their provisions are ordered to be incorporated in any private Act of the description mentioned therein. Such are the

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, the

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and the

Railways Clauses Acts Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

Procedure

Consolidation bills are introduced in the

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which, by convention, has

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in these matters. The Lords has the only substantive discussion on the bill, at its

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, before the bill is sent to the

Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills The Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills (commonly known as Consolidation Bills Committee) is a joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Committee was first established in 1894 with a remit to consider consolidation bills. ...

, which may propose amendments to it. Subject to this, the Lords' third reading and all readings in the

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are usually formalities and pass without debate. Most consolidation bills are proposed in the first instance by the

Law Commission A law commission, law reform commission, or law revision commission is an independent body set up by a government to conduct law reform; that is, to consider the state of laws in a jurisdiction and make recommendations or proposals for legal chan ...

, and it is this prior consideration that gives rise to the expedited process afforded to these bills. Every consolidation bill proposed by the Law Commission has been passed by Parliament. Once a consolidation bill receives

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it becomes a consolidation Act. An example of a consolidation Act is the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c.6) is a consolidation Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brings together parts of several other Acts dealing with the sentencing treatment of offenders and defaulters. It wa ...

, which consolidated into a single Act parts of sentencing legislation previously spread across twelve separate Acts.

Categories of consolidation bills

There are five categories of bill that qualify as consolidation bills: #Bills which only re-enact existing law. #Bills which consolidate previous laws with amendments, proposed in response to recommendations from the Law Commission. #Bills to

repeal A repeal (O.F. ''rapel'', modern ''rappel'', from ''rapeler'', ''rappeler'', revoke, ''re'' and ''appeler'', appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal; a repeal with a re-enactment is used to replace the law ...

existing legislation, again prepared by the Law Commission. #Bills to repeal various obsolete or unnecessary parts of existing legislation. #Bills which make corrections and minor improvements to existing legislation, prepared under the

Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949 The Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo 6 c 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provides a procedure for including "minor corrections and improvements" in Consolidation Bills. In 1995, ''Hals ...

. The first three categories now account for almost all consolidation bills.

List of Consolidation Acts

No consolidation Acts were passed in 2008. The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This Act repealed the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949. The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 had as its purpose to "consolidate enactments about wireless telegra ...

(c 36) *The

Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 The Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 (c. 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It consolidates legislation relating to parliamentary costs. Section 1 - Appointment of taxing officers This section replaces section 3 of the House o ...

(c 37) *The

National Health Service Act 2006 The National Health Service Act 2006c 41 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sets out the structure of the National Health Service in England. It was altered and completely renumbered by the Health and Social Care Act 2012c 7 ...

(c 41) *The

National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 The National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It consolidates legislation relating to the National Health Service. Part 1 Section 1 - Welsh Ministers' duty to promote health service Sec ...

(c 42) *The

National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 The National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c 43) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 3 - National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions Order) 1999 This section makes provision in relation to the ...

(c 43) *The

Companies Act 2006 The Companies Act 2006 (c 46) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which forms the primary source of UK company law. The Act was brought into force in stages, with the final provision being commenced on 1 October 2009. It largel ...

(c 46) No consolidation Acts were passed in 2004. The

European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 The European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c. 24) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom governing elections to the European Parliament. The Act divided the United Kingdom into various regions to which were allocated a number of ...

is a consolidation Act. The

(c 6) is a consolidation Act. No consolidation Acts were passed in 1999. The

Petroleum Act 1998 The Petroleum Act 1998 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which consolidated arrangements for the licensing, operation and abandonment of offshore installations and pipelines. As a consolidation Act, it did not change the substant ...

(c 17) and the

Audit Commission Act 1998 The Audit Commission was a statutory corporation in the United Kingdom. The commission's primary objective was to appoint auditors to a range of local public bodies in England, set the standards for auditors and oversee their work. The commissi ...

(c 18) are consolidation Acts. The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is the principal piece of legislation governing the use and development of land within Scotland. The act's forerunner was the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act of 1972. The 1997 act is suppo ...

(c 8) *The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c 9) *The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c 10) *The Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c 11) *The

Architects Act 1997 The Architects Act 1997 (c. 22) is the consolidating Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the keeping and publishing of the statutory Register of Architects by the Architects Registration Board. It has the long title: ''An Act to co ...

(c 22) *The

Lieutenancies Act 1997 The Lieutenancies Act 1997 (c. 23) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that defines areas that lord-lieutenants are appointed to in Great Britain. It came into force on 1 July 1997. Creation of modern local government Prior to the Loc ...

(c 23) *The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 (c 24) *The

Justices of the Peace Act 1997 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 an ...

(c 25) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

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

(c 16) *The

Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 The Employment Tribunals Act 1996c 17 is a UK Act of Parliament, relating to UK labour law, that establishes the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal, and sets their jurisdiction. Contents Part I concerns Employment Tribunals. Sect ...

(c 17), which may now be cited as the

Employment Tribunals Act 1996 The Employment Tribunals Act 1996c 17 is a UK Act of Parliament, relating to UK labour law, that establishes the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal The Employment Appeal Tribunal is a tribunal in England and Wales and Scotland, ...

*The

Employment Rights Act 1996 The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament passed by the Conservative government to codify existing law on individual rights in UK labour law. History Previous statutes, dating from the Contracts of Employmen ...

(c 18) *The

Education Act 1996 The Education Act 1996 is Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It led to the establishment of special local authorities, who for example would identify children with special educational needs Special educational needs (SEN), also known ...

(c 56) *The School Inspections Act 1996 (c 57) *The

Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 The Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 (c. 58) is an Act of Parliament governing the conservation and management of deer within Scotland. The Act repealed the Deer (Scotland) Act 1959. Overview Part I of the Act establishes the Deer Commission for Scotl ...

(c 58) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 is an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom in 1995. It consolidated much of the UK's maritime legislation, repealing several Acts in their entirety and provisions in many more, some dating back to the mid ...

(c 21) *The

Shipping and Trading Interests (Protection) Act 1995 Freight transport, also referred as ''Freight Forwarding'', is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been ...

(c 22) *The

Good Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) 1995 In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil and is of interest in the study of ethics, morality, p ...

(c 23) *The

Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 The Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to consolidate certain enactments creating offences and relating to the criminal law of Scotland. Part I - Sexual Offences I ...

(c 39) *The

Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and services related to the primary operations of the business. Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some companies receive reven ...

(c 43) *The

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or ...

(c 46) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c 22) *The

Value Added Tax Act 1994 The Value Added Tax Act 1994c 23 is a UK tax law, concerning taxation of goods and services that fall within the scope of Value Added Tax (VAT). It came into force on 1 September 1994. The Value Added Tax Act 1983 was repealed and replaced by thi ...

(c 23) *The

Drug Trafficking Act 1994 The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c. 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It largely replaced the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986. Where the defendant is convicted of a drug trafficking offence and the prosecutor applies to t ...

(c 37) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Charities Act 1993 The Charities Act 2011c 25 is a UK Act of Parliament. It consolidated the bulk of the Charities Act 2006, outstanding provisions of the Charities Act 1993, and various other enactments. Repeals Legislation repealed in its entirety by the 2011 ...

(c 10) *The

Clean Air Act 1993 Clean may refer to: * Cleaning, the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment * Cleanliness, the state of being clean and free from dirt Arts and media Music Al ...

(c 11) *The

Radioactive Substances Act 1993 The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (RSA93) deals with the control of radioactive material and disposal of radioactive waste in the United Kingdom. On 6 April 2010 the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 came into force ...

(c 12) *The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (c 44) *The

Scottish Land Court Act 1993 Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

(c 45) *The

Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 The Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act consolidated previous legislation governing the posts of Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales. The three posts were f ...

(c 46) *The Probation Service Act 1993 (c 47) *The

Pension Schemes Act 1993 The Pension Schemes Act 1993c 48 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament that concerns the administration of occupational pensions. Background The Pension Schemes Act 1993 was the first statute to result from the comprehensive inquiry led by Roy G ...

(c 48) *The Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c 49) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from ...

(c 4) *The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c 5) *The Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c 6) *The

Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from ...

(c 7) *The

Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. To qualify for ...

(c 8) *The

Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 Social Security may refer to: *Social security, the general notion of a society ensuring basic needs are met *Social Security System (Philippines) *South African Social Security Agency, an agency of the South African government *Social Security (Un ...

(c 9) *The

Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 The Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992c 12 is an Act of Parliament which governs the levying of capital gains tax in the United Kingdom. This is a tax on the increase in the value of an asset between the date of purchase and the date of sale of ...

(c 12) *The

Protection of Badgers Act 1992 Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although t ...

(c 51) *The

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992c 52 is a UK Act of Parliament which regulates United Kingdom labour law. The Act applies in full in England and Wales and in Scotland, and partially in Northern Ireland. The law cont ...

(c 52) *The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c 53) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Deer Act 1991 Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...

(c 54) *The

Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...

(c 55) *The

Water Industry Act 1991 The Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament consolidating previous enactments relating to the water supply and the provision of wastewater services in England and Wales. It further implemented recommendations of ...

(c 56) *The

Water Resources Act 1991 The Water Resources Act 1991 (WRA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that regulates water resources, water quality and pollution, and flood defence. Part II of the Act provides the general structure for the management of water re ...

(c 57) *The Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c 58) *The Land Drainage Act 1991 (c 59) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c 1) *The

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 The Town and Country Planning Act 1990c 8 is an act of the United Kingdom Parliament regulating the development of land in England and Wales. It is a central part of English land law in that it concerns town and country planning in the United Ki ...

(c 8) *The

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the laws on granting of planning permission for building works, notably including those of the listed building system in En ...

(c 9) *The

Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the no ...

(c 10) The following Acts are consolidation Acts: *The Extradition Act 1989 (c 33) *The

Opticians Act 1989 An optician, or ''dispensing optician'', is a technical practitioner who designs, fits and dispenses lenses for the correction of a person's vision. Opticians determine the specifications of various ophthalmic appliances that will give the nec ...

(c 44) *The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c 45) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 Income is the consumption and saving opportunity gained by an entity within a specified timeframe, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. Income is difficult to define conceptually and the definition may be different across fields. Fo ...

(c 1) *The

Coroners Act 1988 A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death, and to investigate or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead within the coroner's juri ...

(c 13) *The

Court of Session Act 1988 The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland and constitutes part of the College of Justice; the supreme criminal court of Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary. The Court of Session sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh an ...

(c 36) *The

Road Traffic Act 1988 The Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, concerning licensing of vehicles, insurance and road regulation. Contents Part I contains a number of traffic offences including causing death by dangerous driv ...

(c 52) *The

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

(c 53) *The Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c 54) The Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c 26) is a consolidation Act. The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...

(c 5) *The

Insolvency Act 1986 The Insolvency Act 1986c 45 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provides the legal platform for all matters relating to personal and corporate insolvency in the UK. History The Insolvency Act 1986 followed the publication and ...

(c 45) *The

Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 The Company Directors Disqualification Act 19861986 c. 46 forms part of UK company law and sets out the procedures for company directors to be disqualified in certain cases of misconduct. History Lord Millett, in the opinion he gave in , summa ...

(c 46) *The

Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 The Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is the legislation defining the constitution and work of the four parliamentary Boundary Commissions in the UK. A copy of the current text o ...

(c 56) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Companies Act 1985 The Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, enacted in 1985, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, and set out the responsibilities of companies, their ...

(c 6) *The

Business Names Act 1985 The Business Names Act 1985 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has since been repealed. See also * Companies Act 2006 The Companies Act 2006 (c 46) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which forms the pri ...

(c 7) *The Company Securities (Insider Dealing) Act 1985 (c 8) *The

Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...

(c 9) *The

Cinemas Act 1985 A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall (Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, the movies, the pictures, picture theater, the silver screen, the big screen, or simply theater is a ...

(c 13) *The

Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 Reserve or reserves may refer to: Places * Reserve, Kansas, a US city * Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish * Reserve, Montana, a census-designated place in Sheridan County * Reserve, New Mexico, a US ...

(c 17) *The Housing Act 1985 (c 68) *The Housing Associations Act 1985 (c 69) *The

Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985c 70 is a UK Act of Parliament on English land law. It sets bare minimum standards in tenants' rights against their landlords. Background The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 sets out the rights and responsibilities ...

(c 70) *The

Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and housing authority, assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of Shelter (building), shelter. Housing ensures that members of so ...

(c 71) *The

Weights and Measures Act 1985 Weights and measures acts are acts of the British Parliament determining the regulation of weights and measures. It also refers to similar royal and parliamentary acts of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland and the medieval Welsh states. T ...

(c 72) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 is a piece of legislation for England and Wales which requires physicians to notify the 'proper officer' of the local authority of any person deemed to be suffering from a notifiable disease.Stephen ...

(c 22) *The

Registered Homes Act 1984 Registered may refer to: * Registered mail, letters, packets or other postal documents considered valuable and in need of a chain of custody * Registered trademark symbol, symbol ® that provides notice that the preceding is a trademark or service ...

(c 23) *The

Dentists Act 1984 The Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom regulating dentistry Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consis ...

(c 24) *The

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, which provided powers to regulate or restrict traffic on UK roads, in the interest of safety. It superseded some earlier legislation, including the majority of ...

(c 27) *The

County Courts Act 1984 The County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; the long title of the Act is "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to county courts". The Act replaced the County Courts Act 1959. The County C ...

(c 28) *The

Food Act 1984 The Food Act 1984 (c. 30) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to food and markets law. The act Consolidation bill, consolidates several earlier acts and also enabling act, enables ministers to pass regulations without furth ...

(c 30) *The

Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 was an act covering Scotland, comparable to the Mental Health Act 1983 which covered England and Wales. It was superseded by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 The Mental Health ( ...

(c 36) *The

Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 In the United Kingdom, Inheritance Tax is a transfer tax. It was introduced with effect from 18 March 1986, replacing Capital Transfer Tax. History Prior to the introduction of Estate Duty by the Finance Act 1894, there was a complex system of ...

(c 51) *The

Building Act 1984 The Building Act 1984 is a United Kingdom statute consolidating previous legislation concerning the construction process, and the design and specifications for buildings and their component parts, and related matters, in England and Wales.UK Legisl ...

(c 55) *The Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (c 56) *The

Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 Rent may refer to: Economics * Renting, an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property *Economic rent, any payment in excess of the cost of production * Rent-seeking, attempting to increase one's share of ...

(c 58) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Representation of the People Act 1983 The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following ways: * Amended the Representation of the People Act 1969. * Stated that a convicted p ...

(c 2) *The

Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

(c 19) *The

Mental Health Act 1983 The Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It covers the reception, care and treatment of mentally disordered people, the management of their property and other related matters, forming part of the men ...

(c 20) *The Pilotage Act 1983 (c 21) *The Litter Act 1983 (c 35) *The Car Tax Act 1983 (c 53) *The

Medical Act 1983 The Medical Act 1983 (c 54) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which governs the regulation and credentials of the medical profession, and defines offences in respect of false claims of fitness to practise medicine. Detail The act ...

(c 54) *The

Value Added Tax Act 1983 Value or values may refer to: Ethics and social * Value (ethics) wherein said concept may be construed as treating actions themselves as abstract objects, associating value to them ** Values (Western philosophy) expands the notion of value bey ...

(c 55) The

Pastoral Measure 1983 A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music (pastorale) that depict ...

(No 1) is a consolidation Measure. The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Agricultural Training Board Act 1982 Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peop ...

(c 9) *The Industrial Training Act 1982 (c 10) *The

Civil Aviation Act 1982 Civil may refer to: *Civic virtue, or civility *Civil action, or lawsuit * Civil affairs *Civil and political rights *Civil disobedience *Civil engineering *Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism *Civilian, someone not a membe ...

(c 16) *The

Iron and Steel Act 1982 Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in front ...

(c 25) *The

Aviation Security Act 1982 The Air Navigation and Transport Act is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament in 1920 which gave the British Empire the authority to control air navigation in the Commonwealth countries and territories. It also put into effect th ...

(c 36) *The Insurance Companies Act 1982 (c 50) *The

Industrial Development Act 1982 Industrial may refer to: Industry * Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry * Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems * Industrial city, a city dominate ...

(c 52) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

(c 13) *The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c 14) *The

National Film Finance Corporation Act 1981 National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

(c 15) *The Film Levy Finance Act 1981 (c 16) *The

Judicial Pensions Act 1981 The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

(c 20) *The

Animal Health Act 1981 The Animal Health Act 1981 is a piece of UK legislation that provides powers for the control of outbreaks of avian influenza and Newcastle disease. These powers were extended by a statutory instrument. It was amended by the Animal Health and We ...

(c 22) *The Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (c 63) *The

New Towns Act 1981 The New Towns Acts were a series of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to found new settlements or to expand substantially existing ones, to establish Development Corporations to deliver them, and to create a Commission to wind up the C ...

(c 64) *The Trustee Savings Banks Act 1981 (c 65) *The

Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (India, Malaysia, Singapore), compulsory purchase/acquisition (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Austr ...

(c 66) *The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c 67) *The Broadcasting Act 1981 (c 68) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Child Care Act 1980 (c 5) *The Foster Children Act 1980 (c 6) *The

Residential Homes Act 1980 A residential area is a land used in which houses, housing predominates, as opposed to industrial district, industrial and Commercial Area, commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These includ ...

(c 7) *The

Reserve Forces Act 1980 Reserve or reserves may refer to: Places * Reserve, Kansas, a US city * Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish * Reserve, Montana, a census-designated place in Sheridan County * Reserve, New Mexico, a US ...

(c 9) *The

Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 Slaughter may refer to: Animals * Animal slaughter, the killing of animals for various purposes ** Ritual slaughter, the practice of slaughtering livestock in a ritual manner *** ''Dhabihah'', the prescribed method of ritual slaughter of anima ...

(c 13) *The

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a consolidation Act.The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1980. HMSO. London. . Part IV. Pages ''i'', ''j'' and i. It codifies the p ...

(c 43) *The

Education (Scotland) Act 1980 Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

(c 44) *The

Water (Scotland) Act 1980 Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...

(c 45) *The

Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and ...

(c 46) *The

Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...

(c 47) *The

Limitation Act 1980 The Limitation Act 1980 (c. 58) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applicable only to England and Wales. It is a statute of limitations which provides timescales within which action may be taken (by issuing a claim form) for breac ...

(c 58) *The Overseas Development and Cooperation Act 1980 (c 63) *The

Highways Act 1980 The Highways Act 1980 (1980 c.66) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom dealing with the management and operation of the road network in England and Wales. It consolidated with amendments several earlier pieces of legislation. Man ...

(c 66) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out of a country. Traditionally, custom ...

(c 2) *The

Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out of a country. Traditionally, customs ha ...

(c 3) *The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (c 4) *The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (c 5) *The Matches and Mechanical Lighters Duties Act 1979 (c 6) *The

Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus ''Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the chie ...

(c 7) *The Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) Act 1979 (c 8) *The

Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 The Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 11) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which consolidated enactments relating to the Scottish electricity boards and removed certain anomalies. Background The Scottish Law Commission had r ...

(c 11) *The

Wages Councils Act 1979 A wage is payment made by an employer to an employee for work done in a specific period of time. Some examples of wage payments include compensatory payments such as ''minimum wage'', '' prevailing wage'', and ''yearly bonuses,'' and remuner ...

(c 12) *The Agricultural Statistics Act 1979 (c 13) *The Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c 14) *The

International Monetary Fund Act 1979 International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

(c 29) *The

Exchange Equalisation Account Act 1979 Exchange may refer to: Physics *Gas exchange is the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Places United States * Exchange, Indiana, an unincorporated community * ...

(c 30) *The

Prosecution of Offences Act 1979 A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the Civil law (legal system), civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the ...

(c 31) *The

Sale of Goods Act 1979 The Sale of Goods Act 1979c 54 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulated English contract law and UK commercial law in respect of goods that are sold and bought. The Act consolidated the original Sale of Goods Act 1893 ...

(c 54) *The

Justices of the Peace Act 1979 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 an ...

(c 55) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1978 (c 2) *The

Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor economic value. A waste pro ...

(c 3) *The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c 5) *The

Export Guarantees and Overseas Investment Act 1978 An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is an ...

(c 18) *The Oaths Act 1978 (c 19) *The

Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from ...

(c 28) *The

National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

(c 29) *The

Interpretation Act 1978 The Interpretation Act 1978 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes provision for the interpretation of Acts of Parliament, Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England, Measures of the Church Assembly, subo ...

(c 30) *The

Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 was a UK Act of Parliament that formed a central part of UK labour law. Its descendant is the Employment Rights Act 1996. It consolidated two pieces of legislation, the Contracts of Employment ...

(c 44) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Agricultural Holdings (Notices to Quit) Act 1977 Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...

(c 12) *The

British Airways Board Act 1977 British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

(c 13) *The

Rent Act 1977 The Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom. The Act introduced the protected tenancy in England and Wales. The organization setting the rent, the Valuation Office Agency, was known as the "Rent Office". See ...

(c 42) *The

Protection from Eviction Act 1977 The Protection from Eviction Act 1977c 43 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom protecting people renting accommodation from losing their homes without the involvement of a court. Contents The Act's aim is to protect tenants from being eje ...

(c 43) *The

National Health Service Act 1977 The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

(c 49) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Fatal Accidents Act 1976 The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c 30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that allows relatives of people killed by the wrongdoing of others to recover damages. Background The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 had allowed claims for damage ...

(c 30) *The

Legitimacy Act 1976 Legitimacy, from the Latin ''legitimare'' meaning "to make lawful", may refer to: * Legitimacy (criminal law) * Legitimacy (family law) * Legitimacy (political) See also

* Bastard (law of England and Wales) * Illegitimacy in fiction * Legit ...

(c 31) *The

Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of ...

(c 32) *The

Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 The Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to enforce competition, and provide an appropriate check on restrictive combines and practices. It required that any agreement between companies ...

(c 33) *The

Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 The Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to enforce competition, and provide an appropriate check on restrictive combines and practices. It required that any agreement between companie ...

(c 34) *The

Police Pensions Act 1976 The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...

(c 35) *The

Adoption Act 1976 Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from ...

(c 36) *The

Resale Prices Act 1976 The Resale Prices Act 1964 c. 53 was a consolidation Act which when passed, now considered all resale price agreements to be against public interest unless proven otherwise. Minimum resale price maintenance (MRPM) had ensured that retailers coul ...

(c 53) *The

Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 Sex is the biological distinction of an organism between male and female. Sex or SEX may also refer to: Biology and behaviour *Animal sexual behaviour **Copulation (zoology) **Human sexual activity **Non-penetrative sex, or sexual outercourse ** ...

(c 67) *The

Land Drainage Act 1976 Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various isla ...

(c 70) *The

Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 The term supplementary can refer to: * Supplementary angles * Supplementary Benefit, a former benefit payable in the United Kingdom * Supplementary question, a type of question asked during a questioning time for prime minister See also * Supp ...

(c 71) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Supply Powers Act 1975 (c 9) *The Social Security Act 1975 (c 14) *The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (c 15) *The

Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975 Industrial may refer to: Industry * Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry * Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems * Industrial city, a city domin ...

(c 16) *The

Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Northern Ireland Old Cases) Act 1975 Industrial may refer to: Industry * Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry * Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems * Industrial city, a city dominat ...

(c 17) *The

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or ...

(c 21) *The

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that prohibits certain categories of people from becoming members of the House of Commons. It is an updated version of similar older acts, known col ...

(c 24) *The

Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a r ...

(c 25) *The

Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

(c 26) *The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (c 27) *The Nursing Homes Act 1975 (c 37) *The Export Guarantee Act 1975 (c 38) *The

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 is a law passed by the government of the United Kingdom in an attempt to protect salmon and trout from commercial poaching, to protect migration routes, to prevent willful vandalism and neglect of fish ...

(c 51) *The

Iron and Steel Act 1975 Iron () is a chemical element with Symbol (chemistry), symbol Fe (from la, Wikt:ferrum, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 element, group 8 of the periodic table. It is, Abundance ...

(c 64) *The

Recess Elections Act 1975 Recess may refer to: * Recess (break), a break period * Alcove (architecture), part of a room * A setback (architecture) especially across all storeys (a recessed bay or series of such bays) * Recess, County Galway, Ireland; a village Music * ...

(c 66) *The Airports Authority Act 1975 (c 78) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c 3) *The Legal Aid Act 1974 (c 4) *The

Juries Act 1974 The Juries Act 1974 (c. 23) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. According to its long title, the purpose of the Act is "to consolidate certain enactments relating to juries, jurors and jury service with corrections and improvement ...

(c 23) *The

Friendly Societies Act 1974 Friendly may refer to: Places * Friendly, West Yorkshire, a settlement in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England * Friendly, Maryland, an unincorporated community in the United States * Friendly, Eugene, Oregon, a neighborhood in the United States * ...

(c 46) *The

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 pr ...

(c 47) *The

Insurance Companies Act 1974 Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

(c 49) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 In production, research, retail, and accounting, a cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a service, and hence is not available for use anymore. In business, the cost may be one of acquisition, in whic ...

(c 14) *The

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom governing divorce law and marriage in England and Wales. Contents The act contains four parts: # Divorce, Nullity and Other Matrimonial Suits # Financial Reli ...

(c 18) *The Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973 (c 19) *The

Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 Powers may refer to: Arts and media * ''Powers'' (comics), a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming ** ''Powers'' (American TV series), a 2015–2016 series based on the comics * ''Powers'' (British TV series), a 200 ...

(c 62) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Local Employment Act 1972 Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States * Local government, a form of public administration, usually the lowest tier of administrat ...

(c 5) *The Summer Time Act 1972 (c 6) *The

Road Traffic Act 1972 A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

(c 20) *The

Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972 Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three eleme ...

(c 25) *The

Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 Town and country planning in the United Kingdom is the part of English land law which concerns land use planning. Its goal is to ensure sustainable economic development and a better environment. Each country of the United Kingdom has its own pl ...

(c 52) *The Contracts of Employment Act 1972 (c 53) *The

Land Charges Act 1972 The Land Charges Act 1972 is a UK Act of Parliament that updates the system for registering charges on unregistered land in England and Wales. It repealed and updated parts of the Land Charges Act 1925 and other legislation affecting real propert ...

(c 61) *The National Debt Act 1972 (c 65) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 (c 3) *The

Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 A vehicle (from la, vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters for disabled people), railed vehicles (trains, trams), water ...

(c 10) *The

Hydrocarbon Oil (Customs and Excise) Act 1971 In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons are generally colourless and hydrophobic, and their odors are usually weak or ex ...

(c 12) *The

Coinage Act 1971 The Coinage Act 1971 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom, supreme Legislature, legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Depen ...

(c 24) *The

Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 Rent may refer to: Economics * Renting, an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property *Economic rent, any payment in excess of the cost of production * Rent-seeking, attempting to increase one's share of ...

(c 28) *The National Savings Bank Act 1971 (c 29) *The

Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 Attachment may refer to: Entertainment * ''Attachments'' (novel), a 2011 novel by Rainbow Rowell * ''Attachments'' (TV series), a BBC comedy-drama that ran from 2000 to 2002 Law * Attachment (law), a means of collecting a legal judgment by lev ...

(c 32) *The

Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 Prevention may refer to: Health and medicine * Preventive healthcare, measures to prevent diseases or injuries rather than curing them or treating their symptoms General safety * Crime prevention, the attempt to reduce deter crime and crimi ...

(c 60) *The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c 62) *The Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c 78) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Taxes Management Act 1970 (c 9) *The

Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 Income is the consumption and saving opportunity gained by an entity within a specified timeframe, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. Income is difficult to define conceptually and the definition may be different across fields. Fo ...

(c 10) *The

Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, ...

(c 11) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1969 (c 16) *The

Trustee Savings Banks Act 1969 Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility to t ...

(c 50) *The Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 (c 53) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968 (c 2) *The Capital Allowances Act 1968 (c 3) *The

New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 The New Towns Acts were a series of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to found new settlements or to expand substantially existing ones, to establish Development Corporations to deliver them, and to create a Commission to wind up the ...

(c 16) *The

Criminal Appeal Act 1968 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...

(c 19) *The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c 20) *The

Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...

(c 21) *The

Rent Act 1968 Rent may refer to: Economics *Renting, an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property *Economic rent, any payment in excess of the cost of production *Rent-seeking, attempting to increase one's share of e ...

(c 23) *The

Export Guarantees Act 1968 An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is an ...

(c 26) *The

Firearms Act 1968 The Firearms Act 1968c 27 is a UK Act of Parliament, controlling use and possession of firearm A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries ...

(c 27) *The

Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether i ...

(c 31) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Plant Health Act 1967 (c 8) *The

General Rate Act 1967 A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

(c 9) *The

Forestry Act 1967 Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

(c 10) *The Teachers' Superannuation Act 1967 (c 12) *The

Development of Inventions Act 1967 Development or developing may refer to: Arts *Development hell, when a project is stuck in development * Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting * Development (music), the process thematic material is reshaped * Photogra ...

(c 32) *The

Air Corporations Act 1967 The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...

(c 33) *The

Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1967 Industrial may refer to: Industry * Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry * Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems * Industrial city, a city dominat ...

(c 34) *The

Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1967 Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to put a product or service in the spotlight in hopes of drawing it attention from consumers. It is typically used to promote a ...

(c 42) *The

Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1967 Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to co ...

(c 43) *The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (c 76) *The

Police (Scotland) Act 1967 The Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which until 2013 had provided a framework for territorial police forces in Scotland to operate within. The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, passed by the ...

(c 77) *The Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (c 83) *The

Sea Fisheries (Conservation) Act 1967 The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, ...

(c 84) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966 (c 4) *The Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c 38) *The

Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether i ...

(c 49) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 The Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that regulated industrial and provident societies in Great Britain and the Channel Islands. From 1 August 2014 it was repealed and repla ...

(c 12) *The

Dangerous Drugs Act 1965 Dangerous may refer to: Film and television * ''Dangerous'' (1935 film), an American film starring Bette Davis * '' Dangerous: The Short Films'', a 1993 collection of music videos by Michael Jackson * ''Dangerous'' (2021 film), a Canadian-Ameri ...

(c 15) *The National Insurance Act 1965 (c 51) *The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 (c 52) *The Family Allowances Act 1965 (c 53) *The National Health Service Contributions Act 1965 (c 54) *The

Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965 The Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965 (c. 55) was an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act was repealed by section 86(2) of, and Schedule 11 to, the Social Security Act 1986. Section 1 ...

(c 55) *The

Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965c 56 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which concerns English land law and compulsory purchase. Contents The Act sets conditions for a compulsory purchase to be made. See also {{Clist compulsory p ...

(c 56) *The

Nuclear Installations Act 1965 Nuclear may refer to: Physics Relating to the nucleus of the atom: *Nuclear engineering *Nuclear physics *Nuclear power *Nuclear reactor *Nuclear weapon *Nuclear medicine *Radiation therapy *Nuclear warfare Mathematics *Nuclear space * Nuclear ...

(c 57) *The Ministerial Salaries Consolidation Act 1965 (c 58) *The New Towns Act 1965 (c 59) *The Hire-Purchase Act 1965 (c 66) *The

Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 A hire purchase (HP), also known as an installment plan, is an arrangement whereby a customer agrees to a contract to acquire an asset by paying an initial installment (e.g., 40% of the total) and repaying the balance of the price of the asset pl ...

(c 67) *The

Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

(c 72) The Television Act 1964 (c 21) and the Licensing Act 1964 (c 26) are consolidation Acts.The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures 1964. HMSO. London. 1965. Volume I. Page ''j''.

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The Joint Committee on Consolidation BillsThe United Kingdom Parliament
*{{EB1911, wstitle=Consolidation Acts, volume=6, page=979 Law of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom Statutory law