Fires Prevention Act 1785
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend so much of the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774, as relates to Manufactories of Turpentine: for extending the provisions of the said Act, so amended, to Manufactories of Pitch, Tar and Turpentine, throughout that part of Great Britain called England;[b] [and for indemnifying the Proprietor of a Turpentine Manufactory in Potter's Fields in the Borough of Southwark, against the Penalties he may be liable to under the said Act; and for excepting, for a limited Time, his said Manufactory from the Provisions herein contained.[c] |
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| Citation | 25 Geo. 3. c. 77 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 July 1785 |
| Commencement | 5 July 1785[d] |
| Repealed | 21 July 1967 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Criminal Law Act 1967 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Fires Prevention Act 1785[a] or the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1785[e] (25 Geo. 3. c. 77) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
This act was partly repealed by section 2[1] of the Limitations of Actions and Costs Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 97).
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 13(2) of, and part I of schedule 4 of the Criminal Law Act 1967.
Title
[edit]The title from "and for indemnifying" to the end of the title was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Preamble
[edit]The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Section 1
[edit]This section from the beginning of the section to "repealed and that", and from "of debt" to "information" and from "at Westminster" to "allowed" was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
In this section, the words of commencement were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
Section 3
[edit]This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
Section 5
[edit]This section, from "be it" to "enacted that" was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.
Section 4
[edit]This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
Section 6
[edit]This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ These words are printed against this act in the second column of schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
- ^ This part of the short title was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
- ^ Section 1.
- ^ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
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