List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1960

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This is a list of

passed in 1960.

Acts passed before 1963 are

personal acts. These run as separate series.[3]

119 acts of Parliament were passed in 1960: 66 public general acts and 53 local acts.

indicates that an act is available to view at legislation.gov.uk, and indicates the location of the original act in the Parliamentary Archives.

Public general acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Cyprus Act 1960
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 52
29 July 1960
An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the establishment of an independent republic in Cyprus.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 53
29 July 1960
An Act to make provision for minimum standards of efficiency and safety in respect of oil-burning appliances; and for purposes connected therewith.
(Repealed by Consumer Protection Act 1961)
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 54
29 July 1960
An Act to amend the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act, 1951, so as to give to river boards powers to deal with new outlets and new discharges of trade or sewage effluent into tidal waters or parts of the sea.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 55
29 July 1960
An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by Nigeria of fully responsible status within the Commonwealth.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56
29 July 1960
An Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent or unnecessary enactments.
Films Act 1960 (repealed)
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 57
29 July 1960
An Act to consolidate the Cinematograph Films Acts, 1938 to 1960.
(Repealed by Films Act 1985)
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 58
29 July 1960
An Act to replace with new provisions the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 to 1939, and other enactments relating to charities, to repeal the mortmain Acts, to make further provision as to the powers exercisable by or with respect to charities or with respect to gifts to charity, and for purposes connected therewith.
(Repealed by Charities Act 2006)
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 59
29 July 1960
An Act to amend the law with respect to the revocation of adoption orders in cases of legitimation, and to make further provision in connection with the revocation of such orders under section twenty-six of the Adoption Act, 1958.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 60
29 July 1960
An Act to amend the law with respect to betting and gaming and to make certain other amendments with a view to securing consistency and uniformity in, and facilitating the consolidation of, the said law and the law with respect to lotteries; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
(Repealed by Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963)
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 61
29 July 1960
An Act to repeal the Lunacy (Scotland) Acts, 1857 to 1913, and the Mental Deficiency (Scotland) Acts, 1913 and 1940; to make fresh provision with respect to the reception, care and treatment of persons suffering, or appearing to be suffering, from mental disorder, and with respect to their property and affairs; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 62
29 July 1960
An Act to make further provision for the licensing and control of caravan sites, to authorise local authorities to provide and operate caravan sites, to amend the law relating to enforcement notices and certain other notices issued under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, to amend sections twenty-six and one hundred and three of that Act and to explain other provisions in the said Part III; and for connected purposes.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 63
29 July 1960
An Act to facilitate the enforcement and administration of the law relating to road traffic and to vehicles on roads by providing for the punishment without a prosecution of offences in connection with lights or reflectors on vehicles, or with obstruction, waiting, parking and kindred matters, and for the employment of traffic wardens in aid of the police; to amend the law with respect to parking places, the regulation of traffic and the costs of removing and storing vehicles and to provide for the disposal of abandoned vehicles; to make temporary amendments of the law relating to highways in the metropolitan police district and the City of London; to make provision as to the effect of regulations made or having effect as if made under section sixty-four of the Road Traffic Act, 1960; and for purposes connected with or arising out of the matters aforesaid.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 64
29 July 1960
An Act to amend the law relating to building societies.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65
27 October 1960
An Act to make further provision for appeals to the House of Lords in criminal cases; to amend the law relating to contempt of court, habeas corpus and certiorari; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 66
27 October 1960
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Council, boards and disciplinary committees for certain professions supplementary to medicine; to provide for the registration of members of those professions, for regulating their professional education and professional conduct and for cancelling registration in cases of misconduct; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 67
27 October 1960
An Act to provide for the admission of representatives of the press and other members of the public to the meetings of certain bodies exercising public functions.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 68
27 October 1960
An Act to make new provisions in respect of the control of noise and vibration with a view to their abatement.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 69
27 October 1960
An Act to amend the provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1960, relating to the ages at which and the conditions subject to which persons may drive motor cycles and may obtain licences for that purpose.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 1
20 December 1960
An Act to provide for United Kingdom contributions towards the cost of certain works for the Indus river basin.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 2
20 December 1960
An Act to amend the British North America Act, 1867.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 3
20 December 1960
An Act to provide for the appointment of additional judges of the High Court and Court of Appeal; and to make further provision with respect to the pensions of certain judicial officers.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 4
20 December 1960
An Act to continue certain expiring laws.
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963)
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 5
20 December 1960
An Act to amend the rates or amounts of contributions and benefits under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1959, and the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1959, not being graduated contributions or graduated retirement benefit; to modify the provisions of the National Insurance Act, 1946, under which persons are treated as having retired; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965 (c. 55))
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 6
20 December 1960
An Act to replace the existing limits on the numbers of Parliamentary Secretaries in individual departments by a single aggregate limit; to authorise the payment of a salary to a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Science; and to increase the salary of the Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms.

Local acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Forth Road Bridge Order 1960
Provisional Order to confer further powers on the Forth Road Bridge Joint Board and to enact further provisions with respect to certain of the works authorised by the Forth Road Bridge Orders 1947 to 1958 to make provision as to the acquisition and utilisation of lands by the said Board and for other purposes.
  1. ^
    26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8
    . c. 52)
  2. 22 Cha. 2
    c. 2)
  3. 43 Eliz. 1
    . c. 4)
  4. 11 & 12 Vict.
    c. 10)

See also

References

  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.).
  2. ^ Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 1.
  3. ^ Erskine May, para. 30.75, archived from the original on 9 September 2021, retrieved 9 September 2021.