List of acts of the 2nd session of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of acts of the 2nd session of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which ran from 31 October 1967[1] until 25 October 1968.[2]

Acts passed since 1963 are

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

120 acts of Parliament were passed by the 44th Parliament in its 2nd session: 76 public general acts and 44 local acts.

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Public general acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Clean Air Act 1968
1968 c. 62
25 October 1968
An Act to make further provision for abating the pollution of the air.
1968 c. 63
25 October 1968
An Act to make further provision for enabling courts to sit in private and for preventing or restricting publicity for certain proceedings.
1968 c. 64
25 October 1968
An Act to amend the law of evidence in relation to civil proceedings, and in respect of the privilege against self-incrimination to make corresponding amendments in relation to statutory powers of inspection or investigation.
1968 c. 65
25 October 1968
An Act to make further provision with respect to gaming; and for purposes connected therewith.
1968 c. 66
25 October 1968
An Act to amend Part I of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 and to make further provision as to agreements conflicting with Free Trade agreements.
1968 c. 67
25 October 1968
An Act to make new provision with respect to medicinal products and related matters, and for purposes connected therewith.
1968 c. 68
25 October 1968
An Act to amend the law relating to the copyright of the design of certain manufactured articles, and for connected purposes.
1968 c. 69
25 October 1968
An Act to make further provision for confining the office of justice of the peace to persons selected for it, and terminating the appointment of stipendiary magistrates under local Acts, and for matters arising thereout, and to forward in other respects the proper discharge of the functions of justices by amending the law as to age limits, payment of allowances, powers and qualifications of justices' clerks and their assistants and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith.
1968 c. 70
25 October 1968
An Act to amend the law of Scotland relating to succession to the property of deceased persons in cases of illegitimacy; to confer on illegitimate persons in Scotland the right to legitim out of their deceased parents' estates; to amend the law of Scotland with respect to the construction of certain provisions made by deed or otherwise; to extend the provisions of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 to tenancies of crofts; to amend the law of evidence in civil proceedings in Scotland; to re-enact, with amendments, the provisions of certain enactments relating to the duration of liferents in Scotland; to amend section 15(1) of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964; further to amend the law of Scotland relating to prorogation of the jurisdiction of the sheriff court; to remove a restriction on the extent of land in Scotland which a trade union may purchase or take upon lease and otherwise deal with; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
1968 c. 71
25 October 1968
An Act to make fresh provision with respect to discrimination on racial grounds, and to make provision with respect to relations between people of different racial origins.
1968 c. 72
25 October 1968
An Act to amend the law relating to town and country planning, the compulsory acquisition of land and the disposal of land by public authorities; to make provision for grants for research relating to, and education with respect to, the planning and design of the physical environment; to extend the purposes for which Exchequer contributions may be made under the Town Development Act 1952; and for connected purposes.
1968 c. 73
25 October 1968
An Act to make further provision with respect to transport and related matters.

Local acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Port of London Act 1968
1968 c. xxxii
26 July 1968
An Act to consolidate with amendments the statutory provisions relating to the Port of London Authority; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xxxiii
26 July 1968
An Act to authorise the Medway Water Board to construct works and to acquire lands; to empower the Board and the Mid Kent Water Company to enter into agreements for certain purposes; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xxxiv
26 July 1968
An Act to empower the British Railways Board to construct works and to acquire lands; to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of certain lands and the completion of certain works; to confer further powers on the Board; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xxxv
26 July 1968
An Act to empower the British Railways Board to construct works and to acquire lands; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xxxvi
26 July 1968
An Act to make provision in relation to the offices of chairman and deputy chairman of the Cheshire Court of Quarter Sessions; to confer further powers on the Cheshire County Council and local authorities in the administrative county of the county palatine of Chester in relation to amenities, lands, industrial development and highways and the local government, improvement, health and finances of the county; to enact provisions with respect to tattooists; to make further provisions for the superannuation of employees; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xxxvii
26 July 1968
An Act to make further provision with respect to the discharge of electoral duties in the city of London; the provision of facilities at the Central Criminal Court and other places in the city; the investment of moneys by the Corporation of London; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xxxviii
26 July 1968
An Act to confer further powers on the Durham County Council and on local, highway and other authorities in the administrative county of Durham in relation to lands, amenities, highways and the local government, improvement, health and finances of the county and of the boroughs and districts therein; to make further provision with reference to the Tyne Tunnel and for other purposes.
1968 c. xxxix
26 July 1968
An Act to confer further powers upon the Greater London Council and other authorities; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xl
26 July 1968
An Act to confer further powers on the lord mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Leicester, to make further provision with regard to the health, local government, welfare, improvement and finances of the city; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xli
26 July 1968
An Act to regulate the expenditure on capital account and on lending to other persons by the Greater London Council during the financial period from 1st April 1968 to 30th September 1969; and for other purposes.
1968 c. xlii
25 October 1968
An Act to confer further powers upon the lord mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, to make further provision with regard to the health, local government, welfare, improvement and finances of the city; and for other purposes.
  1. ^ Although passed in 1967, the short title specifies the year 1966.

Notes

References

  1. ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 223, p. 3.
  2. ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 223, pp. 406–7.
  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.