List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955
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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1955.
Acts passed before 1963 are
personal acts. These run as separate series.[3]
85 acts of Parliament were passed in 1955: 48 public general acts, 36 local acts and 1 personal act.
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3 & 4 Eliz. 2
Continuing the fourth session of the
40th Parliament of the United Kingdom
, which met from 30 November 1954 until 6 May 1955.
Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | British Museum Act 1955  | 3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 23 | 6 May 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to empower the Trustees of the British Museum to lend for the purposes of research objects comprised in the collections of the Natural History Departments of the British Museum and to destroy objects so comprised which have become useless by reason of infestation or physical deterioration. | ||||||
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 24 | 6 May 1955 | |||||
An Act to repeal the power to requisition land for housing purposes under Defence Regulations and transfer to local authorities in England and Wales the right to possession of requisitioned houses for a limited period; to make provision for the earlier release of such houses in certain cases and for matters connected therewith; to authorise payments out of moneys provided by Parliament in respect of expenditure of local authorities to whom the said right is transferred; to regulate the payment of sums issued out of the consolidated fund under subsection (1) of section eight of the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act, 1944; to amend sections ninety-four and one hundred and fifty of the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1950; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||||
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 25 | 6 May 1955 | |||||
An Act to enable effect to be given to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, and otherwise to make new provision for preventing the pollution of navigable waters by oil. | ||||||
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 26 | 6 May 1955 | |||||
An Act to make provision with respect to the allowing of free travel or reduced fares on public service vehicles run by local authorities and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||||
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 27 | 6 May 1955 | |||||
An Act to remove the limitations imposed by section one hundred and ninety-one of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, and by section fourteen of the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887, on the annual expenditure and the power to borrow money of county and town councils for and in connection with public libraries; to facilitate co-operation among statutory and non-statutory library authorities; to authorise the revocation of a decision to adopt the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887; and to extend the lending powers of statutory library authorities. | ||||||
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 28 | 6 May 1955 | |||||
An Act to prevent the dissemination of certain pictorial publications harmful to children and young persons. | ||||||
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 29 | 6 May 1955 | |||||
An Act to increase the income limit by reference to which persons may be excepted from liability to pay contributions under the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1954; to increase the weekly rate of remuneration by reference to which the weekly rate of such contributions payable by certain employed persons and their employers respectively falls to be determined; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||||
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Mersey Tunnel Act 1955  | 3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. vii | 6 May 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to amend certain financial and other provisions of the Mersey Tunnel Acts 1925 to 1949[c] and to confer further powers on the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee and for other purposes. | ||||||
- ^ 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)
- 20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. xx)
- 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. xxxii).
4 & 5 Eliz. 2
The first session of the
41st Parliament of the United Kingdom
, which met from 7 June 1955 until 5 November 1956.
Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Wireless Telegraphy (Blind Persons) Act 1955 | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 7 | 27 July 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to amend subsection (2) of section two of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 8 | 27 July 1955 | |||||
An Act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts and, in connection therewith, to amend the law as to costs in and transfers to the High Court, make further provision for the despatch of business in county courts by increasing the number of judges and otherwise, and provide for appeals from county courts on questions of fact, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 9 | 27 July 1955 | |||||
An Act to amend the law as respects rating and valuation for rating, and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 10 | 27 July 1955 | |||||
An Act to validate the election to the House of Commons of John Clarke George, Esquire, and Sir Roland Jennings, Knight, notwithstanding their holding certain offices, and to indemnify them from any penal consequences which they may have incurred by sitting and voting as members of that House. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 11 | 1 November 1955 | |||||
An Act to provide for the payment of gratuities to or in respect of certain former officials of the Government or Parliament of the Sudan; to increase the superannuation allowances of Sir Robert Howe, lately Governor-General of the Sudan; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 12 | 1 November 1955 | |||||
An Act to validate the election to the House of Commons of Christopher John Holland-Martin, Esquire, notwithstanding his holding the office of local Director of the Bank of New Zealand, and to indemnify him from any penal consequences which he may have incurred by sitting and voting as a member of that House. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 13 | 22 November 1955 | |||||
An Act to validate the election to the House of Commons of Charles Alfred Howell, Esquire, notwithstanding his holding the office or place of member of certain panels constituted in pursuance of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946, and the National Insurance Act, 1946, and to indemnify him from any penal consequences which he may have incurred by sitting and voting as a member of that House. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 14 | 22 November 1955 | |||||
An Act to provide for raising further money for the development of the postal, telegraphic and telephonic systems and of any other business of the Post Office; to make provision with respect to the application of sums arising from the sale of property acquired for the purposes of the Post Office; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 15 | 22 November 1955 | |||||
An Act to increase the limit on the contributions out of moneys provided by Parliament which may be made under section one of the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16 | 22 November 1955 | |||||
An Act to consolidate the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, the Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950, and the Food and Drugs Amendment Act, 1954, together with certain other enactments amending and supplementing Part V of the said Act of 1938 in relation to slaughterhouses and knackers' yards. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 17 | 21 December 1955 | |||||
An Act to increase certain taxes and otherwise to amend the law relating to the Public Revenue. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 18 | 21 December 1955 | |||||
An Act to provide for the employment of aliens and British protected persons in civil service under the Crown. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 19 | 21 December 1955 | |||||
An Act to extend the powers of friendly societies, and amend the Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1948; to make corresponding amendments for trade unions in relation to sums payable on the death of a member; to make provision with respect to the furnishing of information by the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance in connection with claims for benefit from friendly societies and trade unions; and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 20 | 21 December 1955 | |||||
An Act to make provision, by means of Exchequer grants and otherwise, for the improvement of certain roads situated in, or affording access to, livestock rearing areas; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 21 | 21 December 1955 | |||||
An Act to enable Her Majesty to withdraw personal diplomatic immunities from members of the diplomatic missions of certain foreign sovereign Powers and their families; and to exclude citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies from the enjoyment of such immunities. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 22 | 21 December 1955 | |||||
An Act to continue certain expiring laws. | ||||||
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Runcorn-Widnes Bridge Act 1955 | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxviii | 21 December 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to authorise a variation of the works authorised by the Cheshire and Lancashire County Councils (Runcorn-Widnes Bridge &c.) Act 1947 to amend that Act in certain respects and for other purposes. | ||||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxix | 21 December 1955 | |||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxx | 21 December 1955 | |||||
- ^ 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)
- 14 Geo. 6. c. viii)
Private and personal acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long title | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 1 | 21 December 1955 | |||
An Act for varying the provisions relating to property subject to the trusts of a settlement dated the fourteenth August nineteen hundred and forty-four of Arthur Robert third Baron Hillingdon. | ||||
See also
References
- ^ 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.).
- ^ Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 1.
- ^ Erskine May, para. 30.75, archived from the original on 9 September 2021, retrieved 9 September 2021.