List of acts of the 4th session of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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This is a list of acts of the 4th session of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which ran from 3 November 1982[1] until 13 May 1983.[2]
Acts passed since 1963 are
personal acts. These run as separate series.[5]
61 acts of Parliament were passed by the 48th Parliament in its 4th session: 51 public general acts and 10 local acts.
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Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | National Heritage Act 1983   | 1983 c. 47 | 13 May 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to establish Boards of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, the Armouries and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to transfer property to them and confer functions on them, to make provision in relation to government grants to, and employment by, armed forces museums, to establish a Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, to confer functions on the Commission, to dissolve the Historic Buildings Council for England and the Ancient Monuments Board for England, to amend certain enactments relating to the heritage, and for connected purposes. | ||||||
- ^ Although passed 1983, and despite the heading to the Queen's Printer edition stating that the Act is the Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1983 (which is how the Act is invariably cited), the section granting the short title in the Act itself deems that the Act is the "Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1982".[6]
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Hampshire Act 1983 | 1983 c. v | 9 May 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to re-enact with amendments and to extend certain local enactments in force within the county of Hampshire; to confer further powers on the Hampshire County Council and local authorities in the county; to make further provision with regard to the environment, local government, improvement, health and finances of the county; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1983 c. vi | 13 May 1983 | |||||
An Act to empower Sealink Harbours Limited to construct works and to acquire land at Parkeston Quay; to confer further powers on the Company; and for other purposes. | ||||||
- ^ Although passed in 1983, the short title specifies the year 1982.
Notes
References
- ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 239, p. 3.
- ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 240, 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.
- ^ Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1983, 1983 c. 26, s. 2(1).