Export Guarantees Act 1937

Export Guarantees Act 1937[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to amend and consolidate the Overseas Trade Acts, 1920 to 1934.
Citation1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 61
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent30 July 1937
Commencement30 July 1937[b]
Repealed28 February 1939
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealed byExport Guarantees Act 1939
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Export Guarantees Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 61) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to overseas trade guarantees in the United Kingdom.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 4(2) of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 29 Overseas Trade (Credits and Insurance) Act 1920 The whole act.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 26 Overseas Trade (Credits and Insurance) Amendment Act 1921 The whole act.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 65 Trade Facilities Act 1921 Section two, subsection (2) of section three and the Schedule.
13 Geo. 5. Sess. 2. c. 4 Trade Facilities and Loans Guarantee Act 1922 Section four.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 8 Trade Facilities Act 1924 Section three.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 3 Trade Facilities Act 1926 Section two and in section three the words from "and the Overseas Trade Acts, 1920 to 1924," to the end of the section.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 12 Overseas Trade Act 1929 The whole act.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 31 Overseas Trade Act 1930 The whole act.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 12 Overseas Trade Act 1934 The whole act.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1(6) of the Export Guarantees Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 5), which came into force on 28 February 1939.[3]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "UK Export Finance (UKEF) | Legal Guidance | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Export Guarantees Act 1937", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Edw8and1Geo6/1 c. 61
  3. ↑ "Export Guarantees Act 1939", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/2-3 c. 5