Truck Act 1940

Truck Act 1940 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to restrain legal proceedings under the Truck Acts 1831 to 1896 in respect of certain transactions heretofore effected which might lawfully have been effected in another form, and to remove doubts as to whether persons employed under contracts rendered illegal by those Acts are or were to be regarded for purposes other than those of the said Acts as employed under contracts of service.
Citation	3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 38
Territorial extent	Great Britain Northern Ireland (in part) [b]
Dates
Royal assent	10 July 1940
Commencement	10 July 1940 [c]
Repealed	1 January 1987 [d]
Other legislation
Repealed by	Wages Act 1986
Relates to	Truck Act 1831 Government of Ireland Act 1920
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Truck Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 38) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Truck Acts 1831 to 1940. ^[1] It was passed in response to the decision in Pratt v Cook, Son & Co (St. Paul's) ^[2] in which the court interpreted the Truck Acts in a novel way. ^[3]

Subsequent developments

Sections 1(1) and (3) and section 3(2) in part were repealed by schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.

The whole act was repealed by sections 11 and 32(2) of, and schedule 1 to, Part III of schedule 5 to, the Wages Act 1986.

See also

• History of labour law in the United Kingdom

Notes

1. Section 3(1). Due to the repeal of that provision, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. Section 3(2).
3. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
4. The Wages Act 1986 (Commencement) Order 1986.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,
• B A Hepple, Paul O'Higgins and Lord Wedderburn of Charlton. Sweet & Maxwell's Labour Relations Statutes and Materials. Second Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1983. ISBN   0 421 32010 9. pp 32 & 33.

1. The Truck Act 1940, section 3(1)
2. Pratt v Cook, Son & Co (St. Paul's) [1940] AC 487; 109 LJKB 298; 162 LT 248; 56 TLR 868, HL.
3. Annual Survey of English Law 1940. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) Department of Law. 1940. Page 203. And see pages xxii and 211.