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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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s into a single Act. Such bills simplify the statute book 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. 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
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s and stamp duties,
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, diseases of animals, merchant shipping, and friendly societies. These observations apply to the
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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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and the Railways Clauses Acts.


Procedure

Consolidation bills are introduced in the
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which, by convention, has primacy 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, 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, 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, ''Hal ...
. 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 (c 36) *The Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 (c 37) *The National Health Service Act 2006 (c 41) *The National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c 42) *The National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (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 is a consolidation Act. The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c 6) is a consolidation Act. No consolidation Acts were passed in 1999. The Petroleum Act 1998 (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 commissio ...
(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 (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 Loca ...
(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 a ...
(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 t ...
(c 16) *The Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 (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 Scotla ...
*The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c 18) *The Education Act 1996 (c 56) *The School Inspections Act 1996 (c 57) *The Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 (c 58) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c 21) *The Shipping and Trading Interests (Protection) Act 1995 (c 22) *The Good Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) 1995 (c 23) *The Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 39) *The Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 (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 o ...
(c 46) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c 22) *The Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c 23) *The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (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 (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 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kin ...
(c 12) *The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (c 44) *The Scottish Land Court Act 1993 (c 45) *The Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c 46) *The Probation Service Act 1993 (c 47) *The Pension Schemes Act 1993 (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 The Social Security Administration Act 1992c 5 is the main piece of legislation dealing with the administration of social security benefits in the United Kingdom. History There has been various types of support for those without income in the UK ...
(c 5) *The Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c 6) *The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c 7) *The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c 8) *The Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c 9) *The Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c 12) *The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c 51) *The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (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 reindee ...
(c 54) *The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c 55) *The Water Industry Act 1991 (c 56) *The Water Resources Act 1991 (c 57) *The
Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislature, legislative authority that governs the legal entities of a city, State (polity), state, or country by way of consent. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare Public p ...
(c 58) *The
Land Drainage Act 1991 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 is ...
(c 59) The following are consolidation Acts: *The
Capital Allowances Act 1990 Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capitals, List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the dura ...
(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 ...
(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 ...
(c 9) *The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 (c 10) The following Acts are consolidation Acts: *The
Extradition Act 1989 The Extradition Act 2003 ( c.41) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulates extradition requests by and to the United Kingdom. The Act came into force on 1 January 2004. It transposed the European Arrest Warrant framework ...
(c 33) *The Opticians Act 1989 (c 44) *The
Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...
(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 (c 13) *The Court of Session Act 1988 (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 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 it ...
(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 peopl ...
(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 , summar ...
(c 46) *The
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 The Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56) 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 Overs ...
(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 (c 7) *The Company Securities (Insider Dealing) Act 1985 (c 8) *The Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (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 (c 17) *The
Housing Act 1985 The Housing Act 1985 is a British Act of Parliament. The act introduced laws relating to the succession of Council Houses.Wilson, W. (2014) ''Succession rights and social housing'', House of Commons Research Paper, SN/SP/1998, p. 2 It also facilit ...
(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 (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. In particular the function of the General Dental Council, dental bodies corporate {{unreferenced, date=July 2017 Dental bodies corporate ar ...
(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 Co ...
(c 28) *The Food Act 1984 (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 (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 Legis ...
(c 55) *The Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (c 56) *The Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (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 pe ...
(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 ment ...
(c 20) *The
Pilotage Act 1983 Piloting or pilotage is the process of Navigation, navigating on water or in the air using fixed points of reference on the sea or on land, usually with reference to a nautical chart or aeronautical chart to obtain a Fix (position), fix of the pos ...
(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 (c 55) The Pastoral Measure 1983 (No 1) is a consolidation Measure. The following are consolidation Acts: *The Agricultural Training Board Act 1982 (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 (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 t ...
(c 36) *The
Insurance Companies Act 1982 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 50) *The Industrial Development Act 1982 (c 52) The following are consolidation Acts: *The English Industrial Estates Corporation Act 1981 (c 13) *The
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...
(c 14) *The National Film Finance Corporation Act 1981 (c 15) *The Film Levy Finance Act 1981 (c 16) *The Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (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 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 elem ...
(c 63) *The
New Towns Act 1981 The New Towns Acts were a series of Act of Parliament (UK), 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 Com ...
(c 64) *The Trustee Savings Banks Act 1981 (c 65) *The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c 66) *The
Acquisition of Land Act 1981 The Acquisition of Land Act 1981c 67 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which concerns English land law and Compulsory purchase in England and Wales, compulsory purchase. Contents The Act regulates the conditions for granting a "Comp ...
(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 (c 7) *The Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c 9) *The Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 (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 (c 44) *The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c 45) *The Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c 46) *The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (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 breache ...
(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, customs ...
(c 2) *The Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (c 3) *The
Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predomin ...
(c 4) *The
Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 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 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 (biology), family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the curing of tobacco, cured leaves of these plants. Nicotiana#Species, M ...
(c 7) *The Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) Act 1979 (c 8) *The Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (c 11) *The Wages Councils Act 1979 (c 12) *The Agricultural Statistics Act 1979 (c 13) *The Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c 14) *The International Monetary Fund Act 1979 (c 29) *The Exchange Equalisation Account Act 1979 (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 inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal tria ...
(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 a ...
(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 produ ...
(c 3) *The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c 5) *The Export Guarantees and Overseas Investment Act 1978 (c 18) *The
Oaths Act 1978 The Oaths Act 1978 (c 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Part I of the Act applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Section 1 provides that an oath may be administered by the person taking the oath holding the New ...
(c 19) *The Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (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, subord ...
(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 (c 12) *The British Airways Board Act 1977 (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 (c 31) *The Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c 32) *The Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 (c 33) *The Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (c 34) *The Police Pensions Act 1976 (c 35) *The Adoption Act 1976 (c 36) *The Resale Prices Act 1976 (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 (c 70) *The Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (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 (c 16) *The Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Northern Ireland Old Cases) Act 1975 (c 17) *The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (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 (c 25) *The Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (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 (c 64) *The Recess Elections Act 1975 (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 (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 (c 49) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 (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 (c 5) *The
Summer Time Act 1972 Summer is the Heat, hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after Spring (season), spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark h ...
(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 (c 25) *The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c 52) *The
Contracts of Employment Act 1972 A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tran ...
(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 property ...
(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 (c 10) *The Hydrocarbon Oil (Customs and Excise) Act 1971 (c 12) *The Coinage Act 1971 (c 24) *The Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 (c 28) *The National Savings Bank Act 1971 (c 29) *The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c 32) *The Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (c 60) *The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c 62) *The
Town and Country Planning Act 1971 A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
(c 78) The following are consolidation Acts: *The
Taxes Management Act 1970 A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or ...
(c 9) *The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c 10) *The Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 (c 11) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1969 (c 16) *The Trustee Savings Banks Act 1969 (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 (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 Can ...
(c 19) *The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c 20) *The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 (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 (c 26) *The
Firearms Act 1968 The Firearms Act 1968c 27 is a UK Act of Parliament, controlling use and possession of firearms. Since 1968, the act has been extensively amended. Following the Hungerford massacre, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 extended the class of prohi ...
(c 27) *The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (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 (c 32) *The Air Corporations Act 1967 (c 33) *The Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1967 (c 34) *The Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1967 (c 42) *The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1967 (c 43) *The
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 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 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 (c 84) The following are consolidation Acts: *The
Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966 Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging * Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun ...
(c 4) *The Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c 38) *The Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 (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 repl ...
(c 12) *The Dangerous Drugs Act 1965 (c 15) *The National Insurance Act 1965 (c 51) *The
National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 National Insurance (NI) is a fundamental component of the welfare state in the United Kingdom. It acts as a form of social security, since payment of NI contributions establishes entitlement to certain state benefits for workers and their famil ...
(c 52) *The
Family Allowances Act 1965 Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideal ...
(c 53) *The
National Health Service Contributions Act 1965 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, c ...
(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 * ...
(c 57) *The Ministerial Salaries Consolidation Act 1965 (c 58) *The
New Towns Act 1965 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 59) *The Hire-Purchase Act 1965 (c 66) *The Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 (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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Legislation Legislation is the process or result of enrolled bill, enrolling, enactment of a bill, enacting, or promulgation, promulgating laws by a legislature, parliament, or analogous Government, governing body. Before an item of legislation becomes law i ...
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United Kingdom legislation The United Kingdom has four legal systems, each of which derives from a particular geographical area for a variety of historical reasons: English and Welsh law, Scots law, Northern Ireland law, and, since 2007, purely Welsh law (as a result of ...
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Codification (law) In law, codification is the process of collecting and restating the law of a jurisdiction in certain areas, usually by subject, forming a legal code, i.e. a codex (book) of law. Codification is one of the defining features of civil law jurisd ...


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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