Army Act 1818

Army Act 1818

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate and amend the Provisions of several Acts, passed in the Fifty first and Fifty second Years respectively of the Reign of His present Majesty, for enabling Wives and Families of Soldiers to return to their Homes.
Citation	58 Geo. 3. c. 92
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	10 June 1818
Commencement	10 June 1818 [a]
Repealed	9 August 1832
Other legislation
Amends	Army Act 1811 Army Act 1812 Army Act (No. 2) 1812
Repealed by	Army Act 1832
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Army Act 1818 (58 Geo. 3. c. 92) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated several acts related to the housing of soldier's wives and widows.

The act governed the removal of military families, and appeals against such actions. ^{[1] [2]}

Provisions

Section 1 of the act repealed the Army Act 1811 (51 Geo. 3. c. 106), the Army Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 27) and the Army Act (No. 2) 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 120) except as to the paying, reimbursing or accounting for any money under those acts. ^[3]

Subsequent developments

The whole act, in addition to the acts amended by this act, was repealed by section 1 of the Army Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 97)

Notes

1. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

1. Lin, Patricia Yu Chava Esther (1997). Extending Her Arms: Military Families and the Transformation of the British State, 1793-1815. University of California, Berkeley. pp. 58, 59.
2. Archbold, John Frederick (1831). A Summary of the Law Relative to Appeals Against Orders of Removal, Against Rates, and Against Orders of Filiation: Together with the Practice of the Court of Quarter Sessions, in Appeals. R. Pheney and J. Richards. pp. 385–390.
3. Britain, Great (1818). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Passed in the ... [1807-69]. His Majesty's statute and law Printers. pp. 380–384.