Holy Days and Fasting Days Act 1551

Last updated

Holy Days and Fasting Days Act 1551 [1]
Act of Parliament
Coat of Arms of England (1509-1554).svg
Long title An Acte for the keping of Hollie daies and Fastinge dayes. [2]
Citation 5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 3
Dates
Royal assent 15 April 1552
Repealed1969 (in full so far as unrepealed)
Other legislation
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status: Repealed

The Holy Days and Fasting Days Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 3) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

It is sometimes claimed that this Act is still in force, and attention is drawn to a portion of the Act that states citizens must walk to a Christian church on Christmas Day. In reality, what had not already been repealed of this Act in previous legislation was repealed as part of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, under section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the 1969 Act.

The provisions repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888 were as follows:

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533, also known as the Act Concerning Peter's Pence and Dispensations, is an Act of the Parliament of England. It was passed by the English Reformation Parliament in the early part of 1534 and outlawed the payment of Peter's Pence and other payments to Rome. The Act remained partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. It is under section III of this Act, that the Archbishop of Canterbury can award a Lambeth degree as an academic degree.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Act of Uniformity 1548</span> United Kingdom law of religion

The Act of Uniformity 1548, the Act of Uniformity 1549 or the Uniformity Act 1548 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed on 21 January 1549.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Submission of the Clergy Act 1533</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Submission of the Clergy Act 1533 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Treason Act 1551</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Treason Act 1551 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parliament Act 1660</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Parliament Act 1660 was an Act of the Convention Parliament of England of 1660. The Act declared the Long Parliament to be dissolved, and the Lords and Commons then sitting to be the two Houses of Parliament, notwithstanding that they had not been convened by the King.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Distress Act 1285</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Distress Act 1285 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was chapter 37 of the Statute of Westminster the Second.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apprentices Act 1536</span> English legislation

The Apprentices Act 1536 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536</span> English legislation

The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cestui que vie Act 1540</span> English legislation

The Cestui que vie Act 1540 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Feigned Recoveries Act 1542</span> English legislation

The Feigned Recoveries Act 1542 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sacrament Act 1547</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Sacrament Act 1547 is an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clergy Marriage Act 1548</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Clergy Marriage Act 1548 was an Act of the Parliament of England. Part of the English Reformation, it abolished the prohibition on marriage of priests within the Church of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brawling Act 1551</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Brawling Act 1551 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clergy Marriage Act 1551</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Clergy Marriage Act 1551 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen Regent's Prerogative Act 1554</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Queen Regent's Prerogative Act 1554 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shop-books Evidence Act 1609</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Shop-books Evidence Act 1609 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ship Money Act 1640</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Ship Money Act 1640 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It outlawed the medieval tax called ship money, a tax the sovereign could levy without parliamentary approval. Ship money was intended for use in war, but by the 1630s was being used to fund everyday government expenses of King Charles I, thereby subverting Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Act of Uniformity (Explanation) Act 1663</span> Former United Kingdom law of religion and the Church of England

The Act of Uniformity (Explanation) Act 1663 was an Act of the Parliament of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fires Prevention Act 1785</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Fires Prevention Act 1785 or the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1785 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sale of Offices Act 1551</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Sale of Offices Act 1551 is an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act is concerned with corruption in public office. It has been repealed completely in the United Kingdom since 2013, but only partly in the Republic of Ireland, where it makes it an offence to sell certain public offices, or to receive or agree to receive money for an office.

References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. 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 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".