Gunpowder Act 1772

Gunpowder Act 1772

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to regulate the Making, Keeping, and Carriage of Gunpowder within Great Britain, and to repeal the Laws heretofore made for any of those Purposes.
Citation	12 Geo. 3. c. 61
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	3 June 1772
Commencement	1 July 1772 [a]
Repealed	31 August 1861
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771
Repealed by	Gunpowder Act 1860
Relates to	Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 Gunpowder Act 1860 Explosives Act 1875
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Gunpowder Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3. c. 61) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that consolidated all acts relating to the making, keeping and transport of gunpowder.

Background

In 1771, the Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3. c. 35) was passed, which consolidated all laws relating to the keeping and transport of gunpowder. ^[1]

Provisions

Section 31 of the act repealed the Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3 c. 35), as well as "all other statutes relating to the keeping and carriage of gunpowder", effective from 1 July 1772. ^[2]

Subsequent developments

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws described this act as a Consolidation Act. ^[3]

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Gunpowder Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 139), except as to any offence or penalty incurred, which would remain as if the act had not been repealed. ^[4]

Notes

1. Section 31.

References

1. Britain, Great (1771). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 29. J. Bentham. pp. 153–158.
2. Britain, Great (1771). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 29. J. Bentham. pp. 166–176.
3. Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.
4. A Collection of the Public General Statutes: 1860. 1860. pp. 1261–1279.