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c. 12), commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the amendment of the Sugar Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and avoid humiliation.
An Act to empower the British Transport Commission to construct works and to acquire lands, to authorise the closing to navigation of portions of certain waterways, to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of certain lands and the completion of certain works, to confer further powers on the Commission; and for other purposes.
National Insurance (Modification of the Police Pensions Act 1948) Regulations 1962 (SI 1962/2755) British Transport Reorganisation (Pensions of Employees) (No. 3) Order 1962 (SI 1962/2758) Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (South West Africa) Order 1962 (SI 1962/2788) Pipe-lines Act 1962 (Commencement) Order 1962 (SI 1962/2790)) British ...
The Declaration describes what colonists viewed as the effort of the British Parliament to extend its jurisdiction into the colonies following the Seven Years' War. Objectionable policies listed in the Declaration include taxation without representation, extended use of vice admiralty courts, the several Coercive Acts, and the Declaratory Act ...
An Act to empower the British Transport Commission to construct works and to acquire lands, to authorise the closing to navigation of portions of certain canals, to enact schemes for the redevelopment of parts of the Ashton Canal and the Dearne and Dove Canal, to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of certain lands and the completion of ...
Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962; J. Jamaica Independence Act 1962; L. Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1962; T. Transport Act 1962; Trinidad and Tobago ...
2 November – Greville Wynne, a British trader acting as a courier for MI6, is arrested by the KGB in Budapest and imprisoned in Moscow after confessing to espionage. [ 43 ] 17 November – Seaham life-boat George Elmy capsizes entering harbour after service to coble Economy : all five crew and four of the five survivors are killed.
The Declaratory Act removed the ability for any in Ireland to speak for the people of Ireland, and it was necessary for the act to be removed before the people could be heard. [54] However, such an attack on the Declaratory Act was common in Swift's works, and he constantly argued against the act by promoting Irish autonomy. [55]