Fires Prevention Act 1785
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend so much of the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774, as relates to Manufactories of Turpentine: for extending the provisions of the said Act, so amended, to Manufactories of Pitch, Tar and Turpentine, throughout that part of Great Britain called England;[b] [and for indemnifying the Proprietor of a Turpentine Manufactory in Potter's Fields in the Borough of Southwark, against the Penalties he may be liable to under the said Act; and for excepting, for a limited Time, his said Manufactory from the Provisions herein contained.[c] |
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| Citation | 25 Geo. 3. c. 77 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 July 1785 |
| Commencement | 5 July 1785[d] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1968 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1774 |
| Amended by |
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| Repealed by | Criminal Law Act 1967 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Fires Prevention Act 1785[a] or the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1785[e] (25 Geo. 3. c. 77) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
Subsequent developments
This act was partly repealed by section 2[1] of the Limitations of Actions and Costs Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 97).
Sections 3 and 4 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116), which came into force on 21 August 1871.[2]
The following enactments were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 59), which came into force on 16 September 1887.[3]:
- The title from "and for indemnifying" to the end of the title
- Preamble
Section 1 from the beginning of the section to "repealed and that", and from "of debt" to "information" and from "at Westminster" to "allowed"
- Section 6
Section 5 of the act, from "be it" to "enacted that" was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 3), which came into force on 27 March 1888.[4]
The words of commencement in section 1 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 30 July 1948.[5]
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 13(2) of, and part I of schedule 4 of the Criminal Law Act 1967, which came into force on 1 January 1968.[6]
Notes
- 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ↑ These words are printed against this act in the second column of the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
- ↑ This part of the short title was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 59).
- ↑ Section 1.
- ↑ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
References
- ↑ A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Fifth and Sixth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1842. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1842. pp. 990–991 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1871", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/34-35 c. 116
- ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1887", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/50-51 c. 59
- ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1888", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/51-52 c. 3
- ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1948", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/11-12 c. 62
- ↑ "Criminal Law Act 1967", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1967 c. 58