Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1967

Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1967[a]
Act of Parliament
coat of arms
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the contents of advertisements displayed or issued in connection with hire-purchase or credit-sale.
Citation1967 c. 42
Territorial extent [b]
Dates
Royal assent14 July 1967
Commencement14 August 1967[c]
Repealed19 May 1985[d]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealed byConsumer Credit Act 1974
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1967 (c. 42) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the contents of advertisements displayed or issued in connection with hire-purchase or credit-sale in Great Britain.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 8(2) of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in schedule 2 to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 41 Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1957 The whole act.
1964 c. 53 Hire Purchase Act 1964 Part IV.
1965 c. 67 Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 Schedule 3. In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1957. In Schedule 5, the entry relating to the Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1957.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 192(3)(b) of, and part I of schedule 5 to, the Consumer Credit Act 1974, which came into force on 19 May 1985.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 8(1).
  2. ↑ Section 8(5).
  3. ↑ Section 8(4).
  4. ↑ The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1983 (SI 1983/1551).

References

  1. ↑ Diamond, Aubrey L. (1967). Introduction to Hire-Purchase Law. London: Butterworths.
  2. ↑ "Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1967", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1967 c. 42
  3. ↑ "Consumer Credit Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 39