Medical Act 1956

Medical Act 1956[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to medical practitioners with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.
Citation4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 76
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent5 November 1956
Commencement1 January 1957[b]
Repealed26 October 1983
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byMedical Act 1983
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Medical Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 76) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to medical practitioners in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 57(1) of the act repealed 20 enactments, listed in the fifth schedule to the act.[3]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
32 Hen. 8. c. 40 Physicians Act 1540 The whole act..
21 & 22 Vict. c. 90 Medical Act 1858 Sections two to forty-six; section fifty-five; and Schedules (A) and (D).
22 Vict. c. 21 Medical Act 1859 The whole act..
23 Vict. c. 7 Medical Acts Amendment Act 1860 The whole act..
25 & 26 Vict. c. 91 Medical Act 1862 The whole act..
37 & 38 Vict. c. 34 Apothecaries Act Amendment Act 1874 Section three.
39 & 40 Vict. c. 40 Medical Practitioners Act 1876 The whole act..
49 & 50 Vict. c. 48 Medical Act 1886 Sections two to five; in section six the words "in the United Kingdom and"; sections seven to twenty-four; in section twenty-seven the words "except where the context otherwise requires" and the definitions other than that of "local law" and "person".
63 & 64 Vict. c. xix Birmingham University Act 1900 Sections nine and ten.
3 Edw. 7. c. ccxxxii Liverpool University Act 1903 Sections ten and eleven.
4 Edw. 7. c. xxxv University of Leeds Act 1904 Sections eight and nine.
5 Edw. 7. c. 14 Medical Act (1886) Amendment Act 1905 The whole act..
5 Edw. 7. c. clii University of Sheffield Act 1905 Sections seven and eight.
7 Edw. 7. c. xxii Apothecaries Act 1907 Section five.
8 Edw. 7. c. 38 Irish Universities Act 1908 Section eleven.
9 Edw. 7. c. xlii University of Bristol Act 1909 Sections seven and eight.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 43 University of Wales (Medical Graduates) Act 1911 The whole act..
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 39 Medical and Dentists Acts Amendment Act 1927 In section one, the words from "and so far as" in subsection (1) to the end of the section; in section three, subsections (2), (4) and (5).
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 11 Medical Practitioners and Pharmacists Act 1947 Section eight.
14 Geo. 6. c. 29 Medical Act 1950 Sections one to five; in section six, subsections (1) and (2), in subsection (3), paragraphs (a) and (b) and the words "but not further" and subsections (4) to (7); sections seven to twenty-four; subsection (1) of section twenty-five; sections twenty-six to twenty-eight and thirty and thirty-two; in section thirty-four, in subsection (1), the words "on the Lord Chancellor to make rules and", subsection (2), in subsection (3) and subsection (4) the words from "other than" to "day"; section thirty-five, except the words in subsection (4) from "for the purpose" to the end; sections thirty-six and thirty-seven; subsection (2) of section thirty-eight; the First Schedule; the Second Schedule, except the entry relating to the Medical Practitioners and Pharmacists Act, 1947, in the first column and the words from the beginning to "by virtue of section eleven" in the corresponding entry in the second column.

Subsequent developments

Section 57(1) of, and schedule 5 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[4]

The whole act was repealed by section 56(2) of, and part I of schedule 7 to, the Medical Act 1983, which came into force on 26 October 1983.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 58(1).
  2. ↑ Section 58(2).

References

  1. ↑ Irvine, Donald H. (2006). "A short history of the General Medical Council". Medical Education. 40 (3): 202–211. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02397.x. PMID 16483322.
  2. ↑ "[R]Medical Act 1956 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Medical Act 1956", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/4-5 c. 76
  4. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 22
  5. ↑ "Medical Act 1983", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1983 c. 54
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