Coinage Act 1708

Coinage Act 1708

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for continuing the former Acts for the Encouragement of the Coinage; and to encourage the bringing Foreign Coins, and British or Foreign Plate, to be coined; and for making Provision for the Mints in Scotland; and for the prosecuting Offences concerning the Coin in England.
Citation	7 Ann. c. 24
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	21 April 1709
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Amends	Coin Act 1666 Coinage Act 1672 The Mint Act 1705
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to	Coinage Act 1685 Taxation Act 1700 Estreats (Personal Representatives) Act 1692
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Coinage Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 24) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Provisions

Section 1 of the act continued the Coin Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 5), as continued by the Coinage Act 1672 (25 Cha. 2. c. 8), revived and continued by the Coinage Act 1685 (1 Ja. 2. c. 7), continued by the Estreats (Personal Representatives) Act 1692 (4 Will. & Mar. c. 24) and continued by the Taxation Act 1700 (12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 11), and the Mint Act 1705 (4 & 5 Ann. c. 9) until the end of the first session of the next parliament 7 years after 1 March 1708. Section 1 of the act also extended the acts "to all Wines and such other Liquors as aforesaid which shall be imported or brought into Great Britain for and during all such Term and Time as are before mentioned". ^[1]

Legacy

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

References

1. Great Britain; Luders, A.; Record Commission (1810). The statutes of the realm [1101-1713] : printed by command of his majesty King George the Third ; in pursuance of an address of the House of Commons of Great Britain ; from original records and authentic manuscripts. University of Southampton. [London : Record Commission]. pp. 102–103.