List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1879

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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in the calendar year 1879 and the session of the 42nd and 43rd years of the reign of Queen Victoria (42 & 43 Vict). It was the sixth session of the twenty-first Parliament of the United Kingdom. [1] Sources published during the regnal year 42 Vict refer to this session as 42 Vict, [2] because, at that time, it was not known when the session would end. [3]

Contents

During this session the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed 78 public general acts; 41 public acts of a local character, which were placed amongst the local and personal acts; [4] 225 local acts; and 8 private acts printed by the Queen's Printer. [5] [6]

The number shown after each act's short title or popular title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held. Most but not all of these acts have a short title. Some have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

Public general acts

Local acts

Chapters 1 to 100

Chapters 101 to 200

Chapters 201 to 225

Private acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Ryder Richardson's Estate Act 1879|note1= [8] |private|1|23-05-1879|archived=n|An Act to confirm certain Conveyances made by the Trustees of the Will of William Ryder Richardson, deceased, and to give further Powers for enabling the appropriation and sale of Land for Building Sites, and for other purposes.}}

| {{|Berry Estate Act 1879|note1= [8] |private|2|03-07-1879|archived=n|An Act to authorise the feuing of parts of the Lands of Tayfield, Northfield, and others, in the Parish of Forgan, or Saint Phyllans, and County of Fife.}}

| {{|Roper's Estate Act 1879|note1= [8] |private|3|03-07-1879|archived=n|An Act to make provision with respect to the Shares of Thomas Roper, deceased, in the Capital and Business of the Firm of Harrison, Ainslie, and Company.}}

| {{|Stuckgown Estate Act 1879|note1= [8] |private|4|03-07-1879|archived=n|An Act to authorise the Sale of the Estate of Stuckgown, in the County of Dumbarton, and to provide for the Application of the Price thereof.}}

| {{|Edwards Infants' Succession Duty Act 1879|note1= [8] |private|5|21-07-1879|archived=n|An Act to charge certain Moneys on the interests of Jessie Edwards, Anne Dorothea Edwards, Eyre Evans Edwards, and Mary Eliza Edwards, Infants, in a Moiety of certain Estates in the Counties of Limerick, Dublin, and Queen, and the City of Dublin, in Ireland, and for other purposes.|note4=
(Repealed as to the Republic of Ireland by the Statute Law Revision Act 2012, ss 2(1) & 3(1) & Sch 2, Pt 3.) }}

| {{|Goldsmid Estate Act 1879|note1= [8] |private|6|21-07-1879|archived=n|An Act to authorise the granting of Building and Improvement Leases of the Estates devised by the Will of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Baronet, and for other purpose.}}

| {{|Leitrim Estates Act 1879|note1= [8] |private|7|21-07-1879|archived=n|An Act for giving effect to a Compromise of certain opposing Claims affecting the Estates of William Sydney Earl of Leitrim, deceased, in the Counties of Leitrim, Donegal, Galway, and Kildare, in Ireland.|note4=
(Repealed as to the Republic of Ireland by the Statute Law Revision Act 2012, ss 2(1) & 3(1) & Sch 2, Pt 3.) }}

| {{|Arundel Estate Act 1879|note1= [29] |private|8|11-08-1879|archived=n|An Act for enlarging the Leasing Powers relating to the Estates annexed to the Earldom of Arundel, and for effecting an Exchange of parts of the same Estates, and for authorising Exchanges and Sales of other parts of the same Estates, and for other purposes.}}

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References

Statutes in force are included in Chitty's Statutes and Halsbury's Statutes, and in the Statutes Revised and Statutes in Force; they are discussed in Halsbury's Laws of England and the Stair Memorial Encyclopedia.

  1. ↑ The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Bret Ince, 1879, title page
  2. ↑ See, for example, 43 The Justice of the Peace 243
  3. ↑ O Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Fourth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. 1960. p 99.
  4. ↑ The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Bret Ince, 1879, pp 314 to 317
  5. ↑ Compendious Abstract of Public General Acts. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports. 1879. p. 327.
  6. ↑ The Public General Acts: Passed in the Forty-Second and Forty-Third Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria Being Sixth Session of the Twenty-First Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Church Assembly Measures. Law Journal Reports. 1879. pp. 3–31.
  7. 1 2 3 This short title was conferred on this Act by section 8 of this Act.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 This short title was conferred on this Act by section 1 of this Act.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 This short title was conferred on this Act by section 3 of this Act.
  10. 1 2 3 4 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.
  11. 1 2 3 This short title was conferred on this Act by section 5 of this Act.
  12. ↑ Smith, Frederick James (1882). Quarter Sessions Practice: A Vade Mecum of General Practice in Appellate and Civil Cases at Quarter Sessions. London: Stevens and Haynes. pp. xcix.
  13. ↑ Hart, Ernest, ed. (28 June 1890). British Medical Journal. Vol. 1. London: British Medical Association. p. 633.
  14. ↑ Section 2 of the Friendly Societies Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 27) refers to the Friendly Societies Amendment Acts 1876 and 1879.
  15. ↑ Levy, Hermann (1937). Wilson, Arnold Talbot (ed.). Industrial Assurance: An Historical and Critical Study. Oxford University Press. pp. 64, 89, 507.
  16. ↑ Current Law Statutes Annotated: Volume 4. Sweet & Maxwell. 1995.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  17. ↑ Paterson, W., ed. (1879). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1879. London: Law Times Office. p. 13.
  18. 1 2 This short title was conferred on this Act by section 4 of this Act.
  19. ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 13 of this Act.
  20. ↑ Paterson, W., ed. (1879). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1879. London: Law Times Office. pp. iii.
  21. ↑ Current Law Statutes 1997, vol 3
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 This short title was conferred on this Act by section 2 of this Act.
  23. ↑ North British Railway Co v Local Authority of the Parish of Dunfermline (1887) 3 Sheriff Court Reports 178; (1887) 15 Poor Law Magazine 362.
  24. ↑ (1890) 12 The Law Students' Journal 90 (1 April)
  25. ↑ Vicars and Smith's Patent Act 1879.
  26. ↑ This Act is referred to by this expression in Group 13 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013. The Bill for this Act was the Mungret Agricultural School, &c. Bill: (1879) 134 Journals of the House of Commons 282, 300, 379, 387, 395, 397 and 428; "Mungret Agricultural School, &c. Bill", Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Sixth Session of the Twenty-First Parliament of the United Kingdom, 42° & 43° Victoria, 1879.
  27. ↑ Mungret Agricultural School, &c. Act 1879. Legislation.gov.uk.
  28. ↑ St. Giles Ancient Church (Edinburgh) Act 1879, vLex; St. Giles Ancient Church (Edinburgh) Act 1879, Legislation.gov.uk. The Bill for this Act was called the Saint Giles Cathedral (Edinburgh) Bill, and was also called the Saint Giles Ancient Church (Edinburgh) Bill: General Index to the Journals of the House of Commons, p 559; 134 Journals of the House of Commons 482. "St. Giles' Ancient Church (Edinburgh) Bill": 111 Journals of the House of Lords 372. "Saint Giles Cathedral (Edinburgh) Bill", Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Sixth Session of the Twenty-First Parliament of the United Kingdom, 42° & 43° Victoria, 1879.
  29. ↑ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 26 of this Act.
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