List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1984

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This is a list of

passed in 1984.

Acts passed since 1963 are

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

94 acts of Parliament were passed in 1984: 62 public general acts and 32 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
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1984
1984 c. 61
20 December 1984
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1985 and 1986.
1984 c. 62
20 December 1984
An Act to validate certain contracts of insurance entered into by registered friendly societies before 1st June 1984 and to modify, with both retrospective and prospective effect, provisions relating to the financial limits in section 64 of the Friendly Societies Act 1974[av] and section 332 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.[aw]
  1. Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976
  2. ^ Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
  3. 57 & 58 Vict.
    c. 60)
  4. ^ Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971
  5. ^ Pensions Commutation Act 1871
  6. ^ Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1976
  7. ^ Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976
  8. ^ Education Act 1962
  9. ^ Post Office Act 1969
  10. ^ Road Traffic Act 1972
  11. ^ Fosdyke Bridge Transfer Act 1870
  12. ^ Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980
  13. ^ Agriculture Act 1967
  14. ^ Agricultural Statistics Act 1979
  15. ^ Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963
  16. ^ Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967
  17. ^ Sugar Act 1956
  18. ^ Food and Drugs (Milk) Act 1970
  19. ^ European Communities Act 1972
  20. ^ Local Government Act 1972
  21. ^ Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
  22. ^ Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960
  23. ^ Highways Act 1980
  24. ^ Animal Health Act 1981
  25. ^ Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967
  26. ^ Improvement of Live Stock (Licensing of Bulls) Act 1931
  27. ^ Horse Breeding Act 1958
  28. ^ Medicines Act 1968
  29. ^ Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
  30. ^ Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978
  31. ^ Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
  32. ^ Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972
  33. ^ Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
  34. ^ Maintenance Orders Act 1950
  35. ^ Maintenance Orders Act 1958
  36. ^ Broadcasting Act 1981
  37. ^ Opticians Act 1958
  38. National Health Service Act 1977
  39. ^ National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
  40. National Health Service Act 1977
  41. ^ Employment Act 1980
  42. Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976
  43. ^
    Finance Act 1986 (c. 41) on 25 July 1986. At the same time, the term "capital transfer tax" in the long title was amended to "inheritance tax".[4]
  44. Finance Act 1975
  45. ^ House of Commons Members' Fund Act 1948
  46. ^ Co-operative Development Agency Act 1978
  47. ^ Industrial Development Act 1982
  48. Friendly Societies Act 1974
  49. ^ Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970

Local acts

Short title, or popular nameCitation
Loch Leven and Lochaber Water Power Order Confirmation Act 1995 (c. vii))
 
Lochaber Water Power Order 1984
Provisional Order to amend the Lochaber Water Power Act 1921;[g] and for other purposes.
1984 c. xxix
20 December 1984
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to Highland Regional Council (Uig Pier, Skye).
(Repealed by Highland Regional Council (Harbours) Order Confirmation Act 1991 (c. xii))
 
Highland Regional Council (Uig Pier, Skye) Order 1984
Provisional Order to empower the Highland Regional Council to construct harbour works at Uig in Skye.
1984 c. xxx
20 December 1984
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to Lochmaddy and East Loch Tarbert (Improvement of Piers &c.).
 
Lochmaddy and East Loch Tarbert (Improvement of Piers &c.) Order 1984
Provisional Order to empower the Western Isles Islands Council to construct harbour works at Lochmaddy in North Uist, and to empower the said Council and the Scottish Transport Group to construct harbour works at East Loch Tarbert in Harris, in the Western Isles Islands Area; and for other purposes.
1984 c. xxxi
20 December 1984
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936,[a] relating to British Railways.
 
British Railways Order 1984
Provisional Order to confer powers on the British Railways Board with respect to their railway between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed; to extend the period limited by section 54 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949;[h] and for other purposes.
1984 c. xxxii
20 December 1984
An Act to regulate prescribed expenditure and expenditure on lending to other persons by the Greater London Council during the financial period from 1st April 1984 to 30th September 1985, including prescribed expenditure of London Regional Transport (formerly known as the London Transport Executive) and their wholly-owned subsidiaries which is to be treated as prescribed expenditure of the Greater London Council, during the financial year from 1st April 1984 to 31st March 1985; and for other purposes.
  1. ^
    26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8
    . c. 52)
  2. ^ a b Although passed in 1984, the short title specifies the year 1983.
  3. The Metals Society Act 1973
    (c. x)
  4. 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8
    . c. c)
  5. 2 & 3 Eliz. 2
    . c. 64)
  6. Dartford Tunnel Act 1967
    (c. xxxvii)
  7. 11 & 12 Geo. 5
    . c. xliv)
  8. 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6
    . c. xxix)

See also

Notes

References

  • Current Law Statutes Annotated 1984. Vol. 1. 1984.
  • Current Law Statutes Annotated 1984. Vol. 2. 1984.
  • Current Law Statutes Annotated 1984. Vol. 3. 1984.
  • Current Law Statutes Annotated 1984. Vol. 4. 1984.
  • Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Volume 54: Continuation Volume 1984. Butterworths. London. 1985. Volume 54(1) and Volume 54(2).
  1. ^ Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 1.
  2. ^ 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.).
  3. ^ Erskine May, para. 30.75, archived from the original on 9 September 2021, retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ^ Finance Act 1986, 1986 c. 41, s. 100(1).