Statistics of Trade Act 1947
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to enable certain government departments to obtain more readily the information necessary for the appreciation of economic trends and for the discharge of their functions; to consolidate and amend the law relating to the census of production; to provide for a census of distribution and other services; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 39 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 July 1947 |
| Commencement | 31 July 1947[c] |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
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Status: Partially repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Statistics of Trade Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 39) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the census of production, and provided statutory authority for the collection of trade and economic statistics in Great Britain.[1]
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 19(4) of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in that section.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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| 6 Edw. 7. c. 49 | Census of Production Act 1906 | The whole act. |
| 7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 2 | Census of Production Act 1917 | The whole act. |
| 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 15 | Census of Production Act 1939 | The whole act. |
Subsequent developments
The act has been amended on several occasions since its enactment. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 14 (which required building byelaws to include provisions for estimates of the cost of proposed works) were repealed by the Public Health Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 64); subsection (3) was repealed by the London Government Act 1963; and subsection (4) was repealed by an earlier enactment. Section 18 (which applied the provisions of section 14 to Scotland by substituting references to Scottish building byelaw legislation) was repealed by the Building (Scotland) Act 1959. Section 16 (which authorised the exercise of the Board of Trade's powers by its officers) was repealed by the Industrial Expansion Act 1968.
Section 9A, requiring competent authorities to disclose information to the Environment Agency and equivalent bodies, was inserted by the Environment Act 1995. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 amended section 10(1) to extend references to marriage to civil partnerships. The Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24) will insert new sections 9B and 9C into the act, subject to commencement.
Notes
- ↑ Section 19(1).
- ↑ Section 19(2).
- ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
- ↑ "Statistics of Trade Act 1947 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statistics of Trade Act 1947", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/10-11 c. 39
External links
- Text of the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Text of the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.