The Truck Act 1940 (
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 38) was an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...
. It was one of the
Truck Acts 1831 to 1940. It was passed in response to the decision in ''Pratt v Cook, Son & Co (St. Paul's)'' in which the court interpreted the Truck Acts in a novel way.
[''Annual Survey of English Law 1940''. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) Department of Law. 1940. Page 203. And see pages xxii and 211]
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The whole Act was repealed by section
11
an
32(2)
of, an
Schedule 1
to
Part III
of Schedule 5 to, the Wages Act 1986.
Section 1
Sections 1(1) and (3) were repealed by Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which implemented recommendations contained in the fourth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Thi ...
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Section 3
Section 3(2) was repealed in part by Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which implemented recommendations contained in the fourth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Thi ...
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See also
*History of labour law in the United Kingdom
The history of labour law in the United Kingdom concerns the development of United Kingdom labour law, UK labour law, from its roots in Roman and medieval times in the British Isles up to the present. Before the Industrial Revolution and the intro ...
References
*Halsbury's Statutes
''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Me ...
,
*B A Hepple, Paul O'Higgins and Lord Wedderburn of Charlton. Sweet & Maxwell's Labour Relations Statutes and Materials. Second Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1983. . pp 32 & 33.
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1940
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