List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1896
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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1896.
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 act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant
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". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.
All modern acts have a
short title, e.g. the Local Government Act 2003. Some earlier acts also have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896
.
59 & 60 Vict.
The second session of the
26th Parliament of the United Kingdom
, which met from 11 February 1896 until 14 August 1896.
Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Land Law (Ireland) Act 1896 | 59 & 60 Vict. c. 47 | 14 August 1896 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to further amend the Law relating to the Occupation and Ownership of Land in Ireland, and for other purposes relating thereto. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 48 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Light Railways in Great Britain. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 49 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to amend the Law relating to Law Agents and Notaries Public practising in Scotland. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 50 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to provide for Superannuation Allowances to Poor Law Officers and Servants, and for Contributions towards such Allowances by such Officers and Servants; and to make other relative provisions. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 51 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to prevent Abuse of the Process of the High Court or other Courts by the Institution of Vexatious Legal Proceedings. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 52 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Jurisdiction exerciseable in Cases relating to the Receipt or Possession of Stolen Property. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 53 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to amend the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1892. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 54 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to amend the Acts relating to Public Health in Ireland. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 55 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to make provisions relating to the offices of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the County of London. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 56 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to amend the Wild Birds Protection Acts. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 57 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to provide for the Trial of Burglaries by Courts of Quarter Sessions. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 58 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
Au Act for authorising the Treasury to guarantee the Interest on certain Capital of the West Highland Railway Company, and pay a Sum of Money to that Company. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 59 | 14 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to amend the Baths and Washhouses Acts. | ||||||
- 56 & 57 Vict.c. 73)
- 51 & 52 Vict.c. 41)
- ^ 53 & 54 Vict.c. 70)
- 57 & 58 Vict.c. 57)
- 47 & 48 Vict.c. 66)
- 50 & 51 Vict.c. 58)
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Metropolitan District Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1896  | 59 & 60 Vict. c. i | 11 February 1896[a] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
59 & 60 Vict. c. ii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. iii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxiv)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xiii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xiv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xx | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxiii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxiv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxx | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcii)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxx | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
(Repealed by Rhondda Corporation Act 1973 (c. xxiii)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxiii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxiv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxx | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxiii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxiv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
61 & 62 Vict. c. xc)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xc | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xci | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xciii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xciv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. c | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ci | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ciii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. civ | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cx | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
Cheshire County Council Act 1980 (c. xiii)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxiv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxx | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
County of Lancashire Act 1984 (c. xxi)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxlviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxlix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cl | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cli | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cliii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
Ribble Navigation Act 1896 (repealed) | 59 & 60 Vict. c. cliv | 11 February 1896[a] | ||||
(Repealed by Preston Borough Council Act 1981 (c. xxii)) | ||||||
Burntisland Harbour Act 1896 (repealed) | 59 & 60 Vict. c. clv | 11 February 1896[a] | ||||
(Repealed by Forth Ports Authority Order Confirmation Act 1969 (c. xxxiv)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clx | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
61 & 62 Vict. c. xlii)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxiii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxiv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxvii | 7 August 1896 | |||||
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to Abergele and Pensarn Bridgnorth Caerphilly Knighton Litherland Swansea and Teignmouth. | ||||||
Abergele and Pensarn, &c. Order 1896 Provisional Order for partially repealing certain Confirming Acts.
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Caerphilly Order 1896 Provisional Order to enable the Urban District Council of Caerphilly to put in force the Compulsory Clauses of the Lands Clauses Acts.
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Teignmouth Order 1896 Provisional Order to enable the Urban District Council of Teignmouth to put in force the Compulsory Clauses of the Lands Clauses Acts. | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
Staffordshire Act 1983 (c. xviii)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxxiii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxxiv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxxv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxxvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxxvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. xli)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccxxxv | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccxxxvi | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccxxxvii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccxxxviii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvi)) | ||||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccxlix | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccl | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccli | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. cclii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccliii | 11 February 1896[a] | |||||
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Private and personal acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long title | ||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 1 | 21 May 1896 | |||
An Act to confer upon Frederic, Lord Wolverton, and the Trustees of the property settled by a Deed of Arrangement, dated the 31st day of December 1888, in relation to the residuary real and personal estate of the late George Grenfell, Lord Wolverton, respectively, powers to raise money for the more speedy carrying out of certain of the objects of the said Deed; and to enable the grant of a jointure and portions by Frederic, Lord Wolverton, and for other purposes. | ||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 2 | 20 July 1896 | |||
An Act for empowering the Trustees of the Will of the late John Chambers of the Hurst Tibshelf in the County of Derby with the consent of the Chancery Division of the High Court to sell the Colliery Undertakings subject to his will to a Company or Companies limited by shares either wholly or partially for shares stock or securities and to retain such shares stock or securities as if authorised investments. | ||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 3 | 21 May 1896 | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Richard Hollingsworth Griffin, formerly of 154, Rathmines Road, in the County of Dublin, but now of 67, Stephen Street, in the City of Dublin, Mechanical Engineer, with Annie Beatrice Griffin, his now wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for other purposes. | ||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 4 | 2 July 1896 | |||
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of George Vance Scovell, of the Grosvenor Hotel, Dublin, Esquire, with Vivienne Scovell, his now wife; and to enable him to marry again, and for other purposes. | ||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 5 | 2 July 1896 | |||
An Act to Dissolve the Marriage of Robert Archer Ross Todd of Ballyshannon in the County of Donegal Solicitor with Sarah Gertrude Todd his now wife and to enable him to marry again and for other purposes. | ||||
59 & 60 Vict. c. 6 | 7 August 1896 | |||
An Act to naturalise Isaac Aaron Abensur, and to grant and confer upon him all the rights, privileges, and capacities of a natural-born subject of Her Majesty the Queen. | ||||