List of acts of the 1st session of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of

acts of the 1st session of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which ran from 15 June 1983[1] until 31 October 1984.[2]

Acts passed since 1963 are

personal acts. These run as separate series.[5]

113 acts of Parliament were passed by the 49th Parliament in its 1st session: 73 public general acts and 40 local acts.

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Public general acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Inheritance Tax Act 1984[a]
1984 c. 51
31 July 1984
An Act to consolidate provisions of Part III of the Finance Act 1975 and other enactments relating to inheritance tax.[a]
1984 c. 52
31 July 1984
An Act to make further provision with respect to the contributory pensions schemes for Members of the House of Commons and for the holders of certain Ministerial and other offices; to increase the amount that may be appropriated under section 4(4) of the House of Commons Members' Fund Act 1948 for the alleviation of special hardship; and to provide for payments to be made, in certain circumstances, to persons who cease to hold Ministerial and other offices or to be Representatives to the Assembly of the European Communities.
1984 c. 53
31 July 1984
An Act to make provision for the composition of the Greater London Council and metropolitan county councils pending a decision by Parliament on their continued existence; to establish a commission for safeguarding the interests of local government staff employed by or in the areas of those authorities; to require those authorities and their officers to furnish information in connection with proposals for the abolition of those authorities and the transfer of their functions; to postpone the exercise of certain functions by or in relation to those authorities; to control the general expenditure powers of, and disposals of land and contracts made by, those authorities; and to confer rights in respect of the accounts and finances of those authorities on London borough councils, the Common Council and metropolitan district councils.
1984 c. 54
31 October 1984
An Act to make provision as regards roads in Scotland; and for connected purposes.
1984 c. 55
31 October 1984
An Act to consolidate certain enactments concerning building and buildings and related matters.
1984 c. 56
31 October 1984
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to foster children as they have effect in Scotland.
1984 c. 57
31 October 1984
An Act to amend the Co-operative Development Agency Act 1978 and confer power on the Secretary of State to dissolve the Agency; to amend the power in section 1 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 to designate assisted areas and to replace the provisions of Part II of that Act for the making of regional development grants.
1984 c. 58
31 October 1984
An Act to consolidate in relation to Scotland certain enactments relating to rents and tenants' rights and connected matters.
1984 c. 59
31 October 1984
An Act to make provision for the transfer to a company or companies of certain property, rights and liabilities to which Her Majesty or a Minister of the Crown is entitled or subject and which are attributable to the operations of the Royal Ordnance Factories; to make provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities to or from those and certain other companies; to make provision about their finances and about investment in them and their subsidiaries; to make provision for the extinguishment of certain liabilities concerning the Royal Ordnance Factories; to make provision about the powers of special constables in consequence of transfers; to make provision for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of certain sums required by the Secretary of State in relation to International Military Services Limited; and for connected purposes.
1984 c. 60
31 October 1984
An Act to make further provision in relation to the powers and duties of the police, persons in police detention, criminal evidence, police discipline and complaints against the police; to provide for arrangements for obtaining the views of the community on policing and for a rank of deputy chief constable; to amend the law relating to the Police Federations and Police Forces and Police Cadets in Scotland; and for connected purposes.
  1. ^ a b The original short title of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 was the Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984, but this was amended by the Finance Act 1986 on 25 July 1986. At the same time, the term "capital transfer tax" in the long title was amended to "inheritance tax".[6]

Local acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Warwick District Council Act 1984
1984 c. xxiv
31 October 1984
An Act to re-enact with amendments certain local enactments in force within the district of Warwick; to confer further powers on the Warwick District Council; and for other purposes.
1984 c. xxv
31 October 1984
An Act to empower London Regional Transport to construct works and to acquire lands; to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of certain lands; to confer further powers on London Regional Transport; and for other purposes.
1984 c. xxvi
31 October 1984
An Act to re-enact with amendments certain local enactments in force within the city of Kingston upon Hull; to authorise the Kingston upon Hull City Council to construct works and to confer further powers on the Council; to make further provision with regard to the environment, local government, improvement, health and finances of the city; and for other purposes.
1984 c. xxvii
31 October 1984
An Act to confer further powers upon the Greater London Council and other authorities; and for other purposes.
  1. ^ a b Although passed in 1984, the short title specifies the year 1983.

Notes

References

  1. ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 240, p. 3.
  2. ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 240, p. 789.
  3. ^ Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 1.
  4. ^ Law Commission; Scottish Law Commission, Report on the Interpretation Act 1889 and certain other enactments relating to the construction and operation of Acts of Parliament and other instruments (PDF), (Cmnd. 7235; Law Com. No. 90; Scot Law Com. No. 53, 1978) para. 7A; cf. An Act for shortening the Language used in Acts of Parliament, 13 & 14 Vict. c. 21, s. 3 (now rep.) and the Interpretation Act 1889, 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63, s. 35(1) (now rep.).
  5. ^ Erskine May, para. 30.75, archived from the original on 9 September 2021, retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. ^ Finance Act 1986, 1986 c. 41, s. 100(1).
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