Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845

Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes in Ireland, and to regulate the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service.
Citation	8 & 9 Vict. c. 37
Dates
Royal assent	21 July 1845
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1875 ; Bills of Exchange Act 1882 ;
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

Last updated August 30, 2025

The Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 37) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated the issuing of banknotes and the repayment of sums towards the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for public service.^{[ citation needed ]} The Act was later amended by the Bankers (Northern Ireland) Act 1928.^[1] Declan Curry characterized the Act as introducing a "highly restrictive monetary regime in Britain and Ireland".^[2]

References

↑ Richards, R. D. (February 1929). "The New Form of the Bank of England Return: An Historic Change". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 43 (2): 381. doi:10.2307/1882481.
↑ Declan Curran (April 2017). ""A Dreadful Pressure for Money": the Bank Charter Act 1844 and Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845 in the Context of the Great Irish Famine". In Newby, Andrew G. (ed.). "The Enormous Failure of Nature" Famine and Society in the Nineteenth Century. Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. pp. 21–45. ISBN 978-951-51-3072-3 . Retrieved 1 June 2025.

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[1] Richards, R. D. (February 1929). "The New Form of the Bank of England Return: An Historic Change". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 43 (2): 381. doi:10.2307/1882481.

[2] Declan Curran (April 2017). ""A Dreadful Pressure for Money": the Bank Charter Act 1844 and Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845 in the Context of the Great Irish Famine". In Newby, Andrew G. (ed.). "The Enormous Failure of Nature" Famine and Society in the Nineteenth Century. Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. pp. 21–45. ISBN 978-951-51-3072-3 . Retrieved 1 June 2025.

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