Sunday Observance Act 1780
Dates | |
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Royal assent | 19 June 1781 |
Repealed | 24 November 2005[2] |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Licensing Act 2003, ss. 198(1) & 199 & Sch.6, para.3 & Sch.7 |
Status: Repealed |
The Sunday Observance Act 1780 (
During November 1865, the National Sunday League (NSL) held a series of lectures for the general public entitled "Sunday Evenings for the People". This was fiercely opposed by the
In 1931,
Other legislation
This Act was affected by sections 1(1) and (3) of the Common Informers Act 1951.[citation needed] Its provisions were tightened by the Fairs and Markets Act 1850.[6]
Its provisions were excluded in relation to certain activities by:[citation needed]
- the Sunday Entertainments Act 1932, which amended section 4, and allowed a unreasonable".[8]
- section 9 of the Cinemas Act 1985
- section 1 of the Sunday Theatre Act 1972
- section 21 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
- article 2 of the Deregulation (Sunday Dancing) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3372), and
- section 88 of the Licensing Act 1964.
Case law
The following cases were decided in relation to the Act:
- Baxter v. Langley (1868) LR 4 CP 21, 38 LJMC 1
- Terry v. Brighton Aquarium Co (1875) LR 10 QB 306, 39 JP 519
- Reid v. Wilson and Ward [1895] 1 QB 315, [1891 - 1894] All ER Rep 500
- Williams v. Wright (1897) 13 TLR 551
- Orpen v. Haymarket Capitol Ltd (1931) 145 LT 614, [1931] All ER 360
- Orpen v. New Empire Ltd (1931) 48 TLR 8, 75 Sol Jo 763
- R v. London County Council, ex parte Entertainments Protection Association Ltd [1931] 2 KB 215, 100 LJKB 760
- Green v. Kursal (Southend on Sea) Estates Ltd [1937] 1 All ER, 81 Sol Jo 279
- Houghten Le Touzel v. Mecca Ltd [1950] 2 KB 612, [1950] 1 All ER 638
- Culley v. Harrison [1956] 2 QB 71, [1956] 2 All ER 254
Repeal
Sections 1 to 3 were repealed by the Licensing Act 2003 (with effect from 24 November 2005).[9]
Sections 4 and 5 were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1966.
Section 6 was repealed in part by section 2 of the Limitation of Actions and Costs Act 1842 and entirely by section 2 of the Public Authorities Protection Act 1893.
Section 7 was repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.
Section 8 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1966.
See also
- Sunday Observance Act for similar acts in Britain and Ireland in 1625, 1627, 1677, and 1695.
- Halsbury's Statutes
References
- short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896. (Some sources may refer to the Act as the Sunday Observance Act 1781, this being the year in which it was passed.)
- ^ Licensing Act 2003 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 article 2(2) (see article 1 for the meaning of "second appointed day")
- OCLC 1033650826.
- ^ Orpen v. Haymarket Capital Ltd & Others, The Times, July 18, 1931, p.3, col E
- ^ Orpen v. New Empire Ltd and Others, The Times, October 20, 1931, p.4, col C
- ISBN 9780191649813.
- ^ Section 1, sub-section 1
- ^ Law Reports (King’s Bench Division), ASSOCIATED PROVINCIAL PICTURE HOUSES, LIMITED v. WEDNESBURY CORPORATION, [1948] 1 KB 223, accessed 23 November 2023
- ^ Licensing Act 2003 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005
External links
- The Sunday Observance Act 1780, as in force immediately before its repeal, from the National Archives.