Auctioneers Act 1845

Last updated

Auctioneers Act 1845 [1]
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (variant 1, 1952-2022).svg
Long title An Act to impose a new duty on the licence to be taken out by all auctioneers in the United Kingdom.
Citation 8 & 9 Vict. c. 15
Dates
Royal assent 8 May 1845
Other legislation
Amended by
Relates to Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Act 1927
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Auctioneers Act 1845 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Auctioneers Act 1845 [1] (8 & 9 Vict. c. 15) was an act to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed during the reign of Queen Victoria on 8 August 1845, with the long title "An Act to impose a new duty on the licence to be taken out by all auctioneers in the United Kingdom".

The initial act instituted a tax on licenses for auctioneers to raise capital. This was repealed, however, by the Finance Act 1949.

Only one section of the act remains in British law – section 7, which states that auctioneers must place a board with their full name and residence that is "publicly visible and legible" in the room where the auction takes place before, during and after the auction. This was to allow people to make formal complaints against auctioneers in cases of fraud or other offenses. This section was expanded by the Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Act 1927, to impose a penalty of £20 upon any auctioneer who failed to follow the act.

7. Auctioneer, before sale shall suspend or affix a ticket or board containing his full christian and surname and place of residence.

Every auctioneer, before beginning any auction, shall affix or suspend, or cause to be affixed or suspended, a ticket or board, containing his true and full christian and surname and residence painted, printed, or written in large letters publicly visible and legible, in some conspicuous part of the room or place where the auction is held, so that all persons may easily read the same, and shall also keep such ticket or board so affixed or suspended during the whole time of such auction being held; and if any auctioneer begins any auction, or acts as auctioneer at any auction, in any room or place where his name and residence is not so painted or written on a ticket or board so affixed or suspended, and kept affixed or suspended as aforesaid, he shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of twenty pounds.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532, also called the Statute in Restraint of Appeals, the Act of Appeals and the Act of Restraints in Appeals, was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Act of Supremacy 1558</span> Statute of the English Parliament

The Act of Supremacy 1558, sometimes referred to as the Act of Supremacy 1559, is an Act of the Parliament of England, which replaced the original Act of Supremacy 1534, and passed under the auspices of Elizabeth I. The 1534 Act was issued by Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, which arrogated ecclesiastical authority to the monarchy, but which had been repealed by Mary I. Along with the Act of Uniformity 1558, the Act made up what is generally referred to as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Highway Act 1835</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Highway Act 1835 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Highway Acts 1835 to 1885.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Act of Uniformity 1551</span> United Kingdom law of religion and the Church of England

The Act of Uniformity 1551, sometimes referred to as the Act of Uniformity 1552, or the Uniformity Act 1551 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Act of Uniformity 1548</span> United Kingdom law of religion

The Act of Uniformity 1548, the Act of Uniformity 1549, the Uniformity Act 1548, or the Act of Equality was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed on 21 January 1549.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bank Charter Act 1844</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Bank Charter Act 1844, sometimes referred to as the Peel Banking Act of 1844, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed under the government of Robert Peel, which restricted the powers of British banks and gave exclusive note-issuing powers to the central Bank of England. It is one of the Bank of England Acts 1694 to 1892.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piracy Act 1698</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Piracy Act 1698 was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in the eleventh year of King William III. The main purpose behind the statute was to make some corrections to the Offences at Sea Act 1536.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piracy Act 1717</span> Act of the Parliament of Great Britain

The Piracy Act 1717, sometimes called the Transportation Act 1717, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that established a regulated, bonded system to transport criminals to colonies in North America for indentured service, as a punishment for those convicted or attainted in Great Britain, excluding Scotland. The Act established a seven-year transportation sentence as a punishment for people convicted of lesser felonies, and a fourteen-year sentence for more serious crimes, in lieu of capital punishment. Completion of the sentence had the effect of a pardon; the punishment for returning before completion was death. It is commonly accepted that 30,000 convicts may have been transported to the British American colonies, with some estimates going as high as 50,000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piracy Act 1837</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Piracy Act 1837 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished the death penalty for most offences of piracy, but created a new offence often known as piracy with violence, which was punishable with death. This offence still exists in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland, but is no longer punishable by death in either country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Offences at Sea Act 1799</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Offences at Sea Act 1799 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is still in force. It extended the jurisdiction of British courts to crimes committed by British subjects on the high seas. It does not apply to foreign citizens. Jurisdiction over piracy on the high seas already existed before 1799, whether committed by British subjects or not.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gaming Act 1845</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Gaming Act 1845 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act's principal provision was to deem a wager unenforceable as a legal contract. The Act received royal assent on 8 August 1845. Sections 17 and 18, though amended, remained in force until 1 September 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Union of Benefices Act 1860</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Union of Benefices Act was legislation which prevented the need for other Acts if following its prescribed three-stage scheme. It enabled reduction of the number of parish churches and vicars/rectors in London's "Metropolis", as defined by a narrower Act five years before. It instead allowed commissions to recommend dissolution to various parties, which would then be a formality agreed by Order-in-Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piracy Act 1721</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Piracy Act 1721 (c.24) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Forfeiture Act 1870</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Forfeiture Act 1870 is a British Act of Parliament that abolished the automatic forfeiture of goods and land as a punishment for treason and felony. It does not apply to Scotland, which did not fully abolish forfeiture until the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949. Prior to the Act being passed, a person convicted of treason or felony automatically and permanently forfeited all of his lands and possessions to the Crown. The old offence of praemunire, which was also punished with forfeiture, was only a misdemeanour, and so the Act did not apply to it.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Punishment of Offences Act 1837</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Punishment of Offences Act 1837 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It abolished the death penalty for a number of statutory offences and replaced it with transportation for life.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piracy Act 1850</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Piracy Act 1850, sometimes called the Pirates Repeal Act 1850, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It relates to proceedings for the condemnation of ships and other things taken from pirates and creates an offence of perjury in such proceedings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Remission of Penalties Act 1859</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Remission of Penalties Act 1859 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It allows the Crown to remit penalties for offences that are payable to parties other than the Crown.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is one of the Burial Acts 1852 to 1885.

A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Presentation of Benefices Act 1605</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Presentation of Benefices Act 1605 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

References

  1. 1 2 The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.