The Offences against the Person Act 1861 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It consolidated provisions related to offences against the person from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act. For the most part these provisions were, according to the draftsman of the Act, incorporated with little or no variation in their phraseology. It is one of a group of Acts sometimes referred to as the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts 1861. It was passed with the object of simplifying the law. It is essentially a revised version of an earlier Consolidation Act, the Offences Against the Person Act 1828, incorporating subsequent statutes.
A Consolidated Fund Act is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to allow, like an Appropriation Act, the Treasury to issue funds out of the Consolidated Fund.
An Appropriation Act is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which, like a Consolidated Fund Act, allows the Treasury to issue funds out of the Consolidated Fund. Unlike a Consolidated Fund Act, an Appropriation Act also "appropriates" the funds, that is allocates the funds issued out of the Consolidated Fund to individual government departments and Crown bodies. Appropriation Acts were formerly passed by the Parliament of Great Britain.
Statute Law Revision Act is a stock short title which has been used in Antigua, Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Ghana, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom, for Acts with the purpose of statute law revision. Such Acts normally repealed legislation which was expired, spent, repealed in general terms, virtually repealed, superseded, obsolete or unnecessary. In the United Kingdom, Statute Law (Repeals) Acts are now passed instead. "Statute Law Revision Acts" may collectively refer to enactments with this short title.
The Short Titles Act 1896 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892.
The Punishment of Offences Act 1837 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It abolished the death penalty for a number of statutory offences and replaced it with transportation for life.
The Piracy Act 1850, sometimes called the Pirates Repeal Act 1850, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It relates to proceedings for the condemnation of ships and other things taken from pirates and creates an offence of perjury in such proceedings.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1950 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1958 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (NI) is an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1991 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1908 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It repealed the whole or part of Acts, from the Consolidated Fund Act, 1887 to the Appropriation Act, 1900.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1953 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1959 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Irish fisheries law is the fisheries law of Ireland. It relates to Irish fisheries.
The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 was an Act of the Parliament of England.
The Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1703 was an Act of the Parliament of England, granting "in Perpetuity the Revenues of the First Fruits and Tenths" for the support of the poor clergy of England.
The Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1706 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is one of the Queen Anne's Bounty Acts 1706 to 1870.
