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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1956.
Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland. For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.
For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
The number shown after each act's 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; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2
[edit]Continuing the first session of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 7 June 1955 until 5 November 1956.
Public general acts
[edit]Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
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Long title | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 23 | 15 March 1956 | |||
An Act to constitute the Presidencies of the Leeward Islands separate colonies and confer upon Her Majesty power to make, or to authorize the making of, emergency laws therefor and to establish courts therefor; to amend the West Indian Court of Appeal Act, 1919;[a] and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
Children and Young Persons Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 24 | 15 March 1956 | ||
An Act to extend the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933,[b] and the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937,[c] with respect to escapes from the care of fit persons, from approved schools and from remand homes or special reception centres. (Repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)) | ||||
Therapeutic Substances Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 25 | 15 March 1956 | ||
An Act to consolidate the Therapeutic Substances Act, 1925,[d] and the Therapeutic Substances (Prevention of Misuse) Acts, 1947 to 1953. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993) | ||||
Police (Scotland) Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 26 | 15 March 1956 | ||
An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to police forces in Scotland and to the execution of warrants in the border counties of England and Scotland. (Repealed by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77)) | ||||
Charles Beattie Indemnity Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 27 | 15 March 1956 | ||
An Act to indemnify Charles Beattie, Esquire, from any penal consequences which he may have incurred by sitting and voting as a member of the House of Commons while holding the office or place of member of certain panels constituted in pursuance of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946,[e] and the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1946,[f] or of member of an appeal tribunal constituted in pursuance of the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 1948.[g] (Repealed by Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15)) | ||||
Agricultural Research Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 28 | 15 March 1956 | ||
An Act to make provision with respect to agricultural research. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 29 | 15 March 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the law relating to dentists. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 30 | 15 March 1956 | |||
An Act to amend and consolidate certain enactments in Scotland relating to food and drugs, and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 31 | 15 March 1956 | |||
An Act to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Pakistan and persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Pakistan, in view of Pakistan's becoming a Republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth. | ||||
Consolidated Fund Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 32 | 28 March 1956 | ||
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six and one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 33 | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to make provision with respect to contributions in connection with housing accommodation. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 34 | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to make new arrangements as to the administration of criminal justice in Lancashire and matters connected therewith, and to amend the law of England and Wales as to recorders and courts of quarter sessions in boroughs, as to the retirement or removal of chairmen and deputy chairmen of quarter sessions and of stipendiary magistrates in London, as to the liability of boroughs to contribute to the costs of magistrates' courts and courts of quarter sessions for the county and as to the constitution for purposes of appeals of the court of quarter sessions for the county of London, to make further provision about shorthand notes taken on trials on indictment, and to transfer to the Lord Chancellor or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster certain functions of the Secretary of State and to the Rule Committee of the Supreme Court the power to make rules of court under the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907,[h] and rules under the Indictments Act, 1915.[i] | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 35 | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to validate the election to the Senate of Northern Ireland of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sacheverell Carleton Richardson and the election to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland of Doctor Eileen Mary Hickey, The Right Honourable Sir William McCleery, Knight, Doctor Robert Samuel Nixon, and Captain The Right Honourable Sir Norman Stronge, Baronet, notwithstanding their holding certain offices; to indemnify the persons aforesaid from any penal consequences which they may have incurred by sitting and voting as members of the said Senate or House of Commons while holding those offices; and to indemnify the estate of the late Henry Fleming, Esquire, from any penal consequences which may have been incurred by him by sitting and voting as a member of the said Senate while holding a certain office. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 36 | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to enable local authorities to defray certain expenses in connection with official and courtesy visits; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid. | ||||
Licensing (Airports) Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 37 | 17 May 1956 | ||
An Act to exempt international airports from the restrictions on the times at which intoxicating liquor may be sold or supplied. (Repealed by Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 38 | 17 May 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the memorandum of association of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited; validate certain debenture stock issued by that company, and, in connection therewith, amend a deed made by it for securing debenture stock issued by it; and authorise the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to make further advances to that company for the purpose of increasing its guarantee fund. | ||||
Pensions (Increase) Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 39 | 17 May 1956 | ||
An Act to provide for increases in certain pensions; and to amend the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920[j] and 1924,[k] the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1944[l] and 1947,[m] the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1952,[n] and the Second Schedule to the Pensions (India, Pakistan and Burma) Act, 1955.[o] (Repealed by Pensions Increase Act 1971 (c. 56)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 40 | 17 May 1956 | |||
An Act to authorise local authorities in Scotland to contribute to the expenses incurred by frontagers and others in connection with the construction, maintenance or making up of private streets, new streets and footways. (Repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 20)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 41 | 17 May 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the enactments relating to solicitors and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 42 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the law with respect to occasional licences. (Repealed by Licensing Act 1961 (c. 61)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 43 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to provide for the simultaneous holding of elections of rural district councillors and parish councillors; to require the expenses incurred in relation to the holding of elections of parish councillors to be paid by the council of the rural district within which the parish is situate; to provide for excluding certain days in computing the period of time within which elections to fill casual vacancies occurring in the offices of county, borough and district councillor and elective auditor are required to be held; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 44 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the law relating to orders of justices of the peace requiring persons to enter into recognisances to keep the peace or be of good behaviour. | ||||
Small Lotteries and Gaming Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 45 | 5 July 1956 | ||
An Act to authorise the conduct of small lotteries for other than private gain by societies for raising money for charitable, sporting and other purposes and to amend the law with respect to gaming; and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Betting Duties Act 1963 (c. 3)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 46 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the law relating to Admiralty jurisdiction, legal proceedings in connection with ships and aircraft and the arrest of ships and other property, to make further provision as to the appointment, tenure of office, powers and qualifications of certain judges and officers, to make certain other amendments of the law relating to the Supreme Court and the county courts and of the law relating to the enforcement of certain judgments, orders and decrees, to enable certain funds in court in the Lancashire Chancery Court to be transferred to the official trustees of charitable funds or the Church Commissioners, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
National Insurance Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 47 | 5 July 1956 | ||
An Act to provide for altering the extent to which deductions from widows' benefits and retirement pensions under the National Insurance Act, 1946,[p] are to be made in respect of earnings. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965 (c. 55)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 48 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Sugar Board, and to make provision as to the functions and finances of the Board, including provision for a surcharge on sugar and molasses and provision for distributing any surplus revenues of the Board; to make further provision as respects the British Sugar Corporation Limited, to dissolve the Sugar Commission, and otherwise to make new provision as respects the sugar industry in, and the importation of sugar and related goods into, the United Kingdom; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 49 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to provide for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons employed in agriculture and certain other occupations and the avoidance of accidents to children arising out of the use, in connection with agriculture, of vehicles, machinery or implements; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 50 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to increase the rate of certain allowances under the Family Allowances Acts, 1945[q] and 1952;[r] to extend the definition of a child for the purposes of those Acts, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1954, and the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1955; to amend the provisions of the said Acts of 1946 to 1954 and 1946 to 1955 with respect to benefits payable to widows; to validate certain marriages for the purposes of the Acts aforesaid; to make provision with respect to reciprocal arrangements with other countries in connection with family allowances; to authorise a local authority to whose care a person has been committed by an order of any court under the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933,[b] or the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937,[c] to entrust the care and control of that person to a parent, guardian, relative or friend; to permit such a person to be treated as included in a family for the purposes of family allowances while the control of that person is so entrusted; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 51 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to provide for the payment of allowances out of the Industrial Injuries Fund with a view to supplementing workmen's compensation and benefit, and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1967 (c. 34)) | ||||
Clean Air Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 52 | 5 July 1956 | ||
An Act to make provision for abating the pollution of the air. (Repealed by Clean Air Act 1993) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 53 | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1898,[s] the Teachers (Superannuation) Acts, 1918 to 1946, and so much of the Education (Scotland) Acts, 1939 to 1953, as relates to superannuation and to the employment of teachers over the age of sixty-five years; and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 54 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, to authorise advances out of the Consolidated Fund to nationalised industries and undertakings, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. | ||||
Appropriation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 55 | 2 August 1956 | ||
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven and to appropriate the further supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 56 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the provisions of the Transport Act, 1953,[t] relating to the disposal by the British Transport Commission of the property held by them for the purposes of the existing road haulage undertaking (including the provisions as to the transport levy and the Transport Fund), to extend certain enactments relating to holding companies to the British Transport Commission, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Transport Act 1962) | ||||
Slum Clearance (Compensation) Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 57 | 2 August 1956 | ||
An Act to make additional provision for payments in respect of certain unfit houses subject to compulsory purchase, clearance, demolition or closing orders; and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1959) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 58 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to make provision with respect to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Science and Technology Act 1965 (c. 4)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 59 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to vest in the Minister of Works certain underground works constructed in London during the recent war as air-raid shelters, together with other works connected therewith and land adjacent to those works; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 60 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the law regarding valuation and rating in Scotland; to amend the provisions of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954,[u] with respect to the payment of Exchequer Grants to local authorities in Scotland and with respect to the apportionment of the expenditure of joint bodies among their constituent authorities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
Coal Industry Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 61 | 2 August 1956 | ||
An Act to extend the power of the Minister of Fuel and Power to make advances to the National Coal Board for capital purposes; and to alter the financial year of the National Coal Board. (Repealed by Coal Industry Act 1965 (c. 82)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 62 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the law relating to inns and innkeepers. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 63 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to provide for the federation of certain West Indian colonies and for the transfer, to a court established for the purposes of the federation, of the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal established by the West Indian Court of Appeal Act, 1919,[a] and the dissolution of that Court; to provide for conferring on the first-mentioned court jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from the courts of colonies which are not for the time being included in the federation and to repeal the British Honduras (Court of Appeal) Act, 1881;[v] and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
Governors' Pensions Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 64 | 2 August 1956 | ||
An Act to amend the Pensions (Governors of Dominions, &c.) Acts, 1911 to 1947. (Repealed by Governors' Pensions Act 1957) | ||||
Public Works Loans Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 65 | 2 August 1956 | ||
An Act to grant money for the purpose of certain local loans out of the Local Loans Fund. (Repealed by Public Works Loans Act 1964 (c. 9)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 66 | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 67 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the law relating to road traffic (including driving licences, lighting and insurance), the provision of parking places, the regulation of public service vehicles and the licensing of goods vehicles; and for purposes connected therewith. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 68 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to provide for the registration and judicial investigation of certain restrictive trading agreements, and for the prohibition of such agreements when found contrary to the public interest; to prohibit the collective enforcement of conditions regulating the resale price of goods, and to make further provision for the individual enforcement of such conditions by legal proceedings; to amend the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Acts, 1948[y] and 1953;[z] to provide for the appointment of additional judges of the High Court and of the Court of Session; and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 69 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to consolidate (with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949)[aa] the statute law of England and Wales relating to sexual crimes, to the abduction, procuration and prostitution of women and to kindred offences, and to make such adaptations of statutes extending beyond England and Wales as are needed in consequence of that consolidation. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 70 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the law with regard to notice of marriages intended to be celebrated or contracted in Scotland. | ||||
Overseas Resources Development Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 71 | 2 August 1956 | ||
An Act to make new provision as to the functions of the Colonial Development Corporation, including provision in respect of past activities of the said Corporation; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Overseas Resources Development Act 1959) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 72 | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to extend the time within which livestock rearing land improvement schemes may be submitted under the Hill Farming Act, 1946, increase the maximum amount that may be paid in the aggregate by way of grants in respect of the cost of work done in accordance with such schemes and extend the time within which the said maximum may be further increased by order of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State; and to prolong the powers under that Act of those Ministers to make subsidy payments in respect of hill sheep and hill cattle. | ||||
Crown Estate Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 73 | 5 November 1956 | ||
An Act to provide for the reconstitution of the Commissioners of Crown Lands under the name of the Crown Estate Commissioners; to transfer to the Lord Privy Seal and the Secretary of State certain powers of the Treasury under section thirty-two of the Crown Lands Act, 1851,[ab] in its application to the said Commissioners, and to make new provision as to the annual report of the said Commissioners; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Crown Estate Act 1961) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 74 | 5 November 1956 | |||
An Act to make new provision in respect of copyright and related matters, in substitution for the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1911,[ac] and other enactments relating thereto; to amend the Registered Designs Act, 1949,[ad] with respect to designs related to artistic works in which copyright subsists, and to amend the Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act, 1925;[ae] and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. | ||||
Education (Scotland) Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 75 | 5 November 1956 | ||
An Act to amend the Education (Scotland) Act, 1946,[af] and certain other enactments relating to education in Scotland and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Education (Scotland) Act 1962) | ||||
Medical Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 76 | 5 November 1956 | ||
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to medical practitioners with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.[aa] (Repealed by Medical Act 1983) | ||||
- ^ a b West Indian Court of Appeal Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 47)
- ^ a b Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12)
- ^ a b Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 37)
- ^ Therapeutic Substances Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 60)
- ^ National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946 (c. 21 (N.I.))
- ^ National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1946 (c. 23 (N.I.))
- ^ National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 (c. 13 (N.I.))
- ^ Criminal Appeal Act 1907
- ^ Indictments Act 1915
- ^ Pensions (Increase) Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 36)
- ^ Pensions (Increase) Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 32)
- ^ Pensions (Increase) Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 21)
- ^ Pensions (Increase) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 7)
- ^ Pensions (Increase) Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 45)
- ^ Pensions (India, Pakistan and Burma) Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 22)
- ^ National Insurance Act 1946
- ^ Family Allowances Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 41)
- ^ Family Allowances and National Insurance Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 29)
- ^ Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act 1898
- ^ Transport Act 1953
- ^ Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1954
- ^ British Honduras (Court of Appeal) Act 1881
- ^ Local Government Act 1933
- ^ London Government Act 1939
- ^ Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Inquiry and Control) Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 66)
- ^ Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission Act 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 51)
- ^ a b Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949
- ^ Crown Lands Act 1851
- ^ Copyright Act 1911
- ^ Registered Designs Act 1949
- ^ Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act 1925
- ^ Education (Scotland) Act 1946
Local acts
[edit]Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
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4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxi | 15 March 1956 | |||
Crosby Corporation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxii | 15 March 1956 | ||
(Repealed by County of Merseyside Act 1980 (c. x)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxiii | 15 March 1956 | |||
An Act to confer further powers upon the Central Electricity Authority for the construction of ancillary works in connection with the proposed Blyth generating station and for the acquisition of lands and easements for the purposes thereof or in connection therewith and for other purposes. | ||||
Dundee Corporation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxiv | 15 March 1956 | ||
An Act to confer further powers on the corporation of the city and royal burgh of Dundee with respect to their transport undertaking and for other purposes. (Repealed by Dundee Corporation (Consolidated Powers) Order Confirmation 1957 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. iv)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxv | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity called Archdeacon Johnson's Almshouse Charity, in the Parishes of Oakham and Uppingham, in the County of Rutland. | ||||
Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charity in the county of Rutland:—
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4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxvi | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity known as the Baptist Chapel and other Charities at Totnes and Tuckenhay in the County of Devon. | ||||
Baptist Chapel and Other Charities (Totnes and Tuckenhay) Scheme 1956 | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxvii | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of certain Charities in the Parish of Stoneleigh, in the County of Warwick. | ||||
Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charities, in the county of Warwick:—
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4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxviii | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936[a] relating to Greenock Burgh Extension &c. | ||||
Greenock Burgh Extension, &c. Order 1956 Provisional Order to extend the boundaries of the burgh of Greenock and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxix | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Housing and Local Government relating to the Colne Valley Sewerage Board. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xl | 28 March 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xli | 28 March 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlii | 17 May 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Roxburgh County Council (Ale Water). | ||||
Roxburgh County Council (Ale Water) Order 1956 Provisional Order to exempt the county council of the county of Roxburgh from certain provisions of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 to repeal the provisions of the Kelso Water Order 1911 relating to the supply of water to the Kelso District Committee and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xliii | 17 May 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xliv | 17 May 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlv | 17 May 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlvi | 17 May 1956 | |||
Tees Conservancy Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlvii | 17 May 1956 | ||
(Repealed by Tees and Hartlepools Port Authority Act 1966 (c. xxv)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlviii | 17 May 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlix | 17 May 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. l | 17 May 1956 | |||
Sion College Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. li | 17 May 1956 | ||
An Act to reconstitute and confer new powers upon Sion College within the city of London and for other purposes. (Repealed by Sion College Act 1981 (c. xiv)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lii | 17 May 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. liii | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity of Frances Barker and certain other Charities in the City of York. | ||||
Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charities, being certain of the Municipal Charities, in the City of York, which Charities are comprised in one or more Schemes of the Charity Commissioners dated the 14th March 1902, 18th August 1916, 9th August 1921, 30th June 1922, 17th June 1923, 24th February 1925, 20th January 1933, 28th February 1936, 17th March 1939, 3rd October 1941 and 1st February 1952:—
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4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. liv | 5 July 1956 | |||
Consolidated Municipal Charity and certain other Charities (Ludlow) Scheme 1956 | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lv | 5 July 1956 | |||
Hospital of Robert Earl of Leicester Charity (Warwick) Scheme 1956 | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lvi | 5 July 1956 | |||
Sutton's Hospital (Charterhouse) Charity Scheme 1956 | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lvii | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to the Advocates' Widows' Fund. (Repealed by Advocates' Widows' and Orphans' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1968 (c. xiv)) | ||||
Advocates' Widows' Fund Order 1956 Provisional Order for amending and extending the Act 11 Geo. 4 c. xli (local) intituled "An Act to raise a Fund for Provisions to Widows of the Members of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland"[c] with respect to the investment of the said Fund and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lviii | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Glasgow Corporation. | ||||
Glasgow Corporation Order 1956 Provisional Order to amend the provisions of the Glasgow Police Act 1866 as to hackney carriages and the drivers thereof to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of lands for certain purposes by the corporation of the city of Glasgow to authorise the Corporation to borrow money for their tramway undertaking to make provision as to the powers of the Trustees of the Ure Elder Fund for Indigent Widow Ladies and for other purposes. | ||||
Dover Corporation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lix | 5 July 1956 | ||
(Repealed by County of Kent Act 1981 (c. xviii)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lx | 5 July 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxi | 5 July 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxii | 5 July 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxiii | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to empower the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company to raise additional capital to confer further powers on the Company and for other purposes. | ||||
Bedford Corporation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxiv | 5 July 1956 | ||
An Act to make further provision with regard to the letting of houses in the borough of Bedford and for other purposes. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxv | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to repeal the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company's Acts 1878 to 1939 to confer powers on the Company with respect to the carrying on of its business and the regulation of its affairs and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxvi | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to authorise a variation of certain works authorised by the Tyne Tunnel Act 1946 and to extend the time for the construction of certain other works authorised by that Act to confer further borrowing and other powers on the Durham County Council and on the Northumberland County Council to empower the Councils to discontinue and abandon the ferry across the river Tyne known as the Jarrow-Howdon Ferry and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxvii | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to amend the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals Act 1949 to confer further powers on the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxviii | 5 July 1956 | |||
An Act to confer further powers upon the London Necropolis Company Limited and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxix | 2 August 1956 | |||
Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxx | 2 August 1956 | ||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Aberdeen Harbour. (Repealed by Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1960 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. i)) | ||||
Aberdeen Harbour Order 1956 Provisional Order to extend the period of duration of the Aberdeen Harbour Acts 1895 to 1953. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxi | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxii | 2 August 1956 | |||
Huddersfield Corporation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxiii | 2 August 1956 | ||
(Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxiv | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxv | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxvi | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxvii | 2 August 1956 | |||
Rugby Corporation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxviii | 2 August 1956 | ||
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995) | ||||
Chertsey Urban District Council Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxix | 2 August 1956 | ||
(Repealed by Surrey Act 1985 (c. iii)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxx | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to empower the Manchester Ship Canal Company to execute works and to acquire lands to extend the time limited for the construction by the Company of certain railways to increase certain tolls rates and charges leviable by the Company to confer further powers upon the Company of borrowing money and to enact other financial provisions to confer further powers with regard to the superannuation fund of the Company and the payment of pensions and benefits to confer further powers upon the Company and for other purposes. | ||||
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxi | 2 August 1956 | ||
(Repealed by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Town Moor Act 1988 (c.xxi)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxii | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to provide for the closing of the Liverpool overhead railway and for the winding up and dissolution of the Liverpool Overhead Railway Company to confirm an agreement between the Company and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxiii | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxiv | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxv | 2 August 1956 | |||
Rhyl Urban District Council Act 1956 (repealed) | 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxvi | 2 August 1956 | ||
(Repealed by Clwyd County Council Act 1985 (c. xliv)) | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxvii | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxviii | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to empower the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company to construct new works to define and extend the limits of the dock to make provision with respect to the rates leviable by the Company in respect of the dock to convert the existing share capital into stock and to authorise the raising of additional capital by the Company to re-enact with amendments certain provisions relating to the Company and to confer further powers on the Company and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxix | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xc | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xci | 2 August 1956 | |||
An Act to empower Cammell Laird and Company (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Limited to acquire Rock Ferry Pier and to construct new works in the river Mersey and for other purposes. | ||||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xcii | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xciii | 2 August 1956 | |||
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xciv | 5 November 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to South of Scotland Electricity. | ||||
South of Scotland Electricity Order 1956 Provisional Order to consolidate the local enactments applying to the South of Scotland Electricity Board with such amendments as are required to facilitate consolidation and secure a uniform statutory code applicable throughout the South of Scotland District to confer further powers on the said Board and for other purposes. | ||||
- ^ Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)
- ^ Hertfordshire County Council (Colne Valley Sewerage, &c.) Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. lxxxix)
- ^ Advocates' Widows' Fund Act 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. xli)
- ^ Although passed in 1956, the short title is specified as the Colne Valley Sewerage (No. 2) Order 1955.
Private and personal acts
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4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 2 | 28 March 1956 | |||
An Act for enabling the settled estates of Lord Willoughby de Broke to be disentailed and to enable capital moneys to be raised out of the said settled estates and for other purposes connected with those estates. | ||||
5 & 6 Eliz. 2
[edit]The second session of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 6 November 1956 until 1 November 1957.
Public general acts
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5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 1 | 28 November 1956 | |||
An Act to authorise retrospective provision to be made for the remuneration of members of police forces and fire brigades and of probation officers. | ||||
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 2 | 20 December 1956 | |||
An Act to increase the duties of customs and excise chargeable on hydrocarbon oils, petrol substitutes, and spirits used for making power methylated spirits and, in connection therewith, to enable certain fares to be increased. (Repealed by Finance (No. 2) Act 1962 (c. 92)) | ||||
Air Corporations Act 1956 (repealed) | 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 3 | 20 December 1956 | ||
An Act to increase the borrowing powers of the British Overseas Airways Corporation and the British European Airways Corporation; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid. (Repealed by Air Corporations Act 1966 (c. 11)) | ||||
Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1956 (repealed) | 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 4 | 20 December 1956 | ||
An Act to continue certain expiring laws. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30)) | ||||
Agriculture (Silo Subsidies) Act 1956 (repealed) | 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 5 | 20 December 1956 | ||
An Act to make provision for the payment of subsidies in respect of the construction or improvement of silos. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14)) | ||||
Local acts
[edit]Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
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Long title | ||||
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. i | 28 November 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936[a] relating to Clyde Navigation. | ||||
Clyde Navigation Order 1956 Provisional Order to extend the period for the compulsory purchase of certain lands by the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation and for other purposes. | ||||
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. ii | 28 November 1956 | |||
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936[a] relating to Oban Burgh. | ||||
Oban Burgh Order 1956 Provisional Order to authorise the Corporation of the burgh of Oban to borrow moneys for the purposes of the Oban Piers and Harbour Orders 1862 to 1921 and for other purposes. | ||||