Public Libraries Act is a stock

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used in the

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for legislation ("

Acts of Parliament Acts of Parliament, sometimes referred to as primary legislation, are texts of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council). In most countries with a parliamentary system of government, acts of parliament be ...

") relating to public libraries.

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* The

Public Libraries Act 1850 The Public Libraries Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict c.65) was an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which first gave local boroughs the power to establish free public libraries. The Act was the first legislative step in the creation of an enduring natio ...

(13 & 14 Vict c 65) * The Public Libraries (Ireland) Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict c 40) * The Public Libraries Amendment Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict c 54) * The Public Libraries (Ireland) Amendment Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict c 15) * The Public Libraries Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict c 37) * The Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict c 42) * The Public Libraries Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict c 53) * The

Public Libraries Amendment Act 1893 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 ...

(56 Vict c 11) * The

Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1894 ''Public Libraries'' is the official publication of the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). It is devoted exclusively to public libraries. The print edition is published six times a year and is a ...

(57 & 58 Vict c 20) * The

Public Libraries (Ireland) Act 1894 ''Public Libraries'' is the official publication of the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). It is devoted exclusively to public libraries. The print edition is published six times a year and is a ...

(57 & 58 Vict c 38) * The

Public Libraries (Ireland) Act 1902 The Public Libraries (Ireland) Act 1902 ( 2 Edw. 7. c. 20) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given the royal assent on 8 August 1902, and repealed in 1981. It amended the Public Libraries Act (Ireland) 1855 to al ...

(2 Edw 7 c 20) * The

Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1920 The Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1920 ( 10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 45) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It became law on 16 August 1920. It amended the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887, providing that with effect from ...

(10 & 11 Geo 5 c 45) * The

Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964c 75 is an act of the United Kingdom Parliament. It created a statutory duty for local authorities in England and Wales "to provide a comprehensive and efficient library A library is a collection o ...

Collective titles

* The Public Libraries Acts 1892 and 1893 was the

collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Construction of references to citation with a group ...

of the Public Libraries Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict c 53) and the Public Libraries Amendment Act 1893 (56 Vict c 11).The

Short Titles Act 1896 The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the ...

, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 * The Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts 1887 and 1894 was the collective title of the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict c 42) and the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 20). * The Public Libraries (Ireland) Acts 1855 to 1894 was the collective title of the acts of those years, relating to Ireland.

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