List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1982
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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1982.
personal acts. These run as separate series.[3]
86 acts of Parliament were passed in 1982: 57 public general acts, 27 local acts and 2 personal acts.
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Public general acts
| Short title | Citation | Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1999 (c. 20)) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1982 c. 55 | 22 December 1982 | |||
An Act to reduce the surcharge imposed by the National Insurance Surcharge Act 1976.[av] | ||||
1982 c. 56 | 22 December 1982 | |||
An Act to increase the statutory limits on the amounts outstanding in respect of borrowings by the Scottish Electricity Boards. | ||||
1982 c. 57 | 22 December 1982 | |||
An Act to amend the definition of the expression "machinery fixed or attached" in section 42 of the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854.[aw] | ||||
- ^ Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14)
- ^ Decimal Currency Act 1967 (c. 47)
- ^ Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3)
- ^ Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 (c. 11)
- New Towns Act 1981(c. 64)
- 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41)
- ^ Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9)
- ^ a b Industry Act 1972 (c. 63)
- 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 40)
- ^ a b Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78)
- 8 & 9 Vict.c. 109)
- ^ Gaming Act 1968 (c. 65)
- 24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 36)
- ^ Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29)
- ^ Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 (c. 61)
- ^ Offshore Petroleum Development (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 8)
- ^ Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1968 (c. 75)
- ^ Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975 (c. 74)
- ^ Participation Agreements Act 1978 (c. 1)
- 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 29)
- 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16)
- ^ Hostages Convention
- 15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 50)
- 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 46)
- 14 Geo. 6. c. 39)
- ^ Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)
- ^ a b c Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- ^ Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)
- ^ Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50)
- ^ Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)
- 9 Edw. 7. c. 30)
- 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 68)
- 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 74)
- 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 97)
- ^ Local Government Act 1966 (c. 42)
- ^ a b Local Employment Act 1972 (c. 5)
- Welsh Development Agency Act 1975(c. 70)
- ^ Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 52)
- ^ The Queen's Printer edition erroneously states that royal assent was given on "00th October 1982", but the Journals of the House of Commons confirm that it was in fact given on 28 October.[4]
- 1 & 2 Vict.c. 101)
- 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 46)
- ^ Insurance Companies Act 1974 (c. 49)
- ^ Insurance Companies Act 1981 (c. 31)
- 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72)
- ^ Industry Act 1980 (c. 33)
- ^ Industry Act 1981 (c. 6)
- ^ Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)
- ^ National Insurance Surcharge Act 1976 (c. 85)
- 17 & 18 Vict.c. 91)
Local acts
| Short title | Citation | Southern Water Authority Act 1982   | 1982 c. xxii | 28 October 1982 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to authorise the Southern Water Authority to construct works and to acquire lands; to regulate the use of vessels and houseboats on certain parts of the river Medway; to confer further powers on the Southern Water Authority; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1982 c. xxiii | 28 October 1982 | |||||
An Act to empower the British Railways Board to construct works and to purchase lands; to confer further powers on the Board; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1982 c. xxiv | 22 December 1982 | |||||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to the Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund. | ||||||
Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund Order 1982 Provisional Order to make provision in relation to the regulation and control of the Writers to the Signet Dependants' Annuity Fund; to repeal the Writers to the Signet Widows' Fund Orders 1955 and 1965; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1982 c. xxv | 22 December 1982 | |||||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to Highland Region (Banavie Level Crossing). | ||||||
Highland Region (Banavie Level Crossing) Order 1982 Provisional Order to provide for the construction and maintenance of a level crossing at Banavie in the district of Lochaber; and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||||
1982 c. xxvi | 22 December 1982 | |||||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to Lerwick Harbour. | ||||||
Lerwick Harbour Order 1982 Provisional Order to authorise the Trustees of the port and harbour of Lerwick to construct a new work in connection with the improvement of the harbour; to acquire lands; to provide for the Trustees to be a local lighthouse authority; to confer powers on the Trustees with respect to the control of wrecks; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1982 c. xxvii | 22 December 1982 | |||||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to the Western Isles Islands Council (Omnibus Services). | ||||||
Provisional Order to empower the Western Isles Islands Council to operate an omnibus undertaking. | ||||||
- ^ 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)
- St Thomas' Street, in Southwark, formerly St. Thomas's High Street.
- Port of London Act 1968(c. xxxii)
- Port of London Act 1970(c. lxxviii)
Personal acts
| Short title | Citation | Royal assent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long title | ||||
1982 c. 1 | 27 May 1982 | |||
An Act to enable John Francis Dare and Gillian Loder Dare to be married to each other. | ||||
1982 c. 2 | 27 May 1982 | |||
An Act to enable Hugh Small and Norma Small to be married to each other. | ||||
See also
References
- Current Law Statutes Annotated 1982. Sweet & Maxwell. 1982. ISBN 9780421314702.
- Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Volume 52: Continuation Volume 1982. Butterworths. London. 1983.
- ^ 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.
- ^ House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons (PDF), vol. 238, p. 570.