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relating to labour relations, which together with the

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, fully decriminalised the work of

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s. Based on an extension of the conclusions of the Cockburn Commission, it was introduced by a

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.Review of Governments, Labour, and the law in mid-Victorian Britain: the trade union legislation of the 1870s
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was decriminalised. The law also made certain forms of

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illegal. Sections 6 and 7 of this Act were repealed for the

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by the

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, section 31 and Schedule. The Act has been repealed by the

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of South Australia, the

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of Tasmania, and the

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of Western Australia,Fleming, John G. The Law of Torts
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Law Book Company of Australasia. 1965. p 666. were derived from the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875.

References

*Thomas James Arnold. The Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 86), and the Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 90). Shaw & Sons. Fetter Lane and Crane Court, London. 1876
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*George Howell. A Handy-Book of the Labour Laws. Third Edition, Revised. Macmillan & Co. London (and New York). 1895. Chapters 4 and 5. Page
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