List of acts of the 5th session of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of

acts of the 5th session of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which ran from 18 November 2009[1] until 8 April 2010.[2]

Acts passed since 1963 are

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

33 acts of Parliament were passed by the 54th Parliament in its 5th session: 30 public general acts and 3 local acts.

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Public general acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Personal Care at Home Act 2010
2010 c. 18
8 April 2010
An Act to amend section 15 of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 so as to remove the restriction on the period for which personal care may be provided free of charge to persons living at home; and to make consequential provision.
2010 c. 19
8 April 2010
An Act to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgagees and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.
2010 c. 20
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision about the use or supply of tanning devices that use artificial ultra-violet radiation; and for connected purposes.
2010 c. 21
8 April 2010
An Act to amend the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.
2010 c. 22
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision for or in connection with the relief of debts of certain developing countries.
2010 c. 23
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision about offences relating to bribery; and for connected purposes.
2010 c. 24
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision about the functions of the Office of Communications; to make provision about the online infringement of copyright and about penalties for infringement of copyright and performers' rights; to make provision about internet domain registries; to make provision about the functions of the Channel Four Television Corporation; to make provision about the regulation of television and radio services; to make provision about the regulation of the use of the electromagnetic spectrum; to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984; to make provision about public lending right in relation to electronic publications; and for connected purposes.
2010 c. 25
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision relating to the civil service of the State; to make provision in relation to section 3 of the Act of Settlement; to make provision relating to the ratification of treaties; to make provision relating to the counting of votes in parliamentary elections; to amend the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 and the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 and to make provision relating to pensions for members of the House of Commons, Ministers and other office holders; to make provision for treating members of the House of Commons and members of the House of Lords as resident, ordinarily resident and domiciled in the United Kingdom for taxation purposes; to amend the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 and to make corresponding provision in relation to Wales; to amend the Public Records Act 1958 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
2010 c. 26
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision about children with disabilities or special educational needs, school and other education, and governing bodies' powers; to make provision amending the Education Acts; to make provision about Local Safeguarding Children Boards; and to make provision about publication of information relating to family proceedings.
2010 c. 27
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision relating to the demonstration, assessment and use of carbon capture and storage technology; to make provision about reports on decarbonisation of electricity generation and development and use of carbon capture and storage technology; to make provision for requiring benefits to be provided by holders of gas or electricity supply licences; to make provision about functions of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; to make provision about general duties of the Secretary of State in relation to gas and electricity markets; to make provision about electricity generation licences; to make provision about persons authorised to supply gas or electricity; and for connected purposes.
2010 c. 28
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision amending the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, including provision about financial education, and other provision about financial services and markets; and to make provision for the administration of court funds by the Director of Savings.
2010 c. 29
8 April 2010
An Act to make provision about water, including provision about the management of risks in connection with flooding and coastal erosion
.

Local acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Manchester City Council Act 2010
2010 c. iii
8 April 2010
An Act to confer powers on Manchester City Council for the better control of street trading in the city of Manchester.

References

  1. ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 266, p. 1.
  2. ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons, vol. 266, p. 425.
  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.