List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1859
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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1859.
Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either
list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland
.
For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
The number shown after each
Arabic numerals
in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".
Some of these acts have a
short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896
.
22 Vict.
The third session of the
17th Parliament of the United Kingdom
, which met from 3 February 1859 until 19 April 1859.
Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Appropriation Act 1859 (repealed) | 22 Vict. c. 23 | 19 April 1859 | ||
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An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 24 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to render valid certain Marriages in the Church of Saint James Baldersby in the County of York. | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 25 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act for the Government of the Convict Prisons in Her Majesty's Dominions Abroad | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 26 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to amend the Laws concerning Superannuations and other Allowances to Persons having held Civil Offices in the Public Service. | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 27 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to facilitate Grants of Land to be made near populous Places for the Use of Regulated Recreation of Adults, and as Playgrounds for Children. | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 28 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to continue the Act for the Regulation of the Annuities and Premiums of the Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society. | ||||||
Poor Law Charges Act 1859 (repealed) | 22 Vict. c. 29 | 19 April 1859 | ||||
An Act to continue the Act for charging the Maintenance of certain Paupers upon the Union Funds. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 30 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to amend the Confirmation and Probate Act, 1858. | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 31 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Local Government Act (1858). | ||||||
Provisional Order authorizing the borrowing of 8,500l. by the Worthing Local Board of Health, and the reborrowing of so much of their present Debt of 15,000l. as is still owing by the said Board. | ||||||
Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Nantwich Local Board of Health. | ||||||
Provisional Order repealing and altering Parts of a Local Act in force within the District of the Worthing Local Board of Health. | ||||||
Provisional Order for altering the Boundaries of the District of Newton Heath in the County Palatine of Lancaster, as constituted for the Purposes of the Public Health Act, 1848. | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 32 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to amend the Law concerning the Remission of Penalties. | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 33 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to enable Coroners in England to admit to Bail Persons charged with Manslaughter. | ||||||
Combination of Workmen Act 1859 (repealed) | 22 Vict. c. 34 | 19 April 1859 | ||||
An Act to amend and explain an Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth,[c] to repeal the Laws relating to the Combination of Workmen and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. (Repealed by Criminal Law Amendment Act 1871) | ||||||
22 Vict. c. 35 | 19 April 1859 | |||||
An Act to amend the Law relating to Municipal Elections. | ||||||
- 9 & 10 Vict.c. 95)
- 11 & 12 Vict.c. 133)
- 6 Geo. 4. c. 129)
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Great Northern Railway Act 1859 | 22 Vict. c. xxxv | 3 February 1859[a] | ||
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An Act to facilitate the Communication between the Great Northern Railway and the North London Railway; to improve the Station of the Great Northern Railway at King's Cross; and to enable the Great Northern Railway Company to make Arrangements with regard to certain Parts of their Capital and that of the East Lincolnshire Railway Company. | ||||||
Private acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
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| Long title | ||||
22 Vict. c. 1 | 3 February 1859[a] | |||
An Act to authorize Charles Frederick Clifton Esquire and the Lady Edith Maud his Wife, and their Issue, to assume and bear the Surnames of "Abney Hastings" in lieu of the Surname of Clifton, and to bear the Arms of "Abney" and "Hastings" in compliance with the Condition contained in a Settlement made by Sir Charles Abney Hastings Baronet, deceased, of certain Estates in the Counties of Derby and Leicester. | ||||
22 Vict. c. 2 | 3 February 1859[a] | |||
An Act to enable Thomas Augustus Purdy Clerk to exercise his Office of Priest and to hold any Benefice or Preferment in the United Church of England and Ireland. | ||||
Sources
- A Collection of the Public General Statutes, Passed in the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1859 – via Google Books.
- Richards, George Kettilby (1859). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 22 Victoria, 1859. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode – via Internet Archive.
22 & 23 Vict.
The first session of the
18th Parliament of the United Kingdom
, which met from 31 May 1859 until 13 August 1859.
Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1859[11] | 22 & 23 Vict. c. 51 | 8 August 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain. | ||||||
Local Government Supplemental Act 1859 (No. 2)[12] or the Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) Act 1859[13] | 22 & 23 Vict. c. 11 | 8 August 1859 | ||||
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Local Government Act (1858).[c]
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Leamington Provisional Order 1859 Provisional Order for altering the Boundaries of the District of Leamington in the County of Warwick, and the Day of Election of the Local Board of the said District.
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Teignmouth Provisional Order 1859 Provisional Order repealing and altering Parts of a Local Act in force within the District of the Teignmouth Local Board, and providing for the future execution thereof.
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Wigan Provisional Order 1859 Provisional Order repealing and altering Parts of a Local Act in force within the District of the Wigan Local Board of Health.
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Wigan (Borrowing Powers) Provisional Order 1859 Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Wigan Local Board of Health.
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Battle Provisional Order 1859 Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Battle Local Board of Health.
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Knighton Provisional Order 1859 Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Knighton Local Board of Health.
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Cardiff Provisional Order 1859 Provisional Order putting in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, within the District of the Cardiff Local Board of Health, in the County of Glamorgan, for the Purchase of Lands by the said Board for Improvements.
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Derby Provisional Order 1859 Provisional Order repealing an Exemption from Rating under a Local Act in force within the District of the Derby Local Board of Health.
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22 & 23 Vict. c. 59 | 13 August 1859 | |||||
An Act to enable Railway Companies to settle their Differences with other Companies by Arbitration. | ||||||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 60 | 13 August 1859 | |||||
An Act to extend the Powers of an Act passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred and eleven, relating to the laying down of Railways at Holyhead Harbour. | ||||||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 61 | 13 August 1859 | |||||
An Act to make further Provision concerning the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. | ||||||
Bankruptcy, etc. (Ireland) Act 1859 (repealed) | 22 & 23 Vict. c. 62 | 13 August 1859 | ||||
An Act to amend the Irish Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (1857)[h] (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) | ||||||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 63 | 13 August 1859 | |||||
An Act to afford Facilities for the more certain Ascertainment of the Law administered in one Part of Her Majesty's Dominions when pleaded in the Courts of another Part thereof. | ||||||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 64 | 13 August 1859 | |||||
An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages of British Subjects at Lisbon. | ||||||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 63 | 13 August 1859 | |||||
An Act for amending the Acts for the better Regulation of Divisions in the several Counties of England and Wales. | ||||||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 66 | 13 August 1859 | |||||
An Act for regulating Measures used in Sales of Gas. | ||||||
- 17 & 18 Vict.c ?)
- 20 & 21 Vict.c. 45)
- 21 & 22 Vict.c. 98)
- 54 Geo. 3. c. 15)
- 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 62)
- 16 & 17 Vict.c. ccvii)
- 17 & 18 Vict.c. 102)
- 20 & 21 Vict.c. 60)
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Wells and Fakenham Railway Act 1859 | 22 & 23 Vict. c. cxxxix | 31 May 1859[a] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n Act to extend the Wells and Fakenham Railway to and along Wells Quays, and for other Purposes. | ||||||
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Private acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
22 & 23 Vict. c. 5 | 13 August 1859 | |||
An Act for effecting a Partition of the Landed Estates of Josiah Robins deceased in and near to Birmingham and elsewhere, and for facilitating the Erection and Endowment of a Church thereon, and for authorizing the Application of Moneys, subject to the Trusts of his Will, towards the Expenses of making Bridges for the Benefit of Parts of his Estates; and for other Purposes. | ||||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 6 | 31 May 1859[b] | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Sandwith Esquire with Georgina Mary his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. | ||||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 7 | 31 May 1859[b] | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James Edward Dickinson, a Surgeon in the Honourable East India Company's Service in the East Indies, with Henrietta Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. | ||||
Sources
- A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1859 – via Google Books.
- Richards, George Kettilby (1859). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 22 & 23 Victoria, 1859. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode – via Internet Archive.
See also
References
- ^ a b c This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act.
- ^ Paterson (ed), The Practical Statutes of the Session, p iii
- ^ a b Old Scottish
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STA1896was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 59 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 22 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 19 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 15 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 5 of this act.
- ^ Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 112
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 57 of this act.
- ^ Chitty's Statutes, 5th Ed, vol 11.
- ^ Short title given by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No. 28)
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 36 of this act.
- ^ The schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1892, and the schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1893, say that this is the title of the act.
- 28 & 29 Vict.c 35) provides that, throughout that act, this act shall be distinguished by this short title.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 9 of this act.
- ^ Current Law Statutes 1995, vol 4, p 48.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 14 of this act.
- 30 & 31 Vict.c. 142)
- ^ Current Law Statutes 1997, vol 3, p 63. Mcconville, A History of English Prison Administration, p 487.
- ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
- ^ a b This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act.
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- short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.