List of acts of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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This is a list of acts of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which consisted of a single session that ran from 6 March 1974[1] until 20 September 1974.[2]
Acts passed since 1963 are
personal acts. These run as separate series.[5]
71 acts of Parliament were passed by the 46th Parliament in its only session: 42 public general acts and 29 local acts.
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Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Friendly Societies Act 1974   | 1974 c. 46 | 31 July 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to consolidate the Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 1971 and certain other enactments relating to the societies to which those Acts apply with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. | ||||||
1974 c. 47 | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to consolidate the Solicitors Acts 1957 to 1974 and certain other enactments relating to solicitors. | ||||||
1974 c. 48 | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to amend the law relating to the British Railways Board; to make provision for the performance by the Secretary of State of functions in relation to the Board under certain regulations of the Council of the European Communities relating to transport; to make provision with respect to certain pension schemes; to make provision for grants in connection with freight haulage facilities; to make provision with respect to the chairmen of Transport Consultative Committees; and for connected purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. 49 | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to consolidate, with certain exceptions, the provisions of the Insurance Companies Acts 1958 to 1973. | ||||||
1974 c. 50 | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to make further provision with respect to road traffic and operators' licences, and for connected purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. 51 | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to amend the Rent Act 1968 and the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 and the provisions of Part II of the Housing Finance Act 1972 and of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 relating to rent allowances, and for connected purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. 52 | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to repeal the Industrial Relations Act 1971; to make provision with respect to the law relating to trade unions, employers' associations, workers and employers, including the law relating to unfair dismissal, and with respect to the jurisdiction and procedure of industrial tribunals; and for connected purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. 53 | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to rehabilitate offenders who have not been reconvicted of any serious offence for periods of years, to penalise the unauthorised disclosure of their previous convictions, to amend the law of defamation, and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||||
- ^ The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 is sometimes referred to as the "Health and Safety Act 1974" or the "Health and Safety at Work Act 1974".
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | British Waterways Act 1974 | 1974 c. xxiii | 31 July 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to empower the British Waterways Board to construct works and to acquire lands; to confer further powers on the Board; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxiv | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to confer further powers upon the Greater London Council and other authorities; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxv | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to confer powers on the Thurrock Borough Council for the control of the brown tail moth; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxvi | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to empower the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to provide facilities for water sports; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxvii | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to make provision for the transfer to New Zealand of the registered office of Wrightson NMA Limited; for the cesser of application to that company of provisions of the Companies Acts 1948 to 1967; and for other purposes incidental thereto. | ||||||
1974 c. xxviii | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to transfer to the Cumbria County Council the undertaking of the Workington Harbour and Dock Company Limited; to empower the County Council to manage Workington Harbour; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxix | 31 July 1974 | |||||
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 1974 to 30th September 1975; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxx | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to authorise the county council of the county of Orkney to exercise harbour jurisdiction and powers in respect of development, including powers to license the construction of works and dredging, in certain areas of and adjacent to the county, and in connection therewith to acquire lands compulsorily; and for other purposes. | ||||||
Notes
References
- ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 230, p. 3.
- ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 231, p. 2.
- ^ Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 1.
- ^ 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.).
- ^ Erskine May, para. 30.75, archived from the original on 9 September 2021, retrieved 9 September 2021.