The Alkali Act 1863 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Game Act 1831 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was passed to protect game birds by establishing a close season during which they could not be legally taken. The Act also established the need for game licences and the appointing of gamekeepers. It has covered the protection of game birds to this day.
The Unemployed Workmen Act 1905 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It established Distress Committees that gave out single grants to businesses or local authorities to allow them to hire more workers to decrease the number of people out of work. However, those with a criminal record were not given the opportunity to work the businesses being given grants.
The Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a consolidating statute, recognised as the founding piece of modern United Kingdom company law legislation.
The Metropolis Gas Act 1860 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was the Gas (Metropolis) Bill. The Metropolis Gas Act 1860 regulated the operation of gas supply companies in London.
The Dogs Act 1871 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which deals with the handling of stray and dangerous dogs.
The Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was part of the company law of that country and of the Republic of Ireland.
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 Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Trials for Felony Act 1836 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Married Women's Property Act 1884 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act relates solely to the giving of evidence in criminal matters, by husband and wife.
The Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed local authorities within the area of the Metropolitan Police District around London, England to use income from rates to protect and maintain common lands in their areas. It was amended by the Metropolitan Commons Amendment Act 1869.
A revised edition of the statutes is an edition of the Revised Statutes in the United Kingdom. These editions are published by authority.
The Limitation Act 1623, sometimes called the Statute of Limitations 1623, was an Act of the Parliament of England.
The Public Trustee Act 1906 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which provides for the appointment of a public trustee, and which amended the law relating to the administration of trusts. This Act has been described as "important".
The Criminal Procedure Act 1851 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was drafted by Charles Sprengel Greaves. Stephen said that compared to earlier legislation on defects in indictments, the Criminal Procedure Act 1851 "went further in the way of removing technicalities, but it did so by an enumeration of them, so technical and minute, that no one could possibly understand it who had not first acquainted himself with all the technicalities which it was meant to abolish."
The Police Act 1919 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which set up an alternative dispute resolution system within UK labour law for collective disputes involving members of staff in the police force. The current rules are now found under the Police Act 1996. Following the British police strikes in 1918 and 1919, the government decided that it was a threat to the public to allow strikes among the police force to take place. The Police Act 1919 prohibited police from joining a trade union that could take strike action protected by the Trade Disputes Act 1906, and provided an alternative in the Police Federation of England and Wales and the Scottish Police Federation. A substitute for strikes was binding arbitration to resolve collective disputes.
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1867 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, sponsored by Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook and supported by Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Florence Nightingale and the Association for the Improvement of the Infirmaries of London Workhouses.
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1879 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Prosecution of Offences Acts 1879 to 1908.
