Bank of England Act 1709

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Bank of England Act 1709 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act for granting an Aid to Her Majesty to be raised by a Land Tax in Great Britain for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and ten. [2]
Citation 8 Ann. c. 1
Dates
Royal assent 10 December 1709
Other legislation
Amended by Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Repealed by Bank of England Act 1946
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Bank of England Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 1) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It was one of the Bank of England Acts 1694 to 1892. [3]

Only the title of this act is printed in Ruffhead's Edition. [4]

The majority of the act related to the raising of one year's land tax. Sections 124 to 132 (the last eight sections of the act) dealt with the Bank of England.

The Bank of England Act 1709, except the last two sections, was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.

The whole act was repealed by section 3(4) of, and schedule 3 to, the Bank of England Act 1946.

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References

  1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. These words are printed against this act in the second column of Schedule 1 to the Short Titles Act 1896, which is headed "Title".
  3. The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and schedule 2
  4. Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 656. Footnote 9.