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Local councils have powers to make byelaws under various Acts of Parliament. The power to make byelaws "for the good rule and government" of their area, granted by the Local Government Act 1972, appears to be very sweeping, however this power is greatly limited by the restriction that it cannot be used in connection with anything already covered under other legislation.
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For acts passed up until the Act of Union 1707: List of acts of the Parliament of England; List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland; List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland; For acts passed from 1801 onwards: List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; For acts of the modern devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom:
List of acts of the Scottish Parliament for the devolved Parliament established by the Scotland Act 1998; List of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the 1921–1972 Home Rule Parliament; List of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the devolved Assembly established in 1999
Each piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom ("Westminster") is known as an Act of Parliament. Each modern Act of Parliament has a title (also known as a "long title") and a short title. A short title provides a convenient name for referring to an individual Act, such as "Jamaica Independence Act 1962".
An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the First, intituled, "An Act for making perpetual so much of an Act made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, for the reviving and continuing several Acts therein mentioned, as relates to the building and repairing County Goals; and also ...
An Act for repealing a Clause in an Act made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to explain, amend, and reduce into One Act of Parliament, the General Laws now in being for regulating the Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England, and for other Purposes;" [n] which relates to the ...
An Act for appointing Commissioners for putting in Execution an Act of this Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a Land Tax, to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-two." [c] (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59))