Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An Act for making perpetual so much of an Act, made in the thirty-fifth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, [p] for better securing the Duties on Glass, as was to continue in force for a limited Time; and to continue several Laws relating to the granting a Bounty upon certain Species of British and Irish Linens exported, and taking off ...
For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland. For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts ...
An Act for continuing the Term of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for building a Bridge over the River Severn, at or near to the Mythe Hill within the Parish and near to the Town of Tewkesbury in the County of Gloucester, to the opposite Side of the said River in the ...
Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland. For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland .
Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number. All modern acts have a short title, e.g. "the Local Government Act 2003".
Two acts were passed in 1800 with the same long title: An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The short title of the act of the British Parliament is Union with Ireland Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67), assigned by the Short Titles Act 1896. The short title of the act of the Irish Parliament is Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 (40 Geo. 3. c.
An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His King George the Second, [a] intituled "An Act to restrain and prevent the excessive Increase of Races; and for amending an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, [b] intituled 'An Act for more effectual preventing of excessive and deceitful Gaming,'" as ...
The Combinations of Workmen Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4.c. 129) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which prohibited trade unions from attempting to collectively bargain for better terms and conditions at work, with the exception of increased wages and better working hours, and suppressed the right to strike.