Beerhouse Act 1840

Beerhouse Act 1840^[1]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Acts relating to the general Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in England.
Citation	3 & 4 Vict. c. 61
Dates
Royal assent	7 August 1840
Other legislation
Amends	Beerhouse Act 1830 ; Beerhouse Act 1834 ;
Amended by	Licensing Act 1872 ; Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) ; Statute Law Revision Act 1878 ;
Repealed by	Customs and Excise Act 1952
Status: Repealed

Last updated November 12, 2024

The Beerhouse Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 61) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Licensing Acts 1828 to 1886.^[2] It was the third Beerhouse Act.^[3]^[4] It was passed to amend the Beerhouse Act 1830 (1 Will. 4. c. 64) and the Beerhouse Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 85).^[5] The change in the law required persons to have continued residence within the building that they were intending to use after an application for the issuing of a licence for the selling of alcohol, and that they be in possession of the deeds of ownership of the building.^[6]^[7]

The Act was passed to control the development of civil disorder (national evil)^[8] caused by those involved in activities resulting from the vice of intoxication,^[8] specifically of the people within the class of labouring workers^[8] in ale houses, so that in 1834 a select committee was created to investigate in order that measures of legislature might be created to limit this.^[9]

The Act was repealed by the Customs and Excise Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 44), s. 320(1) & Sch 12, Pt 1.

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References

John Mounteney Lely. "The Beerhouse Act, 1840". The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. Chancery Lane, London. 1894. Volume 5. Title "Intoxicating Liquors". Pages 34 to 38.

↑ 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.
↑ The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
↑ Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue on the Duties under their Management, For the Years 1856 to 1869 inclusive. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for HMSO. 1870. Page 54.
↑ Stephen Dowell. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England. Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1884. Volume 4 (Taxes on Articles of Consumption). Pages 150 and 152.
↑ The Beerhouse Act 1840, preamble
↑ paul-gibson.com Archived 2012-04-11 at the Wayback Machine article with Bibliography referencing 23 other sources [Retrieved 2011-12-16]
↑ © UK Parliament Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) [Retrieved 16 December 2011]
1 2 3 J. S. Buckingham, ed. (1834). Parliamentary Review, Volume 2. Simpkin and Marshall. p. 1259. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
↑ R Light & S Heenan docs.google.com page 21 of Controlling Supply: the concept of 'need' in liquor licensing Bristol Centre for Criminal Justice (1999) ISBN 1-86043-249-2 [Retrieved 16 December 2011]

External links

Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council google.co.uk The Weekly reporter, Volume 47 Wildy & Sons, 1899.

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[1] 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.

[2] The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2

[3] Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue on the Duties under their Management, For the Years 1856 to 1869 inclusive. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for HMSO. 1870. Page 54.

[4] Stephen Dowell. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England. Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1884. Volume 4 (Taxes on Articles of Consumption). Pages 150 and 152.

[5] The Beerhouse Act 1840, preamble

[6] ul-gibson.com Archived 2012-04-11 at the Wayback Machine article with Bibliography referencing 23 other sources [Retrieved 2011-12-16]

[7] © UK Parliament Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) [Retrieved 16 December 2011]

[House_of_Commons-8] 1 2 3 J. S. Buckingham, ed. (1834). Parliamentary Review, Volume 2. Simpkin and Marshall. p. 1259. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

[9] R Light & S Heenan docs.google.com page 21 of Controlling Supply: the concept of 'need' in liquor licensing Bristol Centre for Criminal Justice (1999) ISBN 1-86043-249-2 [Retrieved 16 December 2011]

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