List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1970
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This is a list of
acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
passed in 1970.
Acts passed since 1963 are
personal acts. These run as separate series.[3]
143 acts of Parliament were passed in 1970: 58 public general acts and 85 local acts.
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Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Appropriation (No. 2) Act 1970  | 1970 c. 48 | 23 July 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1971, and to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. | ||||||
1970 c. 49 | 23 July 1970 | |||||
An Act to enable effect to be given to a proposed increase in the United Kingdom's quota of the International Monetary Fund and to provide for certain loans to that Fund to be made out of the National Loans Fund instead of the Consolidated Fund. | ||||||
1970 c. 50 | 23 July 1970 | |||||
An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by Fiji of fully responsible status within the Commonwealth. | ||||||
National Insurance Act 1970 or the National Insurance (Old persons' and widows' pensions and attendance allowance) Act 1970[v] | 1970 c. 51 | 23 July 1970 | ||||
An Act to provide for retirement pension and widow's benefit under the National Insurance Act 1965[w] for or in respect of persons over pensionable age on 5th July 1948; to reduce from fifty to forty the qualifying age for widow's pension under section 28 of that Act and to relax further the conditions for such a pension and for a wife's retirement pension by virtue of her husband's insurance; to make provision for attendance allowance and the establishment and functions of an Attendance Allowance Board; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||||
Education (Handicapped Children) Act 1970 (repealed)  | 1970 c. 52 | 23 July 1970 | ||||
An Act to make provision, as respects England and Wales, for discontinuing the classification of handicapped children as unsuitable for education at school, and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Education Act 1996 (c. 56)) | ||||||
1970 c. 53 | 23 July 1970 | |||||
An Act to repeal section 13(1) of the Harbours Act 1964[x] and impose a limit on future loans under section 11 of that Act. | ||||||
1970 c. 54 | 17 December 1970 | |||||
An Act to fix the standard rate of income tax for the year 1971–72 and make an alteration in the marginal relief for persons with small incomes; and to reduce the rate of corporation tax for the financial year 1969. | ||||||
1970 c. 55 | 17 December 1970 | |||||
An Act to provide for the payment of a new benefit for certain families with small incomes; and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||||
1970 c. 56 | 17 December 1970 | |||||
An Act to make further provision with respect to the Civil Contingencies Fund. | ||||||
1970 c. 57 | 17 December 1970 | |||||
An Act to grant an indemnity in respect of the delay in laying before Parliament certain regulations made under section 24 of the London Government Act 1963,[y] and to continue in force the provision whereby regulations under that section are subject to annulment in accordance with the Statutory Instruments Act 1946.[z] | ||||||
1970 c. 58 | 17 December 1970 | |||||
An Act to continue certain expiring laws. | ||||||
- ^ a b Industrial Development Act 1966 (c. 34)
- ^ Industrial Investment (General Assistance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 41 (N.I.))
- ^ Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 31)
- 7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 26)
- Selective Employment Payments Act 1966(c. 32)
- 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 56)
- 1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32)
- 1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 2)
- ^ Education Act 1964 (c. 82)
- ^ Export Guarantees Act 1968 (c. 26)
- ^ National Health Service Contributions Act 1965 (c. 55)
- 24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 41)
- ^ General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9)
- ^ Riding Establishments Act 1964 (c. 70)
- 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 42)
- 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 24)
- 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 33)
- ^ Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 (c. 75)
- 45 & 46 Vict.c. 75)
- 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 35)
- 52 & 53 Vict.c. 18)
- ^ The original short title of the National Insurance Act 1970 was the National Insurance (Old persons' and widows' pensions and attendance allowance) Act 1970, but this was amended by the National Insurance Act 1972 (c. 57) on 11 August 1972.[4]
- ^ National Insurance Act 1965 (c. 51)
- ^ Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40)
- ^ London Government Act 1963 (c. 33)
- 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 36)
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Berkshire Act 1986 (c. ii)) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 c. lxxxv | 17 December 1970 | |||
An Act to confer further powers on the Wiltshire County Council and local authorities in the administrative county of Wilts in relation to lands and highways and the local government, improvement and finances of the county; to make further provision for the superannuation of employees; and for other purposes. | ||||
- ^ 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)
See also
References
- Current Law Statutes Annotated 1970. 1970.
- Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Volume 40: Continuation Volume 1968-1970. Butterworths. London. 1972.
- ^ Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 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.).
- ^ Erskine May, para. 30.75, archived from the original on 9 September 2021, retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ National Insurance Act 1972, 1972 c. 57, s. 8(4); National Insurance Act 1972 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1972, SI 1972/1229 (C. 28) art. 2(1) & Sch