List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974
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This is a list of
acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
passed in 1974.
Acts passed since 1963 are
personal acts. These run as separate series.[3]
95 acts of Parliament were passed in 1974: 58 public general acts and 37 local acts.
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Public general acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Consolidated Fund (No. 4) Act 1974  | 1974 c. 57 | 12 December 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1975. | ||||||
1974 c. 58 | 12 December 1974 | |||||
An Act to amend the provisions of the Social Security Act 1973 as to the rate or amount of contributions; to alter the meaning of "year" in certain provisions of that Act; to extend the power to enable friendly societies to conduct business with a view to establishing occupational pension schemes; to amend section 58 of the National Insurance Act 1965, sections 29(c), 40(1) and 49 of the said Act of 1973 and certain enactments corresponding to the said sections 58 and 40(1); to amend certain enactments in connection with the consolidation of social security legislation; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||||
- ^ The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 is sometimes referred to as the "Health and Safety Act 1974" or the "Health and Safety at Work Act 1974".
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | British Waterways Act 1974  | 1974 c. xxiii | 31 July 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to empower the British Waterways Board to construct works and to acquire lands; to confer further powers on the Board; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxiv | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to confer further powers upon the Greater London Council and other authorities; and for other purposes. | ||||||
Thurrock Borough Council Act 1974 (repealed) | 1974 c. xxv | 31 July 1974 | ||||
An Act to confer powers on the Thurrock Borough Council for the control of the brown tail moth; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Essex Act 1987 (c. xx)) | ||||||
1974 c. xxvi | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to empower the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to provide facilities for water sports; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxvii | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to make provision for the transfer to New Zealand of the registered office of Wrightson NMA Limited; for the cesser of application to that company of provisions of the Companies Acts 1948 to 1967; and for other purposes incidental thereto. | ||||||
1974 c. xxviii | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to transfer to the Cumbria County Council the undertaking of the Workington Harbour and Dock Company Limited; to empower the County Council to manage Workington Harbour; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxix | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to regulate the expenditure on capital account and on lending to other persons by the Greater London Council during the financial period from 1st April 1974 to 30th September 1975; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxx | 31 July 1974 | |||||
An Act to authorise the county council of the county of Orkney to exercise harbour jurisdiction and powers in respect of development, including powers to license the construction of works and dredging, in certain areas of and adjacent to the county, and in connection therewith to acquire lands compulsorily; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxxi | 12 December 1974 | |||||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to The Green, Aberdeen (Boots The Chemists Limited). | ||||||
The Green, Aberdeen (Boots The Chemists Limited) Order 1974 Provisional Order to authorise Boots The Chemists Limited to construct buildings or structures bridging over The Green and Rennie's Wynd in the city and royal burgh of Aberdeen; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxxii | 12 December 1974 | |||||
An Act to confer powers on the Torquay Market Company in relation to the capital and management of their undertaking; to confer further powers on the Company; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxxiii | 19 December 1974 | |||||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to Dumbarton Burgh. | ||||||
Dumbarton Burgh Order 1974 Provisional Order to transfer to and vest in the provost magistrates and councillors of the royal burgh of Dumbarton the undertaking of the Dumbarton Harbour Board and to confer upon the said provost magistrates and councillors all necessary powers with respect to the said undertaking; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxxiv | 19 December 1974 | |||||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to Scottish Transport Group (Oban Quay). | ||||||
Scottish Transport Group (Oban Quay) Order 1974 Provisional Order to authorise certain works carried out by the Scottish Transport Group at their quay at Oban, to empower the Group to carry out further works and to confer further powers on the Group; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxxv | 19 December 1974 | |||||
An Act to establish the Crouch Harbour Authority for the administration and control of the harbour formed by the rivers Crouch and Roach and adjacent waters in the county of Essex; to confer on the Authority powers necessary or expedient for the preservation, protection, regulation, management, maintenance and improvement of the said harbour and the navigation thereof; to enact provisions in connection with the matters aforesaid; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxxvi | 19 December 1974 | |||||
An Act to authorise the Port of Tyne Authority to acquire land and to construct works; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1974 c. xxxvii | 19 December 1974 | |||||
An Act to empower the Washington Development Corporation to construct a barrage with movable gates and a footbridge across the river Wear in the county of Tyne and Wear and in connection therewith to execute other works and to acquire lands; and for other purposes. | ||||||
- ^ 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)
- 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. xxvi)
See also
Notes
References
- Current Law Statutes Annotated 1974. 1974.
- Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Volume 44: Continuation Volume 1974. Butterworths. London. 1975.
- ^ 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.