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

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

Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary procedure is the accepted rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings of an assembly or organization. Its object is to allow orderly deliberation upon questions of interest to the organization and thus to arrive at the sense or t ...

. 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 law, oral or customary law; or regulatory law promulgated by the Executive (government), executive or common law of the judiciary. Statutes may or ...

. 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 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 ...

stamp Stamp or Stamps or Stamping may refer to: Official documents and related impressions * Postage stamp, used to indicate prepayment of fees for public mail * Ration stamp, indicating the right to rationed goods * Revenue stamp, used on documents to ...

s 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 multip ...

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 ...

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

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

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 owne ...

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 t ...

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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 p ...

s, such as those relating to

railway 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 pre ...

and

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...

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

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, 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

royal assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in other ...

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 ...

, which consolidated into a single Act parts of

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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 Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provides a procedure for including "minor corrections and improvements" ...

. 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 (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 (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 largely ...

(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 Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. The evolution of forethought, the capacity to think ahead, is consi ...

(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 conso ...

(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 (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 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 Employment ...

(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 (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 (c 22) *The Good Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) 1995 (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 product (business), goods and services related to the primary operations of the business. Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some compa ...

(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 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 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 this ...

(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 A ...

(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 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kin ...

(c 12) *The

Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer, especially in rural area ...

(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 fo ...

(c 46) *The

Probation Service Act 1993 Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by the court often in lieu of incarceration. In some jurisdictions, the term ''probation'' applies only to community sentences (alternatives to incarceration), such ...

(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 ...

(c 48) *The

Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payment ...

(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 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 (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 th ...

(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 con ...

(c 52) *The

Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which sets out the powers and functions of the Council on Tribunals.{{cite web , url=http://www.lawteacher.net/Admin%20Tribunals.php , title=Administrative Tribu ...

(c 53) The following are consolidation Acts: *The Deer Act 1991 (c 54) *The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (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 A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs the legal entities of a city, state, or country by way of consent. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. Statutes are rules made by le ...

(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 isla ...

(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 capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...

(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 to consolidate certain enactments relating to special controls in respect of hazardous substances with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the ...

(c 10) The following Acts are consolidation Acts: *The

Extradition Act 1989 The Extradition Act 2003 (List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 2000–present#2003, c.41) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulates extradition requests by and to the United Kingdom. The ...

(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 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, correc ...

(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. For ...

(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 ...

(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 drivi ...

(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 people to ...

(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. 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 d ...

(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 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 (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 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 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 Cou ...

(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 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 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 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 ide ...

(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 A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

(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 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 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 The Broadcasting Act 1981 (c. 68) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The effect of the Act was to consolidate the previous Independent Broadcasting Acts 1973, 1974 and 1978 and the Broadcasting Act 1980. The Act was repealed by ...

(c 68) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Child Care Act 1980 A child ( : children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger t ...

(c 5) *The

Foster Children Act 1980 Foster may refer to: People * Foster (surname) * Foster Brooks (1912–2001), American actor * Foster Moreau (born 1997), American football player * Foster Sarell (born 1998), American football player * John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), American ...

(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 Overseas may refer to: * ''Overseas'' (album), a 1957 album by pianist Tommy Flanagan and his trio *Overseas (band), an American indie rock band * "Overseas" (song), a 2018 song by American rappers Desiigner and Lil Pump * "Overseas" (Tee Grizzley ...

(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 h ...

(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 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 (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 Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...

(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 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 to ...

(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 damages ...

(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 Supply may refer to: *The amount of a resource that is available **Supply (economics), the amount of a product which is available to customers **Materiel, the goods and equipment for a military unit to fulfill its mission *Supply, as in confidenc ...

(c 9) *The

Social Security Act 1975 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 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 Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life (healthcare), quality of life. Nurses may be diffe ...

(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 (c 66) *The Airports Authority Act 1975 (c 78) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Slaughterhouses Act 1974 A slaughterhouse, also called abattoir (), is a facility where animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a packaging facility. Slaughterhouses that produce meat that is no ...

(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 Parliament, 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 circum ...

(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 which ...

(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 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 pla ...

(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 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 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 The Coinage Act 1971 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which consolidated prior coinage-related enactments relating to the country's coinage. Among its provisions, the term legal tender was redefined and confirms that the Chancell ...

(c 24) *The Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 (c 28) *The

National Savings Bank Act 1971 National Savings and Investments (NS&I), formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings, is a state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. It is both a non-ministerial government department and an executive agency of HM Treasu ...

(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 crimin ...

(c 60) *The

Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocate who appears before a court with a single ...

(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 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. For ...

(c 10) *The Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 (c 11) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1969 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 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 Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...

(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 prohibi ...

(c 27) *The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c 31) The following are consolidation Acts: *The

Plant Health Act 1967 Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude ...

(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 The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (french: Régime de retraite des enseignantes et des enseignants de l'Ontario) is an independent organization responsible for administering defined-benefit pensions for school teachers of the Canadian pr ...

(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 The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of water, body of saline water, salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote List of seas, second-order sections of ...

(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 it ...

(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. Ideall ...

(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 *Nuclear ...

(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 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 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 Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...

(c 21) and the

Licensing Act 1964 Licensing Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to licensing. List * Licensing Order of 1643, an Act imposing pre-publication censorship and prompting Milton to write ''Areopagitica''. ...

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

References

External links

The Joint Committee on Consolidation BillsThe United Kingdom Parliament
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