List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983
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This is a list of
acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
passed in 1983.
Acts passed since 1963 are
personal acts. These run as separate series.[3]
79 acts of Parliament were passed in 1983: 60 public general acts and 19 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 name | Citation | SI 2013/687)) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 c. 59 | 21 December 1983 | |||
An Act to confer on holders of petroleum production licences an exemption from royalties (including royalties in kind) in respect of petroleum from certain new fields off the coast of Great Britain. | ||||
1983 c. 60 | 21 December 1983 | |||
An Act to increase the limit on the borrowing powers of the National Coal Board; and to make further provision with respect to grants and payments by the Secretary of State in connection with the coal industry. | ||||
- ^ Although passed 1983, and despite the heading to the Queen's Printer edition stating that the act is the Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1983 (which is how the act is invariably cited), the section granting the short title in the act itself deems that the act is the "Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1982".[4]
Local acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Staffordshire Act 1983   | 1983 c. xviii | 21 December 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An Act to re-enact with amendments and to extend certain local enactments in force within the county of Staffordshire; to confer further powers on the Staffordshire County Council and local authorities in the county; to make further provision with regard to the environment, local government, improvement, health and finances of the county; to make further provision regarding the trusts respectively relating to the burgesses and the Silverdale lands of the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Coton Field Estate in the borough of Stafford; and for other purposes. | ||||||
1983 c. xix | 21 December 1983 | |||||
An Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments the Milford Haven Conservancy Acts and Orders 1958 to 1980 and to make further provision with respect to the Milford Haven Conservancy Board; and for other purposes. | ||||||
- 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)
- ^ Although passed in 1983, the short title specifies the year 1982.
- 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. xviii)
- ^ Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)
- ^ Tor Bay Harbour Act 1970 (c. liii)
See also
References
- Current Law Statutes Annotated 1983. Sweet & Maxwell. 1983. ISBN 9780421325401.
- Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Volume 53: Continuation Volume 1983. Butterworths. London. 1984.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1983, 1983 c. 26, s. 2(1).