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These are the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, during the reign of Elizabeth II. Preceded by George VI and followed by the reign of Charles III.

1952 – present
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Copyright Act, 1956 (United Kingdom) 1956 c.74
Malaysia Act 1963 1963 c.35
Singapore Act 1966 1966 c.29
Freedom of Information Act 2000 2000 c.36

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1954 (3 & 4 Eliz. II)

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1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. II)

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1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. II)

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1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. II)

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1956 (5 & 6 Eliz. II)

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1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. II)

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1957 (6 & 7 Eliz. II)

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1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. II)

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1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. II)

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1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. II)

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1959 (8 & 9 Eliz. II)

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1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. II)

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1960 (9 & 10 Eliz. II)

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1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. II)

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1961 (10 & 11 Eliz. II)

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1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. II)

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1962 (11 & 12 Eliz. II)

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1963

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1964

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1965

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1966

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1967

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1968

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1969

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1970

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1971

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1972

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1973

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1974

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1975

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1976

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1977

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1978

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1980

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Chapter Short title Notes
c. 1 Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980
c. 2 Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980
c. 3 Representation of the People Act 1980 Repealed by c. 2 Representation of the People Act 1983
c. 4 Bail etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 40 Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995
c. 5 Child Care Act 1980 Repealed by c. 41 Children Act 1989
c. 6 Foster Children Act 1980 Repealed by c. 41 Children Act 1989
c. 7 Residential Homes Act 1980 Repealed by c. 41 Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983
c. 8 Gaming (Amendment) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 19 Gambling Act 2005
c. 9 Reserve Forces Act 1980
c. 10 Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 Repealed by c. 16 Police Act 1996
c. 11 Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980
c. 12 Bees Act 1980
c. 13 Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 14 Consolidated Fund Act 1980 Repealed by c. 40 Appropriation Act 1982
c. 15 National Health Service (Invalid Direction) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 12 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986
c. 16 New Hebrides Act 1980
c. 17 National Heritage Act 1980
c. 18 Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 18 Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1985
c. 19 Highlands and Islands Air Services (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 20 Education Act 1980
c. 21 Competition Act 1980
c. 22 Companies Act 1980 Repealed by c. 9 Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985
c. 23 Consular Fees Act 1980
c. 24 Limitation Amendment Act 1980
c. 25 Insurance Companies Act 1980
c. 26 British Aerospace Act 1980
c. 27 Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980
c. 28 Iran (Temporary Powers) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 43 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989
c. 29 Concessionary Travel For Handicapped Persons (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 30 Social Security Act 1980
c. 31 Port of London (Financial Assistance) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 21 Ports (Financial Assistance) Act 1981
c. 32 Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980 Repealed (for Scotland) by asp 16 Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005
c. 33 Industry Act 1980
c. 34 Transport Act 1980
c. 35 Sea Fish Industry Act 1980 Repealed by c. 29 Fisheries Act 1981
c. 36 New Towns Act 1980 Repealed by c. 64 New Towns Act 1981
c. 37 Gas Act 1980 Repealed by c. 44 Gas Act 1986
c. 38 Coroners Act 1980 Repealed by c. 13 Coroners Act 1988
c. 39 Social Security (No. 2) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 6 Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992
c. 40 Licensing (Amendment) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 17 Licensing Act 2003
c. 41 Films Act 1980 Repealed by c. 21 Films Act 1985
c. 42 Employment Act 1980
c. 43 Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
c. 44 Education (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 45 Water (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 46 Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 47 Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980
c. 48 Finance Act 1980
c. 49 Deer Act 1980 Repealed by c. 54 Deer Act 1991
c. 50 Coal Industry Act 1980
c. 51 Housing Act 1980
c. 52 Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 53 Health Services Act 1980
c. 54 Appropriation Act 1980 Repealed by c. 40 Appropriation Act 1982
c. 55 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 56 Married Women's Policies of Assurance (Scotland) (Amendment) Act 1980
c. 57 Imprisonment (Temporary Provisions) Act 1980
c. 58 Limitation Act 1980
c. 59 Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 43 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
c. 60 Civil Aviation Act 1980
c. 61 Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) (Amendment) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 26 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987
c. 62 Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
c. 63 Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 Repealed by c. 1 International Development Act 2001
c. 64 Broadcasting Act 1980 Repealed by c. 68 Broadcasting Act 1981
c. 65 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
c. 66 Highways Act 1980
c. 67 Anguilla Act 1980
c. 68 Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1980 Repealed by c. 40 Appropriation Act 1982

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c. i Ardveenish Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1980
c. ii Forth Ports Authority Order Confirmation Act 1980
c. iii Forth Ports Authority (No.2) Order Confirmation Act 1980 Repealed by S.I. 1992/546 Forth Ports Authority Scheme 1992 Confirmation Order 1992
c. iv Inverness District Council Order Confirmation Act 1980 Repealed by c. 44 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995
c. v Kirkcaldy District Council Order Confirmation Act 1980 Repealed by c. 44 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995
c. vi Lochaber District Council Order Confirmation Act 1980 Repealed by c. 44 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995
c. vii Strathkelvin District Council Order Confirmation Act 1980 Repealed by c. 44 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995
c. viii West Lothian District Council Order Confirmation Act 1980 Repealed by c. 44 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995
c. ix British Railways Act 1980
c. x County of Merseyside Act 1980
c. xi West Midlands County Council Act 1980
c. xii Cane Hill Cemetery Act 1980
c. xiii Cheshire County Council Act 1980
c. xiv West Yorkshire Act 1980
c. xv Isle of Wight Act 1980
c. xvi British Railways (Castlefield) Act 1980
c. xvii Bangor Market Act 1980
c. xviii Wesley's Chapel, City Road Act 1980
c. xix Pier and Harbour Order (Brighton West Pier) Confirmation Act 1980
c. xx Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Act 1980
c. xxi Friends Meeting House (Reigate) Act 1980
c. xxii Clifton Suspension Bridge Act 1980
c. xxiii British Olivetti Limited Act 1980
c. xxiv Eagle & Globe Steel Limited Act 1980
c. xxv Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Act 1980
c. xxvi Standard Life Assurance Company Act 1980 Repealed by c. iii Standard Life Assurance Company Act 1991
c. xxvii Breasclete Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1980
c. xxviii British Railways Order Confirmation Act 1980
c. xxix Greater London Council (Money) Act 1980
c. xxx Salvation Army Act 1980
c. xxxi Falmouth Container Terminal Act 1980
c. xxxii London Transport Act 1980
c. xxxiii Pier and Harbour Order (Great Yarmouth Wellington Pier) Confirmation Act 1980
c. xxxiv Dundee Port Authority Order Confirmation Act 1980
c. xxv Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society Act 1980
c. xxvi British Transport Docks Act 1980
c. xxvii South Yorkshire Act 1980
c. xxviii Southern Water Authority Act 1980
c. xxix Eastbourne Harbour Act 1980
c. xl Inverclyde District Council Order Confirmation Act 1980
c. xli City of Dundee District Council Order Confirmation Act 1980
c. xlii United Reformed Church Lion Walk Colchester Act 1980
c. xliii Tyne and Wear Act 1980

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c. 1 Edward Berry and Doris Eilleen Ward (Marriage Enabling) Act 1980

1981

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1982

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1983

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1984

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1985

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1986

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1987

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1988

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1989

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1990

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Consolidated Fund Act 1992 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1992 and 1993. 1992 c. 1
Stamp Duty (Temporary Provisions) Act 1992 An Act to make provision conferring temporary relief from stamp duty and provision for payments by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in respect of instruments already stamped. 1992 c. 2
Severn Bridges Act 1992 An Act to provide for the construction of a new bridge over the Severn Estuary between England and Wales and roads leading to the new bridge and associated works; to make provision for the levying of tolls in respect of use of the existing Severn bridge and the new bridge; to make other provision for and in connection with the operation of the bridges; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 3
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to social security contributions and benefits with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. 1992 c. 4
Social Security Administration Act 1992 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the administration of social security and related matters with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. 1992 c. 5
Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 An Act to make provision for repeals, consequential amendments, transitional and transitory matters and savings in connection with the consolidation of enactments in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (including provisions to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission). 1992 c. 6
Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 An Act to consolidate for Northern Ireland certain enactments relating to social security contributions and benefits, with corrections and minor improvements under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. 1992 c. 7
Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 An Act to consolidate for Northern Ireland certain enactments relating to the administration of social security and related matters, with corrections and minor improvements under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. 1992 c. 8
Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 An Act to make provision for repeals, consequential amendments, transitional and transitory matters and savings in connection with the consolidation of enactments in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 with corrections and minor improvements under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. 1992 c. 9
Bingo Act 1992 An Act to amend the Gaming Act 1968 with respect to bingo; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 10
Aggravated Vehicle-Taking Act 1992 An Act to make provision with respect to persons who commit offences under section 12(1) of the Theft Act 1968 in relation to a mechanically propelled vehicle where additional circumstances are present relating to the driving of or damage to the vehicle. 1992 c. 11
Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the taxation of chargeable gains. 1992 c. 12
Further and Higher Education Act 1992 An Act to make new provision about further and higher education. 1992 c. 13
Local Government Finance Act 1992 An Act to provide for certain local authorities to levy and collect a new tax, to be called council tax; to abolish community charges; to make further provision with respect to local government finance (including provision with respect to certain grants by local authorities); and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 14
Offshore Safety Act 1992 An Act to extend the application of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; to increase the penalties for certain offences under that Part; to confer powers for preserving the security of supplies of petroleum and petroleum products; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 15
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1992 An Act to amend the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 16
Coal Industry Act 1992 An Act to make provision for extending the duration of, and increasing the limit on, grants under section 3 of the Coal Industry Act 1987 and to repeal the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908. 1992 c. 17
Licensing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1992 An Act to amend the provisions of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 relating to the transfer of licences; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 18
Local Government Act 1992 An Act to make new provision, by giving effect to proposals in Cm. 1599 (The Citizen's Charter) relating to publicity and competition, for securing economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the manner in which local authorities carry on certain activities; and to make new provision in relation to local government in England for effecting structural, boundary and electoral changes. 1992 c. 19
Finance Act 1992 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1992 c. 20
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1992 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1991 and 1992. 1992 c. 21
Appropriation Act 1992 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1992 and 31st March 1993, to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament, and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 1992 c. 22
Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 An Act to enable persons who desire to carry out works to any land which are reasonably necessary for the preservation of that land to obtain access to neighbouring land in order to do so; and for purposes connected therewith. 1992 c. 23
Offshore Safety (Protection Against Victimisation) Act 1992 An Act to protect employees working on offshore installations against victimisation when acting as safety representatives or members of safety committees. 1992 c. 24
Prison Security Act 1992 An Act to make provision for an offence of prison mutiny and for a new offence and new penalties in connection with escapes from prison. 1992 c. 25
Tourism (Overseas Promotion) (Wales) Act 1992 An Act to enable the Wales Tourist Board to carry on abroad activities to promote tourism to and within Wales. 1992 c. 26
Parliamentary Corporate Bodies Act 1992 An Act to establish corporate bodies to hold land and perform other functions for the benefit of the Houses of Parliament; to make provision for and in connection with the transfer of certain property, rights and liabilities to those corporate bodies; and for purposes connected therewith. 1992 c. 27
Medicinal Products: Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 An Act to make provision with respect to medicinal products prescribed or otherwise ordered by registered nurses, midwives and health visitors. 1992 c. 28
Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992 An Act to amend the law in respect of the definition of still-birth; to make certain consequential amendments of the law; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 29
Traffic Calming Act 1992 An Act to make provision about the carrying out on highways of works affecting the movement of vehicular and other traffic for the purposes of promoting safety and of preserving or improving the environment; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 30
Firearms (Amendment) Act 1992 An Act to empower the Secretary of State to extend the period for which firearm and shot gun certificates are granted or renewed. 1992 c. 31
Cheques Act 1992 An Act to amend the law relating to cheques. 1992 c. 32
Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) Act 1992 An Act to make provision for requiring, in certain cases where interest on a loan secured on land is payable by a person who is entitled, or whose partner, former partner or qualifying associate is entitled, to income support, the applicable amount in respect of which includes a sum in respect of that interest, that a part of the benefits to which any of those persons is entitled under the enactments relating to social security shall be paid directly to the lender and applied towards the discharge of the liability in respect of the interest; and for purposes connected therewith. 1992 c. 33
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 An Act to make provision with respect to anonymity in connection with allegations of, and criminal proceedings relating to, certain sexual offences. 1992 c. 34
Timeshare Act 1992 (repealed) An Act to provide for rights to cancel certain agreements about timeshare accommodation. 1992 c. 35
Sea Fisheries (Wildlife Conservation) Act 1992 An Act to require appropriate Ministers and relevant bodies to have regard to the conservation of flora and fauna in the discharge of their functions under the Sea Fisheries Acts. 1992 c. 36
Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 An Act to make new provision about further and higher education in Scotland; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 37
Education (Schools) Act 1992 An Act to make provision with respect to the inspection of schools and with respect to information about schools and their pupils. 1992 c. 38
Army Act 1992 An Act to provide for members of the Ulster Defence Regiment to cease to be members of that Regiment at the end of June 1992; to provide for the amendment of section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966 in relation to service in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 39
Friendly Societies Act 1992 An Act to make further provision for friendly societies; to provide for the cessation of registration under the Friendly Societies Act 1974; to make provision about disputes involving friendly societies or other bodies registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 and about the functions of the Chief Registrar of friendly societies; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 40
Charities Act 1992 An Act to amend the Charities Act 1960 and make other provision with respect to charities; to regulate fund-raising activities carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; to make fresh provision with respect to public charitable collections; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 41
Transport and Works Act 1992 An Act to provide for the making of orders relating to, or to matters ancillary to, the construction or operation of railways, tramways, trolley vehicle systems, other guided transport systems and inland waterways, and orders relating to, or to matters ancillary to, works interfering with rights of navigation; to make further provision in relation to railways, tramways, trolley vehicle systems and other guided transport systems; to amend certain enactments relating to harbours; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 42
Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 An Act to make provision with respect to standards of performance and service to customers in relation to the telecommunications, gas supply, electricity supply, water supply and sewerage service industries; to make provision with respect to complaints by, and disputes with, customers in those industries; to make provision with respect to the powers of the regulators of those industries and with respect to related matters; to make provision with respect to the payment of deposits by customers of certain telecommunications operators; to make further provision for facilitating effective competition in certain of those industries; to make provision with respect to mergers of water or sewerage undertakers; to make provision with respect to compliance orders against public gas suppliers; to make a minor correction in section 98 of the Water Industry Act 1991; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 43
Museums and Galleries Act 1992 An Act to establish Boards of Trustees of the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Wallace Collection; to transfer property to them and confer functions on them; to make new provision as to transfers to and between the collections of certain museums, galleries and libraries; to make provision for and in connection with the vesting of land in the governing bodies of such institutions; to make provision for the financing of such institutions and of the Museums and Galleries Commission; to make further provision with respect to the giving of indemnities against the loss of, or damage to, objects on loan to certain institutions; to change the name of, and to make further provision with respect to, the British Museum (Natural History); and to amend certain enactments relating to museums, galleries and libraries; and for purposes connected therewith. 1992 c. 44
Mauritius Republic Act 1992 An Act to make provision in connection with Mauritius becoming a republic within the Commonwealth. 1992 c. 45
Non-Domestic Rating Act 1992 An Act to make further provision with respect to non-domestic rating for the period beginning with 11th March 1992 and ending with 31st March 1995; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 46
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 1992 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1993 and to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. 1992 c. 47
Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1992 c. 48
Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act 1992 An Act to make further provision with respect to the making of arrangements under section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948 for the provision of residential accommodation in premises managed by persons other than local authorities. 1992 c. 49
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 An Act to replace the Bills of Lading Act 1855 with new provision with respect to bills of lading and certain other shipping documents. 1992 c. 50
Protection of Badgers Act 1992 An Act to consolidate the Badgers Act 1973, the Badgers Act 1991 and the Badgers (Further Protection) Act 1991. 1992 c. 51
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to collective labour relations, that is to say, to trade unions, employers' associations, industrial relations and industrial action. 1992 c. 52
Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 An Act to consolidate the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 and certain other enactments relating to tribunals and inquiries. 1992 c. 53
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Disclosure of Information) Act 1992 An Act to relax the restrictions on the disclosure of information imposed by section 33(5) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. 1992 c. 54
Boundary Commissions Act 1992 An Act to make further provision with respect to the membership of the Boundary Commissions, the timing of their reports and the local government boundaries of which account is to be taken in their reports. 1992 c. 55
Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 An Act to amend the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 and the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972; and for connected purposes. 1992 c. 56
Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) (Amendment) Act 1992 An Act to extend the maximum period for which an order under section 3 of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 may remain in force. 1992 c. 57
Car Tax (Abolition) Act 1992 An Act to abolish car tax. 1992 c. 58
Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1992 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1993 and 1994. 1992 c. 59
Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 An Act to amend the law relating to licences under sections 4 and 4A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967. 1992 c. 60
Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992 An Act to make provision with respect to functions relating to the management of Her Majesty's Home Civil Service; and to make provision about parliamentary procedure in relation to legislation for Northern Ireland making corresponding provision with respect to the Northern Ireland Civil Service. 1992 c. 61

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Gas (Exempt Supplies) Act 1993 An Act to amend section 5 of the Gas Act 1986; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 1
British Coal and British Rail (Transfer Proposals) Act 1993 An Act to confer powers on the British Coal Corporation and the British Railways Board to act in relation to proposals for the transfer of any of their functions, property, rights or liabilities to any other body or person; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 2
Social Security Act 1993 An Act to amend sections 3 and 85 of the Social Security Act 1986, to provide for the making of certain payments into the National Insurance Fund, and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 3
Consolidated Fund Act 1993 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1993. 1993 c. 4
Damages (Scotland) Act 1993 An Act to clarify and amend the law of Scotland concerning the right of certain relatives of a deceased person, and the right of executors, to claim damages in respect of the death of the deceased from personal injuries; to make provision regarding solatium where personal injuries result in loss of expectation of life; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 5
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 An Act to amend the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 6
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1993 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1992 and 1993. 1993 c. 7
Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 An Act to make further provision with respect to the pensions and other benefits payable in respect of service in certain judicial, and related, offices and in certain senior public investigative offices; to amend the law relating to the date on which the holders of certain judicial, and related, offices are required to vacate those offices; and for purposes connected therewith. 1993 c. 8
Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 An Act to amend the law of Scotland with respect to the detention, transfer and release of persons serving sentences of imprisonment etc. or committed or remanded in custody; to make further provision as regards evidence and procedure in criminal proceedings in Scotland; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 9
Charities Act 1993 An Act to consolidate the Charitable Trustees Incorporation Act 1872 and, except for certain spent or transitional provisions, the Charities Act 1960 and Part I of the Charities Act 1992. 1993 c. 10
Clean Air Act 1993 An Act to consolidate the Clean Air Acts 1956 and 1968 and certain related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. 1993 c. 11
Radioactive Substances Act 1993 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to radioactive substances with corrections and minor improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. 1993 c. 12
Carrying of Knives etc. (Scotland) Act 1993 An Act to provide, as respects Scotland, for it to be an offence to have in a public place an article with a blade or point; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 13
Disability (Grants) Act 1993 An Act to provide for the making of grants by the Secretary of State and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland to the Independent Living (Extension) Fund, the Independent Living (1993) Fund and Motability. 1993 c. 14
Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1993 An Act to increase the penalties for certain offences under the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912. 1993 c. 15
Foreign Compensation (Amendment) Act 1993 An Act to amend the Foreign Compensation Act 1950 so as to extend the powers to make Orders in Council under section 3 of that Act; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 16
Non-Domestic Rating Act 1993 An Act to make further provision with respect to non-domestic rating for the period beginning with 1st April 1993 and ending with 31st March 1995; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 17
Reinsurance (Acts of Terrorism) Act 1993 An Act to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament or into the Consolidated Fund of sums referable to reinsurance liabilities entered into by the Secretary of State in respect of loss or damage to property resulting from or consequential upon acts of terrorism and losses consequential on such loss or damage. 1993 c. 18
Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 An Act to make further reforms of the law relating to trade unions and industrial relations; to make amendments of the law relating to employment rights and to abolish the right to statutory minimum remuneration; to amend the law relating to the constitution and jurisdiction of industrial tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal; to amend section 56A of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975; to provide for the Secretary of State to have functions of securing the provision of careers services; to make further provision about employment and training functions of Scottish Enterprise and of Highlands and Islands Enterprise; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 19
Licensing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1993 An Act to amend section 23(2) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 in relation to certain planning certificates. 1993 c. 20
Osteopaths Act 1993 An Act to establish a body to be known as the General Osteopathic Council; to provide for the regulation of the profession of osteopathy, including making provision as to the registration of osteopaths and as to their professional education and conduct; to make provision in connection with the development and promotion of the profession; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 21
Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 An Act to amend and restate the law relating to the registration of ships and related matters, to make provision in relation to ships on bareboat charter and to make amendments designed to facilitate, or otherwise desirable in connection with, the consolidation of the enactments relating to shipping and seamen. 1993 c. 22
Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 An Act to make provision about persons who claim asylum in the United Kingdom and their dependants; to amend the law with respect to certain rights of appeal under the Immigration Act 1971; and to extend the provisions of the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 to transit passengers. 1993 c. 23
Video Recordings Act 1993 An Act to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984 and, so far as it relates to evidence by certificate in respect of offences under the 1984 Act, the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980. 1993 c. 24
Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act 1993 An Act to enable local authorities in Great Britain to provide advice and assistance as respects matters in which they have skill and experience to bodies engaged outside the United Kingdom in the carrying on of any of the activities of local government. 1993 c. 25
Bail (Amendment) Act 1993 An Act to confer upon the prosecution a right of appeal against decisions to grant bail. 1993 c. 26
Local Government (Amendment) Act 1993 An Act to amend section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 to permit grants to be made to local authorities making special provisions in exercising their functions, in consequence of the presence within their areas of persons belonging to ethnic minorities; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 27
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 An Act to confer rights to collective enfranchisement and lease renewal on tenants of flats; to make further provision with respect to enfranchisement by tenants of houses; to make provision for auditing the management, by landlords or other persons, of residential property and for the approval of codes of practice relating thereto; to amend Parts III and IV of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987; to confer jurisdiction on leasehold valuation tribunals as respects Crown land; to make provision for rendering void agreements preventing the occupation of leasehold property by persons with mental disorders; to amend Parts II, IV and V of the Housing Act 1985, Schedule 2 to the Housing Associations Act 1985, Parts I and III and sections 248 and 299 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, Part III of the Housing Act 1988, and Part VI of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989; to make provision with respect to certain disposals requiring consent under Part II of the Housing Act 1985, including provision for the payment of a levy; to alter the basis of certain contributions by the Secretary of State under section 569 of that Act; to establish and confer functions on a body to replace the English Industrial Estates Corporation and to be known as the Urban Regeneration Agency; to provide for the designation of certain urban and other areas and to make provision as to the effect of such designation; to amend section 23 of the Land Compensation Act 1961, section 98 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and section 27 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986; to make further provision with respect to urban development corporations and urban development areas; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 28
Representation of the People Act 1993 An Act to secure that members of the regular army who, except for the purposes of training, are required to serve only in Northern Ireland are not regarded as members of the forces for the purposes of the Representation of the People Act 1983. 1993 c. 29
Sexual Offences Act 1993 An Act to abolish the presumption of criminal law that a boy under the age of fourteen is incapable of sexual intercourse. 1993 c. 30
Road Traffic (Driving Instruction by Disabled Persons) Act 1993 An Act to make provision for enabling persons with certain physical disabilities to be authorised, in certain circumstances, to give paid instruction in the driving of motor cars; and for purposes connected therewith. 1993 c. 31
European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 An Act to make provision consequential on the Treaty on European Union signed at Maastricht on 7th February 1992. 1993 c. 32
Appropriation Act 1993 An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1994, to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament, and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 1993 c. 33
Finance Act 1993 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1993 c. 34
Education Act 1993 An Act to amend the law about education. 1993 c. 35
Criminal Justice Act 1993 An Act to make provision about the jurisdiction of courts in England and Wales in relation to certain offences of dishonesty and blackmail; to amend the law about drug trafficking offences and to implement provisions of the Community Council Directive No. 91/308/EEC; to amend Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; to make provision with respect to the financing of terrorism, the proceeds of terrorist-related activities and the investigation of terrorist activities; to amend Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1991; to implement provisions of the Community Council Directive No. 89/592/EEC and to amend and restate the law about insider dealing in securities; to provide for certain offences created by the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 to be punishable in the same way as offences under sections 39, 40 and 41 of the Banking Act 1987 and to enable regulations implementing Article 15 of the Community Council Directive No. 89/646/EEC and Articles 3, 6 and 7 of the Community Council Directive No. 92/30/EEC to create offences punishable in that way; to make provision with respect to the penalty for causing death by dangerous driving or causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs; to make it an offence to assist in or induce certain conduct which for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provisions of Community law is unlawful in another member State; to provide for the introduction of safeguards in connection with the return of persons under backing of warrants arrangements; to amend the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 and Part I of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 36
Agriculture Act 1993 An Act to make provision about milk marketing; to make provision about potato marketing; to provide for the payment of grants in connection with the marketing of certain commodities; to terminate national price support arrangements for wool and potatoes; to provide for the publication of an annual report on matters relevant to price support; to amend the Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947 in relation to agriculture; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 37
Welsh Language Act 1993 An Act to establish a Board having the function of promoting and facilitating the use of the Welsh language, to provide for the preparation by public bodies of schemes giving effect to the principle that in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice in Wales the English and Welsh languages should be treated on a basis of equality, to make further provision relating to the Welsh language, to repeal certain spent enactments relating to Wales, and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 38
National Lottery etc. Act 1993 An Act to authorise lotteries to be promoted as part of a National Lottery; to make provision with respect to the running and regulation of that National Lottery and with respect to the distribution of its net proceeds; to increase the membership and extend the powers of the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund; to amend section 1 of the Revenue Act 1898 and the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976; to amend the law relating to pool betting; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 39
Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 An Act to make provision for noise in a street to be a statutory nuisance; to make provision with respect to the operation of loudspeakers in a street; to make provision with respect to audible intruder alarms; to make provision for expenses incurred by local authorities in abating, or preventing the recurrence of, a statutory nuisance to be a charge on the premises to which they relate; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 40
European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 An Act to give effect to a Decision of the Council of the European Communities, 93/81/Euratom, ECSC, EEC, of 1st February 1993 having the effect of increasing the number of United Kingdom representatives to be elected to the European Parliament; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 41
Cardiff Bay Barrage Act 1993 An Act to provide for the construction by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation of a barrage across the mouth of Cardiff Bay with an outer harbour and for related works; to make provision for the acquisition and use of land for the works; to make provision about the operation and management of the barrage, the outer harbour and the water impounded by the barrage; to make provision for dealing with property damage resulting from any alteration of groundwater levels which may occur in consequence of the construction of the barrage; to enable other protective provisions to be made; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 42
Railways Act 1993 An Act to provide for the appointment and functions of a Rail Regulator and a Director of Passenger Rail Franchising and of users' consultative committees for the railway industry and for certain ferry services; to make new provision with respect to the provision of railway services and the persons by whom they are to be provided or who are to secure their provision; to make provision for and in connection with the grant and acquisition of rights over, and the disposal or other transfer and vesting of, any property, rights or liabilities by means of which railway services are, or are to be, provided; to amend the functions of the British Railways Board; to make provision with respect to the safety of railways and the protection of railway employees and members of the public from personal injury and other risks arising from the construction or operation of railways; to make further provision with respect to transport police; to make provision with respect to certain railway pension schemes; to make provision for and in connection with the payment of grants and subsidies in connection with railways and in connection with the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway; to make provision in relation to tramways and other guided transport systems; and for connected purposes. 1993 c. 43
Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to crofting, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission. 1993 c. 44
Scottish Land Court Act 1993 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the constitution and proceedings of the Scottish Land Court; and to repeal provisions of the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 relating to the Scottish Land Court which are no longer of practical utility. 1993 c. 45
Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Health Service Commissioners for England, for Wales and for Scotland with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. 1993 c. 46
Probation Service Act 1993 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the probation service and its functions and to arrangements for persons on bail and the rehabilitation of offenders, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission. 1993 c. 47
Pension Schemes Act 1993 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to pension schemes with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. 1993 c. 48
Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 An Act to consolidate for Northern Ireland certain enactments relating to pension schemes, with corrections and minor improvements under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. 1993 c. 49
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments; and to correct a mistake in the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978. 1993 c. 50
European Economic Area Act 1993 An Act to make provision in relation to the European Economic Area established under the Agreement signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993. 1993 c. 51
Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1993 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1994 and 1995. 1993 c. 52

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Social Security (Contributions) Act 1994 An Act to increase primary Class 1 contributions payable under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; to correct the provisions as to the appropriate national health service allocation in the case of such contributions; to clarify what reliefs are to be taken into account in assessing Class 4 contributions; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 1
Statutory Sick Pay Act 1994 An Act to remove the right of employers other than small employers to recover sums paid by them by way of statutory sick pay; to enable the Secretary of State to make further provision by order as to the recovery of such sums; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 2
Non-Domestic Rating Act 1994 An Act to make further provision with respect to non-domestic rating for the financial year beginning in 1994 and subsequent financial years; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 3
Consolidated Fund Act 1994 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1993 and 1994. 1994 c. 4
New Towns (Amendment) Act 1994 An Act to amend Schedule 9 to the New Towns Act 1981. 1994 c. 5
Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1994 An Act to amend section 145(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983. 1994 c. 6
Insolvency Act 1994 An Act to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 in relation to contracts of employment adopted by administrators, administrative receivers and certain other receivers; and to make corresponding provision for Northern Ireland. 1994 c. 7
Transport Police (Jurisdiction) Act 1994 An Act to make further provision with respect to the jurisdiction of transport police. 1994 c. 8
Finance Act 1994 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1994 c. 9
Race Relations (Remedies) Act 1994 An Act to remove the limit imposed by subsection (2) of section 56 of the Race Relations Act 1976 on the amount of compensation which may be awarded under that section and to make provision for interest in connection with sums so awarded; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 10
Road Traffic Regulation (Special Events) Act 1994 An Act to make provision, in connection with sporting or social events held on roads or entertainments so held, for the restriction or regulation of traffic on roads; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 11
Insolvency (No. 2) Act 1994 An Act to amend the law relating to company insolvency and winding up, and the insolvency and bankruptcy of individuals, so far as it concerns the adjustment of certain transactions; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 12
Intelligence Services Act 1994 An Act to make provision about the Secret Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Headquarters, including provision for the issue of warrants and authorisations enabling certain actions to be taken and for the issue of such warrants and authorisations to be kept under review; to make further provision about warrants issued on applications by the Security Service; to establish a procedure for the investigation of complaints about the Secret Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Headquarters; to make provision for the establishment of an Intelligence and Security Committee to scrutinise all three of those bodies; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 13
Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1994 An Act to include among the matters subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration actions taken in the exercise of administrative functions by the administrative staff of certain tribunals. 1994 c. 14
Antarctic Act 1994 An Act to make new provision in connection with the Antarctic Treaty signed at Washington on 1st December 1959; to make provision consequential on the Protocol on Environmental Protection to that Treaty done at Madrid on 4th October 1991; to make provision consequential on the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources drawn up at Canberra on 20th May 1980; to provide for the taking of criminal proceedings against, and the punishment of, British citizens and others in respect of certain acts and omissions occurring in that part of Antarctica that lies between 150° West longitude and 90° West longitude; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 15
State Hospitals (Scotland) Act 1994 An Act to amend the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 in relation to the provision, control and management of state hospitals in Scotland. 1994 c. 16
Chiropractors Act 1994 An Act to establish a body to be known as the General Chiropractic Council; to provide for the regulation of the chiropractic profession, including making provision as to the registration of chiropractors and as to their professional education and conduct; to make provision in connection with the development and promotion of the profession; to amend, and make provision in connection with, the Osteopaths Act 1993; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 17
Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 An Act to provide for incapacity benefit in place of sickness benefit and invalidity benefit; to make provision as to the test of incapacity for work for the purposes of that benefit and other social security purposes; to make provision as to the rate of statutory sick pay; to make other amendments as to certain allowances payable to a person who is or has been incapable of work; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 18
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 An Act to make provision with respect to local government in Wales. 1994 c. 19
Sunday Trading Act 1994 An Act to reform the law of England and Wales relating to Sunday trading; to make provision as to the rights of shop workers under the law of England and Wales in relation to Sunday working; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 20
Coal Industry Act 1994 An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of a body to be known as the Coal Authority; to provide for the restructuring of the coal industry, for transfers of the property, rights and liabilities of the British Coal Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries to other persons and for the dissolution of that Corporation; to abolish the Domestic Coal Consumers' Council; to make provision for the licensing of coal-mining operations and provision otherwise in relation to the carrying on of such operations; to amend the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 and the Opencast Coal Act 1958; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 21
Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to vehicle excise duty and the registration of vehicles. 1994 c. 22
Value Added Tax Act 1994 An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to value added tax, including certain enactments relating to VAT tribunals. 1994 c. 23
Appropriation Act 1994 An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1995; to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 1994 c. 24
Land Drainage Act 1994 An Act to amend the Land Drainage Act 1991 in relation to the functions of internal drainage boards and local authorities. 1994 c. 25
Trade Marks Act 1994 An Act to make new provision for registered trade marks, implementing Council Directive No. 89/104/EEC of 21st December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks; to make provision in connection with Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 of 20th December 1993 on the Community trade mark; to give effect to the Madrid Protocol Relating to the International Registration of Marks of 27th June 1989, and to certain provisions of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20th March 1883, as revised and amended; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 26
Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1994 An Act to amend the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 to make provision for the control of fishing in Scottish inshore waters by vehicles or equipment. 1994 c. 27
Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 An Act to make further provision in relation to marine salvage and marine pollution and the discharge of functions of the Secretary of State in connection therewith; and for purposes connected with those purposes. 1994 c. 28
Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 An Act to make provision about police areas, police forces and police authorities; to make provision for England and Wales about magistrates' courts committees, justices' clerks and administrative and financial arrangements for magistrates' courts; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 29
Education Act 1994 An Act to make provision about teacher training and related matters; to make provision with respect to the conduct of students' unions; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 30
Firearms (Amendment) Act 1994 An Act to create a new offence of possessing a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence; to apply certain provisions of the Firearms Act 1968 to imitation firearms; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 31
Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1994 An Act to abolish the rule of law relating to the sale of goods in market overt. 1994 c. 32
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 An Act to make further provision in relation to criminal justice (including employment in the prison service); to amend or extend the criminal law and powers for preventing crime and enforcing that law; to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984; and for purposes connected with those purposes. 1994 c. 33
Marriage Act 1994 An Act to amend the Marriage Act 1949 so as to enable civil marriages to be solemnized on premises approved for the purpose by local authorities and so as to provide for further cases in which marriages may be solemnized in registration districts in which neither party to the marriage resides; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 34
Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 An Act to amend the law relating to the sale of goods; to make provision as to the terms to be implied in certain agreements for the transfer of property in or the hire of goods, in hire-purchase agreements and on the exchange of goods for trading stamps and as to the remedies for breach of the terms of such agreements; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 35
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 An Act to provide for new covenants for title to be implied on dispositions of property; to amend the law with respect to certain matters arising in connection with the death of the owner of property; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 36
Drug Trafficking Act 1994 An Act to consolidate the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 and certain provisions of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 relating to drug trafficking. 1994 c. 37
European Union (Accessions) Act 1994 An Act to amend the definition of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties" in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so as to include the treaty concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union; and to approve that treaty for the purposes of section 6 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978. 1994 c. 38
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the functions of local authorities; to make amendments in relation to local government finance, local authority accounts and the records of local authorities; to establish a Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority for the purposes of the Transport Act 1968; to provide for the establishment of new water and sewerage authorities; to provide for the establishment of a council to represent the interests of customers and potential customers of those new authorities; to provide for the vesting in those new authorities of the property, rights and liabilities of the Central Scotland Water Development Board and of such property, rights and liabilities of regional and islands councils as those councils have as water authorities, as providers of sewerage and in relation to dealing with the contents of sewers; to provide for the dissolution of that Board; to cancel certain obligations to contribute towards expenses which have been incurred by local authorities in making provision for sewerage or disposal of sewage in rural localities; to create an office of Principal Reporter and transfer to him the functions of reporters to children's hearings; to establish a body to facilitate the performance by the Principal Reporter of his functions; to amend the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 in relation to children's hearings; to amend the procedure for making byelaws under section 121 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982; to transfer to local authorities responsibility for fixing and reviewing polling districts and polling places in Parliamentary elections; to amend section 21 of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989; to amend the law relating to roads and the placing of traffic signs on roads; to make amendments in relation to valuation and rating; to abolish the Scottish Valuation Advisory Council; to empower the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority to guarantee certain obligations; to empower local authorities to make grants to ethnic minorities; to confer on local authorities the function of promoting economic development; to provide for the establishment of area tourist boards; to make amendments in relation to lieutenancies; all as respects Scotland; and for connected purposes. 1994 c. 39
Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 An Act to amend, and make provision for the amendment of, statutory provisions and rules of law in order to remove or reduce certain burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of trades, businesses or professions or otherwise, and for other deregulatory purposes; to make further provision in connection with the licensing of operators of goods vehicles; to make provision for and in connection with the contracting out of certain functions vested in Ministers of the Crown, local authorities, certain governmental bodies and the holders of certain offices; and for purposes connected therewith. 1994 c. 40
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1994 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1995 and 1996. 1994 c. 41

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European Communities (Finance) Act 1995 An Act to amend the definition of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties" in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so as to include the decision of 31st October 1994 of the Council on the Communities' system of own resources and so as to remove a spent provision. 1995 c. 1
Consolidated Fund Act 1995 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1994 and 1995. 1995 c. 2
South Africa Act 1995 An Act to make provision in connection with the re-admission of South Africa as a member of the Commonwealth. 1995 c. 3
Finance Act 1995 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1995 c. 4
Building Societies (Joint Account Holders) Act 1995 An Act to secure the rights of second-named account holders in building society joint accounts; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 5
Civil Evidence (Family Mediation) (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to make provision for the inadmissibility as evidence in civil proceedings in Scotland of information as to what occurred during family mediation. 1995 c. 6
Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to reform the law of Scotland with regard to the requirement of writing for certain matters and the formal validity of contractual and other documents and presumptions relating thereto; to abolish any rule of law restricting the proof of any matter to writ or oath and to abolish the procedure of reference to oath; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 7
Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 An Act to make further provision with respect to tenancies which include agricultural land. 1995 c. 8
Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1995 An Act to alter the limits under sections 9A and 10 of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1978; to make provision in relation to interest on advances to the Commonwealth Development Corporation; and to make provision in relation to the remuneration, pensions and compensation of members of the Corporation. 1995 c. 9
Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 An Act to make provision for the drawing up of local energy conservation reports in relation to residential accommodation; to give the Secretary of State functions in connection therewith; and for related purposes. 1995 c. 10
Proceeds of Crime Act 1995 An Act to make further provision for and in relation to the recovery of the proceeds of criminal conduct; to make further provision for facilitating the enforcement of overseas forfeiture and restraint orders; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 11
Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995 An Act to provide for the assessment of the ability of carers to provide care; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 12
Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 An Act to make provision about newly qualified drivers who commit certain offences, including provision with respect to tests of competence to drive. 1995 c. 13
Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to make repayment of the appropriate statutory fees a condition of acceptance of writs for recording in the Register of Sasines and of applications for registration in the Land Register of Scotland. 1995 c. 14
Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) Act 1995 An Act to make provision for the regulation of centres and providers of facilities where children and young persons under the age of 18 engage in adventure activities, including provision for the imposition of requirements relating to safety. 1995 c. 15
Prisoners (Return to Custody) Act 1995 An Act to make provision, by the creation of an offence and the conferring of powers of entry, for the punishment and return to lawful custody of persons unlawfully at large. 1995 c. 16
Health Authorities Act 1995 An Act to abolish Regional Health Authorities, District Health Authorities and Family Health Services Authorities, require the establishment of Health Authorities and make provision in relation to Health Authorities and Special Health Authorities and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 17
Jobseekers Act 1995 An Act to provide for a jobseeker's allowance and to make other provision to promote the employment of the unemployed and the assistance of persons without a settled way of life. 1995 c. 18
Appropriation Act 1995 An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1996; to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 1995 c. 19
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to amend the criminal justice system of Scotland as respects criminal proceedings, the investigation of offences, the sentences and other disposals applicable in respect of certain offences, legal aid in relation to certain appeals, and the treatment of offenders; to amend the law of Scotland in relation to confiscation of the proceeds of, and forfeiture of property used in, crime; to make further provision as respects Scotland in relation to the preparation of jury lists for the purposes of criminal and civil trials; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 20
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 An Act to consolidate the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments relating to merchant shipping. 1995 c. 21
Shipping and Trading Interests (Protection) Act 1995 An Act to consolidate certain enactments for the protection of shipping and trading interests. 1995 c. 22
Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 An Act to consolidate Part V of the Transport Act 1968 and related provisions concerning the licensing of operators of certain goods vehicles. 1995 c. 23
Crown Agents Act 1995 An Act to provide for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of the Crown Agents in a company nominated by the Secretary of State and for the subsequent dissolution of the Crown Agents; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 24
Environment Act 1995 An Act to provide for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Environment Agency and a body corporate to be known as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; to provide for the transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities to those bodies and for the conferring of other functions on them; to make provision with respect to contaminated land and abandoned mines; to make further provision in relation to National Parks; to make further provision for the control of pollution, the conservation of natural resources and the conservation or enhancement of the environment; to make provision for imposing obligations on certain persons in respect of certain products or materials; to make provision in relation to fisheries; to make provision for certain enactments to bind the Crown; to make provision with respect to the application of certain enactments in relation to the Isles of Scilly; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 25
Pensions Act 1995 An Act to amend the law about pensions and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 26
Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 An Act to make provision for the amendment of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 to enable effect to be given to the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 done at Geneva on 10 June 1977; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 27
Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995 An Act to amend the law relating to the sale of unascertained goods forming part of an identified bulk and the sale of undivided shares in goods. 1995 c. 28
Insurance Companies (Reserves) Act 1995 An Act to provide for the maintenance by insurance companies of reserves in respect of certain classes of business; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 29
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 An Act to make provision for persons bound by covenants of a tenancy to be released from such covenants on the assignment of the tenancy, and to make other provision with respect to rights and liabilities arising under such covenants; to restrict in certain circumstances the operation of rights of re-entry, forfeiture and disclaimer; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 30
National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1995 An Act to make provision in relation to persons disqualified, or subject to proceedings for disqualification, under section 46 of the National Health Service Act 1977; to make provision about the constitution of the tribunal under that section; to make corresponding provision for Scotland; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 31
Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 An Act to make provision about the use for commercial purposes of the Olympic symbol and certain words associated with the Olympic games; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 32
Licensing (Sunday Hours) Act 1995 An Act to amend the provisions of the Licensing Act 1964 relating to permitted hours in licensed premises and clubs on Sundays and Good Friday; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 33
Child Support Act 1995 An Act to make provision with respect to child support maintenance and other maintenance; and to provide for a child maintenance bonus. 1995 c. 34
Criminal Appeal Act 1995 An Act to amend provisions relating to appeals and references to the Court of Appeal in criminal cases; to establish a Criminal Cases Review Commission and confer functions on, and make other provision in relation to, the Commission; to amend section 142 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and introduce in Northern Ireland provisions similar to those of that section; to amend section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 35
Children (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to reform the law of Scotland relating to children, to the adoption of children and to young persons who as children have been looked after by a local authority; to make new provision as respects the relationship between parent and child and guardian and child in the law of Scotland; to make provision as respects residential establishments for children and certain other residential establishments; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 36
Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995 An Act to make provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority to other persons; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 37
Civil Evidence Act 1995 An Act to provide for the admissibility of hearsay evidence, the proof of certain documentary evidence and the admissibility and proof of official actuarial tables in civil proceedings; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 38
Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to consolidate for Scotland certain enactments creating offences and relating to criminal law there. 1995 c. 39
Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to make provision for repeals, consequential amendments, transitional and transitory matters and savings in connection with the consolidation of enactments in the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995. 1995 c. 40
Law Reform (Succession) Act 1995 An Act to amend the law relating to the distribution of the estates of deceased persons and to make provision about the effect of the dissolution or annulment of marriages on wills and appointments of guardians. 1995 c. 41
Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 An Act to make provision about interest on judgment debts and arbitral awards expressed in a currency other than sterling; to make further provision as to marriages entered into by unmarried persons under a law which permits polygamy; to make provision for choice of law rules in tort and delict; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 42
Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to consolidate as regards Scotland certain enactments relating to the confiscation of the proceeds of, and forfeiture of property used in, crime. 1995 c. 43
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments. 1995 c. 44
Gas Act 1995 An Act to amend Parts I and III of the Gas Act 1986; to make provision for requiring the owners of certain gas processing facilities to make them available to other persons; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 45
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to criminal procedure in Scotland. 1995 c. 46
Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentences) Act 1995 An Act to provide for the release on licence of persons serving sentences to which section 14 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 applies; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 47
Charities (Amendment) Act 1995 An Act to make provision for the treatment of two or more charities as a single charity for all or any of the purposes of the Charities Act 1993. 1995 c. 48
Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries etc.) Act 1995 An Act to make provision authorising or requiring certain local authorities with functions under the enactments relating to Town and Country Planning to make to, or to persons appointed by, certain Ministers of the Crown, or to persons appointed by those authorities, payments in respect of the administrative cost of, or otherwise connected with, certain local inquiries or other hearings, examinations in public, or the consideration of certain objections, under those enactments; to validate the imposition by such Ministers on those authorities of requirements to make such payments, and the making by those authorities of such payments, whether before or after the passing of this Act; to make provision with respect to the remuneration and allowances payable to persons appointed to hold such local inquiries or other proceedings; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 49
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 An Act to make it unlawful to discriminate against disabled persons in connection with employment, the provision of goods, facilities and services or the disposal or management of premises; to make provision about the employment of disabled persons; and to establish a National Disability Council. 1995 c. 50
Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995 An Act to amend the Medical Act 1983 to make provision relating to the professional performance of registered medical practitioners and the voluntary removal of names from the register of medical practitioners; to amend section 42 of that Act; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 51
Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 An Act to make provision for certain mentally disordered patients in England and Wales to receive after-care under supervision after leaving hospital; to provide for the making of community care orders in the case of certain mentally disordered patients in Scotland; to amend the law relating to mentally disordered patients absent without leave or on leave of absence from hospital; and for connected purposes. 1995 c. 52
Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 An Act to provide for the establishment of a scheme for compensation for criminal injuries. 1995 c. 53
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1995 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1996 and 1997. 1995 c. 54

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Humber Bridge (Debts) Act 1996 An Act to confer power on the Secretary of State to provide that sums payable to him by the Humber Bridge Board shall not be so payable. 1996 c. 1
Hong Kong (Overseas Public Servants) Act 1996 An Act to confer power to make provision for the making of payments to, and to permit early retirement by, certain Hong Kong overseas public servants; to authorise the provision of resettlement services to certain Hong Kong overseas public servants who retire early; and to confer power to make provision for the making in certain circumstances of payments to supplement pensions and gratuities paid to or in respect of retired overseas public servants in respect of service in Hong Kong. 1996 c. 2
Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 An Act to make provision for the protection of wild mammals from certain cruel acts; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 3
Consolidated Fund Act 1996 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1995 and 1996. 1996 c. 4
Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 1996 An Act to make provision about the Health Service Commissioners. 1996 c. 5
Chemical Weapons Act 1996 An Act to promote the control of chemical weapons and of certain toxic chemicals and precursors; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 6
Prevention of Terrorism (Additional Powers) Act 1996 An Act to extend powers of search in connection with acts of terrorism and terrorist investigations; confer powers on constables in relation to areas on which police cordons are imposed in connection with terrorist investigations; and confer powers in connection with the prevention of acts of terrorism to impose prohibitions and restrictions in relation to vehicles on roads. 1996 c. 7
Finance Act 1996 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1996 c. 8
Education (Student Loans) Act 1996 An Act to make provision for, and in consequence of, the payment of subsidy in respect of private sector student loans. 1996 c. 9
Audit (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 An Act to extend the functions of the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England and Wales; to alter the financial year of that Commission and of the Accounts Commission for Scotland; to make provision about the manner of publication of certain information required to be published in pursuance of a direction of either Commission; and to repeal paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Finance Act 1982. 1996 c. 10
Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996 An Act to make provision for elections in Northern Ireland for the purpose of providing delegates from among whom participants in negotiations may be drawn; for a forum constituted by those delegates; for referendums in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 11
Rating (Caravans and Boats) Act 1996 An Act to make provision about liability for non-domestic rates in England and Wales in relation to certain caravans and boats. 1996 c. 12
Non-Domestic Rating (Information) Act 1996 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the disclosure by persons who are valuation officers or assessors to other such persons of information connected with non-domestic rating. 1996 c. 13
Reserve Forces Act 1996 An Act to make provision with respect to the reserve forces of the Crown and persons liable to be recalled for permanent service; to amend the provisions of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 relating to the lieutenancies; to amend the law relating to the postponement of the discharge or transfer to the reserve of regular servicemen; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 14
National Health Service (Residual Liabilities) Act 1996 An Act to make provision with respect to the transfer of liabilities of certain National Health Service bodies in the event of their ceasing to exist. 1996 c. 15
Police Act 1996 An Act to consolidate the Police Act 1964, Part IX of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Chapter I of Part I of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 and certain other enactments relating to the police. 1996 c. 16
Employment Tribunals Act 1996 An Act to consolidate enactments relating to industrial tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. 1996 c. 17
Employment Rights Act 1996 An Act to consolidate enactments relating to employment rights. 1996 c. 18
Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996 An Act to abolish the "year and a day rule" and, in consequence of its abolition, to impose a restriction on the institution in certain circumstances of proceedings for a fatal offence. 1996 c. 19
Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 An Act to make provision with respect to the fouling of land by dogs. 1996 c. 20
London Regional Transport Act 1996 An Act to extend, and facilitate the exercise of, the powers of London Regional Transport to enter into and carry out agreements; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 21
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 An Act to re-enact, with omissions and amendments, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 22
Arbitration Act 1996 An Act to restate and improve the law relating to arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement; to make other provision relating to arbitration and arbitration awards; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 23
Treasure Act 1996 An Act to abolish treasure trove and to make fresh provision in relation to treasure. 1996 c. 24
Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 An Act to make provision about criminal procedure and criminal investigations. 1996 c. 25
Offensive Weapons Act 1996 An Act to make provision about persons having knives, other articles which have a blade or are sharply pointed or offensive weapons; and about selling knives or such articles to persons under the age of sixteen years. 1996 c. 26
Family Law Act 1996 An Act to make provision with respect to: divorce and separation; legal aid in connection with mediation in disputes relating to family matters; proceedings in cases where marriages have broken down; rights of occupation of certain domestic premises; prevention of molestation; the inclusion in certain orders under the Children Act 1989 of provisions about the occupation of a dwelling-house; the transfer of tenancies between spouses and persons who have lived together as husband and wife; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 27
Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1996 An Act to amend section 2 of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1978 to confer further powers on the Commonwealth Development Corporation; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 28
Sexual Offences (Conspiracy and Incitement) Act 1996 An Act to make provision about conspiracy, or incitement, to commit certain sexual acts outside the United Kingdom. 1996 c. 29
Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 An Act to enable local authorities responsible for community care services to make payments to persons in respect of their securing the provision of such services; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 30
Defamation Act 1996 An Act to amend the law of defamation and to amend the law of limitation with respect to actions for defamation or malicious falsehood. 1996 c. 31
Trading Schemes Act 1996 An Act to make provision in respect of certain trading schemes; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 32
Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996 An Act to authorise deductions from or levies on prisoners' earnings; to provide for the application of such deductions or levies; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 33
Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996 An Act to provide alternatives for the declaration and words of contract prescribed by law for marriage ceremonies in registered buildings and register offices, on approved premises and in certain other circumstances. 1996 c. 34
Security Service Act 1996 An Act to give the Security Service the function of acting in support of the prevention and detection of serious crime, and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 35
Licensing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1996 An Act to amend the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 to require licensing boards to attach to licences conditions relating to certain events involving music and dancing and to make new provision for the composition of licensing boards for licensing divisions. 1996 c. 36
Noise Act 1996 An Act to make provision about noise emitted from dwellings at night; about the forfeiture and confiscation of equipment used to make noise unlawfully; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 37
Energy Conservation Act 1996 An Act to make further provisions for energy conservation; and for related purposes. 1996 c. 38
Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act 1996 An Act to amend the Civil Aviation Act 1982 so as to provide for the prosecution of persons committing offences on foreign aircraft while in flight to the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 39
Party Wall etc. Act 1996 An Act to make provision in respect of party walls, and excavation and construction in proximity to certain buildings or structures; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 40
Hong Kong (War Wives and Widows) Act 1996 An Act to provide for the acquisition of British citizenship by certain women who are Hong Kong residents. 1996 c. 41
Railway Heritage Act 1996 An Act to make further provision for and in connection with the preservation of railway records and artefacts. 1996 c. 42
Education (Scotland) Act 1996 An Act to provide for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Scottish Qualifications Authority; to provide for the transfer of functions, property, rights, liabilities, obligations and staff to that body and for the conferring of other functions on it; to make provision enabling payment of grant to providers of education for children under school age; to amend certain legislation relating to school education in Scotland; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 43
Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1996 An Act to amend the Deer (Scotland) Act 1959; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 44
Appropriation Act 1996 An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1997; to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 1996 c. 45
Armed Forces Act 1996 An Act to continue the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957; to amend those Acts and other enactments relating to the armed forces; to make further provision in relation to proceedings before service courts; to provide for the taking of fingerprints and samples from offenders convicted in service proceedings; to amend the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968; to make further provision in relation to complaints to industrial tribunals by members of the armed forces; to provide for further exemptions from the Firearms Act 1968; to make further provision in relation to Greenwich Hospital; to amend the Visiting Forces Act 1952; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 46
Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 An Act to make new provision about trusts of land including provision phasing out the Settled Land Act 1925, abolishing the doctrine of conversion and otherwise amending the law about trusts for sale of land; to amend the law about the appointment and retirement of trustees of any trust; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 47
Damages Act 1996 An Act to make new provision in relation to damages for personal injury, including injury resulting in death. 1996 c. 48
Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 An Act to amend and supplement the Immigration Act 1971 and the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993; to make further provision with respect to persons subject to immigration control and the employment of such persons; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 49
Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996 An Act to provide for the making of grants in respect of nursery education and to permit borrowing by grant-maintained schools. 1996 c. 50
Social Security (Overpayments) Act 1996 An Act to amend section 71 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and section 69 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992. 1996 c. 51
Housing Act 1996 An Act to make provision about housing, including provision about the social rented sector, houses in multiple occupation, landlord and tenant matters, the administration of housing benefit, the conduct of tenants, the allocation of housing accommodation by local housing authorities and homelessness; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 52
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 An Act to make provision for grants and other assistance for housing purposes and about action in relation to unfit housing; to amend the law relating to construction contracts and architects; to provide grants and other assistance for regeneration and development and in connection with clearance areas; to amend the provisions relating to home energy efficiency schemes; to make provision in connection with the dissolution of urban development corporations, housing action trusts and the Commission for the New Towns; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 53
Statutory Instruments (Production and Sale) Act 1996 An Act to make provision (with retrospective effect) for the printing and sale of statutory instruments under the authority of the Queen's printer, for their issue under the authority of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and for the reception in evidence of lists of such instruments which do not bear the imprint of the Queen's printer. 1996 c. 54
Broadcasting Act 1996 An Act to make new provision about the broadcasting in digital form of television and sound programme services and the broadcasting in that form on television or radio frequencies of other services; to amend the Broadcasting Act 1990; to make provision about rights to televise sporting or other events of national interest; to amend in other respects the law relating to the provision of television and sound programme services; to provide for the establishment and functions of a Broadcasting Standards Commission and for the dissolution of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Council; to make provision for the transfer to other persons of property, rights and liabilities of the British Broadcasting Corporation relating to their transmission network; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 55
Education Act 1996 An Act to consolidate the Education Act 1944 and certain other enactments relating to education, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission. 1996 c. 56
School Inspections Act 1996 An Act to consolidate provisions of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 and Part V of the Education Act 1993, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission. 1996 c. 57
Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 An Act to consolidate the legislation relating to deer in Scotland. 1996 c. 58
Public Order (Amendment) Act 1996 An Act to amend the power of arrest of section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. 1996 c. 59
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1996 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1997 and 1998. 1996 c. 60
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 An Act to provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of a railway between St. Pancras, in London, and the Channel Tunnel portal at Castle Hill, Folkestone, in Kent, together with associated works, and of works which can be carried out in conjunction therewith; to make provision about related works; to provide for the improvement of the A2 at Cobham, in Kent, and of the M2 between junctions 1 and 4, together with associated works; to make provision with respect to compensation in relation to the acquisition of blighted land; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 61
Theft (Amendment) Act 1996 An Act to amend the Theft Act 1968 and the Theft Act 1978; and for connected purposes. 1996 c. 62
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 An Act to make provision about privileges and immunities in relation to an economic and trade office established in the United Kingdom by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 1996 c. 63

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Horserace Totalisator Board Act 1997 An Act to confer power on the Horserace Totalisator Board to receive or negotiate bets made otherwise than by way of pool betting. 1997 c. 1
Land Registration Act 1997 An Act to amend the Land Registration Act 1925. 1997 c. 2
Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Act 1997 An Act to make provisions for fisheries for lobsters and other crustaceans. 1997 c. 3
Telecommunications (Fraud) Act 1997 An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act 1984 to make further provision for the prevention of fraud in connection with use of a telecommunication system. 1997 c. 4
Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 An Act to amend the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1992; to make provision in relation to the licensing and regulation of pistol clubs; to make further provision for regulating the possession of, and transactions relating to, firearms and ammunition; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 5
Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to enable local authorities in Scotland to take Gaelic names; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 6
Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 An Act to make provision connected with Northern Ireland about the decommissioning of firearms, ammunition and explosives; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 7
Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to town and country planning in Scotland with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission. 1997 c. 8
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to special controls in respect of buildings and areas of special architectural or historic interest with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission. 1997 c. 9
Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to special controls in respect of hazardous substances with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission. 1997 c. 10
Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to make provision for repeals, consequential amendments, transitional matters and savings in connection with the consolidation of enactments in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 and the Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Act 1997 (including provisions to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission). 1997 c. 11
Civil Procedure Act 1997 An Act to amend the law about civil procedure in England and Wales; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 12
United Nations Personnel Act 1997 An Act to enable effect to be given to certain provisions of the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9th December 1994. 1997 c. 13
National Heritage Act 1997 An Act to extend the powers of the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund. 1997 c. 14
Consolidated Fund Act 1997 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1996 and 1997. 1997 c. 15
Finance Act 1997 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1997 c. 16
Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Act 1997 An Act to make provision extending the categories of persons from whom non-intimate body samples may be taken without consent under Part V of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; and to add a further time limit to those operating for the purposes of section 63A(4)(a) of that Act. 1997 c. 17
Policyholders Protection Act 1997 An Act to amend the Policyholders Protection Act 1975; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 18
Pharmacists (Fitness to Practise) Act 1997 An Act to make provision about finding registered pharmaceutical chemists unfit to practise due to ill health; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 19
British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 An Act to provide for the acquisition of British citizenship by certain British nationals in Hong Kong. 1997 c. 20
Knives Act 1997 An Act to create new criminal offences in relation to the possession or marketing of, and publications relating to, knives; to confer powers on the police to stop and search people or vehicles for knives and other offensive weapons and to seize items found; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 21
Architects Act 1997 An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to architects. 1997 c. 22
Lieutenancies Act 1997 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the lieutenancies in Great Britain. 1997 c. 23
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 An Act to consolidate the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 and the enactments amending it. 1997 c. 24
Justices of the Peace Act 1997 An Act to consolidate the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 and provisions of Part IV of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994. 1997 c. 25
Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to enable the Secretary of State to dispose of his crofting estates and certain other property of his in the crofting counties to approved crofting bodies; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 26
Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 An Act to re-state, with amendments, Part IV of the Social Security Administration Act 1992. 1997 c. 27
Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; to extend the powers of fire authorities to use fire brigades and equipment at sea; to make further provision about the protection of wrecks; to amend Part III of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990; to make provision about piracy; to provide for the continuing application to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund of section 1 of the International Organisations Act 1968; to make provision about the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 28
Local Government and Rating Act 1997 An Act to make further provision about non-domestic rating; to make further provision about parishes and parish councils; to confer additional powers on parish councils and community councils; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 29
Police (Property) Act 1997 An Act to make further provision with respect to property in the possession of the police. 1997 c. 30
Appropriation Act 1997 Apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1998; to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 1997 c. 31
Building Societies Act 1997 An Act to amend the Building Societies Act 1986; to make provision for amalgamating the Building Societies Investor Protection Board and the Deposit Protection Board into a single board and the Building Societies Investor Protection Fund and the Deposit Protection Fund into a single fund; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 32
Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 An Act to permit the confiscation of intoxicating liquor held by or for use by young persons in public and certain other places; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 33
Contract (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to reform the law of Scotland relating to the admissibility of extrinsic evidence to prove an additional term of a contract or unilateral voluntary obligation, to the supersession of a contract by a deed executed in implement of it and to the obtaining of damages for breach of contract of sale; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 34
Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Act 1997 An Act to make further provision about the Scottish legal services ombudsman; to alter the jurisdiction of the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 35
Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to amend the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 in relation to flood prevention measures to be taken by local authorities; to repeal section 11(2) of the Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1930 and section 8(2) of the Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1941; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 36
Welsh Development Agency Act 1997 An Act to make provision with respect to the financial limit in section 18(3) of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975. 1997 c. 37
Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Act 1997 An Act to enable prisoners in England and Wales, and other persons to whom provisions of the Prison Act 1952 are applied by section 43 of that Act, to be tested for alcohol. 1997 c. 38
Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997 An Act to make provision for regulating access by defendants and others to certain categories of material disclosed by the prosecution or by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in connection with proceedings relating to certain sexual and other offences. 1997 c. 39
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 An Act to make provision for protecting persons from harassment and similar conduct. 1997 c. 40
Building Societies (Distributions) Act 1997 An Act to amend the law in respect of distribution of assets on the take-over or conversion of a building society. 1997 c. 41
Police (Health and Safety) Act 1997 An Act to make provision about the health, safety and welfare at work of members of police forces, special constables, other persons having the powers or privileges of a constable, and police cadets; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 42
Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 An Act to make further provision with respect to the treatment of offenders; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 43
Education Act 1997 An Act to amend the law relating to education in schools and further education in England and Wales; to make provision for the supervision of the awarding of external academic and vocational qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 44
Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Act 1997 An Act to provide for the insurance by police authorities and the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District of persons providing voluntary assistance for police purposes. 1997 c. 45
National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 An Act to provide for new arrangements in relation to the provision within the national health service of medical, dental, pharmaceutical and other services; to make provision about medical lists and vacancies and the sale of medical practices; to make provision about the expenditure of Health Authorities and Health Boards; to make provision about ophthalmic services; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 46
Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 An Act to amend the law relating to social security offences and to make other amendments of the law relating to the administration of social security. 1997 c. 47
Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 An Act to make provision as respects Scotland in relation to criminal appeals, the disposal of offenders, criminal procedure, evidence in criminal proceedings, the treatment and early release of prisoners, offences committed by newly released prisoners, criminal legal assistance, the police, confiscation of alcohol from persons under 18, sex offenders and the payment by the Lord Advocate of grants for the provision of forensic medical services; to enable courts in England and Wales and Northern Ireland to remit offenders to courts in Scotland in certain circumstances; to make amendments consequential upon the provisions of this Act to the law in other parts of the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 48
Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Act 1997 An Act to amend the law about public entertainments licences relating to places at or near which controlled drugs are supplied or used and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 49
Police Act 1997 An Act to make provision for the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad; to make provision about entry on and interference with property and with wireless telegraphy in the course of the prevention or detection of serious crime; to make provision for the Police Information Technology Organisation; to provide for the issue of certificates about criminal records; to make provision about the administration and organisation of the police; to repeal certain enactments about rehabilitation of offenders; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 50
Sex Offenders Act 1997 An Act to require the notification of information to the police by persons who have committed certain sexual offences; to make provision with respect to the commission of certain sexual acts outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 51
Police and Firemen's Pensions Act 1997 An Act to amend the Police Pensions Act 1976 and the Fire Services Act 1947 so as to make provision in respect of transfer values and other lump sum payments and permit police and fire authorities to provide information relating to pension schemes. 1997 c. 52
Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 An Act to amend the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 53
Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 An Act to require local authorities to prepare reports relating to the levels of road traffic in their areas; and for related purposes. 1997 c. 54
Birds (Registration Charges) Act 1997 An Act to make provision (including provision having retrospective effect) authorising the Secretary of State to impose charges in respect of registrations effected in accordance with regulations under section 6(2) or 7(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. 1997 c. 55
National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997 An Act to make provision about the powers of National Health Service trusts to enter into agreements. 1997 c. 56
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 1997 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1998 and to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. 1997 c. 57
Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1997 c. 58
Education (Schools) Act 1997 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the ending of the assisted places schemes in England and Wales and in Scotland. 1997 c. 59
Law Officers Act 1997 An Act to enable functions of the Attorney General and of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland to be exercised by the Solicitor General; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 60
Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997 An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum in Scotland on the establishment and tax-varying powers of a Scottish Parliament and a referendum in Wales on the establishment of a Welsh Assembly; and for expenditure in preparation for a Scottish Parliament or a Welsh Assembly. 1997 c. 61
Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1997 An Act to make provision for the alteration of salaries payable under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975. 1997 c. 62
Local Government Finance (Supplementary Credit Approvals) Act 1997 An Act to permit account to be taken of the reserved part of capital receipts in determining the amount of a supplementary credit approval to be issued to a local authority; and to substitute a power for the existing duty to specify an amortisation period when issuing a supplementary credit approval to a local authority in respect of expenditure treated by the authority as expenditure for capital purposes. 1997 c. 63
Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 An Act to extend the class of prohibited weapons under the Firearms Act 1968 to include small-calibre pistols. 1997 c. 64
Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997 An Act to make provision about the powers of local authorities (including probation committees and the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District) to enter into contracts; to enable expenditure of local authorities making administrative arrangements for magistrates' courts to be treated for some purposes as not being capital expenditure; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 65
Plant Varieties Act 1997 An Act to make provision about rights in relation to plant varieties; to make provision about the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal; to extend the time limit for institution of proceedings for contravention of seeds regulations; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 66
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1997 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1998 and 1999. 1997 c. 67
Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 An Act to establish the Special Immigration Appeals Commission; to make provision with respect to its jurisdiction; and for connected purposes. 1997 c. 68
Supreme Court (Offices) Act 1997 An Act to make provision with respect to the qualification for appointment as, and tenure of office of, Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 1997 c. 69

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Education (Student Loans) Act 1998 An Act to make further provision with respect to public sector student loans. 1998 c. 1
Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 An Act to amend the law relating to public processions in Northern Ireland; to provide for the establishment and functions of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 2
Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998 An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum on the establishment of a Greater London Authority and for expenditure in preparation for such an Authority; and to confer additional functions on the Local Government Commission for England in connection with the establishment of such an Authority. 1998 c. 3
Consolidated Fund Act 1998 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1997 and 1998. 1998 c. 4
Fossil Fuel Levy Act 1998 An Act to amend section 33 of the Electricity Act 1989. 1998 c. 5
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998 An Act to make provision about the grant of, and sums payable in respect of, licences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 other than television licences, and about the promotion of the efficient use and management of the electro-magnetic spectrum for wireless telegraphy; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 6
Nuclear Explosions (Prohibition and Inspections) Act 1998 An Act to enable effect to be given to certain provisions of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty adopted in New York on 10th September 1996 and the Protocol to that Treaty; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 7
Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 An Act to rename industrial tribunals and amend the law relating to those tribunals; to amend the law relating to dismissal procedures agreements and other alternative methods of resolving disputes about employment rights; to provide for the adjustment of awards of compensation for unfair dismissal in cases where no use is made of internal procedures for appealing against dismissal; to make provision about cases involving both unfair dismissal and disability discrimination; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 8
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1998 An Act to postpone the expiry and otherwise make amendments of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 9
Criminal Procedure (Intermediate Diets) (Scotland) Act 1998 An Act to amend, with retrospective effect, the law in relation to intermediate diets in summary criminal proceedings in Scotland. 1998 c. 10
Bank of England Act 1998 An Act to make provision about the constitution, regulation, financial arrangements and functions of the Bank of England, including provision for the transfer of supervisory functions; to amend the Banking Act 1987 in relation to the provision and disclosure of information; to make provision relating to appointments to the governing body of a designated agency under the Financial Services Act 1986; to amend Schedule 5 to that Act; to make provision relating to the registration of Government stocks and bonds; to make provision about the application of section 207 of the Companies Act 1989 to bearer securities; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 11
Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998 An Act to make provision for the establishment of the New Northern Ireland Assembly and for the election of its members. 1998 c. 12
Animal Health (Amendment) Act 1998 An Act to improve the welfare of animals in quarantine; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 13
Social Security Act 1998 An Act to make provision as to the making of decisions and the determination of appeals under enactments relating to social security, child support, vaccine damage payments and war pensions; to make further provision with respect to social security; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 14
Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998 An Act to amend sections 12 and 13 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980; to make further provision, in relation to certain criminal proceedings in magistrates' courts, about the proof of previous convictions and orders; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 15
Tax Credits (Initial Expenditure) Act 1998 An Act to authorise the incurring of expenditure in connection with the replacement of certain social security benefits with income tax credits. 1998 c. 16
Petroleum Act 1998 An Act to consolidate certain enactments about petroleum, offshore installations and submarine pipelines. 1998 c. 17
Audit Commission Act 1998 An Act to consolidate Part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 and other enactments relating to the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England and Wales. 1998 c. 18
Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act 1998 An Act to restrict the amount of a person's capital which may be taken into account by a local authority in determining whether he should be provided with residential accommodation that would be, or would be treated as, provided under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948. 1998 c. 19
Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 An Act to make provision with respect to interest on the late payment of certain debts arising under commercial contracts for the supply of goods or services; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 20
European Communities (Amendment) Act 1998 An Act to make provision consequential on the Treaty signed at Amsterdam on 2nd October 1997 amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related Acts. 1998 c. 21
National Lottery Act 1998 An Act to make further provision in relation to the National Lottery; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of a body corporate to be endowed out of the National Lottery Distribution Fund and to be known as the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 22
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 An Act to protect individuals who make certain disclosures of information in the public interest; to allow such individuals to bring action in respect of victimisation; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 23
Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act 1998 An Act to make further provision for road traffic reduction targets; and for related purposes. 1998 c. 24
Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1998 An Act to add to the classes of establishment which require to be registered under section 61 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 25
Pesticides Act 1998 An Act to amend the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 in respect of the powers to make regulations concerning pesticides and in respect of the enforcement of provisions relating to the control of pesticides. 1998 c. 26
Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Amendment) Act 1998 An Act to amend section 12 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990. 1998 c. 27
Appropriation Act 1998 An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1999; to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 1998 c. 28
Data Protection Act 1998 An Act to make new provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals, including the obtaining, holding, use or disclosure of such information. 1998 c. 29
Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 An Act to make provision for the establishment of General Teaching Councils for England and Wales and with respect to the registration, qualifications and training of teachers and the inspection of such training; to make new provision with respect to grants and loans to students in higher or further education and fees payable by them; to make provision with respect to the funding of higher education institutions and certain further education, and other matters relating to further and higher education institutions; to enable the higher and further education funding councils in Scotland to discharge certain functions jointly; to enable young persons to have time off work for study or training; to make provision with respect to the inspection of training and careers services provided in pursuance of arrangements or directions under the Employment and Training Act 1973; to provide that the Scottish Further Education Funding Council shall be a relevant body for the purposes of section 19(5) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 30
School Standards and Framework Act 1998 An Act to make new provision with respect to school education and the provision of nursery education otherwise than at school; to enable arrangements to be made for the provision of further education for young persons partly at schools and partly at further education institutions; to make provision with respect to the Education Assets Board; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 31
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 An Act to make provision about policing in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 32
Landmines Act 1998 An Act to promote the control of anti-personnel landmines; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 33
Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 An Act to provide for the licensing and regulation of private hire vehicles, and drivers and operators of such vehicles, within the metropolitan police district and the City of London; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 34
Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 An Act to make provision about the release on licence of certain persons serving sentences of imprisonment in Northern Ireland. 1998 c. 35
Finance Act 1998 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1998 c. 36
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 An Act to make provision for preventing crime and disorder; to create certain racially-aggravated offences; to abolish the rebuttable presumption that a child is doli incapax and to make provision as to the effect of a child's failure to give evidence at his trial; to abolish the death penalty for treason and piracy; to make changes to the criminal justice system; to make further provision for dealing with offenders; to make further provision with respect to remands and committals for trial and the release and recall of prisoners; to amend Chapter I of Part II of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 and to repeal Chapter I of Part III of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997; to make amendments designed to facilitate, or otherwise desirable in connection with, the consolidation of certain enactments; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 37
Government of Wales Act 1998 An Act to establish and make provision about the National Assembly for Wales and the offices of Auditor General for Wales and Welsh Administration Ombudsman; to reform certain Welsh public bodies and abolish certain other Welsh public bodies; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 38
National Minimum Wage Act 1998 An Act to make provision for and in connection with a national minimum wage; to provide for the amendment of certain enactments relating to the remuneration of persons employed in agriculture; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 39
Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998 An Act to make provision about procedure and forfeiture in relation to offences concerning proscribed organisations, and about conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. 1998 c. 40
Competition Act 1998 An Act to make provision about competition and the abuse of a dominant position in the market; to confer powers in relation to investigations conducted in connection with Article 85 or 86 of the treaty establishing the European Community; to amend the Fair Trading Act 1973 in relation to information which may be required in connection with investigations under that Act; to make provision with respect to the meaning of "supply of services" in the Fair Trading Act 1973; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 41
Human Rights Act 1998 An Act to give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights; to make provision with respect to holders of certain judicial offices who become judges of the European Court of Human Rights; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 42
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments. 1998 c. 43
Waste Minimisation Act 1998 An Act to enable certain local authorities to make arrangements to minimise the generation of waste in their area; and for related purposes. 1998 c. 44
Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 An Act to make provision for regional development agencies in England; to make provision about the Development Commission and the Urban Regeneration Agency; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 45
Scotland Act 1998 An Act to provide for the establishment of a Scottish Parliament and Administration and other changes in the government of Scotland; to provide for changes in the constitution and functions of certain public authorities; to provide for the variation of the basic rate of income tax in relation to income of Scottish taxpayers in accordance with a resolution of the Scottish Parliament; to amend the law about parliamentary constituencies in Scotland; and for connected purposes. 1998 c. 46
Northern Ireland Act 1998 An Act to make new provision for the government of Northern Ireland for the purpose of implementing the agreement reached at multi-party talks on Northern Ireland set out in Command Paper 3883. 1998 c. 47
Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 An Act to make provision about the registration of political parties. 1998 c. 48
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1998 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1999 and 2000. 1998 c. 49

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European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 An Act to amend the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 so as to alter the method used in Great Britain for electing Members of the European Parliament; to make other amendments of enactments relating to the election of Members of the European Parliament; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 1
Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 An Act to transfer from the Secretary of State to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Treasury certain functions relating to national insurance contributions, the National Insurance Fund, statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay or pension schemes and certain associated functions relating to benefits; to enable functions relating to any of those matters in respect of Northern Ireland to be transferred to the Secretary of State, the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Treasury; to make further provision, in connection with the functions transferred, as to the powers of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, the making of decisions and appeals; to provide that rebates payable in respect of members of money purchase contracted-out pension schemes are to be payable out of the National Insurance Fund; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 2
Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999 An Act to make provision about the recovery from insurers and certain other persons of charges in connection with the treatment of road traffic casualties in national health service, and certain other, hospitals; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 3
Consolidated Fund Act 1999 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1998 and 1999. 1999 c. 4
Scottish Enterprise Act 1999 An Act to make provision with respect to the financial limits in section 25(2) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990. 1999 c. 5
Rating (Valuation) Act 1999 An Act to make provision about valuation for purposes of non-domestic rates in England and Wales. 1999 c. 6
Northern Ireland (Location of Victims' Remains) Act 1999 An Act to make provision connected with Northern Ireland about locating the remains of persons killed before 10th April 1998 as a result of unlawful acts of violence committed on behalf of, or in connection with, proscribed organisations; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 7
Health Act 1999 An Act to amend the law about the national health service; make provision in relation to arrangements and payments between health service bodies and local authorities with respect to health and health-related functions; confer power to regulate any professions concerned (wholly or partly) with the physical or mental health of individuals; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 8
Water Industry Act 1999 An Act to make further provision in relation to England and Wales as to charges in respect of the supply of water and the provision of sewerage services and to make provision in relation to Scotland for the establishment and functions of a Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 9
Tax Credits Act 1999 At Act to provide for family credit and disability working allowance to be known, respectively, as working families' tax credit and disabled person's tax credit; and to make further provision with respect to those credits, including provision for the transfer of functions relating to them. 1999 c. 10
Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999 An Act to amend and extend certain enactments relating to the commercial breeding and sale of dogs; to regulate the welfare of dogs kept in commercial breeding establishments; to extend powers of inspection; to establish records of dogs kept at such establishments; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 11
Road Traffic (Vehicle Testing) Act 1999 An Act to make further provision about the testing of motor vehicles for the purposes of Part II of the Road Traffic Act 1988; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 12
Appropriation Act 1999 An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 2000; to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 1999 c. 13
Protection of Children Act 1999 An Act to require a list to be kept of persons considered unsuitable to work with children; to extend the power to make regulations under section 218(6) of the Education Reform Act 1988; to make further provision with respect to that list and the list kept for the purposes of such regulations; to enable the protection afforded to children to be afforded to persons suffering from mental impairment; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 14
Trustee Delegation Act 1999 An Act to amend the law relating to the delegation of trustee functions by power of attorney and the exercise of such functions by the donee of a power of attorney; and to make provision about the authority of the donee of a power of attorney to act in relation to land. 1999 c. 15
Finance Act 1999 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 1999 c. 16
Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 An Act to establish a Disability Rights Commission and make provision as to its functions; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 17
Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 An Act to make provision for giving effect to the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, concluded at the Hague on 29th May 1993; to make further provision in relation to adoptions with an international element; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 18
Company and Business Names (Chamber of Commerce, Etc.) Act 1999 An Act to make provision concerning the approval of company or business names containing the expression "chamber of commerce" or any related expression; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 19
Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1999 An Act to make provision about the Commonwealth Development Corporation. 1999 c. 20
Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999 An Act to make further provision in relation to football-related offences; to make further provision for the purpose of preventing violence or disorder at or in connection with football matches; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 21
Access to Justice Act 1999 An Act to establish the Legal Services Commission, the Community Legal Service and the Criminal Defence Service; to amend the law of legal aid in Scotland; to make further provision about legal services; to make provision about appeals, courts, judges and court proceedings; to amend the law about magistrates and magistrates' courts; and to make provision about immunity from action and costs and indemnities for certain officials exercising judicial functions. 1999 c. 22
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 An Act to provide for the referral of offenders under 18 to youth offender panels; to make provision in connection with the giving of evidence or information for the purposes of criminal proceedings; to amend section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; to make pre-consolidation amendments relating to youth justice; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 23
Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 An Act to make provision for implementing Council Directive 96/61/EC and for otherwise preventing and controlling pollution; to make provision about certain expired or expiring disposal or waste management licences; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 24
Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act 1999 An Act to make provision enabling verdicts of guilty but insane to be referred to and reviewed by the Court of Appeal. 1999 c. 25
Employment Relations Act 1999 An Act to amend the law relating to employment, to trade unions and to employment agencies and businesses. 1999 c. 26
Local Government Act 1999 An Act to make provision imposing on local and certain other authorities requirements relating to economy, efficiency and effectiveness; and to make provision for the regulation of council tax and precepts. 1999 c. 27
Food Standards Act 1999 An Act to establish the Food Standards Agency and make provision as to its functions; to amend the law relating to food safety and other interests of consumers in relation to food; to enable provision to be made in relation to the notification of tests for food-borne diseases; to enable provision to be made in relation to animal feedingstuffs; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 28
Greater London Authority Act 1999 An Act to establish and make provision about the Greater London Authority, the Mayor of London and the London Assembly; to make provision in relation to London borough councils and the Common Council of the City of London with respect to matters consequential on the establishment of the Greater London Authority; to make provision with respect to the functions of other local authorities and statutory bodies exercising functions in Greater London; to make provision about transport and road traffic in and around Greater London; to make provision about policing in Greater London and to make an adjustment of the metropolitan police district; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 29
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 An Act to make provision about pensions and social security; to make provision for reducing under-occupation of dwellings by housing benefit claimants; to authorise certain expenditure by the Secretary of State having responsibility for social security; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 30
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 An Act to make provision for the enforcement of contractual terms by third parties. 1999 c. 31
Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1999 An Act to authorise hospital managers to continue to hold, expend and dispose of the property of persons to whom section 94(1) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 no longer applies. 1999 c. 32
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 An Act to make provision about immigration and asylum; to make provision about procedures in connection with marriage on superintendent registrar's certificate; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 33
House of Lords Act 1999 An Act to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; to make related provision about disqualifications for voting at elections to, and for membership of, the House of Commons; and for connected purposes. 1999 c. 34
Consolidated Fund (No.2) Act 1999 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 2000 and 2001. 1999 c. 35

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Northern Ireland Act 2000 An Act to make provision for the suspension of devolved government in Northern Ireland and the exercise of certain functions conferred by or under Part V of the Northern Ireland Act 1998; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 1
Representation of the People Act 2000 An Act to make new provision with respect to the registration of voters for the purposes of parliamentary and local government elections; to make other provision in relation to voting at such elections; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 2
Consolidated Fund Act 2000 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1999, 2000 and 2001. 2000 c. 3
Armed Forces Discipline Act 2000 An Act to amend the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 in relation to custody, the right to elect court-martial trial and appeals against findings made or punishments awarded on summary dealing or summary trial; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 4
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 An Act to enable effect to be given to the protocol signed at Vienna on 22nd September 1998 additional to the agreement for the application of safeguards in the United Kingdom in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; to allow effect to be given to that agreement in certain territories outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 5
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the powers of courts to deal with offenders and defaulters and to the treatment of such persons, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. 2000 c. 6
Electronic Communications Act 2000 An Act to make provision to facilitate the use of electronic communications and electronic data storage; to make provision about the modification of licences granted under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 7
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 An Act to make provision about the regulation of financial services and markets; to provide for the transfer of certain statutory functions relating to building societies, friendly societies, industrial and provident societies and certain other mutual societies; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 8
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act 2000 An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 2001; to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2000 c. 9
Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Act 2000 An Act to make provision for inspection of the Crown Prosecution Service. 2000 c. 10
Terrorism Act 2000 An Act to make provision about terrorism; and to make temporary provision for Northern Ireland about the prosecution and punishment of certain offences, the preservation of peace and the maintenance of order. 2000 c. 11
Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 An Act to make provision for limited liability partnerships. 2000 c. 12
Royal Parks (Trading) Act 2000 An Act to make provision about certain offences under section 2 of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926. 2000 c. 13
Care Standards Act 2000 An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration and regulation of children's homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies; to make provision for the regulation and inspection of local authority fostering and adoption services; to establish a General Social Care Council and a Care Council for Wales and make provision for the registration, regulation and training of social care workers; to establish a Children's Commissioner for Wales; to make provision for the registration, regulation and training of those providing child minding or day care; to make provision for the protection of children and vulnerable adults; to amend the law about children looked after in schools and colleges; to repeal the Nurses Agencies Act 1957; to amend Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 14
Television Licences (Disclosure of Information) Act 2000 An Act to make provision about the disclosure of certain information for purposes connected with television licences. 2000 c. 15
Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 An Act to make provision about the assessment of carers' needs; to provide for services to help carers; to provide for the making of payments to carers and disabled children aged 16 or 17 in lieu of the provision of services to them; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 16
Finance Act 2000 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 2000 c. 17
Sea Fishing Grants (Charges) Act 2000 An Act to ensure the validity of charges made in the administration of certain grant schemes relating to sea fishing. 2000 c. 18
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 An Act to amend the law relating to child support; to amend the law relating to occupational and personal pensions and war pensions; to amend the law relating to social security benefits and social security administration; to amend the law relating to national insurance contributions; to amend Part III of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 and Part III of the Family Law Act 1986; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 19
Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 An Act to make provision about government resources and accounts; to provide for financial assistance for a body established to participate in public-private partnerships; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 20
Learning and Skills Act 2000 An Act to establish the Learning and Skills Council for England and the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, to make other provision about education and training, and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 21
Local Government Act 2000 An Act to make provision with respect to the functions and procedures of local authorities and provision with respect to local authority elections; to make provision with respect to grants and housing benefit in respect of certain welfare services; to amend section 29 of the Children Act 1989; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 22
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 An Act to make provision for and about the interception of communications, the acquisition and disclosure of data relating to communications, the carrying out of surveillance, the use of covert human intelligence sources and the acquisition of the means by which electronic data protected by encryption or passwords may be decrypted or accessed; to provide for Commissioners and a tribunal with functions and jurisdiction in relation to those matters, to entries on and interferences with property or with wireless telegraphy and to the carrying out of their functions by the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Headquarters; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 23
Census (Amendment) Act 2000 An Act to amend the Census Act 1920 to enable particulars to be required in respect of religion. 2000 c. 24
Football (Disorder) Act 2000 An Act to make further provision for the purpose of preventing violence or disorder at or in connection with association football matches; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 25
Postal Services Act 2000 An Act to establish the Postal Services Commission and the Consumer Council for Postal Services; to provide for the licensing of certain postal services and for a universal postal service; to provide for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of the Post Office in a company nominated by the Secretary of State and for the subsequent dissolution of the Post Office; to make further provision in relation to postal services; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 26
Utilities Act 2000 An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority and the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council; to amend the legislation regulating the gas and electricity industries; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 27
Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 2000 An Act to amend the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993. 2000 c. 28
Trustee Act 2000 An Act to amend the law relating to trustees and persons having the investment powers of trustees; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 29
Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 An Act to make provision in connection with the sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor in cases involving persons under eighteen; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 30
Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 An Act to require the Secretary of State to publish and implement a strategy for reducing fuel poverty; to require the setting of targets for the implementation of that strategy; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 31
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 An Act to make provision about policing in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 32
Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 An Act to prohibit the keeping of animals solely or primarily for slaughter for the value of their fur; to provide for the making of payments in respect of the related closure of certain businesses; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 33
Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 An Act to extend further the application of the Race Relations Act 1976 to the police and other public authorities; to amend the exemption under that Act for acts done for the purpose of safeguarding national security; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 34
Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 An Act to make provision about children and young persons who are being, or have been, looked after by a local authority; to replace section 24 of the Children Act 1989; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 35
Freedom of Information Act 2000 An Act to make provision for the disclosure of information held by public authorities or by persons providing services for them and to amend the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Public Records Act 1958; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 36
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 An Act to make new provision for public access to the countryside; to amend the law relating to public rights of way; to enable traffic regulation orders to be made for the purpose of conserving an area's natural beauty; to make provision with respect to the driving of mechanically propelled vehicles elsewhere than on roads; to amend the law relating to nature conservation and the protection of wildlife; to make further provision with respect to areas of outstanding natural beauty; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 37
Transport Act 2000 An Act to make provision about transport. 2000 c. 38
Insolvency Act 2000 An Act to amend the law about insolvency; to amend the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 39
Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 2000 An Act to enable provision to be made for the care, disposal or slaughter of animals to which proceedings under section 1 of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 relate; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 40
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 An Act to establish an Electoral Commission; to make provision about the registration and finances of political parties; to make provision about donations and expenditure for political purposes; to make provision about election and referendum campaigns and the conduct of referendums; to make provision about election petitions and other legal proceedings in connection with elections; to reduce the qualifying periods set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985; to make pre-consolidation amendments relating to European Parliamentary Elections; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 41
Disqualifications Act 2000 An Act to remove the disqualification for membership of the House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly of persons who are members of the legislature of Ireland (the Oireachtas); to disqualify for certain offices which may be held by members of the Northern Ireland Assembly persons who are or become Ministers of the Government of Ireland or chairmen or deputy chairmen of committees of the Dáil Éireann or the Seanad Éireann or of joint committees of the Oireachtas; and to make provision with respect to who may be chairman or deputy chairman of a statutory committee of the Assembly or a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission. 2000 c. 42
Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 An Act to establish a National Probation Service for England and Wales and a Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service; to make further provision for the protection of children; to make further provision about dealing with persons suspected of, charged with or convicted of offences; to amend the law relating to access to information held under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 43
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 An Act to reduce the age at which, and to make provision with respect to the circumstances in which, certain sexual acts are lawful; to make it an offence for a person aged 18 or over to engage in sexual activity with or directed towards a person under that age if he is in a position of trust in relation to that person; and for connected purposes. 2000 c. 44
Consolidated Fund (No.2) Act 2000 An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 2001. 2000 c. 45

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Consolidated Fund Act 2001 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending on 31st March 2002 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 2000, 2001 and 2002. 2001 c. 1
Capital Allowances Act 2001 An Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to capital allowances. 2001 c. 2
Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 An Act to regulate motor salvage operators and registration plate suppliers; to make further provision for preventing or detecting vehicle crime; to enable the Secretary of State to make payments in respect of certain expenditure relating to vehicle crime; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 3
Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Act 2001 An Act to clarify the extent of the duty of the Legal Services Commission under section 13(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. 2001 c. 4
Election Publications Act 2001 An Act to make provision for postponing the operation of certain enactments relating to election publications; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 5
Regulatory Reform Act 2001 An Act to enable provision to be made for the purpose of reforming legislation which has the effect of imposing burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of any activity and to enable codes of practice to be made with respect to the enforcement of restrictions, requirements or conditions. 2001 c. 6
Elections Act 2001 An Act to postpone local elections in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, to require polls for different elections in Northern Ireland to be taken together if they are to be taken on the same day, and to make consequential provision. 2001 c. 7
Appropriation Act 2001 An Act to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament. 2001 c. 8
Finance Act 2001 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance. 2001 c. 9
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 Act to amend Part 4 of the Education Act 1996; to make further provision against discrimination, on grounds of disability, in schools and other educational establishments; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 10
Social Security Fraud Act 2001 An Act to make provision, for the purposes of the law relating to social security, about the obtaining and disclosure of information; and to make provision for restricting the payment of social security benefits and war pensions in the case of persons convicted of offences relating to such benefits or pensions and about the institution of proceedings for such offences; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 11
Private Security Industry Act 2001 An Act to make provision for the regulation of the private security industry. 2001 c. 12
House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 An Act to remove any disqualification from membership of the House of Commons that arises by reason of a person having been ordained or being a minister of a religious denomination and to continue the disqualification of Lords Spiritual from such membership. 2001 c. 13
Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Act 2001 An Act to make provision about non-domestic rating in respect of hereditaments including land or buildings which were formerly agricultural and in respect of food stores in rural settlements. 2001 c. 14
Health and Social Care Act 2001 Act to amend the law about the national health service; to provide for the exercise of functions by Care Trusts under partnership arrangements under the Health Act 1999 and to make further provision in relation to such arrangements; to make further provision in relation to social care services; to make provision in relation to the supply or other processing of patient information; to extend the categories of appropriate practitioners in relation to prescription-only medicinal products; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 15
Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 An Act to make provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the disclosure of information relating to criminal matters and about powers of search and seizure; to amend the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and the Terrorism Act 2000; to make provision about the police, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad; to make provision about the powers of the courts in relation to criminal matters; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 16
International Criminal Court Act 2001 An Act to give effect to the Statute of the International Criminal Court; to provide for offences under the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland corresponding to offences within the jurisdiction of that Court; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 17
Children's Commissioner for Wales Act 2001 An Act to make further provision about the Children's Commissioner for Wales. 2001 c. 18
Armed Forces Act 2001 An Act to continue the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957; to make further provision in relation to the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence Police; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 19
Social Security Contributions (Share Options) Act 2001 An Act to make provision about the payment of National Insurance Contributions in respect of share options and similar rights obtained by persons as directors or employees during the period beginning with 6th April 1999 and ending with 19th May 2000. 2001 c. 20
Appropriation (No.2) Act 2001 An Act to authorise the use of resources and the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the service of the year ending on 31st March 2002 and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament. 2001 c. 21
European Communities (Finance) Act 2001 An Act to amend the definition of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties" in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so as to include the decision of 29th September 2000 of the Council on the Communities' system of own resources. 2001 c. 22
Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001 An Act to prohibit the placing in a woman of a human embryo which has been created otherwise than by fertilisation. 2001 c. 23
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 An Act to amend the Terrorism Act 2000; to make further provision about terrorism and security; to provide for the freezing of assets; to make provision about immigration and asylum; to amend or extend the criminal law and powers for preventing crime and enforcing that law; to make provision about the control of pathogens and toxins; to provide for the retention of communications data; to provide for implementation of Title VI of the Treaty on European Union; and for connected purposes. 2001 c. 24
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2001 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending on 31st March 2002 and 2003 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 2002 and 2003. 2001 c. 25

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International Development Act 2002 An Act to make provision relating to the provision of assistance for countries outside the United Kingdom; to make provision with respect to certain international financial institutions and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 1
Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002 An Act to exclude from the operation of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 certain matters relating to the selection of candidates by political parties. 2002 c. 2
European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002 An Act to make provision consequential on the Treaty signed at Nice on 26th February 2001 amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related Acts. 2002 c. 3
Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 An Act to amend the law relating to the age at which certain persons become eligible to receive travel concessions on journeys on public passenger transport services; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 4
Civil Defence (Grant) Act 2002 (repealed) An Act to replace section 3 of the Civil Defence Act 1948 in so far as it applies to authorities in England or Wales. 2002 c. 5
Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Act 2002 An Act to provide for the extension of the amnesty period fixed by section 2 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997. 2002 c. 6
Homelessness Act 2002 An Act to make further provision about the functions of local housing authorities relating to homelessness and the allocation of housing accommodation; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 7
British Overseas Territories Act 2002 An Act to make provision about the name "British overseas territories" and British citizenship so far as relating to the British overseas territories. 2002 c. 8
Land Registration Act 2002 An Act to make provision about land registration; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 9
Consolidated Fund Act 2002 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending on 31st March 2002 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 2001 and 2002. 2002 c. 10
Office of Communications Act 2002 An Act to establish a body corporate to be known as the Office of Communications; and to confer functions in relation to proposals about the regulation of communications on that body, on certain existing regulators and on the Secretary of State. 2002 c. 11
Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Act 2002 An Act to amend section 5 of the Football (Disorder) Act 2000; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 12
Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 An Act to provide for the supply to the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland of the signatures, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of electors and persons seeking registration as electors in Northern Ireland and of information relating to their period of residence in Northern Ireland and addresses in respect of which they are or have applied to be registered; for the use of that information in connection with elections in Northern Ireland; for the issue of electoral identity cards by the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland; for the modification in relation to voters with disabilities of certain rules about voting procedure in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 13
National Heritage Act 2002 An Act to make further provision in relation to the functions of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 14
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 An Act to make provision about commonhold land and to amend the law about leasehold property. 2002 c. 15
State Pension Credit Act 2002 An Act to make provision for and in connection with a new social security benefit called state pension credit; and to amend section 47(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993. 2002 c. 16
National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 An Act to amend the law about the national health service; to establish and make provision in connection with a Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health; to make provision in relation to arrangements for joint working between NHS bodies and the prison service, and between NHS bodies and local authorities in Wales; to make provision in connection with the regulation of health care professions; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 17
Appropriation Act 2002 An Act to authorise the use of resources and the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the service of the year ending on 31st March 2003; to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2002 c. 18
National Insurance Contributions Act 2002 An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, increasing national insurance contributions and for applying the increases towards the cost of the national health service. 2002 c. 19
Industrial and Provident Societies Act 2002 An Act to enable the law relating to societies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 to be amended so as to bring it into conformity with certain aspects of the law relating to companies; to amend the procedure whereby such a society may convert itself into, or amalgamate with or transfer its engagements to, a company; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 20
Tax Credits Act 2002 An Act to make provision for tax credits; to amend the law about child benefit and guardian's allowance; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 21
Employment Act 2002 An Act to make provision for statutory rights to paternity and adoption leave and pay; to amend the law relating to statutory maternity leave and pay; to amend the Employment Tribunals Act 1996; to make provision for the use of statutory procedures in relation to employment disputes; to amend the law relating to particulars of employment; to make provision about compromise agreements; to make provision for questionnaires in relation to equal pay; to make provision in connection with trade union learning representatives; to amend section 110 of the Employment Rights Act 1996; to make provision about fixed-term work; to make provision about flexible working; to amend the law relating to maternity allowance; to make provision for work-focused interviews for partners of benefit claimants; to make provision about the use of information for, or relating to, employment and training; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 22
Finance Act 2002 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2002 c. 23
European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 An Act to consolidate the European Parliamentary Elections Acts 1978, 1993 and 1999. 2002 c. 24
Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002 An Act to amend the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 in respect of criminal offences, search warrants, powers of seizure and orders for forfeiture; to amend the Trade Marks Act 1994 in respect of search warrants and powers of seizure; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 25
Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 An Act to make provision about the judiciary in Northern Ireland and to amend section 6 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876; to make provision about the law officers and other legal officers and the courts in Northern Ireland; to establish a Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland, a Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland and a Northern Ireland Law Commission; to amend the law of youth justice in Northern Ireland; to make provision for making available to victims of crime information about the release of offenders in Northern Ireland; to make provision about community safety in Northern Ireland; to amend the law of legal aid in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 26
Divorce (Religious Marriages) Act 2002 An Act to make provision enabling a court to require the dissolution of a religious marriage before granting a civil divorce. 2002 c. 27
Export Control Act 2002 An Act to make provision enabling controls to be imposed on the exportation of goods, the transfer of technology, the provision of technical assistance overseas and activities connected with trade in controlled goods; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 28
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 An Act to establish the Assets Recovery Agency and make provision about the appointment of its Director and his functions (including Revenue functions), to provide for confiscation orders in relation to persons who benefit from criminal conduct and for restraint orders to prohibit dealing with property, to allow the recovery of property which is or represents property obtained through unlawful conduct or which is intended to be used in unlawful conduct, to make provision about money laundering, to make provision about investigations relating to benefit from criminal conduct or to property which is or represents property obtained through unlawful conduct or to money laundering, to make provision to give effect to overseas requests and orders made where property is found or believed to be obtained through criminal conduct, and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 29
Police Reform Act 2002 An Act to make new provision about the supervision, administration, functions and conduct of police forces, police officers and other persons serving with, or carrying out functions in relation to, the police; to amend police powers and to provide for the exercise of police powers by persons who are not police officers; to amend the law relating to anti-social behaviour orders; to amend the law relating to sex offender orders; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 30
Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act 2002 An Act to create offences in respect of unique electronic equipment identifiers of mobile wireless communications devices. 2002 c. 31
Education Act 2002 An Act to make provision about education, training and childcare. 2002 c. 32
Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 An Act to permit, without infringement of copyright, the transfer of copyright works to formats accessible to visually impaired persons. 2002 c. 33
Employee Share Schemes Act 2002 An Act to make provision relating to employee share schemes; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 34
Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Act 2002 An Act to amend the Public Trustee Act 1906 in respect of the liability and fees of the Public Trustee; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 35
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 An Act to control the advertising and promotion of tobacco products; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 36
Private Hire Vehicles (Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.) Act 2002 An Act to make provision for the carriage of disabled persons accompanied by guide dogs, hearing dogs or other assistance dogs by drivers and operators of private hire vehicles; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 37
Adoption and Children Act 2002 An Act to restate and amend the law relating to adoption; to make further amendments of the law relating to children; to amend section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 38
Commonwealth Act 2002 An Act to amend the law with respect to the Commonwealth Institute; to make provision in connection with the admission of Cameroon and Mozambique to the Commonwealth; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 39
Enterprise Act 2002 An act to establish and provide for the functions of the Office of Fair Trading, the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Competition Service; to make provision about mergers and market structures and conduct; to amend the constitution and functions of the Competition Commission; to create an offence for those entering into certain anti-competitive agreements; to provide for the disqualification of directors of companies engaging in certain anti-competitive practices; to make other provision about competition law; to amend the law relating to the protection of the collective interests of consumers; to make further provision about the disclosure of information obtained under competition and consumer legislation; to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 and make other provision about insolvency; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 40
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 An Act to make provision about nationality, immigration and asylum; to create offences in connection with international traffic in prostitution; to make provision about international projects connected with migration; and for connected purposes. 2002 c. 41
Animal Health Act 2002 An Act to amend the Animal Health Act 1981. 2002 c. 42
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2002 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending on 31st March 2003 and 2004 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 2003 and 2004. 2002 c. 43
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2002 An Act to modify limits on non-operating appropriations in aid set for the year that ended with 31st March 2002. 2002 c. 44

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Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 An Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to income tax on employment income, pension income and social security income; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 1
Consolidated Fund Act 2003 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending on 31st March 2002 and 2003 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 2002 and 2003. 2003 c. 2
Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Act 2003 An Act to make provision about the date of the poll for the election of the next Northern Ireland Assembly, and for disregarding certain days for the purposes of the period after a poll within which an Assembly must meet; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 3
Health (Wales) Act 2003 An Act to make provision about Community Health Councils in Wales; to establish and make provision about the Wales Centre for Health; and to make provision for the establishment of, and otherwise about, Health Professions Wales. 2003 c. 4
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 An Act to make provision requiring social services authorities to make payments in cases where the discharge of patients is delayed for reasons relating to the provision of community care services or services for carers; and to enable the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales to require certain community care services and services for carers provided by social services authorities to be free of charge to persons receiving those services. 2003 c. 5
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 An Act to make provision about policing in Northern Ireland and the exercise of police powers in Northern Ireland by persons who are not police officers; and to amend the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989. 2003 c. 6
European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 An Act to make provision enabling alterations to be made to the total number of Members of the European Parliament to be elected for the United Kingdom and to their distribution between the electoral regions; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of an electoral region including Gibraltar for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 7
National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Act 2003 An Act to make provision enabling an enforcement notice under section 19 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 to impose a requirement under subsection (2) of that section in relation to a person, whether or not a requirement under subsection (1) of that section is, or may be, imposed in relation to that or any other person; and to limit the pay reference periods in respect of which a requirement under subsection (2) of that section may be imposed. 2003 c. 8
Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 An Act to make provision in connection with the provision of financial assistance to, or the acquisition of any securities of or any part of the undertaking or assets of, British Energy p.l.c. or any of its subsidiaries; to provide for the repeal of Part 2 of the Electricity Act 1989; to amend Schedule 12 to that Act and to make provision for undertakings to make grants under that Schedule to be disregarded for tax purposes. 2003 c. 9
Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003 An Act to make provision for the holding of referendums about the establishment of elected assemblies for the regions of England (except London); for reviewing the structure of local government in regions where the holding of a referendum is under consideration; for the holding of referendums about options for implementing the recommendations of such reviews; for implementing the recommendations of such reviews; for the Electoral Commission to give advice in connection with the establishment of assemblies; for payment of grant in connection with the activities of regional chambers; and for incurring expenditure in preparation for assemblies and in connection with the transfer of functions to them. 2003 c. 10
Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Act 2003 An Act to amend section 8(5) of the Industrial Development Act 1982. 2003 c. 11
Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections and Periods of Suspension) Act 2003 An Act to make further provision about the election of the next Northern Ireland Assembly; to make further provision about periods when section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 2000 is in force; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 12
Appropriation Act 2003 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2004 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2004; to appropriate the further supply authorised in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2003 c. 13
Finance Act 2003 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2003 c. 14
Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 An Act to enable the law relating to co-operatives and community benefit societies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 to be amended so as to bring it into conformity with certain aspects of the law relating to companies; to permit a registered society whose business is conducted for the benefit of the community to provide that its assets are dedicated permanently for that purpose; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 15
Marine Safety Act 2003 An Act to make provision about the giving of directions in respect of ships for purposes relating to safety or pollution and about the taking of action to enforce, in connection with, or in lieu of, directions; to make provision about fire-fighting in connection with marine incidents; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 16
Licensing Act 2003 An Act to make provision about the regulation of the sale and supply of alcohol, the provision of entertainment and the provision of late night refreshment, about offences relating to alcohol and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 17
Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003 An Act to make provision as to the rights of shop workers and betting workers under the law of Scotland in relation to Sunday working; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 18
Aviation (Offences) Act 2003 An Act to make provision about the enforcement of certain offences connected with aviation. 2003 c. 19
Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 An Act to make provision about railways, including tramways; to make provision about transport safety; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 20
Communications Act 2003 An Act to confer functions on the Office of Communications; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of electronic communications networks and services and of the use of the electro-magnetic spectrum; to make provision about the regulation of broadcasting and of the provision of television and radio services; to make provision about mergers involving newspaper and other media enterprises and, in that connection, to amend the Enterprise Act 2002; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 21
Fireworks Act 2003 An Act to make provision about fireworks and other explosives. 2003 c. 22
National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Act 2003 An Act to make provision about the funding of endowments from distributions of money out of the National Lottery Distribution Fund; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 23
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 An Act to make provision about the circumstances in which, and the extent to which, a man is to be treated in law as the father of a child where the child has resulted from certain fertility treatment undertaken after the man's death; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 24
Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 An Act to make provision in connection with the establishment under international law of an independent commission with monitoring functions in relation to Northern Ireland; to make further provision about exclusion from Ministerial office in Northern Ireland; to make provision about reduction of remuneration of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly; to make provision about reduction of financial assistance under the Financial Assistance for Political Parties Act (Northern Ireland) 2000; to make provision about censure resolutions of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 25
Local Government Act 2003 An Act to make provision about finance, and other provision, in connection with local and certain other authorities; to provide for changing the dates of local elections in 2004; to amend the Audit Commission Act 1998; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 26
Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003 An Act to provide for an offence of acquiring, disposing of, importing or exporting tainted cultural objects, or agreeing or arranging to do so; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 27
Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 An Act to make provision in place of section 15 of the Copyright Act 1911 relating to the deposit of printed and similar publications, including on and off line publications; to make provision about the use and preservation of material deposited; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 28
Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 An Act to make further provision regarding the collection, composting and recycling of household waste; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 29
Sustainable Energy Act 2003 An Act to make provision about the development and promotion of a sustainable energy policy; to amend the Utilities Act 2000; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 30
Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 An Act to restate and amend the law relating to female genital mutilation; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 31
Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 An Act to make provision for furthering co-operation with other countries in respect of criminal proceedings and investigations; to extend jurisdiction to deal with terrorist acts or threats outside the United Kingdom; to amend section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 and make corresponding provision in relation to Scotland; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 32
Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 An Act to make provision about waste and about penalties for non-compliance with schemes for the trading of emissions quotas. 2003 c. 33
Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 2003 An Act to make further provision relating to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe signed in Paris on 19th November 1990. 2003 c. 34
European Union (Accessions) Act 2003 An Act to make provision consequential on the treaty concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, signed at Athens on 16th April 2003; and to make provision in relation to the entitlement of nationals of certain acceding States to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as workers. 2003 c. 35
Fire Services Act 2003 An Act to confer power to set or modify the conditions of service of members of fire brigades and to give directions to fire authorities. 2003 c. 36
Water Act 2003 An Act to amend the Water Resources Act 1991 and the Water Industry Act 1991; to make provision with respect to compensation under section 61 of the Water Resources Act 1991; to provide for the establishment and functions of the Water Services Regulation Authority and the Consumer Council for Water, and for the abolition of the office of Director General of Water Services; to make provision in connection with land drainage and flood defence; to amend the Reservoirs Act 1975; to make provision about contaminated land so far as it relates to the pollution of controlled waters; to confer on the Coal Authority functions in relation to the discharge of water from coal mines; to extend the functions of the Environment Agency in relation to the Rivers Esk, Sark and Tweed and their tributaries so far as they are in England; to repeal section 1 of the Metropolis Water Act 1852; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 37
Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 An Act to make provision in connection with anti-social behaviour. 2003 c. 38
Courts Act 2003 An Act to make provision about the courts and their procedure and practice; about judges and magistrates; about fines and the enforcement processes of the courts; about periodical payments of damages; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 39
Ragwort Control Act 2003 An Act to amend the Weeds Act 1959 in relation to ragwort; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 40
Extradition Act 2003 An Act to make provision about extradition. 2003 c. 41
Sexual Offences Act 2003 An Act to make new provision about sexual offences, their prevention and the protection of children from harm from other sexual acts, and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 42
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 An Act to amend the law about the National Health Service; to make provision about quality and standards in the provision of health and social care, including provision establishing the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and the Commission for Social Care Inspection; to amend the law about the recovery of NHS costs from persons making compensation payments; to provide for the replacement of the Welfare Food Schemes; to make provision about appointments to health and social care bodies; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 43
Criminal Justice Act 2003 An Act to make provision about criminal justice (including the powers and duties of the police) and about dealing with offenders; to amend the law relating to jury service; to amend Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; to make provision about civil proceedings brought by offenders; and for connected purposes. 2003 c. 44
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2003 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2004 and 2005 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2004 and 2005. 2003 c. 45

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Consolidated Fund Act 2004 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2003 and 2004 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2003 and 2004. 2004 c. 1
European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Act 2004 An Act to make provision for piloting in certain regions different methods of voting at the European Parliamentary general election in 2004 and at certain local elections held at the same time; and to enable consequential alterations to be made to voting procedures at local elections. 2004 c. 2
National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 An Act to make provision relating to the payment and administration of national insurance contributions and the provision of information in connection with the payment of statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay, and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 3
Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 An Act to amend Part 1 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002; to make further provision concerning the public prosecution service established by that Act; to impose a new duty on certain criminal justice organisations in Northern Ireland in relation to human rights standards; to make provision consequential on the dissolution of the Juvenile Justice Board; to amend the law relating to bail in Northern Ireland; to provide for the transfer of certain prisoners from Northern Ireland to another part of the United Kingdom; to amend section 103 of the Terrorism Act 2000; to provide for driving while disqualified to be an arrestable offence in Northern Ireland; to re-enact with amendments sections 79 to 81 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 and make further provision about court security officers in Northern Ireland; to enable barristers in Northern Ireland to enter into contracts for the provision of their services; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 4
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 An Act to make provision relating to spatial development and town and country planning; and the compulsory acquisition of land. 2004 c. 5
Child Trust Funds Act 2004 An Act to make provision about child trust funds and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 6
Gender Recognition Act 2004 An Act to make provision for and in connection with change of gender. 2004 c. 7
Higher Education Act 2004 An Act to make provision about research in the arts and humanities and about complaints by students against institutions providing higher education; to make provision about fees payable by students in higher education; to provide for the appointment of a Director of Fair Access to Higher Education; to make provision about grants and loans to students in higher or further education; to limit the jurisdiction of visitors of institutions providing higher education; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 8
Appropriation Act 2004 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2005 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2005; to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2004 c. 9
Age-Related Payments Act 2004 An Act to make provision for payments by the Secretary of State to persons over the age of 70; and to enable provision to be made for payments by the Secretary of State to persons over the age of 60. 2004 c. 10
Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 An Act to make provision for the licensing of activities involving the supply or use of workers in connection with agricultural work, the gathering of wild creatures and wild plants, the harvesting of fish from fish farms, and certain processing and packaging; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 11
Finance Act 2004 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2004 c. 12
Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 An Act to replace Schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998 making new provision in relation to the constituencies for the Scottish Parliament. 2004 c. 13
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments. 2004 c. 14
Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 An Act to place duties on local authorities and health bodies in respect of carers; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 15
Patents Act 2004 An Act to amend the law relating to patents. 2004 c. 16
Health Protection Agency Act 2004 An Act to establish the Health Protection Agency and make provision as to its functions. 2004 c. 17
Traffic Management Act 2004 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the designation of traffic officers and their duties; to make provision in relation to the management of road networks; to make new provision for regulating the carrying out of works and other activities in the street; to amend Part 3 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and Parts 9 and 14 of the Highways Act 1980; to make new provision in relation to the civil enforcement of traffic contraventions; to amend section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 18
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004 An Act to make provision about asylum and immigration. 2004 c. 19
Energy Act 2004 An Act to make provision for the decommissioning and cleaning up of installations and sites used for, or contaminated by, nuclear activities; to make provision relating to the civil nuclear industry; to make provision about radioactive waste; to make provision for the development, regulation and encouragement of the use of renewable energy sources; to make further provision in connection with the regulation of the gas and electricity industries; to make provision for the imposition of charges in connection with the carrying out of the Secretary of State's functions relating to energy matters; to make provision for giving effect to international agreements relating to pipelines and offshore installations; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 20
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 An Act to make provision about fire and rescue authorities and their functions; to make provision about employment by, and powers of employees of, fire and rescue authorities; to make provision about education and training and pension schemes; to make provision about the supply of water; to make provision about false alarms of fire; to provide for the funding of advisory bodies; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 21
Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 An Act to make provision in relation to matters connected with buildings. 2004 c. 22
Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 An Act to confer further functions on the Auditor General for Wales; to make provision about the audit of accounts of public bodies in Wales and related matters; to make provision about economy, efficiency and effectiveness in relation to public bodies and registered social landlords in Wales; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 23
Employment Relations Act 2004 An Act to amend the law relating to the recognition of trade unions and the taking of industrial action; to make provision about means of voting in ballots under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; to amend provisions of that Act relating to rights of members and non-members of trade unions and to make other provision about rights of trade union members, employees and workers; to make further provision concerning the enforcement of legislation relating to minimum wages; to make further provision about proceedings before and appeals from the Certification Officer; to make further provision about the amalgamation of trade unions; to make provision facilitating the administration of trade unions and the carrying out by them of their functions; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 24
Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 An Act to make provision for the sale of the Tote; to make provision for the abolition of the horserace betting levy system; to make provision for the establishment of National Lottery games designed to raise money in connection with the hosting by London of the Olympic Games in 2012; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 25
Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 An Act to prohibit the opening of large shops on Christmas Day and to restrict the loading or unloading of goods at such shops on Christmas Day. 2004 c. 26
Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 An Act to amend the law relating to company auditors and accounts, to the provision that may be made in respect of certain liabilities incurred by a company's officers, and to company investigations; to make provision for community interest companies; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 27
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 An Act to amend Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996, the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; to make provision about homicide; to make common assault an arrestable offence; to make provision for the payment of surcharges by offenders; to make provision about alternative verdicts; to provide for a procedure under which a jury tries only sample counts on an indictment; to make provision about findings of unfitness to plead and about persons found unfit to plead or not guilty by reason of insanity; to make provision about the execution of warrants; to make provision about the enforcement of orders imposed on conviction; to amend section 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and to amend Part 12 of that Act in relation to intermittent custody; to make provision in relation to victims of offences, witnesses of offences and others affected by offences; and to make provision about the recovery of compensation from offenders. 2004 c. 28
Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Act 2004 An Act to apply section 314 of the Highways Act 1980 to offences under sections 137 and 137ZA of that Act. 2004 c. 29
Human Tissue Act 2004 An Act to make provision with respect to activities involving human tissue; to make provision about the transfer of human remains from certain museum collections; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 30
Children Act 2004 An Act to make provision for the establishment of a Children's Commissioner; to make provision about services provided to and for children and young people by local authorities and other persons; to make provision in relation to Wales about advisory and support services relating to family proceedings; to make provision about private fostering, child minding and day care, adoption review panels, the defence of reasonable punishment, the making of grants as respects children and families, child safety orders, the Children's Commissioner for Wales, the publication of material relating to children involved in certain legal proceedings and the disclosure by the Inland Revenue of information relating to children. 2004 c. 31
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 An Act to make new provision for establishing pension and compensation schemes for the armed or reserve forces; to amend the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943; to provide for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation to a registered charity; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 32
Civil Partnership Act 2004 An Act to make provision for and in connection with civil partnership. 2004 c. 33
Housing Act 2004 An Act to make provision about housing conditions; to regulate houses in multiple occupation and certain other residential accommodation; to make provision for home information packs in connection with the sale of residential properties; to make provision about secure tenants and the right to buy; to make provision about mobile homes and the accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers; to make other provision about housing; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 34
Pensions Act 2004 An Act to make provision relating to pensions and financial planning for retirement and provision relating to entitlement to bereavement payments, and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 35
Civil Contingencies Act 2004 An Act to make provision about civil contingencies. 2004 c. 36
Hunting Act 2004 An Act to make provision about hunting wild mammals with dogs; to prohibit hare coursing; and for connected purposes. 2004 c. 37
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2004 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2005 and 31st March 2006 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2005 and 31st March 2006. 2004 c. 38

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Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Act 2005 An Act to make provision about the registration of electors in Northern Ireland in cases where required information is not provided. 2005 c. 1
Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 An Act to provide for the making against individuals involved in terrorism-related activity of orders imposing obligations on them for purposes connected with preventing or restricting their further involvement in such activity; to make provision about appeals and other proceedings relating to such orders; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 2
Appropriation Act 2005 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2004 and 31st March 2005 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2004 and 31st March 2005; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2004 and 31st March 2005. 2005 c. 3
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to establish a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and to abolish the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the judicial functions of the President of the Council; to make other provision about the judiciary, their appointment and discipline; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 4
Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 An Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to income tax on trading income, property income, savings and investment income and certain other income; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 5
Child Benefit Act 2005 An Act to make provision for and in connection with altering the descriptions of persons in respect of whom a person may be entitled to child benefit. 2005 c. 6
Finance Act 2005 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2005 c. 7
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2005 An Act to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2006. 2005 c. 8
Mental Capacity Act 2005 An Act to make new provision relating to persons who lack capacity; to establish a superior court of record called the Court of Protection in place of the office of the Supreme Court called by that name; to make provision in connection with the Convention on the International Protection of Adults signed at the Hague on 13th January 2000; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 9
Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 An Act to establish and make provision about the office of Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; to make provision about the functions of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; to make provision about compensation; to abolish the Commission for Local Administration in Wales and the offices of Welsh Administration Ombudsman, Health Service Commissioner for Wales and Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 10
Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 An Act to make provision for the appointment of Commissioners to exercise functions presently vested in the Commissioners of Inland Revenue and the Commissioners of Customs and Excise; for the establishment of a Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 11
Inquiries Act 2005 An Act to make provision about the holding of inquiries. 2005 c. 12
Disability Discrimination Act 2005 An Act to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 13
Railways Act 2005 An Act to amend the law relating to the provision and regulation of railway services; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 14
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Serious Organised Crime Agency; to make provision about investigations, prosecutions, offenders and witnesses in criminal proceedings and the protection of persons involved in investigations or proceedings; to provide for the implementation of certain international obligations relating to criminal matters; to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder, including new provision about powers of arrest and search warrants and about parental compensation orders; to make further provision about the police and policing and persons supporting the police; to make provision for protecting certain organisations from interference with their activities; to make provision about criminal records; to provide for the Private Security Industry Act 2001 to extend to Scotland; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 15
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 An Act to amend section 6 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; to make provision for the gating of certain minor highways; to make provision in relation to vehicles parked on roads that are exposed for sale or being repaired; to make provision in relation to abandoned vehicles and the removal and disposal of vehicles; to make provision relating to litter and refuse, graffiti, fly-posting and the display of advertisements; to make provision relating to the transportation, collection, disposal and management of waste; to make provision relating to the control of dogs and to amend the law relating to stray dogs; to make provision in relation to noise; to provide for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and for the making of grants relating to the quality of the built environment; to amend the law relating to abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys; to amend the law relating to statutory nuisances; to amend section 78L of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; to amend the law relating to offences under Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 16
Drugs Act 2005 An Act to make provision in connection with controlled drugs and for the making of orders to supplement anti-social behaviour orders in cases where behaviour is affected by drug misuse or other prescribed factors. 2005 c. 17
Education Act 2005 An Act to make provision about the inspection of schools, child minding, day care, nursery education and careers services; to make other provision about school education; to make provision about the training of persons who work in schools and other persons who teach, about the supply of personal information for purposes related to education and about the attendance of children at educational provision outside schools; and for connected purposes. 2005 c. 18
Gambling Act 2005 An Act to make provision about gambling. 2005 c. 19
International Organisations Act 2005 An Act to make provision about privileges, immunities and facilities in connection with certain international organisations. 2005 c. 20
Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2005 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2006 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2006; to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2006; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2005 c. 21
Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2005 c. 22
Consolidated Fund Act 2005 (repealed) An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2006 and 31st March 2007 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2006 and 31st March 2007. 9 2005 c. 23
Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2005 An Act to enable activities relating to certain arrangements involving the acquisition or disposal of land to be regulated under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. 2005 c. 24

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Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 An Act to make provision about offences involving stirring up hatred against persons on racial or religious grounds. 2006 c. 1
European Union (Accessions) Act 2006 An Act to make provision consequential on the treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, signed at Luxembourg on 25th April 2005; and to make provision in relation to the entitlement of nationals of those states to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as workers. 2006 c. 2
Equality Act 2006 An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights; to dissolve the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission; to make provision about discrimination on grounds of religion or belief; to enable provision to be made about discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation; to impose duties relating to sex discrimination on persons performing public functions; to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 3
Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 An Act to provide for Part 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 to continue in force for a limited period after 18th February 2006 subject to modifications and to authorise the making of provision in connection with its ceasing to have effect; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 4
Transport (Wales) Act 2006 An Act to make provision about transport to, from and within Wales. 2006 c. 5
Appropriation Act 2006 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2005 and 31st March 2006 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2006; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2005 and the further supply authorised in this session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2006. 2006 c. 6
Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Act 2006 An Act to make provision about the dates on which new valuation lists for the purposes of council tax must be compiled in relation to billing authorities in England. 2006 c. 7
Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 An Act to enable effect to be given to the Supplementary Fund Protocol 2003 and to future revisions of the international arrangements relating to compensation for oil pollution from ships; to enable effect to be given to Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention; and to amend section 178(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. 2006 c. 8
Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 An Act to make provision about representation funded as part of the Criminal Defence Service. 2006 c. 9
National Insurance Contributions Act 2006 An Act to make provision about national insurance contributions in cases where there is a retrospective change to the law relating to income tax and to enable related provision to be made for the purposes of contributory benefits, statutory payments and other matters; to make provision about the disclosure of information in relation to arrangements for the avoidance of national insurance contributions; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 10
Terrorism Act 2006 An Act to make provision for and about offences relating to conduct carried out, or capable of being carried out, for purposes connected with terrorism; to amend enactments relating to terrorism; to amend the Intelligence Services Act 1994 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 11
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 An Act to make provision in connection with the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games that are to take place in London in the year 2012; to amend the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 12
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 An Act to make provision about immigration, asylum and nationality; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 13
Consumer Credit Act 2006 An Act to amend the Consumer Credit Act 1974; to extend the ombudsman scheme under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to cover licensees under the Consumer Credit Act 1974; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 14
Identity Cards Act 2006 An Act to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals and for the issue of cards capable of being used for identifying registered individuals; to make it an offence for a person to be in possession or control of an identity document to which he is not entitled, or of apparatus, articles or materials for making false identity documents; to amend the Consular Fees Act 1980; to make provision facilitating the verification of information provided with an application for a passport; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 15
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 An Act to make provision about bodies concerned with the natural environment and rural communities; to make provision in connection with wildlife, sites of special scientific interest, National Parks and the Broads; to amend the law relating to rights of way; to make provision as to the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council; to provide for flexible administrative arrangements in connection with functions relating to the environment and rural affairs and certain other functions; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 16
Northern Ireland Act 2006 An Act to make provision for preparations for the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland and for the selection of persons to be Ministers on such restoration; to make provision as to the consequences of selecting or not selecting such persons; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 17
Work and Families Act 2006 An Act to make provision about statutory rights to leave and pay in connection with the birth or adoption of children; to amend section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996; to make provision about workers' entitlement to annual leave; to provide for the increase in the sums specified in section 186(1) and 227(1) of that Act; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 18
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 An Act to make provision about the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases, the alleviation of fuel poverty, the promotion of microgeneration and the use of heat produced from renewable sources, compliance with building regulations relating to emissions of greenhouse gases and the use of fuel and power, the renewables obligation relating to the generation and supply of electricity and the adjustment of transmission charges for electricity; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 19
Children and Adoption Act 2006 An Act to make provision as regards contact with children; to make provision as regards family assistance orders; to make provision about risk assessments; to make provision as regards adoptions with a foreign element; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 20
Childcare Act 2006 An Act to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities and other bodies in England in relation to the improvement of the well-being of young children; to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities in England and Wales in relation to the provision of childcare and the provision of information to parents and other persons; to make provision about the regulation and inspection of childcare provision in England; to amend Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 in relation to Wales; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 21
Electoral Administration Act 2006 An Act to make provision in relation to the registration of electors and the keeping of electoral registration information; standing for election; the administration and conduct of elections and referendums; and the regulation of political parties. 2006 c. 22
National Lottery Act 2006 An Act to make provision about the National Lottery. 2006 c. 23
Appropriation (No 2) Act 2006 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2007 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2007; to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2007; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2006 c. 24
Finance Act 2006 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2006 c. 25
Commons Act 2006 An Act to make provision about common land and town or village greens; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 26
Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Act 2006 An Act to make provision about the delegation of functions by the Housing Corporation and Housing for Wales and about the validation of things done or evidenced by, and the authentication of the fixing of, their seals. 2006 c. 27
Health Act 2006 An Act to make provision for the prohibition of smoking in certain premises, places and vehicles and for amending the minimum age of persons to whom tobacco may be sold; to make provision in relation to the prevention and control of health care associated infections; to make provision in relation to the management and use of controlled drugs; to make provision in relation to the supervision of certain dealings with medicinal products and the running of pharmacy premises, and about orders under the Medicines Act 1968 and orders amending that Act under the Health Act 1999; to make further provision about the National Health Service in England and Wales and about the recovery of National Health Service costs; to make provision for the establishment and functions of the Appointments Commission; to make further provision about the exercise of social care training functions; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 28
Compensation Act 2006 An Act to specify certain factors that may be taken into account by a court determining a claim in negligence or breach of statutory duty; to make provision about damages for mesothelioma; and to make provision for the regulation of claims management services. 2006 c. 29
Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 An Act to establish and make provision about the office of Commissioner for Older People in Wales; to make provision about the functions of the Commissioner for Older People in Wales; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 30
International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006 An Act to require the Secretary of State to report annually on total expenditure on international aid and on the breakdown of such aid, and in particular on progress towards the target for expenditure on official development assistance to constitute 0.7 per cent of gross national income; to require such reports to contain information about expenditure by country, about the proportion of expenditure in low income countries and about the effectiveness of aid expenditure and the transparency of international aid; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 31
Government of Wales Act 2006 An Act to make provision about the government of Wales. 2006 c. 32
Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 An Act to make provision about registration of electors and the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland; to amend the Northern Ireland Act 1998; to make provision about donations for political purposes; to extend the amnesty period for arms decommissioning in Northern Ireland; and to make miscellaneous amendments in the law relating to Northern Ireland. 2006 c. 33
Civil Aviation Act 2006 An Act to make further provision about civil aviation, including provision about the funding of the Air Travel Trust; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 34
Fraud Act 2006 An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, criminal liability for fraud and obtaining services dishonestly. 2006 c. 35
Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 An Act to consolidate enactments about wireless telegraphy. 2006 c. 36
Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 An Act to consolidate the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1847, the House of Lords Costs Taxation Act 1849, the Parliamentary Costs Act 1865, the Parliamentary Costs Act 1867, the Parliamentary Costs Act 1871 and the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act 1879, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. 2006 c. 37
Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 An Act to make provision for reducing and dealing with the abuse of alcohol; to make provision about real and imitation firearms, about ammunition and about knives and other weapons; to amend the Football Spectators Act 1989 and the Football (Disorder) Act 2000; to amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and section 8 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; to amend section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969; to amend the Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act 2002; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 38
Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 An Act to make it an offence to obstruct or hinder persons who provide emergency services; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 39
Education and Inspections Act 2006 An Act to make provision about primary, secondary and further education and about training; to make provision about food or drink provided on school premises or in connection with the provision of education or childcare; to provide for the establishment of an Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills and the appointment of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills and make provision about the functions of that Office and that Chief Inspector; to provide for the amendment of references to local education authorities and children's services authorities; to amend section 29 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 in relation to university bodies; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 40
National Health Service Act 2006 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the health service. 2006 c. 41
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the health service. 2006 c. 42
National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 An Act to make provision for repeals, revocations, consequential amendments, transitional and transitory modifications and savings in connection with the consolidation of enactments in the National Health Service Act 2006 and the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. 2006 c. 43
NHS Redress Act 2006 An Act to make provision about arrangements for redress in relation to liability in tort in connection with services provided as part of the health service in England or Wales; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 44
Animal Welfare Act 2006 An Act to make provision about animal welfare; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 45
Companies Act 2006 An Act to reform company law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to companies; to make other provision relating to companies and other forms of business organisation; to make provision about directors' disqualification, business names, auditors and actuaries; to amend Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 46
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 An Act to make provision in connection with the protection of children and vulnerable adults. 2006 c. 47
Police and Justice Act 2006 An Act to establish a National Policing Improvement Agency; to make provision about police forces and police authorities and about police pensions; to make provision about police powers and about the powers and duties of community support officers, weights and measures inspectors and others; to make provision about the supply to the police and others of information contained in registers of death; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make further provision about certain inspectorates; to amend Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003; to amend the Computer Misuse Act 1990; to make provision about the forfeiture of indecent images of children; to provide for the conferring of functions on the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to the exercise of enforcement functions by officials involved with immigration and asylum; to amend the Extradition Act 2003; to make further provision about the use of live links in criminal proceedings; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 48
Road Safety Act 2006 An Act to make provision about road traffic, registration plates, vehicle and driver information, hackney carriages and private hire vehicles, and trunk road picnic areas. 2006 c. 49
Charities Act 2006 An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Charity Tribunal; to make other amendments of the law about charities, including provision about charitable incorporated organisations; to make further provision about public charitable collections and other fund-raising carried on in connection with charities and other institutions; to make other provision about the funding of such institutions; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 50
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 An Act to enable provision to be made for the purpose of removing or reducing burdens resulting from legislation and promoting regulatory principles; to make provision about the exercise of regulatory functions; to make provision about the interpretation of legislation relating to the European Communities and the European Economic Area; to make provision relating to section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 51
Armed Forces Act 2006 An Act to make provision with respect to the armed forces; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 52
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 An Act to make provision for preparations for the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland in accordance with the St Andrews Agreement; to make provision as to the consequences of compliance, or non-compliance, with the St Andrews Agreement timetable; to amend the Northern Ireland Act 1998; to make provision about district policing partnerships; to amend the Education (Northern Ireland) Orders 1997 and 2006; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 53
Consolidated Fund Act 2006 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2007 and 31st March 2008 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2007 and 31st March 2008. 2006 c. 54
Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses Act 2006 An Act to confer power on the Financial Services Authority to disallow excessive regulatory provision by recognised investment exchanges and clearing houses; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. 55

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HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 An Act to make new provision for the regulation and management of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland upon its registration as a public company under the Companies Act 1985; to provide for the transfer of the undertakings of Capital Bank plc, Halifax plc and HBOS Treasury Services plc to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland; to provide for the transfer of the assets of the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society to Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited; and for connected purposes. 2006 c. i
Leicester City Council Act 2006 An Act to confer powers on Leicester City Council for the better control of street trading in the City of Leicester. 2006 c. ii
Liverpool City Council Act 2006 An Act to confer powers on Liverpool City Council for the better control of street trading in the City of Liverpool. 2006 c. iii
Maidstone Borough Council Act 2006 An Act to confer powers on Maidstone Borough Council for the better control of street trading in the borough of Maidstone. 2006 c. iv

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Appropriation Act 2007 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2006 and 31st March 2007 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2006 and 31st March 2007; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2006 and 31st March 2007. 2007 c. 1
Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Act 2007 An Act to permit expenditure in preparation for the imposition of a tax on the increase in the value of land resulting from the grant of permission for development. 2007 c. 2
Income Tax Act 2007 An Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to income tax; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 3
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 An Act to modify the effect of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006. 2007 c. 4
Welfare Reform Act 2007 An Act to make provision about social security; to amend the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 5
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 An Act to make provision about justice and security in Northern Ireland. 2007 c. 6
International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Act 2007 An Act to confer power to make provision in relation to the Special Court for Sierra Leone corresponding to that made in relation to the International Criminal Court by sections 42 to 48 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001. 2007 c. 7
Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007 An Act to make provision about the disclosure of certain information for purposes connected with digital switchover. 2007 c. 8
Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the liability of owners of unoccupied hereditaments to a non-domestic rate. 2007 c. 9
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2007 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2008 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2008; to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2008; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2007 c. 10
Finance Act 2007 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2007 c. 11
Mental Health Act 2007 An Act to amend the Mental Health Act 1983, the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to mentally disordered persons; to amend section 40 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 12
Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 An Act to make provision about travel concessions; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 13
Vehicle Registration Marks Act 2007 An Act to make further provision about the retention of vehicle registration marks pending transfer. 2007 c. 14
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 An Act to make provision about tribunals and inquiries; to establish an Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council; to amend the law relating to judicial appointments and appointments to the Law Commission; to amend the law relating to the enforcement of judgments and debts; to make further provision about the management and relief of debt; to make provision protecting cultural objects from seizure or forfeiture in certain circumstances; to amend the law relating to the taking of possession of land affected by compulsory purchase; to alter the powers of the High Court in judicial review applications; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 15
Parliament (Joint Departments) Act 2007 An Act to provide for joint departments of the Houses of Parliament; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 16
Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 An Act to make provision for the establishment of the National Consumer Council and its functions; to make provision for the abolition of other consumer bodies; to make provision about the handling of consumer complaints by certain providers; to make provision requiring certain providers to be members of redress schemes in respect of consumer complaints; to amend the Estate Agents Act 1979; to make provision about the cancellation of certain contracts concluded away from business premises; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 17
Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 An Act to establish and make provision about the Statistics Board; to make provision about offices and office-holders under the Registration Service Act 1953; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 18
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 An Act to create a new offence that, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, is to be called corporate manslaughter and, in Scotland, is to be called corporate homicide; and to make provision in connection with that offence. 2007 c. 19
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 An Act to make provision for protecting individuals against being forced to enter into marriage without their free and full consent and for protecting individuals who have been forced to enter into marriage without such consent; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 20
Offender Management Act 2007 An Act to make provision about the provision of probation services, prisons and other matters relating to the management of offenders; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 21
Pensions Act 2007 An Act to make provision about pensions and other benefits payable to persons in connection with bereavement or by reference to pensionable age; to make provision about the establishment and functions of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 22
Sustainable Communities Act 2007 An Act to make provision about promoting the sustainability of local communities; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 23
Greater London Authority Act 2007 An Act to make further provision with respect to the Greater London Authority; to amend the Greater London Authority Act 1999; to make further provision with respect to the functional bodies, within the meaning of that Act, and the Museum of London; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 24
Further Education and Training Act 2007 An Act to make provision about the Learning and Skills Council for England; to make provision about institutions within the further education sector; to make provision with respect to industrial training levies; to make provision about the formation of, and investment in, companies and charitable incorporated organisations by higher education corporations; to enable the making of Assembly Measures in relation to the field of education and training; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 25
Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Act 2007 An Act to make provision in relation to funding limits in respect of building societies; to provide consequential rights to building society members; and to make provision in connection with the transfer of the business of certain mutual societies. 2007 c. 26
Serious Crime Act 2007 An Act to make provision about serious crime prevention orders; to create offences in respect of the encouragement or assistance of crime; to enable information to be shared or processed to prevent fraud or for purposes relating to proceeds of crime; to enable data matching to be conducted both in relation to fraud and for other purposes; to transfer functions of the Director of the Assets Recovery Agency to the Serious Organised Crime Agency and other persons and to make further provision in connection with the abolition of the Agency and the office of Director; to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in relation to certain investigations and in relation to accredited financial investigators, management receivers and enforcement receivers, cash recovery proceedings and search warrants; to extend stop and search powers in connection with incidents involving serious violence; to make amendments relating to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in connection with the regulation of investigatory powers; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 27
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the functions and procedures of local authorities and certain other authorities; to make provision with respect to persons with functions of inspection and audit in relation to local government; to establish the Valuation Tribunal for England; to make provision in connection with local involvement networks; to abolish Patients' Forums and the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health; to make provision with respect to local consultation in connection with health services; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 28
Legal Services Act 2007 An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Legal Services Board and in respect of its functions; to make provision for, and in connection with, the regulation of persons who carry on certain legal activities; to make provision for the establishment of the Office for Legal Complaints and for a scheme to consider and determine legal complaints; to make provision about claims management services and about immigration advice and immigration services; to make provision in respect of legal representation provided free of charge; to make provision about the application of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007; to make provision about the Scottish legal services ombudsman; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 29
UK Borders Act 2007 An Act to make provision about immigration and asylum; and for connected purposes. 2007 c. 30
Consolidated Fund Act 2007 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2008 and 31st March 2009 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2008 and 31st March 2009. 2007 c. 31

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Whitehaven Harbour Act 2007 An Act to transfer to Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners all rights, properties, assets and obligations of W3M Charitable Foundation, Whitehaven Development Company Limited and W3M (Trading) Limited; to dissolve those companies; and for other purposes. 2007 c. i
London Local Authorities Act 2007 An Act to confer further powers upon local authorities in London; and for related purposes. 2007 c. ii
National Trust (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 An Act to make provisions as to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty in relation to Northern Ireland. 2007 c. iii

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European Communities (Finance) Act 2008 An Act to amend the definition of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties" in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so as to include the decision of 7th June 2007 of the Council on the Communities' system of own resources. 2008 c. 1
Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 An Act to make provision to enable the Treasury in certain circumstances to make an order relating to the transfer of securities issued by, or of property, rights or liabilities belonging to, an authorised deposit-taker; to make further provision in relation to building societies; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 2
Appropriation Act 2008 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2007 and 31st March 2008 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2008; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2007 and 31st March 2008. 2008 c. 3
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 An Act to make further provision about criminal justice (including provision about the police) and dealing with offenders and defaulters; to make further provision about the management of offenders; to amend the criminal law; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the mutual recognition of financial penalties; to amend the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984; to make provision for a new immigration status in certain cases involving criminality; to make provision about the automatic deportation of criminals under the UK Borders Act 2007; to amend section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and to confer power to suspend the operation of that section; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 4
Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008 An Act to make provision amending, and supplementary to, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996. 2008 c. 5
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 An Act to establish the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about lump sum payments to or in respect of persons with diffuse mesothelioma; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 6
European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 An Act to make provision in connection with the Treaty of Lisbon Amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community, signed at Lisbon on 13th December 2007. 2008 c. 7
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2008 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2009 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2009; to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2009; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2008 c. 8
Finance Act 2008 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2008 c. 9
Sale of Student Loans Act 2008 An Act to enable the sale of rights to repayments of student loans; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 10
Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008 An Act to amend the Education Act 1996 in relation to the provision and publication of information about children who have special educational needs; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 11
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments. 2008 c. 12
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Local Better Regulation Office; for the co-ordination of regulatory enforcement by local authorities; for the creation of civil sanctions in relation to regulatory offences; for the reduction and removal of regulatory burdens; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 13
Health and Social Care Act 2008 An Act to establish and make provision in connection with a Care Quality Commission; to make provision about health care (including provision about the National Health Service) and about social care; to make provision about reviews and investigations under the Mental Health Act 1983; to establish and make provision in connection with an Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator and make other provision about the regulation of the health care professions; to confer power to modify the regulation of social care workers; to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984; to provide for the payment of a grant to women in connection with pregnancy; to amend the functions of the Health Protection Agency; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 14
Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008 An Act to make provision for the making of orders for securing the anonymity of witnesses in criminal proceedings. 2008 c. 15
National Insurance Contributions Act 2008 An Act to make provision in connection with the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions (including in particular provision about the upper accrual point). 2008 c. 16
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 An Act to establish the Homes and Communities Agency and make provision about it; to abolish the Urban Regeneration Agency and the Commission for the New Towns and make provision in connection with their abolition; to regulate social housing; to enable the abolition of the Housing Corporation; to make provision about sustainability certificates, landlord and tenant matters, building regulations and mobile homes; to make further provision about housing; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 17
Crossrail Act 2008 An Act to make provision for a railway transport system running from Maidenhead, in the County of Berkshire, and Heathrow Airport, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, through central London to Shenfield, in the County of Essex, and Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Greenwich; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 18
Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2008 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2009 and to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the service of that year. 2008 c. 19
Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 An Act to revise the mode of trial and maximum penalties applicable to certain offences relating to health and safety. 2008 c. 20
Planning and Energy Act 2008 An Act to enable local planning authorities to set requirements for energy use and energy efficiency in local plans. 2008 c. 21
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 An Act to amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985; to make provision about the persons who in certain circumstances are to be treated in law as the parents of a child; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 22
Children and Young Persons Act 2008 An Act to make provision about the delivery of local authority social work services for children and young persons; to amend Parts 2 and 3 of the Children Act 1989; to make further provision about the functions of local authorities and others in relation to children and young persons; to make provision about the enforcement of care standards in relation to certain establishments or agencies connected with children; to make provision about the independent review of determinations relating to adoption; and for connected purposes. 9 2008 c. 23
Employment Act 2008 An Act to make provision about the procedure for the resolution of employment disputes; to provide for compensation for financial loss in cases of unlawful underpayment or non-payment; to make provision about the enforcement of minimum wages legislation and the application of the national minimum wage to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and voluntary workers; to make provision about the enforcement of offences under the Employment Agencies Act 1973; to make provision about the right of trade unions to expel or exclude members on the grounds of membership of a political party; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 24
Education and Skills Act 2008 An Act to make provision about education and training; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 25
Local Transport Act 2008 An Act to make further provision in relation to local transport authorities, the provision and regulation of road transport services and the subsidising of passenger transport services; to amend sections 74, 75 and 79 of the Transport Act 1985; to make provision for or in relation to committees which represent the interests of users of public transport; to rename Passenger Transport Authorities as Integrated Transport Authorities and to make further provision in relation to them; to make further provision in relation to charging for the use of roads; to make provision about the meaning of "street works" and "street works licence" in Part 3 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; to amend Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 and section 90F of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988; to make provision in relation to the acquisition, disclosure and use of information relating to vehicles registered outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 26
Climate Change Act 2008 An Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions; to provide for a system of carbon budgeting; to establish a Committee on Climate Change; to confer powers to establish trading schemes for the purpose of limiting greenhouse gas emissions or encouraging activities that reduce such emissions or remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere; to make provision about adaptation to climate change; to confer powers to make schemes for providing financial incentives to produce less domestic waste and to recycle more of what is produced; to make provision about the collection of household waste; to confer powers to make provision about charging for single use carrier bags; to amend the provisions of the Energy Act 2004 about renewable transport fuel obligations; to make provision about carbon emissions reduction targets; to make other provision about climate change; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 27
Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 An Act to confer further powers to gather and share information for counter-terrorism and other purposes; to make further provision about the detention and questioning of terrorist suspects and the prosecution and punishment of terrorist offences; to impose notification requirements on persons convicted of such offences; to confer further powers to act against terrorist financing, money laundering and certain other activities; to provide for review of certain Treasury decisions and about evidence in, and other matters connected with, review proceedings; to amend the law relating to inquiries; to amend the definition of "terrorism"; to amend the enactments relating to terrorist offences, control orders and the forfeiture of terrorist cash; to provide for recovering the costs of policing at certain gas facilities; to amend provisions about the appointment of special advocates in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 9 2008 c. 28
Planning Act 2008 An Act to establish the Infrastructure Planning Commission and make provision about its functions; to make provision about, and about matters ancillary to, the authorisation of projects for the development of nationally significant infrastructure; to make provision about town and country planning; to make provision about the imposition of a Community Infrastructure Levy; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 29
Pensions Act 2008 An Act to make provision relating to pensions; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 30
Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, using money from dormant bank and building society accounts for social or environmental purposes. 2008 c. 31
Energy Act 2008 An Act to make provision relating to gas importation and storage; to make provision in relation to electricity generated from renewable sources; to make provision relating to electricity transmission; to make provision about payments to small-scale generators of low-carbon electricity; to make provision about the decommissioning of energy installations and wells; to make provision about the management and disposal of waste produced during the operation of nuclear installations; to make provision relating to petroleum licences; to make provision about third party access to oil and gas infrastructure and modifications of pipelines; to make provision about reports relating to energy matters; to make provision about the duties of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; to make provision about payments in respect of the renewable generation of heat; to make provision relating to gas meters and electricity meters and provision relating to electricity safety; to make provision about the security of equipment, software and information relating to nuclear matters; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. 32
Consolidated Fund Act 2008 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2010 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2010. 2008 c. 33

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Transport for London Act 2008 An Act to confer further powers upon Transport for London; and for related purposes. 2008 c. i
St. Austell Market Act 2008 An Act to provide for the vesting of the undertaking of The Commissioners of St. Austell Markets and Fairs in St. Austell Market House CIC and for the continuance of that undertaking; to repeal the St. Austell Market Act 1842; and for connected purposes. 2008 c. ii
London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 An Act to confer further powers upon local authorities in London and upon Transport for London; and for related purposes. 2008 c. iii

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Banking Act 2009 An Act to make provision about banking. 2009 c. 1
Appropriation Act 2009 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2008 and 31 March 2009 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31 March 2008 and 31 March 2009; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2008 and 31 March 2009. 2009 c. 2
Northern Ireland Act 2009 An Act to make provision in relation to policing and justice in Northern Ireland; and to amend section 86 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. 2009 c. 3
Corporation Tax Act 2009 An Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to corporation tax; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 4
Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act 2009 An Act to amend section 8(5) of the Industrial Development Act 1982 and to amend section 1(1) of the Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991. 2009 c. 5
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 so as to give effect to the Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 done on 8 December 2005; and to amend the United Nations Personnel Act 1997 so as to give effect to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 2005. 2009 c. 6
Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 An Act to confer power on the Greater London Authority and certain local authorities to impose a levy on non-domestic ratepayers to raise money for expenditure on projects expected to promote economic development; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 7
Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 An Act to make provision about Saving Gateway accounts; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 8
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2009 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31 March 2010 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31 March 2010; to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31 March 2010; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2009 c. 9
Finance Act 2009 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2009 c. 10
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 An Act to provide for customs functions to be exercisable by the Secretary of State, the Director of Border Revenue and officials designated by them; to make provision about the use and disclosure of customs information; to make provision for and in connection with the exercise of customs functions and functions relating to immigration, asylum or nationality; to make provision about citizenship and other nationality matters; to make further provision about immigration and asylum; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 11
Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 An Act to make provision in connection with the Electoral Commission; to make provision about political donations, loans and related transactions and about political expenditure; and to make provision about elections and electoral registration. 2009 c. 12
Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 An Act to make provision establishing a body corporate known as the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and an officer known as the Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations; to make provision relating to salaries and allowances for members of the House of Commons and to their financial interests and conduct; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 13
Law Commission Act 2009 An Act to make provision in relation to the Law Commission. 2009 c. 14
Autism Act 2009 An Act to make provision about meeting the needs of adults with autistic spectrum conditions; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 15
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009 An Act to confer power to return certain cultural objects on grounds relating to events occurring during the Nazi era. 2009 c. 16
Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009 An Act to provide for the suspension in certain circumstances of registration and licences relating to the provision of driving instruction; to make provision about exemptions from prohibitions concerning registration (including provision about suspension); to make provision about compensation in connection with suspension; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 17
Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 An Act to amend the law relating to the avoidance of future interests on grounds of remoteness and the law relating to accumulations of income. 2009 c. 18
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Act 2009 An Act to define the term "green energy"; to promote its development, installation and usage; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 19
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 An Act to make provision for the purposes of promoting public involvement in relation to local authorities and other public authorities; to make provision about bodies representing the interests of tenants; to make provision about local freedoms and honorary titles; to make provision about the procedures of local authorities, their powers relating to insurance and the audit of entities connected with them; to establish the Local Government Boundary Commission for England and to make provision relating to local government boundary and electoral change; to make provision about local and regional development; to amend the law relating to construction contracts; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 20
Health Act 2009 An Act to make provision about The NHS Constitution; to make provision about health care (including provision about the National Health Service and health bodies); to make provision for the control of the promotion and sale of tobacco products; to make provision about the investigation of complaints about privately arranged or funded adult social care; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 21
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 An Act to make provision about apprenticeships, education, training and children's services; to amend the Employment Rights Act 1996; to establish the Young People's Learning Agency for England, the office of Chief Executive of Skills Funding, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and the School Support Staff Negotiating Body and to make provision about those bodies and that office; to make provision about the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; to make provision about schools and institutions within the further education sector; to make provision about student loans; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 22
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 An Act to make provision in relation to marine functions and activities; to make provision about migratory and freshwater fish; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of an English coastal walking route and of rights of access to land near the English coast; to enable the making of Assembly Measures in relation to Welsh coastal routes for recreational journeys and rights of access to land near the Welsh coast; to make further provision in relation to Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales; to make provision in relation to works which are detrimental to navigation; to amend the Harbours Act 1964; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 23
Welfare Reform Act 2009 An Act to amend the law relating to social security; to make provision enabling disabled people to be given greater control over the way in which certain public services are provided for them; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about the registration of births; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 24
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 An Act to amend the law relating to coroners, to investigation of deaths and to certification and registration of deaths; to amend the criminal law; to make provision about criminal justice and about dealing with offenders; to make provision about the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses; to make provision relating to the security of court and other buildings; to make provision about legal aid and about payments for legal services provided in connection with employment matters; to make provision for payments to be made by offenders in respect of benefits derived from the exploitation of material pertaining to offences; to amend the Data Protection Act 1998; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 25
Policing and Crime Act 2009 An Act to make provision about the police; to make provision about prostitution, sex offenders, sex establishments and certain other premises; to make provision for reducing and dealing with the abuse of alcohol; to make provision about the proceeds of crime; to make provision about extradition; to amend the Aviation Security Act 1982; to make provision about criminal records and to amend the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; to confer, extend or facilitate search, forfeiture and other powers relating to the United Kingdom's borders or elsewhere; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to repeal redundant provisions; and for connected purposes. 2009 c. 26
Consolidated Fund Act 2009 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011. 2009 c. 27

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Broads Authority Act 2009 An Act to confer further powers on the Broads Authority; to make other provisions as to that Authority; and for related purposes. 2009 c. i

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Video Recordings Act 2010 An Act to repeal and revive provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984. 2010 c. 1
Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010 An Act to make provision for the temporary validity of certain Orders in Council imposing financial restrictions on, and in relation to, persons suspected of involvement in terrorist activity; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 2
Fiscal Responsibility Act 2010 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the imposition of duties for securing sound public finances. 2010 c. 3
Corporation Tax Act 2010 An Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to corporation tax and certain enactments relating to company distributions; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 4
Appropriation Act 2010 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2010 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31 March 2010; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2010. 2010 c. 5
Marriage (Wales) Act 2010 An Act to enable persons to be married in a place of worship in a parish in the Church in Wales with which they have a qualifying connection; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 6
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 An Act to make provision for societies to be registered as co-operative or community benefit societies and to re-name the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts; to apply to registered societies the provisions relating to directors disqualification and to make provision for the application of certain other enactments relating to companies; to confer power to make provision for credit unions corresponding to any provision applying to building societies; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 7
Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 An Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to tax; to make provision for purposes connected with the restatement of enactments by other tax law rewrite Acts; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 8
Child Poverty Act 2010 An Act to set targets relating to the eradication of child poverty, and to make other provision about child poverty. 2010 c. 9
Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 An Act to make provision about the rights of third parties against insurers of liabilities to third parties in the case where the insured is insolvent, and in certain other cases. 2010 c. 10
Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act 2010 An Act to make provision for giving effect to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. 2010 c. 11
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2010 An Act to Appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31 March 2011. 2010 c. 12
Finance Act 2010 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2010 c. 13
Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010 An Act to introduce a national day to raise awareness of the need to eradicate all forms of slavery, human trafficking and exploitation; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 14
Equality Act 2010 An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; to amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 15
Northern Ireland Assembly Members Act 2010 An Act to make provision relating to salaries, allowances and pensions for members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 2010 c. 16
Crime and Security Act 2010 An Act to make provision about police powers of stop and search; about the taking, retention, destruction and use of evidential material; for the protection of victims of domestic violence; about injunctions in respect of gang-related violence; about anti-social behaviour orders; about the private security industry; about possession and use of electronic communications devices in prison; about air weapons; for the compensation of victims of overseas terrorism; about licensing the sale and supply of alcohol; about searches in relation to persons subject to control orders; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 17
Personal Care at Home Act 2010 An Act to amend section 15 of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 so as to remove the restriction on the period for which personal care may be provided free of charge to persons living at home; and to make consequential provision. 2010 c. 18
Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010 An Act to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgagees and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders. 2010 c. 19
Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 An Act to make provision about the use or supply of tanning devices that use artificial ultra-violet radiation; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 20
Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010 An Act to amend the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. 2010 c. 21
Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 Make provision for or in connection with the relief of debts of certain developing countries. 2010 c. 22
Bribery Act 2010 An Act to make provision about offences relating to bribery; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 23
Digital Economy Act 2010 An Act to make provision about the functions of the Office of Communications; to make provision about the online infringement of copyright and about penalties for infringement of copyright and performers' rights; to make provision about internet domain registries; to make provision about the functions of the Channel Four Television Corporation; to make provision about the regulation of television and radio services; to make provision about the regulation of the use of the electromagnetic spectrum; to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984; to make provision about public lending right in relation to electronic publications; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 24
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 An Act to make provision relating to the civil service of the State; to make provision in relation to section 3 of the Act of Settlement; to make provision relating to the ratification of treaties; to make provision relating to the counting of votes in parliamentary elections; to amend the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 and the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 and to make provision relating to pensions for members of the House of Commons, Ministers and other office holders; to make provision for treating members of the House of Commons and members of the House of Lords as resident, ordinarily resident and domiciled in the United Kingdom for taxation purposes; to amend the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 and to make corresponding provision in relation to Wales; to amend the Public Records Act 1958 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 2010 c. 25
Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 An Act to make provision about children with disabilities or special educational needs, school and other education, and governing bodies' powers; to make provision amending the Education Acts; to make provision about Local Safeguarding Children Boards; and to make provision about publication of information relating to family proceedings. 2010 c. 26
Energy Act 2010 An Act to make provision relating to the demonstration, assessment and use of carbon capture and storage technology; to make provision about reports on decarbonisation of electricity generation and development and use of carbon capture and storage technology; to make provision for requiring benefits to be provided by holders of gas or electricity supply licences; to make provision about functions of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; to make provision about general duties of the Secretary of State in relation to gas and electricity markets; to make provision about electricity generation licences; to make provision about persons authorised to supply gas or electricity; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 27
Financial Services Act 2010 An Act to make provision amending the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, including provision about financial education, and other provision about financial services and markets; and to make provision for the administration of court funds by the Director of Savings. 2010 c. 28
Flood and Water Management Act 2010 An Act to make provision about water, including provision about the management of risks in connection with flooding and coastal erosion. 2010 c. 29
Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2010 An Act to Authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31 March 2011 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31 March 2011; to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the year ending with 31 March 2011; and to repeal certain Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts. 2010 c. 30
Finance (No. 2) Act 2010 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2010 c. 31
Academies Act 2010 An Act to make provision about Academies. 2010 c. 32
Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2010 c. 33
Equitable Life (Payments) Act 2010 An Act to provide finance for payments in cases where persons have been adversely affected by maladministration in the regulation before December 2001 of the Equitable Life Assurance Society; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 34
Local Government Act 2010 An Act to prevent the implementation of existing proposals made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. 2010 c. 35
Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Act 2010 An Act to make provision about eligibility for a child trust fund; to repeal the Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009; to make provision about entitlement to health in pregnancy grant; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 36
Superannuation Act 2010 An Act to make provision for and in connection with limiting the value of the benefits which may be provided under so much of any scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 as provides by virtue of section 2(2) of that Act for benefits to be provided by way of compensation to or in respect of persons who suffer loss of office or employment; and to make provision about the procedure for modifying such a scheme. 2010 c. 37
Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 An Act to make provision for imposing financial restrictions on, and in relation to, certain persons believed or suspected to be, or to have been, involved in terrorist activities; to amend Schedule 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. 38
Consolidated Fund Act 2010 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31 March 2011 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending with 31 March 2011; and to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2012 and the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending with 31 March 2012. 2010 c. 39
Identity Documents Act 2010 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the repeal of the Identity Cards Act 2006. 2010 c. 40
Loans to Ireland Act 2010 An Act to make provision in connection with the making of loans to Ireland by the United Kingdom. 2010 c. 41

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Beverley Freemen Act 2010 An Act to re-state and extend the categories of person entitled by birthright to be enrolled as a Freeman of Beverley; to extend the area within which entitlement to be a Pasture Freeman may arise; to modify legislation relating to such entitlement; and for related purposes. 2010 c. i
Bournemouth Borough Council Act 2010 An Act to confer powers on Bournemouth Borough Council for the better control of street trading in the borough of Bournemouth. 2010 c. ii
Manchester City Council Act 2010 An Act to confer powers on Manchester City Council for the better control of street trading in the city of Manchester. 2010 c. iii
Kent County Council (Filming on Highways) Act 2010 An Act to confer powers on Kent County Council in relation to filming on highways; and for related purposes. 2010 c. iv
Allhallows Staining Church Act 2010 An act to remove certain restrictions relating to the use of land comprising the former church of Allhallows Staining, its churchyard, and other adjoining land in the City of London; to make provision for the removal of any human remains from the land and to enable its use for other purposes; and for connected purposes. 2010 c. v

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 An Act to make provision for a referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections and to provide for parliamentary elections to be held under the alternative vote system if a majority of those voting in the referendum are in favour of that; to make provision about the number and size of parliamentary constituencies; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 1
Appropriation Act 2011 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011. 2011 c. 2
National Insurance Contributions Act 2011 An Act to make provision for and in connection with increasing rates of national insurance contributions and a regional secondary Class 1 contributions holiday for new businesses. 2011 c. 3
Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 An Act to make provision for a Charter for Budget Responsibility and for the publication of Financial Statements and Budget Reports; to establish the Office for Budget Responsibility; to make provision about the Comptroller and Auditor General and to establish a body corporate called the National Audit Office; to amend Schedules 5 and 7 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 in relation to the Auditor General for Wales; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 4
Postal Services Act 2011 An Act to make provision for the restructuring of the Royal Mail group and about the Royal Mail Pension Plan; to make new provision about the regulation of postal services, including provision for a special administration regime; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 5
Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011 An Act to confer further powers on the Football Licensing Authority and to amend its name; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 6
Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011 An Act to amend the law relating to the distribution of the estates of deceased persons; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 7
Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 An Act to implement the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks 2007. 2011 c. 8
Police (Detention and Bail) Act 2011 An Act to make provision about the calculation of certain periods of time for the purposes of Part 4 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. 2011 c. 9
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2011 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2012; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Consolidated Fund Act 2010. 2011 c. 10
Finance Act 2011 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2011 c. 11
European Union Act 2011 An Act to make provision about treaties relating to the European Union and decisions made under them, including provision implementing the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23 June 2010 amending the Protocol (No. 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community; and to make provision about the means by which directly applicable or directly effective European Union law has effect in the United Kingdom. 2011 c. 12
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 An Act to make provision about the administration and governance of police forces; about the licensing of, and for the imposition of a late night levy in relation to, the sale and supply of alcohol, and for the repeal of provisions about alcohol disorder zones; for the repeal of sections 132 to 138 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and for the prohibition of certain activities in Parliament Square; to enable provision in local authority byelaws to include powers of seizure and forfeiture; about the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs; to restrict the issue of arrest warrants for certain extra-territorial offences; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 13
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 An Act to make provision about the dissolution of Parliament and the determination of polling days for parliamentary general elections; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 14
Sovereign Grant Act 2011 An Act to make provision for the honour and dignity of the Crown and the Royal Family; make provision about allowances and pensions under the Civil List Acts of 1837 and 1952; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 15
Energy Act 2011 An Act to make provision for the arrangement and financing of energy efficiency improvements to be made to properties by owners and occupiers; about the energy efficiency of properties in the private rented sector; about the promotion by energy companies of reductions in carbon emissions and home-heating costs; about information relating to energy consumption, efficiency and tariffs; for increasing the security of energy supplies; about access to upstream petroleum infrastructure and downstream gas processing facilities; about a special administration regime for energy supply companies; about designations under the Continental Shelf Act 1964; about licence modifications relating to offshore transmission and distribution of electricity; about the security of nuclear construction sites; about the decommissioning of nuclear sites and offshore infrastructure; for the use of pipelines for carbon capture and storage; for an annual report on contribution to carbon emissions reduction targets; for action relating to the energy efficiency of residential accommodation in England; for the generation of electricity from renewable sources; about renewable heat incentives in Northern Ireland; about the powers of the Coal Authority; for an amendment of section 137 of the Energy Act 2004; for the amendment and repeal of measures relating to home energy efficiency; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 16
Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011 An Act to make provision about the arrangements for measuring the standard weight of coins. 2011 c. 17
Armed Forces Act 2011 An Act to continue the Armed Forces Act 2006; to amend that Act and other enactments relating to the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence Police; to amend the Visiting Forces Act 1952; to enable judge advocates to sit in civilian courts; to repeal the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915; to make provision about the call out of reserve forces; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 18
Pensions Act 2011 An Act to make provision relating to pensions; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 19
Localism Act 2011 An Act to make provision about the functions and procedures of local and certain other authorities; to make provision about the functions of the Commission for Local Administration in England; to enable the recovery of financial sanctions imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the United Kingdom from local and public authorities; to make provision about local government finance; to make provision about town and country planning, the Community Infrastructure Levy and the authorisation of nationally significant infrastructure projects; to make provision about social and other housing; to make provision about regeneration in London; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 20
Education Act 2011 An Act to make provision about education, childcare, apprenticeships and training; to make provision about schools and the school workforce, institutions within the further education sector and Academies; to abolish the General Teaching Council for England, the Training and Development Agency for Schools, the School Support Staff Negotiating Body, the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency and the Young People's Learning Agency for England; to make provision about the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and the Chief Executive of Skills Funding; to make provision about student loans and fees; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 21
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Act 2011 An Act to amend the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006. 2011 c. 22
Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 An Act to abolish control orders and make provision for the imposition of terrorism prevention and investigation measures. 2011 c. 23
Public Bodies Act 2011 An Act to confer powers on Ministers of the Crown in relation to certain public bodies and offices; to confer powers on Welsh Ministers in relation to environmental and other public bodies; to make provision about delegation and shared services in relation to persons exercising environmental functions; to abolish regional development agencies; to make provision about the funding of Sianel Pedwar Cymru; to make provision about the powers of bodies established under the National Heritage Act 1983 to form companies; to repeal provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 relating to appeals to the Chief Coroner; to make provision about amendment of Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972; and for connected purposes. 2011 c. 24
Charities Act 2011 An Act to consolidate the Charities Act 1993 and other enactments which relate to charities. 2011 c. 25

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Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2012 and 31 March 2013; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years and for the year ending with 31 March 2011; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2012. 2012 c. 1
Live Music Act 2012 An Act to amend the Licensing Act 2003 with respect to the performance of live music entertainment; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 2
Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 An Act to require public authorities to have regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in connection with public services contracts; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 3
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 An Act to amend section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 to include serious harm to a child or vulnerable adult; to make consequential amendments to the Act; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 4
Welfare Reform Act 2012 An Act to make provision for universal credit and personal independence payment; to make other provision about social security and tax credits; to make provision about the functions of the registration service, child support maintenance and the use of jobcentres; to establish the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission and otherwise amend the Child Poverty Act 2010; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 5
Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 An Act to make provision about disclosure and representations in connection with consumer insurance contracts. 2012 c. 6
Health and Social Care Act 2012 An Act to establish and make provision about a National Health Service Commissioning Board and clinical commissioning groups and to make other provision about the National Health Service in England; to make provision about public health in the United Kingdom; to make provision about regulating health and adult social care services; to make provision about public involvement in health and social care matters, scrutiny of health matters by local authorities and co-operation between local authorities and commissioners of health care services; to make provision about regulating health and social care workers; to establish and make provision about a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; to establish and make provision about a Health and Social Care Information Centre and to make other provision about information relating to health or social care matters; to abolish certain public bodies involved in health or social care; to make other provision about health care; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 7
Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 An Act to make provision for the giving of financial assistance for the purpose of securing the reduction of charges for the supply of water and the provision of sewerage services and in connection with the construction of, and the carrying out of works in respect of, water and sewerage infrastructure. 2012 c. 8
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 An Act to provide for the destruction, retention, use and other regulation of certain evidential material; to impose consent and other requirements in relation to certain processing of biometric information relating to children; to provide for a code of practice about surveillance camera systems and for the appointment and role of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner; to provide for judicial approval in relation to certain authorisations and notices under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; to provide for the repeal or rewriting of powers of entry and associated powers and for codes of practice and other safeguards in relation to such powers; to make provision about vehicles left on land; to amend the maximum detention period for terrorist suspects; to replace certain stop and search powers and to provide for a related code of practice; to make provision about the safeguarding of vulnerable groups and about criminal records including provision for the establishment of the Disclosure and Barring Service and the dissolution of the Independent Safeguarding Authority; to disregard convictions and cautions for certain abolished offences; to make provision about the release and publication of datasets held by public authorities and to make other provision about freedom of information and the Information Commissioner; to make provision about the trafficking of people for exploitation and about stalking; to repeal certain enactments; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 9
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 An Act to make provision about legal aid; to make further provision about funding legal services; to make provision about costs and other amounts awarded in civil and criminal proceedings; to make provision about referral fees in connection with the provision of legal services; to make provision about sentencing offenders, including provision about release on licence or otherwise; to make provision about the collection of fines and other sums; to make provision about bail and about remand otherwise than on bail; to make provision about the employment, payment and transfer of persons detained in prisons and other institutions; to make provision about penalty notices for disorderly behaviour and cautions; to make provision about the rehabilitation of offenders; to create new offences of threatening with a weapon in public or on school premises and of causing serious injury by dangerous driving; to create a new offence relating to squatting; to increase penalties for offences relating to scrap metal dealing and to create a new offence relating to payment for scrap metal; and to amend section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. 2012 c. 10
Scotland Act 2012 An Act to amend the Scotland Act 1998 and make provision about the functions of the Scottish Ministers; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 11
Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012 An Act to suspend restrictions on Sunday trading hours for the period of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 12
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2013; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2012. 2012 c. 13
Finance Act 2012 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2012 c. 14
European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Act 2012 An Act to make provision for the purposes of section 3 of the European Union Act 2011 in relation to the European Council decision of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro. 2012 c. 15
Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 An Act to make provision in connection with the giving of financial assistance in respect of the provision of infrastructure. 2012 c. 16
Local Government Finance Act 2012 An Act to make provision about non-domestic rating; to make provision about grants to local authorities; to make provision about council tax; to make provision about the supply of information for purposes relating to rates in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 17
Mental Health (Approval Functions) Act 2012 An Act to authorise things done before the day on which this Act is passed in the purported exercise of functions relating to the approval of registered medical practitioners and clinicians under the Mental Health Act 1983. 2012 c. 18
Civil Aviation Act 2012 An Act to make provision about the regulation of operators of dominant airports; to confer functions on the Civil Aviation Authority under competition legislation in relation to services provided at airports; to make provision about aviation security; to make provision about the regulation of provision of flight accommodation; to make further provision about the Civil Aviation Authority's membership, administration and functions in relation to enforcement, regulatory burdens and the provision of information relating to aviation; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 19
Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012 An Act to make provision about interference with wireless telegraphy in prisons and similar institutions. 2012 c. 20
Financial Services Act 2012 An Act to amend the Bank of England Act 1998, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Banking Act 2009; to make other provision about financial services and markets; to make provision about the exercise of certain statutory functions relating to building societies, friendly societies and other mutual societies; to amend section 785 of the Companies Act 2006; to make provision enabling the Director of Savings to provide services to other public bodies; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 21
Police (Complaints and Conduct) Act 2012 An Act to make provision about interviews held during certain investigations under Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002; and about the application of Part 2 of that Act to matters occurring before 1 April 2004. 2012 c. 22
Small Charitable Donations Act 2012 An Act to provide for the making of payments to certain charities and clubs in respect of certain gifts made to them by individuals; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. 23

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Bank of Ireland (UK) plc Act 2012 An Act to provide that the statutory right of The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland to issue banknotes shall transfer and apply to Bank of Ireland (UK) plc; and for connected purposes. 2012 c. i
London Local Authorities Act 2012 An Act to confer further powers upon local authorities in London; and for related purposes. 2012 c. ii

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Trusts (Capital and Income) Act 2013 An Act to amend the law relating to capital and income in trusts. 2013 c. 1
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility. 2013 c. 2
Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 An Act to create offences and make other provision relating to sub-letting and parting with possession of social housing; to make provision about the investigation of social housing fraud; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 3
Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Act 2013 An Act to amend section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 4
European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Act 2013 An Act to make provision consequential on the treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, signed at Brussels on 9 December 2011, and provision consequential on the Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people on the Treaty of Lisbon, adopted at Brussels on 16 May 2012; and to make provision about the entitlement of nationals of the Republic of Croatia to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as workers. 2013 c. 5
Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 An Act to make provision about the registration of electors and the administration and conduct of elections; and to amend section 3(2)(a) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986. 2013 c. 6
HGV Road User Levy Act 2013 An Act to make provision charging a levy in respect of the use or keeping of heavy goods vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom, and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 7
Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013 Make further provision about discrimination against people on the grounds of their mental health. 2013 c. 8
European Union (Approvals) Act 2013 An Act to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; and to make provision approving for the purposes of section 7(3) of that Act a draft decision under Article 17(5) of the Treaty on European Union about the number of members of the European Commission. 2013 c. 9
Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 An Act to amend the law relating to scrap metal dealers; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 10
Prisons (Property) Act 2013 An Act to make provision for the destruction of certain property found in prisons and similar institutions. 2013 c. 11
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2013 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2010, 31 March 2011, 31 March 2012, 31 March 2013 and 31 March 2014; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending with 31 March 2013 and 31 March 2014; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2010, 31 March 2011, 31 March 2012 and 31 March 2013. 2013 c. 12
Presumption of Death Act 2013 An Act to make provision in relation to the presumed death of missing persons; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 13
Mobile Homes Act 2013 An Act to amend the law relating to mobile homes. 2013 c. 14
Antarctic Act 2013 An Act to make provision consequential on Annex VI to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty; to amend the Antarctic Act 1994; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 15
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Act 2013 An Act to make provision relating to the up-rating of certain social security benefits and tax credits. 2013 c. 16
Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 An Act to make provision about the effect of certain provisions relating to participation in a scheme designed to assist persons to obtain employment and about notices relating to participation in such a scheme. 2013 c. 17
Justice and Security Act 2013 An Act to provide for oversight of the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service, the Government Communications Headquarters and other activities relating to intelligence or security matters; to make provision about closed material procedure in relation to certain civil proceedings; to prevent the making of certain court orders for the disclosure of sensitive information; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 18
Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 An Act to set up a Groceries Code Adjudicator with the role of enforcing the Groceries Code and encouraging compliance with it. 2013 c. 19
Succession to the Crown Act 2013 An Act to make succession to the Crown not depend on gender; to make provision about Royal Marriages; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 20
Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Act 2013 An Act to make provision about the prosecution in Scotland of partnerships, partners and others following dissolution or changes in membership. 2013 c. 21
Crime and Courts Act 2013 An Act to establish, and make provision about, the National Crime Agency; to abolish the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the National Policing Improvement Agency; to make provision about the judiciary and the structure, administration, proceedings and powers of courts and tribunals; to make provision about deferred prosecution agreements; to make provision about border control; to make provision about drugs and driving; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 22
Marine Navigation Act 2013 An Act to make provision in relation to marine navigation and harbours. 2013 c. 23
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 An Act to make provision about the UK Green Investment Bank; to make provision about employment law; to establish and make provision about the Competition and Markets Authority and to abolish the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading; to amend the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002; to make provision for the reduction of legislative burdens; to make provision about copyright and rights in performances; to make provision about payments to company directors; to make provision about redress schemes relating to lettings agency work and property management work; to make provision about the supply of customer data; to make provision for the protection of essential supplies in cases of insolvency; to make provision about certain bodies established by Royal Charter; to amend section 9(5) of the Equality Act 2010; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 24
Public Service Pensions Act 2013 An Act to make provision for public service pension schemes; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 25
Defamation Act 2013 An Act to amend the law of defamation. 2013 c. 26
Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 An Act to make provision in connection with facilitating or controlling the following, namely, the provision or use of infrastructure, the carrying-out of development, and the compulsory acquisition of land; to make provision about when rating lists are to be compiled; to make provision about the rights of employees of companies who agree to be employee shareholders; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 27
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2013 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2014; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2013. 2013 c. 28
Finance Act 2013 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2013 c. 29
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 An Act to make provision for the marriage of same sex couples in England and Wales, about gender change by married persons and civil partners, about consular functions in relation to marriage, for the marriage of armed forces personnel overseas, for permitting marriages according to the usages of belief organisations to be solemnized on the authority of certificates of a superintendent registrar, for the review of civil partnership, for the review of survivor benefits under occupational pension schemes, and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 30
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 An Act to make provision authorising expenditure in preparation for a high speed railway transport network. 2013 c. 31
Energy Act 2013 An Act to make provision for the setting of a decarbonisation target range and duties in relation to it; for or in connection with reforming the electricity market for purposes of encouraging low carbon electricity generation or ensuring security of supply; for the establishment and functions of the Office for Nuclear Regulation; about the government pipe-line and storage system and rights exercisable in relation to it; about the designation of a strategy and policy statement; about domestic supplies of gas and electricity; for extending categories of activities for which energy licences are required; for the making of orders requiring regulated persons to provide redress to consumers of gas or electricity; about offshore transmission of electricity during a commissioning period; for imposing fees in connection with certain costs incurred by the Secretary of State; about smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 32
Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 An Act to make further provision about banking and other financial services, including provision about the Financial Services Compensation Scheme; to make provision for the amounts owed in respect of certain deposits to be treated as a preferential debt on insolvency; to make further provision about payment systems and securities settlement systems; to make provision about the accounts of the Bank of England and its wholly owned subsidiaries; to make provision in relation to persons providing claims management services; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. 33

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Canterbury City Council Act 2013 An Act to confer powers on Canterbury City Council for the better control of street trading in the city of Canterbury. 2013 c. i
Leeds City Council Act 2013 An Act to confer powers on Leeds City Council for the better control of street trading in the city of Leeds. 2013 c. ii
Nottingham City Council Act 2013 An Act to to confer powers on Nottingham City Council for the better control of street trading in the city of Nottingham. 2013 c. iii
Reading Borough Council Act 2013 An Act to confer powers on Reading Borough Council for the better control of street trading and touting in the borough of Reading. 2013 c. iv
London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2013 An Act to confer further powers upon local authorities in London and upon Transport for London; and for related purposes. 2013 c. v
Humber Bridge Act 2013 An Act to amend the constitution of the Humber Bridge Board and to confer new borrowing and other powers on it; to make new provision for the recovery of any deficit of the Board from local authorities in the area; to confer new powers for the setting and revision of tolls and to make other provision for and in connection with the operation of the bridge; and for connected purposes. 2013 c. vi
City of London (Various Powers) Act 2013 An Act to amend the provision for the control of street trading in the City of London; to make provision relating to City walkways; and for related purposes. 2013 c. vii

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Mesothelioma Act 2014 An Act to establish a Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme and make related provision; and to make provision about the resolution of certain insurance disputes. 2014 c. 1
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the abolition of the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England; to make provision about the accounts of local and certain other public authorities and the auditing of those accounts; to make provision about the appointment, functions and regulation of local auditors; to make provision about data matching; to make provision about examinations by the Comptroller and Auditor General relating to English local and other public authorities; to make provision about the publication of information by smaller authorities; to make provision about compliance with codes of practice on local authority publicity; to make provision about access to meetings and documents of local government bodies; to make provision about council tax referendums; to make provision about polls consequent on parish meetings; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 2
European Union (Approvals) Act 2014 An Act to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 2014 c. 3
Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 An Act to make provision for establishing and maintaining a register of persons carrying on the business of consultant lobbying and to require those persons to be entered in the register; to make provision about expenditure and donations for political purposes; to make provision about the Electoral Commission's functions with respect to compliance with requirements imposed by or by virtue of enactments; to make provision relating to a trade union's duty to maintain a register of members under section 24 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 4
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2014 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2008, 31 March 2009, 31 March 2010, 31 March 2011, 31 March 2012, 31 March 2013, 31 March 2014 and 31 March 2015; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending with 31 March 2013, 31 March 2014 and 31 March 2015; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2008, 31 March 2009, 31 March 2010, 31 March 2011, 31 March 2012, 31 March 2013 and 31 March 2014. 2014 c. 5
Children and Families Act 2014 An Act to make provision about children, families, and people with special educational needs or disabilities; to make provision about the right to request flexible working; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 6
National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 An Act to make provision in relation to national insurance contributions; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 7
Citizenship (Armed Forces) Act 2014 An Act to make provision in connection with applications for naturalisation as a British citizen made by members or former members of the armed forces. 2014 c. 8
International Development (Gender Equality) Act 2014 An Act to promote gender equality in the provision by the Government of development assistance and humanitarian assistance to countries outside the United Kingdom, and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 9
Leasehold Reform (Amendment) Act 2014 An Act to amend the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 in relation to the permitted signatories of notices; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 10
Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 An Act to make provision about the release, and supervision after release, of offenders; to make provision about the extension period for extended sentence prisoners; to make provision about community orders and suspended sentence orders; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 11
Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 An Act to make provision about anti-social behaviour, crime and disorder, including provision about recovery of possession of dwelling-houses; to make provision amending the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, the Police Act 1997, Schedules 7 and 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000, the Extradition Act 2003 and Part 3 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011; to make provision about firearms, about sexual harm and violence and about forced marriage; to make provision about the police, the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Serious Fraud Office; to make provision about invalid travel documents; to make provision about criminal justice and court fees; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 12
Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 An Act to make provision about donations, loans and related transactions for political purposes in connection with Northern Ireland; to amend the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 and the Northern Ireland Act 1998; to make provision about the registration of electors and the administration of elections in Northern Ireland; and to make miscellaneous amendments in the law relating to Northern Ireland. 2014 c. 13
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to co-operative societies, community benefit societies and other societies registered or treated as registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. 2014 c. 14
Deep Sea Mining Act 2014 An Act to make provision about deep sea mining; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 15
Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014 An Act to make further provision about the distribution of estates of deceased persons and to amend the law relating to the powers of trustees. 2014 c. 16
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 An Act to make provision about the licensing and advertising of gambling. 2014 c. 17
Intellectual Property Act 2014 An Act to make provision about intellectual property. 2014 c. 18
Pensions Act 2014 An Act to make provision about pensions and about benefits payable to people in connection with bereavement; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 19
Defence Reform Act 2014 An Act to make provision in connection with any arrangements that may be made by the Secretary of State with respect to the provision to the Secretary of State of defence procurement services; to make provision relating to defence procurement contracts awarded, or amended, otherwise than as the result of a competitive process; to make provision in relation to the reserve forces of the Crown; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 20
Water Act 2014 An Act to make provision about the water industry; about compensation for modification of licences to abstract water; about main river maps; about records of waterworks; for the regulation of the water environment; about the provision of flood insurance for household premises; about internal drainage boards; about Regional Flood and Coastal Committees; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 21
Immigration Act 2014 An Act to make provision about immigration law; to limit, or otherwise make provision about, access to services, facilities and employment by reference to immigration status; to make provision about marriage and civil partnership involving certain foreign nationals; to make provision about the acquisition of citizenship by persons unable to acquire it because their fathers and mothers were not married to each other and provision about the removal of citizenship from persons whose conduct is seriously prejudicial to the United Kingdom's vital interests; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 22
Care Act 2014 An Act to make provision to reform the law relating to care and support for adults and the law relating to support for carers; to make provision about safeguarding adults from abuse or neglect; to make provision about care standards; to establish and make provision about Health Education England; to establish and make provision about the Health Research Authority; to make provision about integrating care and support with health services; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 23
House of Lords Reform Act 2014 An Act to make provision for resignation from the House of Lords; and to make provision for the expulsion of Members of the House of Lords in specified circumstances. 2014 c. 24
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2014 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2015; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2014. 2014 c. 25
Finance Act 2014 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2014 c. 26
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 An Act to make provision, in consequence of a declaration of invalidity made by the Court of Justice of the European Union in relation to Directive 2006/24/EC, about the retention of certain communications data; to amend the grounds for issuing interception warrants, or granting or giving certain authorisations or notices, under Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; to make provision about the extra-territorial application of that Part and about the meaning of "telecommunications service" for the purposes of that Act; to make provision about additional reports by the Interception of Communications Commissioner; to make provision about a review of the operation and regulation of investigatory powers; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 27
Childcare Payments Act 2014 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the making of payments to persons towards the costs of childcare; and to restrict the availability of an exemption from income tax in respect of the provision for an employee of childcare, or vouchers for obtaining childcare, under a scheme operated by or on behalf of the employer. 2014 c. 28
Wales Act 2014 An Act to make provision about elections to and membership of the National Assembly for Wales; to make provision about the Welsh Assembly Government; to make provision about the setting by the Assembly of rates of income tax to be paid by Welsh taxpayers and about the devolution of taxation powers to the Assembly; to make related amendments to Part 4A of the Scotland Act 1998; to make provision about borrowing by the Welsh Ministers; to make miscellaneous amendments in the law relating to Wales; and for connected purposes. 2014 c. 29
Taxation of Pensions Act 2014 An Act to make provision in connection with the taxation of pensions. 2014 c. 30

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Hertfordshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Act 2014 An Act to confer powers on Hertfordshire County Council in relation to filming on highways; and for related purposes. 2014 c. i
Buckinghamshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Act 2014 An Act to confer powers on Buckinghamshire County Council in relation to filming on highways; and for related purposes. 2014 c. ii

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Stamp Duty Land Tax Act 2015 An Act to make provision about stamp duty land tax on residential property transactions; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 1
Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 An Act to make provision about how offenders are dealt with before and after conviction; to create offences involving ill-treatment or wilful neglect by a person providing health care or social care; to create an offence of the corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers and privileges; to make provision about offences committed by disqualified drivers; to create an offence of disclosing private sexual photographs or films with intent to cause distress; to amend the offence of meeting a child following sexual grooming; to amend the offence of possession of extreme pornographic images; to make provision about the proceedings and powers of courts and tribunals; to make provision about judicial review; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 2
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015 An Act to make provision as to matters to which a court must have regard in determining a claim in negligence or breach of statutory duty. 2015 c. 3
Insurance Act 2015 An Act to make new provision about insurance contracts; to amend the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 in relation to the insured persons to whom that Act applies; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 4
National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 An Act to make provision in relation to national insurance contributions; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 5
Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 An Act to make provision in relation to terrorism; to make provision about retention of communications data, about information, authority to carry and security in relation to air, sea and rail transport and about reviews by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission against refusals to issue certificates of naturalisation; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 6
Infrastructure Act 2015 An Act to make provision for strategic highways companies and the funding of transport services by land; to make provision for the control of invasive non-native species; to make provision about nationally significant infrastructure projects; to make provision about town and country planning; to make provision about the Homes and Communities Agency and Mayoral development corporations; to make provision about the Greater London Authority so far as it exercises functions for the purposes of housing and regeneration; to make provision about Her Majesty's Land Registry and local land charges; to make provision to enable building regulations to provide for off-site carbon abatement measures; to make provision for giving members of communities the right to buy stakes in local renewable electricity generation facilities; to make provision about maximising economic recovery of petroleum in the United Kingdom; to provide for a levy to be charged on holders of certain energy licences; to enable Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to exercise functions in connection with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; to make provision about onshore petroleum and geothermal energy; to make provision about renewable heat incentives; to make provision about the reimbursement of persons who have paid for electricity connections; to make provision to enable the Public Works Loan Commissioners to be abolished; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 7
Pension Schemes Act 2015 An Act to make provision about pension schemes, including provision designed to encourage arrangements that offer people different levels of certainty in retirement or that involve different ways of sharing or pooling risk and provision designed to give people greater flexibility in accessing benefits and to help them make informed decisions about what to do with benefits. 2015 c. 8
Serious Crime Act 2015 An Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Street Offences Act 1959, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005, the Prison Act 1952 and the Terrorism Act 2006; to make provision about involvement in organised crime groups and about serious crime prevention orders; to make provision for the seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents; to make it an offence to possess an item that contains advice or guidance about committing sexual offences against children; to create an offence in relation to controlling or coercive behaviour in intimate or family relationships; to make provision for the prevention or restriction of the use of communication devices by persons detained in custodial institutions; to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union relating to serious crime; to make provision about codes of practice that relate to the exercise and performance, in connection with the prevention or detection of serious crime, of powers and duties in relation to communications; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 9
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2015 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2014, 31 March 2015 and 31 March 2016; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending with 31 March 2015 and 31 March 2016; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2014 and 31 March 2015. 2015 c. 10
Finance Act 2015 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2015 c. 11
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015 An Act to make provision about the meeting by the United Kingdom of the target for official development assistance (ODA) to constitute 0.7 per cent of gross national income; to make provision for independent verification that ODA is spent efficiently and effectively; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 12
Mutuals' Deferred Shares Act 2015 An Act to enable the law relating to societies registered and incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992 and certain mutual insurers to be amended to permit or facilitate the issue of deferred shares; and to restrict the voting rights of members who hold such shares. 2015 c. 13
House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 An Act to make provision empowering the House of Lords to expel or suspend members. 2015 c. 14
Consumer Rights Act 2015 An Act to amend the law relating to the rights of consumers and protection of their interests; to make provision about investigatory powers for enforcing the regulation of traders; to make provision about private actions in competition law and the Competition Appeal Tribunal; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 15
Specialist Printing Equipment and Materials (Offences) Act 2015 An Act to make provision for an offence in respect of supplies of specialist printing equipment and related materials; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 16
Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 An Act to place a duty on certain public authorities to keep a register of individuals and associations of individuals who wish to acquire serviced plots of land to bring forward self-build and custom housebuilding projects and to place a duty on certain public authorities to have regard to those registers in carrying out planning and other functions. 2015 c. 17
Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 An Act to make time-limited provision for vacancies among the Lords Spiritual to be filled by bishops who are women. 2015 c. 18
Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 An Act to make provision about service complaints; about financial assistance for the armed forces community; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 19
Deregulation Act 2015 An Act to make provision for the reduction of burdens resulting from legislation for businesses or other organisations or for individuals; make provision for the repeal of legislation which no longer has practical use; make provision about the exercise of regulatory functions; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 20
Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Act 2015 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the creation of a Northern Ireland rate of corporation tax. 2015 c. 21
Local Government (Review of Decisions) Act 2015 An Act to make provision about the procedure for conducting investigations under Part 3 of the Local Government Act 1974; and to make provision for cases where an authority to which that Part applies takes a decision that affects the holding of an event for a reason relating to health or safety. 2015 c. 22
Control of Horses Act 2015 An Act to make provision for the taking of action in relation to horses which are on land in England without lawful authority; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 23
House of Commons Commission Act 2015 An Act to amend the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978 so as to make provision about the membership of the House of Commons Commission, so as to confer a new strategic function on the Commission, and so as to make provision about the exercise of functions on behalf of the Commission or its members. 2015 c. 24
Recall of MPs Act 2015 An Act to make provision about the recall of members of the House of Commons; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 25
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 An Act to make provision about improved access to finance for businesses and individuals; to make provision about regulatory provisions relating to business and certain voluntary and community bodies; to make provision about the exercise of procurement functions by certain public authorities; to make provision for the creation of a Pubs Code and Adjudicator for the regulation of dealings by pub-owning businesses with their tied pub tenants; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of childcare; to make provision about information relating to the evaluation of education; to make provision about the regulation of companies; to make provision about company filing requirements; to make provision about the disqualification from appointments relating to companies; to make provision about insolvency; to make provision about the law relating to employment; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 26
Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015 An Act to make provision about the inclusion at local authority meetings of observances that are, and about powers of local authorities in relation to events that to any extent are, religious or related to a religious or philosophical belief. 2015 c. 27
Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015 An Act to make provision about the safety of health and social care services in England; to make provision about the integration of information relating to users of health and social care services in England; to make provision about the sharing of information relating to an individual for the purposes of providing that individual with health or social care services in England; to make provision about the objectives of the regulatory bodies for health and social care professions and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care; to make provision about the disposal of cases concerning a person's fitness to practise a health or social care profession; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 28
Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Act 2015 An Act to make provision about the handling of complaints by the Health Service Commissioner for England; to require the Commissioner to notify a complainant of the reason for the delay if the investigation of the complaint is not concluded within a 12 month period; to require the Commissioner to lay before Parliament an annual report giving details of how long investigations of complaints have taken to be concluded and progress towards meeting a target of concluding investigations within a 12 month period; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 29
Modern Slavery Act 2015 An Act to make provision about slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour and about human trafficking, including provision for the protection of victims; to make provision for an Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 30
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2015 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2016; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2015. 2015 c. 31
European Union (Finance) Act 2015 An Act to approve for the purposes of section 7(1) of the European Union Act 2011 the decision of the Council of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union; and to amend the definition of "the Treaties" and "the EU Treaties" in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so as to include that decision. 2015 c. 32
Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2015 c. 33
Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Act 2015 An Act to make provision in connection with social security and child support maintenance in Northern Ireland; to make provision in connection with arrangements under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950; and for connected purposes. 2015 c. 34
National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Act 2015 An Act to set a ceiling on the main and additional primary percentages, the secondary percentage and the upper earnings limit in relation to Class 1 national insurance contributions. 2015 c. 35
European Union Referendum Act 2015 An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union. 2015 c. 36
European Union (Approvals) Act 2015 An Act to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 2015 c. 37

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Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 An Act to make provision for the election of mayors for the areas of, and for conferring additional functions on, combined authorities established under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009; to make other provision in relation to bodies established under that Part; to make provision about local authority governance and functions; to confer power to establish, and to make provision about, sub-national transport bodies; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 1
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 An Act to make provision about psychoactive substances; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 2
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2016 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2015, 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2017; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2015 and 31 March 2016. 2016 c. 3
Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 An Act to amend the Charities Act 1992 and the Charities Act 2011. 2016 c. 4
Childcare Act 2016 An Act to make provision about free childcare for young children of working parents and about the publication of information about childcare and related matters by local authorities in England. 2016 c. 5
Education and Adoption Act 2016 An Act to make provision about schools in England that are causing concern, including provision about their conversion into Academies and about intervention powers; and to make provision about joint arrangements for carrying out local authority adoption functions in England. 2016 c. 6
Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 An Act to make provision about reports on progress towards full employment and the apprenticeships target; to make provision about reports on the effect of certain support for troubled families; to make provision about life chances; to make provision about the benefit cap; to make provision about social security and tax credits; to make provision for loans for mortgage interest and other liabilities; and to make provision about social housing rents. 2016 c. 7
Riot Compensation Act 2016 An Act to repeal the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 and make provision about types of claims, procedures, decision-making and limits on awards payable in relation to a new compensation scheme for property damaged, destroyed or stolen in the course of riots. 2016 c. 8
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Act 2016 An Act to make provision for access to innovative medical treatments; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 9
NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the removal of the Secretary of State's powers under the National Health Service Act 2006 to appoint trustees; to make provision transferring to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity the right to a royalty conferred by Schedule 6 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 10
Scotland Act 2016 An Act to amend the Scotland Act 1998 and make provision about the functions of the Scottish Ministers; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 11
Enterprise Act 2016 An Act to make provision relating to the promotion of enterprise and economic growth; provision about Sunday working; and provision restricting exit payments in relation to public sector employment. 2016 c. 12
Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016 An Act to make provision about the Independent Reporting Commission, extend the period for the appointment of Northern Ireland Ministers, modify the pledge made by Northern Ireland Ministers on taking office, provide for persons becoming Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly to give an undertaking, and make provision about the draft budget of the Northern Ireland Executive, in pursuance of the agreement made on 17 November 2015 called A Fresh Start: The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan. 2016 c. 13
Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016 An Act to make provision about the Bank of England; to make provision about the regulation of financial services; to make provision about the issue of banknotes; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 14
Trade Union Act 2016 An Act to make provision about industrial action, trade unions, employers' associations and the functions of the Certification Officer. 2016 c. 15
Driving Instructors (Registration) Act 2016 An Act to make provision about the registration of driving instructors. 2016 c. 16
Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Act 2016 An Act to extend the Criminal Cases Review Commission's powers to obtain information. 2016 c. 17
House of Commons Members' Fund Act 2016 An Act to consolidate and amend provisions about the House of Commons Members' Fund. 2016 c. 18
Immigration Act 2016 An Act to make provision about the law on immigration and asylum; to make provision about access to services, facilities, licences and work by reference to immigration status; to make provision about the enforcement of certain legislation relating to the labour market; to make provision about language requirements for public sector workers; to make provision about fees for passports and civil registration; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 19
Energy Act 2016 An Act to make provision about the Oil and Gas Authority and its functions; to make provision about rights to use upstream petroleum infrastructure; to make provision about the abandonment of offshore installations, submarine pipelines and upstream petroleum infrastructure; to extend Part 1A of the Petroleum Act 1998 to Northern Ireland; to make provision about the disclosure of information for the purposes of international agreements; to make provision about fees in respect of activities relating to oil, gas, carbon dioxide and pipelines; to make provision about wind power; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 20
Armed Forces Act 2016 An Act to continue the Armed Forces Act 2006; to make provision about service discipline; to make provision about war pensions committees established under section 25 of the Social Security Act 1989; to make provision about Ministry of Defence fire-fighters; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 21
Housing and Planning Act 2016 An Act to make provision about housing, estate agents, rentcharges, planning and compulsory purchase. 2016 c. 22
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2016 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2017; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2016. 2016 c. 23
Finance Act 2016 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2016 c. 24
Investigatory Powers Act 2016 An Act to make provision about the interception of communications, equipment interference and the acquisition and retention of communications data, bulk personal datasets and other information; to make provision about the treatment of material held as a result of such interception, equipment interference or acquisition or retention; to establish the Investigatory Powers Commissioner and other Judicial Commissioners and make provision about them and other oversight arrangements; to make further provision about investigatory powers and national security; to amend sections 3 and 5 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994; and for connected purposes. 2016 c. 25

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Transport for London Act 2016 An Act to confer further powers upon Transport for London; and for related purposes. 2016 c. i
Haberdashers' Aske's Charity Act 2016 An Act to make provision regarding the identity of the corporators of the Aske Corporation and the status of the Corporation; to provide for property held on trust by the Corporation to be subject to the same legal controls as apply generally to charity property; to make formal provision for internal procedures; and for related purposes. 2016 c. ii

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Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Act 2017 An Act to make provision about the payment schemes established by the Small Charitable Donations Act 2012 and the Childcare Payments Act 2014. 2017 c. 1
Savings (Government Contributions) Act 2017 An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, government bonuses in respect of additions to savings accounts and other investment plans. 2017 c. 2
Policing and Crime Act 2017 An Act to make provision for collaboration between the emergency services; to make provision about the handling of police complaints and other matters relating to police conduct and to make further provision about the Independent Police Complaints Commission; to make provision for super-complaints about policing; to make provision for the investigation of concerns about policing raised by whistle-blowers; to make provision about police discipline; to make provision about police inspection; to make provision about the powers of police civilian staff and police volunteers; to remove the powers of the police to appoint traffic wardens; to enable provision to be made to alter police ranks; to make provision about the Police Federation; to make provision in connection with the replacement of the Association of Chief Police Officers with the National Police Chiefs' Council; to make provision about the system for bail after arrest but before charge; to make provision about the retention of biometric material; to make provision to enable greater use of modern technology at police stations; to make other amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; to amend the powers of the police under the Mental Health Act 1983; to extend the powers of the police in relation to maritime enforcement; to make provision for cross-border enforcement; to make provision about the powers of the police to require removal of disguises; to make provision about deputy police and crime commissioners and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; to make provision to enable changes to the names of police areas; to make provision about the regulation of firearms and pyrotechnic articles; to make provision about the licensing of alcohol; to make provision about the implementation and enforcement of financial sanctions; to amend the Police Act 1996 to make further provision about police collaboration; to make provision about the powers of the National Crime Agency; to make provision for requiring arrested persons to provide details of nationality; to make provision for requiring defendants in criminal proceedings to provide details of nationality and other information; to make provision about the seizure etc of invalid travel documents; to make provision for pardons for convictions etc for certain abolished offences; to make provision to protect the anonymity of victims of forced marriage; to increase the maximum sentences of imprisonment for certain offences of putting people in fear of violence etc; to make provision to combat the sexual exploitation of children and to protect children and vulnerable adults from harm; to make provision about coroners' duties in respect of deaths in state detention; to make provision about the powers of litter authorities in Scotland; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 3
Wales Act 2017 An Act to amend the Government of Wales Act 2006 and the Wales Act 2014 and to make provision about the functions of the Welsh Ministers and about Welsh tribunals; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 4
Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 2017 An Act to amend the amount of the limit in section 15 of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1999 on the government's financial assistance. 2017 c. 5
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act 2017 An Act to enable the United Kingdom to implement the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 1954 and the Protocols to that Convention of 1954 and 1999. 2017 c. 6
High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 An Act to make provision for a railway between Euston in London and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Handsacre in Staffordshire, with a spur from Water Orton in Warwickshire to Curzon Street in Birmingham; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 7
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2017 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2015, 31 March 2016, 31 March 2017 and 31 March 2018; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending 31 March 2017 and 31 March 2018; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2015, 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2017. 2017 c. 8
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 An Act to confer power on the Prime Minister to notify, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the EU. 2017 c. 9
Finance Act 2017 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2017 c. 10
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Act 2017 An Act to make provision in relation to the procedure to be followed by local authorities when varying the charges to be paid in connection with the use of certain parking places. 2017 c. 11
Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Act 2017 Make provision about the regulation of small-scale radio multiplex services; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 12
Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 An Act to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes 2017 c. 13
Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 An Act to amend the law relating to unjustified threats to bring proceedings for infringement of patents, registered trade marks, rights in registered designs, design right or Community designs. 2017 c. 14
National Citizen Service Act 2017 An Act to make provision about the National Citizen Service Trust. 2017 c. 15
Children and Social Work Act 2017 An Act to make provision about looked after children; to make other provision in relation to the welfare of children; and to make provision about the regulation of social workers. 2017 c. 16
Pension Schemes Act 2017 An Act to make provision about pension schemes. 2017 c. 17
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act 2017 An Act to make provision in connection with the ratification by the United Kingdom of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention). 2017 c. 18
Technical and Further Education Act 2017 An Act to make provision about technical and further education. 2017 c. 19
Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 An Act to make provision about planning and compulsory purchase; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 20
Bus Services Act 2017 An Act to make provision about bus services; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 21
Criminal Finances Act 2017 An Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; make provision in connection with terrorist property; create corporate offences for cases where a person associated with a body corporate or partnership facilitates the commission by another person of a tax evasion offence; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 22
Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 An Act to make provision in connection with controlling the cost of health service medicines and other medical supplies; to make provision in connection with the provision of pricing and other information by those manufacturing, distributing or supplying those medicines and supplies, and other related products, and the disclosure of that information; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 23
Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointments and Regional Rates) Act 2017 An Act to extend the period of time for making Ministerial appointments following the election of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 2 March 2017, and to make provision about the regional rate in Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2018. 2017 c. 24
Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Act 2017 An Act to extend public access to certain local audit documents under section 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. 2017 c. 25
Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017 An Act to repeal sections 146(4) and 147(3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. 2017 c. 26
Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 An Act to make provision about the property and affairs of missing persons; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 27
Farriers (Registration) Act 2017 An Act to make provision about the constitution of the Farriers Registration Council and its committees. 2017 c. 28
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 An Act to make provision about higher education and research; and to make provision about alternative payments to students in higher or further education. 2017 c. 29
Digital Economy Act 2017 An Act to make provision about electronic communications infrastructure and services; to provide for restricting access to online pornography; to make provision about protection of intellectual property in connection with electronic communications; to make provision about data-sharing; to make provision in connection with section 68 of the Telecommunications Act 1984; to make provision about functions of OFCOM in relation to the BBC; to provide for determination by the BBC of age-related TV licence fee concessions; to make provision about the regulation of direct marketing; to make other provision about OFCOM and its functions; to make provision about internet filters; to make provision about preventing or restricting the use of communication devices in connection with drug dealing offences; to confer power to create an offence of breaching limits on ticket sales; to make provision about the payment of charges to the Information Commissioner; to make provision about payment systems and securities settlement systems; to make provision about qualifications in information technology; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 30
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2017 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2018; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2017. 2017 c. 31
Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2017 c. 32
Air Travel Organisers' Licensing Act 2017 An Act to amend sections 71, 71A and 84 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982, and for connected purposes. 2017 c. 33
Northern Ireland Budget Act 2017 An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31 March 2018; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources (including accruing resources) for the year ending 31 March 2018; and to repeal certain spent provisions. 2017 c. 34
European Union (Approvals) Act 2017 An Act to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on the participation of the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Serbia in the work of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and on the signing and conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and Canada regarding the application of their competition laws. 2017 c. 35

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Faversham Oyster Fishery Company Act 2017 An Act to provide for the alteration of the objects, powers and constitution of the Faversham Oyster Fishery Company; and for other purposes. 2017 c. i
New Southgate Cemetery Act 2017 An Act to confer powers upon New Southgate Cemetery and Crematorium Limited and the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom to extinguish rights of burial and disturb human remains in New Southgate Cemetery for the purpose of increasing the space for interments; and for connected purposes. 2017 c. ii

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Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Act 2018 An Act to make provision enabling relief from non-domestic rates in England and Wales to be conferred in respect of hereditaments used for the purposes of facilitating the transmission of communications by any means involving the use of electrical or electromagnetic energy; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 1
Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 An Act to make provision for members of the regular forces to serve part-time or subject to geographic restrictions. 2018 c. 2
Finance Act 2018 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2018 c. 3
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2018 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2017, 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2017 and 31 March 2018. 2018 c. 4
Space Industry Act 2018 An Act to make provision about space activities and sub-orbital activities, and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 5
Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2018 An Act to make provision about the regional rate in Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2019; and amend the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012. 2018 c. 6
Northern Ireland Assembly Members (Pay) Act 2018 An Act to confer power on the Secretary of State to determine salaries and other benefits for Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly in respect of periods when there is no Executive. 2018 c. 7
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2018 An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the years ending 31 March 2018 and 2019; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for those years; to revise the limits on the use of certain accruing resources in the year ending 31 March 2018; and to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the sum appropriated for the year ending 31 March 2019. 2018 c. 8
Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Act 2018 An Act to make provision creating new offences of shining or directing a laser beam towards a vehicle or air traffic facility; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 9
Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 An Act to make provision establishing a new financial guidance body (including provision about a debt respite scheme); to make provision about the funding of debt advice in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; to provide a power to make regulations prohibiting unsolicited direct marketing in relation to pensions and other consumer financial products and services; and to make provision about the regulation of claims management services. 2018 c. 10
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Act 2018 An Act to make provision about the granting of old-style secure tenancies in cases of domestic abuse. 2018 c. 11
Data Protection Act 2018 An Act to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals; to make provision in connection with the Information Commissioner’s functions under certain regulations relating to information; to make provision for a direct marketing code of practice; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 12
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 An Act to make provision enabling sanctions to be imposed where appropriate for the purposes of compliance with United Nations obligations or other international obligations or for the purposes of furthering the prevention of terrorism or for the purposes of national security or international peace and security or for the purposes of furthering foreign policy objectives; to make provision for the purposes of the detection, investigation and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and for the purposes of implementing Standards published by the Financial Action Task Force relating to combating threats to the integrity of the international financial system; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 13
Smart Meters Act 2018 An Act to extend the period for the Secretary of State to exercise powers relating to smart metering; to provide for a special administration regime for a smart meter communication licensee; and to make provision enabling half-hourly electricity imbalances to be calculated using information obtained from smart meters. 2018 c. 14
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 An Act to make provision about nuclear safeguards; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 15
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 An Act to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and make other provision in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. 2018 c. 16
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2018 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2019; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2018. 2018 c. 17
Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 An Act to make provision about automated vehicles and electric vehicles. 2018 c. 18
Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 An Act to make provision about the international transport of goods by road; to make provision about the registration of trailers; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 19
Northern Ireland Budget Act 2018 An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31 March 2019; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources (including accruing resources) for the year ending 31 March 2019; and to repeal certain spent provisions. 2018 c. 20
Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018 An Act to make provision for the imposition of a cap on rates charged to domestic customers for the supply of gas and electricity; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 21
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 An Act to impose and regulate a duty of customs by reference to the importation of goods into the United Kingdom; to confer a power to impose and regulate a duty of customs by reference to the export of goods from the United Kingdom; to make other provision in relation to any duty of customs in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU; to amend the law relating to value added tax, and the law relating to any excise duty on goods, in connection with that withdrawal; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 22
Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 An Act to make provision about offences when perpetrated against emergency workers, and persons assisting such workers; to make certain offences aggravated when perpetrated against such workers in the exercise of their duty; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 23
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 An Act to make provision about leave and pay for employees whose children have died. 2018 c. 24
Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018 An Act to make provision, where two or more hereditaments occupied or owned by the same person meet certain conditions as to contiguity, for those hereditaments to be treated for the purposes of non-domestic rating as one hereditament; and to increase the percentage by which a billing authority in England may increase the council tax payable in respect of a long-term empty dwelling. 2018 c. 25
Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Act 2018 An Act to make provision for buildings used as nursery grounds to be exempt from non-domestic rates in England and Wales. 2018 c. 26
Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 An Act to make provision about the oversight and management of the appropriate use of force in relation to people in mental health units; to make provision about the use of body cameras by police officers in the course of duties in relation to people in mental health units; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 27
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 An Act to facilitate the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland by extending the time for making Ministerial appointments following the election of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 2 March 2017; and to make provision about the exercise of governmental functions in, or in relation to, Northern Ireland in the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers. 2018 c. 28
Civil Liability Act 2018 An Act to make provision about whiplash claims and the personal injury discount rate. 2018 c. 29
Ivory Act 2018 An Act to prohibit dealing in ivory, and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 30
Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Act 2018 An Act to establish, and make provision about, the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 31
Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2018 An Act to make provision about interference with wireless telegraphy in prisons and similar institutions. 2018 c. 32
Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 An Act to make provision about the judiciary and the functions of the staff of courts and tribunals. 2018 c. 33
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 An Act to amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to require that residential rented accommodation is provided and maintained in a state of fitness for human habitation; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. 34

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City of London Corporation (Open Spaces) Act 2018 An Act to make provision relating to the public open spaces under the management and control of the City of London Corporation; and for related purposes. 2018 c. i
Middle Level Act 2018 An Act to amend and update the powers of the Middle Level Commissioners to regulate navigation on the Middle Level of the Fens in the city of Peterborough and the counties of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk; to make further provision as to the regulation of navigation on those waterways; to make other provision as to the Commissioners; and for connected purposes. 2018 c. ii
University of London Act 2018 An Act to make new provision for the making of statutes for the University of London; and for related purposes. 2018 c. iii

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Finance Act 2019 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2019 c. 1
Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 (transcription project) An Act to make certain acts of voyeurism an offence, and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 2
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (transcription project) An Act to make provision in relation to terrorism; to make provision enabling persons at ports and borders to be questioned for national security and other related purposes; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 3
Tenant Fees Act 2019 (transcription project) An Act to make provision prohibiting landlords and letting agents from requiring certain payments to be made or certain other steps to be taken; to make provision about the payment of holding deposits; to make provision about enforcement and about the lead enforcement authority; to amend the provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 about information to be provided by letting agents; to make provision about client money protection schemes; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 4
Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about overseas production orders and about the designation of international agreements for the purposes of section 52 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. 2019 c. 5
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2018, 31 March 2019 and 31 March 2020; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019. 2019 c. 6
Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 An Act to make amendments of the Human Tissue Act 2004 concerning consent to activities done for the purpose of transplantation; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 7
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 An Act to make provision for and in connection with a code of practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 8
Stalking Protection Act 2019 An Act to make provision for orders to protect persons from risks associated with stalking; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 9
Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2019 An Act to amend the Children Act 1989 to provide that certain proceedings under Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 are family proceedings. 2019 c. 10
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019 An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the years ending 31 March 2019 and 2020; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for those years; to revise the limits on the use of certain accruing resources in the year ending 31 March 2019; and to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the sum appropriated for the year ending 31 March 2020. 2019 c. 11
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 An Act to make provision about the registration of marriage; to make provision for the extension of civil partnerships to couples not of the same sex; to make provision for a report on the registration of pregnancy loss; to make provision about the investigation of still-births; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 12
Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2019 An Act to make provision about the regional rate in Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2020; and amend The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012. 2019 c. 13
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Act 2019 An Act to make provision about paying and arranging for healthcare provided in an EEA state or Switzerland and giving effect to healthcare agreements with such countries; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 14
Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019 An Act to amend the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in relation to service animals. 2019 c. 15
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 An Act to make provision in connection with the period for negotiations for withdrawing from the European Union. 2019 c. 16
Offensive Weapons Act 2019 An Act to make provision for and in connection with offences relating to offensive weapons. 2019 c. 17
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 An Act to amend the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to procedures in accordance with which a person may be deprived of liberty where the person lacks capacity to consent; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 18
Non-Domestic Rating (Preparation for Digital Services) Act 2019 An Act to make provision enabling the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to incur expenditure in connection with digital services to be provided by them for the purpose of facilitating the administration or payment of non-domestic rates in England. 2019 c. 19
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Act 2019 An Act to prevent the Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009 from expiring on 11 November 2019. 2019 c. 20
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2019 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2020; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019. 2019 c. 21
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 An Act to extend the period for forming an Executive under section 1(1) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 and to impose a duty on the Secretary of State to report on progress towards the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland and other matters; to impose duties to make regulations changing the law of Northern Ireland on certain matters, subject to the formation of an Executive; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 22
National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Act 2019 An Act to provide for Class 1A national insurance contributions on certain termination awards; and to provide for the controller of a sporting testimonial to be the person liable to pay Class 1A national insurance contributions on payments from money raised by the testimonial. 2019 c. 23
Wild Animals in Circuses Act 2019 An Act to make provision to prohibit the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. 2019 c. 24
Kew Gardens (Leases) Act 2019 An Act to provide that the Secretary of State's powers in relation to the management of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, include the power to grant a lease in respect of land for a period of up to 150 years. 2019 c. 25
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 An Act to make further provision in connection with the period for negotiations for withdrawing from the European Union. 2019 c. 26
Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019 An Act to make provision in connection with works for or in connection with the restoration of the Palace of Westminster and other works relating to the Parliamentary Estate; and for connected purposes. 2019 c. 27
Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Act 2019 An Act to amend the Census Act 1920 and the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 in relation to the provision of particulars about sexual orientation and gender identity. 2019 c. 28
Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 An Act to make provision for a parliamentary general election to be held on 12 December 2019. 2019 c. 29
Northern Ireland Budget Act 2019 An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31 March 2020; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; and to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources (including accruing resources) for that year. 2019 c. 30
Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019 An Act to establish the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board and to confer an entitlement to compensation in connection with children who were resident in certain institutions in Northern Ireland; and to establish the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse. 2019 c. 31

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European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to implement, and make other provision in connection with, the agreement between the United Kingdom and the EU under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union which sets out the arrangements for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU. 2020 c. 1
Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision for the incorporation of the Direct Payments Regulation into domestic law; for enabling an increase in the total maximum amount of direct payments under that Regulation; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 2
Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about the release on licence of offenders convicted of terrorist offences or offences with a terrorist connection; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 3
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the year ending with 31 March 2020. 2020 c. 4
NHS Funding Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision regarding the funding of the health service in England in respect of each financial year until the financial year that ends with 31 March 2024. 2020 c. 5
Contingencies Fund Act 2020 An Act to make provision increasing the maximum capital of the Contingencies Fund for a temporary period. 2020 c. 6
Coronavirus Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision in connection with coronavirus; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 7
Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State or a government department under, or in connection with, the Windrush Compensation Scheme. 2020 c. 8
Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to give effect to Law Commission recommendations relating to commencement of enactments relating to sentencing law and to make provision for pre-consolidation amendments of sentencing law. 2020 c. 9
Birmingham Commonwealth Games Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about the Commonwealth Games that are to be held principally in Birmingham in 2022; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 10
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make in relation to marriage and civil partnership in England and Wales provision about divorce, dissolution and separation; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 11
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about companies and other entities in financial difficulty; and to make temporary changes to the law relating to the governance and regulation of companies and other entities. 2020 c. 12
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2020 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2021; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2020. 2020 c. 13
Finance Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2020 c. 14
Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision to reduce for a temporary period the amount of stamp duty land tax chargeable on the acquisition of residential property. 2020 c. 15
Business and Planning Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision relating to the promotion of economic recovery and growth. 2020 c. 16
Sentencing Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to sentencing. 2020 c. 17
Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to create a power of arrest, without warrant, for the purpose of extraditing people for serious offences. 2020 c. 18
Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to require the Parole Board to take into account any failure by a prisoner serving a sentence for unlawful killing or for taking or making an indecent image of a child to disclose information about the victim. 2020 c. 19
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 An Act to make provision to end rights to free movement of persons under retained EU law and to repeal other retained EU law relating to immigration; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to social security co-ordination; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 20
Agriculture Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to authorise expenditure for certain agricultural and other purposes; to make provision about direct payments following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union and about payments in response to exceptional market conditions affecting agricultural markets; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to agricultural and rural development payments and public market intervention and private storage aid; to make provision about reports on food security; to make provision about the acquisition and use of information connected with food supply chains; to confer powers to make regulations about the imposition of obligations on business purchasers of agricultural products, marketing standards, organic products and the classification of carcasses; to make provision for reports relating to free trade agreements; to make provision for the recognition of associations of agricultural producers which may benefit from certain exemptions from competition law; to make provision about fertilisers; to make provision about the identification and traceability of animals; to make provision about red meat levy in Great Britain; to make provision about agricultural tenancies; to confer power to make regulations about securing compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 21
Fisheries Act 2020 An Act to make provision in relation to fisheries, fishing, aquaculture and marine conservation; to make provision about the functions of the Marine Management Organisation; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 22
Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Act 2020 An Act to make provision relating to the up-rating of certain social security benefits. 2020 c. 23
Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to implement the Hague Conventions of 1996, 2005 and 2007 and to provide for the implementation of other international agreements on private international law. 2020 c. 24
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about reports of the Boundary Commissions under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986; to make provision about the number of parliamentary constituencies and other rules for the distribution of seats; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 25
Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision (including the imposition and regulation of new duties of customs) in connection with goods in Northern Ireland and their movement into or out of Northern Ireland; to make provision amending certain enactments relating to value added tax, excise duty or insurance premium tax; to make provision in connection with the recovery of unlawful state aid in relation to controlled foreign companies; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 26
United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision in connection with the internal market for goods and services in the United Kingdom (including provision about the recognition of professional and other qualifications); to make provision in connection with provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol relating to trade and state aid; to authorise the provision of financial assistance by Ministers of the Crown in connection with economic development, infrastructure, culture, sport and educational or training activities and exchanges; to make regulation of the provision of distortive or harmful subsidies a reserved or excepted matter; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 27
Trade (Disclosure of Information) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about the disclosure of information relating to trade. 2020 c. 28
European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (transcription project) An Act to make provision to implement, and make other provision in connection with, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; to make further provision in connection with the United Kingdom's future relationship with the EU and its member States; to make related provision about passenger name record data, customs and privileges and immunities; and for connected purposes. 2020 c. 29

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Pension Schemes Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about pension schemes. 2021 c. 1
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision for a railway between a junction with Phase One of High Speed 2, near Fradley Wood in Staffordshire, and a junction with the West Coast Main Line near Crewe in Cheshire; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 2
Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about a Commissioner for Patient Safety in relation to human medicines and medical devices; confer power to amend or supplement the law relating to human medicines, veterinary medicines and medical devices; make provision about the enforcement of regulations, and the protection of health and safety, in relation to medical devices; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 3
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021 An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the authorisation of criminal conduct in the course of, or otherwise in connection with, the conduct of covert human intelligence sources. 2021 c. 4
Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021 An Act to make provision for payments to or in respect of Ministers and holders of Opposition offices on maternity leave. 2021 c. 5
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2021 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020, 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending 31 March 2020, 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021. 2021 c. 6
Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act 2021 An Act to amend the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 7
Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Act 2021 An Act to make provision to change the dates on which non-domestic rating lists must be compiled; and to change the dates by which proposed lists must be sent to billing authorities, the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers. 2021 c. 8
Contingencies Fund Act 2021 An Act to make provision increasing the maximum capital of the Contingencies Fund for a temporary period. 2021 c. 9
Trade Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about international trade agreements; to make provision establishing the Trade Remedies Authority and conferring functions on it; to make provision about the Trade and Agriculture Commission; and to make provision about the collection and disclosure of information relating to trade. 2021 c. 10
Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about the sentencing of offenders convicted of terrorism offences, of offences with a terrorist connection or of certain other offences; to make other provision in relation to terrorism; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 11
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about airspace change proposals, about the licensing regime for air traffic services under Part 1 of the Transport Act 2000 and about airport slot allocation, to confer police powers relating to unmanned aircraft and requirements in Air Navigation Orders and to provide for fixed penalties for certain offences relating to unmanned aircraft. 2021 c. 12
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to confer relief from non-domestic rates for hereditaments in England and Wales that consist wholly or mainly of public lavatories; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 13
Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision for the appointment of the Forensic Science Regulator; to make provision about the Regulator and about the regulation of forensic science; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 14
British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to provide the British Library Board with a power to borrow money. 2021 c. 15
Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Act 2021 (transcription project) an Act to impose duties on certain education and training providers in relation to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. 2021 c. 16
Domestic Abuse Act 2021 An Act to make provision in relation to domestic abuse; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Commissioner; to make provision for the granting of measures to assist individuals in certain circumstances to give evidence or otherwise participate in civil proceedings; to prohibit cross-examination in person in family or civil proceedings in certain circumstances; to make further provision about orders under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989; to provide for an offence of threatening to disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress; to provide for an offence of strangulation or suffocation; to make provision about circumstances in which consent to the infliction of harm is not a defence in proceedings for certain violent offences; to make provision about certain violent or sexual offences, and offences involving other abusive behaviour, committed outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 17
Prisons (Substance Testing) Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about substance testing in prisons and similar institutions. 2021 c. 18
Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about the administration to persons under the age of 18 of botulinum toxin and of other substances for cosmetic purposes; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 19
Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision for guidance to schools about the costs aspects of school uniform policies. 2021 c. 20
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about the mode of trial and maximum penalty for certain offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. 2021 c. 21
Financial Services Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about financial services and markets; to make provision about debt respite schemes; to make provision about Help-to-Save accounts; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 22
Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021 An Act to make provision about legal proceedings in connection with operations of the armed forces outside the British Islands. 2021 c. 23
Fire Safety Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to make provision about the application of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises; and to confer power to amend that order in future for the purposes of changing the premises to which it applies. 2021 c. 24
National Security and Investment Act 2021 An Act to make provision for the making of orders in connection with national security risks arising from the acquisition of control over certain types of entities and assets; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 25
Finance Act 2021 (transcription project) An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2021 c. 26
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2021 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2022; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2021. 2021 c. 27
Health and Social Care Levy Act 2021 An Act to make provision imposing a tax (to be known as the health and social care levy), the proceeds of which are payable to the Secretary of State towards the cost of health care and social care, on amounts in respect of which national insurance contributions are, or would be if no restriction by reference to pensionable age were applicable, payable; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 28
Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Act 2021 An Act to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Treasury for, or in connection with, the payment of compensation to customers of London Capital & Finance plc; provide for the making of loans to the Board of the Pension Protection Fund for the purposes of its fraud compensation functions; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 29
Environment Act 2021 An Act to make provision about targets, plans and policies for improving the natural environment; for statements and reports about environmental protection; for the Office for Environmental Protection; about waste and resource efficiency; about air quality; for the recall of products that fail to meet environmental standards; about water; about nature and biodiversity; for conservation covenants; about the regulation of chemicals; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 30
Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 An Act to make provision about the security of public electronic communications networks and public electronic communications services. 2021 c. 31
Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Act 2021 An Act to make provision relating to the up-rating of certain social security benefits payable in the tax year 2022-23. 2021 c. 32
Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators' Liability) Act 2021 An Act to make provision about the meaning of references to Article 23A benchmarks in contracts and other arrangements; and to make provision about the liability of administrators of Article 23A benchmarks. 2021 c. 33
Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 An Act to make provision about matters attributable to coronavirus that may not be taken account of in making certain determinations for the purposes of non-domestic rating; and to make provision in connection with the disqualification of directors of companies that are dissolved without becoming insolvent. 2021 c. 34
Armed Forces Act 2021 An Act to continue the Armed Forces Act 2006; to amend that Act and other enactments relating to the armed forces; to make provision about service in the reserve forces; to make provision about pardons for certain abolished service offences; to make provision about war pensions; and for connected purposes. 2021 c. 35

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The final act given royal assent by Elizabeth II was c. 40.

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Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the rent payable under long leases of dwellings; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 1
Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about Ministerial appointments, extraordinary Assembly elections, the Ministerial Code of Conduct and petitions of concern in Northern Ireland. 2022 c. 2
Finance Act 2022 An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. 2022 c. 3
Advanced Research and Invention Agency Act 2022 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency. 2022 c. 4
Dormant Assets Act 2022 An Act to make provision for and in connection with an expanded dormant assets scheme; to confer power to further expand the scope of that scheme; to amend the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008; to enable an authorised reclaim fund to accept transfers of certain unwanted assets; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 5
Charities Act 2022 An Act to amend the Charities Act 2011 and the Universities and College Estates Act 1925; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 6
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 An Act to make provision about public service pension schemes, including retrospective provision to rectify unlawful discrimination in the way in which existing schemes were restricted under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and corresponding Northern Ireland legislation; to make provision for the establishment of new public pension schemes for members of occupational pension schemes of bodies that were brought into public ownership under the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008; to make provision about the remuneration and the date of retirement of holders of certain judicial offices; to make provision about judicial service after retirement; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 7
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2022 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2021, 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2023; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022. 2022 c. 8
National Insurance Contributions Act 2022 An Act to make provision in relation to national insurance contributions. 2022 c. 9
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 An Act to set up a register of overseas entities and their beneficial owners and require overseas entities who own land to register in certain circumstances; to make provision about unexplained wealth orders; and to make provision about sanctions. 2022 c. 10
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the dissolution and calling of Parliament, including provision for the repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 11
Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 An Act to make provision enabling relief from payment of certain rent debts under business tenancies adversely affected by coronavirus to be available through arbitration; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 12
Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Act 2022 An Act to extend the duty to provide careers guidance in schools. 2022 c. 13
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about licensing in relation to taxis and private hire vehicles for purposes relating to the safeguarding of passengers and road safety; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 14
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 An Act to make provision for the implementation of a regulated asset base model for nuclear energy generation projects; for revenue collection for the purposes of that model; for a special administration regime for licensees subject to that model; and about the circumstances in which bodies corporate are not associated with site operators for the purposes of programmes relating to funding the decommissioning of nuclear sites. 2022 c. 15
National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Act 2022 An Act to make provision for and in connection with increasing the thresholds at which primary Class 1 contributions, Class 2 contributions and Class 4 contributions become payable. 2022 c. 16
Local Government (Disqualification) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the grounds on which a person is disqualified from being elected to, or holding, certain positions in local government in England. 2022 c. 17
Down Syndrome Act 2022 An Act to make provision about meeting the needs of persons with Down syndrome; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 18
Animals (Penalty Notices) Act 2022 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the giving of penalty notices for certain offences relating to animals and animal products. 2022 c. 19
Professional Qualifications Act 2022 An Act to make provision relating to entitlement to practise certain professions, occupations and trades; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 20
Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 An Act to make provision about local skills improvement plans; to make provision relating to further education; to make provision about functions of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and relating to technical education qualifications and apprenticeships; to make provision about student finance and fees; to make provision about assessments and publication of certain matters by the Office for Students; to make provision about the funding of certain post-16 education or training providers; to create offences relating to completing assignments on behalf of students; to make provision about designating 16 to 19 Academies as having a religious character; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 21
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 An Act to make provision for an Animal Sentience Committee with functions relating to the effect of government policy on the welfare of animals as sentient beings. 2022 c. 22
Subsidy Control Act 2022 An Act to make provision regulating the giving of subsidies out of public resources; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 23
Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Act 2022 An Act to extend the protection from seizure or forfeiture given to cultural objects. 2022 c. 24
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act 2022 An Act to amend retained EU law relating to compulsory insurance for the use of motor vehicles; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 25
Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 An Act to make certain uses of glue traps an offence; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 26
Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about substance testing in approved premises. 2022 c. 27
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the minimum age for marriage and civil partnership; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 28
Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Act 2022 An Act to make provision relating to the carrying of disabled persons by taxis and private hire vehicles. 2022 c. 29
Building Safety Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the safety of people in or about buildings and the standard of buildings, to amend the Architects Act 1997, and to amend provision about complaints made to a housing ombudsman. 2022 c. 30
Health and Care Act 2022 An Act to make provision about health and social care. 2022 c. 31
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the police and other emergency workers; to make provision about collaboration between authorities to prevent and reduce serious violence; to make provision about offensive weapons homicide reviews; to make provision for new offences and for the modification of existing offences; to make provision about the powers of the police and other authorities for the purposes of preventing, detecting, investigating or prosecuting crime or investigating other matters; to make provision about the maintenance of public order; to make provision about the removal, storage and disposal of vehicles; to make provision in connection with driving offences; to make provision about cautions; to make provision about bail and remand; to make provision about sentencing, detention, release, management and rehabilitation of offenders; to make provision about secure 16 to 19 Academies; to make provision for and in connection with procedures before courts and tribunals; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 32
Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the amendment of pension schemes so as to provide for the conversion of rights to a guaranteed minimum pension. 2022 c. 33
British Sign Language Act 2022 An Act to recognise British Sign Language as a language of England, Wales and Scotland; to require the Secretary of State to report on the promotion and facilitation of the use of British Sign Language by ministerial government departments; and to require guidance to be issued in relation to British Sign Language. 2022 c. 34
Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the provision that may be made by, and the effects of, quashing orders; to make provision restricting judicial review of certain decisions of the Upper Tribunal; to make provision about the use of written and electronic procedures in courts and tribunals; to make other provision about procedure in, and the organisation of, courts and tribunals; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 35
Nationality and Borders Act 2022 An Act to make provision about nationality, asylum and immigration; to make provision about victims of slavery or human trafficking; to provide a power for Tribunals to charge participants where their behaviour has wasted the Tribunal’s resources; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 36
Elections Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the administration and conduct of elections, including provision designed to strengthen the integrity of the electoral process and provision about the use of the simple majority system in elections for certain offices; about overseas electors; about voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens; about the designation of a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission; about the membership of the Speaker’s Committee; about the Electoral Commission’s functions in relation to criminal proceedings; about financial information to be provided by a political party on applying for registration; for preventing a person being registered as a political party and being a recognised non-party campaigner at the same time; about regulation of expenditure for political purposes; about disqualification of offenders for holding elective offices; about information to be included in electronic campaigning material; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 37
Social Security (Additional Payments) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about additional payments to recipients of means-tested benefits, tax credits and disability benefits. 2022 c. 38
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2022 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2023; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2022. 2022 c. 39
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022 An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, imposing a charge on ring fence profits of companies. 2022 c. 40
Supply and Appropriation (Adjustments) Act 2022 An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2023; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for that year. 2022 c. 41
Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Act 2022 An Act to provide for certain social security rules which apply where life expectancy is 6 months or less to apply instead where life expectancy is 12 months or less. 2022 c. 42
Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) Act 2022 An Act to make provision for and in connection with the repeal of the Health and Social Care Levy Act 2021. 2022 c. 43
Energy Prices Act 2022 An Act to make provision for controlling energy prices; to encourage the efficient use and supply of energy; and for other purposes connected to the energy crisis. 2022 c. 44
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 An Act to make provision about national and cultural identity and language in Northern Ireland. 2022 c. 45
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 An Act to make provision about the security of internet-connectable products and products capable of connecting to such products; to make provision about electronic communications infrastructure; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. 46
Counsellors of State Act 2022 An Act to add His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to the persons to whom royal functions may be delegated as Counsellors of State. 2022 c. 47
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 An Act to make provision to extend the period following the Northern Ireland Assembly election of 5 May 2022 during which Ministers may be appointed and after which the Secretary of State must propose a date for another election; about the exercise of functions in the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers; to confer powers on the Secretary of State to determine salaries and other benefits for Members of the Assembly in respect of periods in which the Assembly is not functioning; and to confer powers on the Secretary of State to set the regional rate in Northern Ireland. 2022 c. 48

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Highgate Cemetery Act 2022 An Act to confer powers upon the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust to operate, maintain and conserve Highgate Cemetery and to extinguish rights of burial and disturb human remains in Highgate Cemetery for the purpose of increasing the space for interments and the conservation of Highgate Cemetery; and for connected purposes. 2022 c. i
Monken Hadley Common Act 2022 An Act to transfer the ownership and management of Monken Hadley Common to Monken Hadley Common Trust and for related purposes. 2022 c. ii

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