List of short titles
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This is a list of stock short title
s that are used for legislation
in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
s that are used for legislation
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
- Administration of Justice ActAdministration of Justice ActAdministration of Justice Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to procedural law....
- Appellate Jurisdiction ActAppellate Jurisdiction ActAppellate Jurisdiction Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom which relates to the jurisdiction of appellate courts.-List:...
- Appropriation ActAppropriation ActAn Appropriation Act is an Act of Parliament passed by the United Kingdom Parliament which, like a Consolidated Fund Act, allows the Treasury to issue funds out of the Consolidated Fund...
- Armed Forces ActArmed Forces ActArmed Forces Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and India relating to the armed forces....
- Atomic Energy ActAtomic Energy ActAtomic Energy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States relating to nuclear power and, or alternatively, nuclear weapons production....
- Atomic Energy Authority ActAtomic Energy Authority ActAtomic Energy Authority Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority....
- Bankruptcy ActBankruptcy ActBankruptcy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States.-United Kingdom:*The Statute of Bankrupts Act 1542*The Bankruptcy Act 1861...
- British Nationality ActBritish Nationality ActBritish Nationality Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to nationality.The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a British Nationality Bill during its passage through Parliament.-List:...
- British North America Act
- Broadcasting ActBroadcasting ActThe Broadcasting Act is an Act of the Parliament of Canada regarding broadcasting of radiocommunications...
- Children ActChildren ActChildren Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom.-List:*The Children Act 1908*The Children Act 1948*The Children Act 1972*The Children Act 1975*The Children Act 1989*The Children Act 2000...
- Coinage ActCoinage ActCoinage Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States which relates to coinage.-United States:*The Coinage Act of 1792 - Established the U.S...
- Coinage Offences ActCoinage Offences ActCoinage Offences Act is a stock short title used for legislation in New Zealand and the United Kingdom which relates to coinage offences....
- Communications Act
- Companies ActCompanies ActCompanies Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and South Africa relating to company law....
- Consolidated Fund ActConsolidated Fund ActA Consolidated Fund Act is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to allow, like an Appropriation Act, the Treasury to issue funds out of the Consolidated Fund....
- Copyright Act
- County Courts ActCounty Courts ActCounty Courts Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, which relates to county courts.The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a County Courts Bill during its passage through Parliament....
- Crimes ActCrimes ActCrimes Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, relating to the criminal law...
- Criminal Justice ActCriminal Justice ActCriminal Justice Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Canada relating to the criminal law...
- Criminal Law ActCriminal Law ActCriminal Law Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Republic of Singapore relating to the criminal law...
- Criminal Law Amendment ActCriminal Law Amendment ActCriminal Law Amendment Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Canada, India and South Africa which amends the criminal law...
- Criminal Procedure ActCriminal Procedure ActCriminal Procedure Act is a stock short title used for legislation relating to criminal procedure in Hong Kong, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom....
- Defamation ActDefamation ActDefamation Act is a stock short title used for legislation in New Zealand, in the Republic of Ireland and in the United Kingdom relating to defamation...
- Education ActEducation ActEducation Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States that relates to education.-United Kingdom and predecessor states:*The Education Act 1833...
- Employment Relations ActEmployment Relations ActEmployment Relations Act is a stock short title used in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to employment relations.-New Zealand:*The Employment Relations Act 2000...
- Factory Act
- Finance ActFinance ActIn the UK, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers an annual Budget speech on Budget Day, outlining changes in spending, as well as tax and duty. The changes to tax and duty are passed as law, and each year form the respective Finance Act...
- Firearms ActFirearms ActFirearms Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Canada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom.-United Kingdom:*The Firearms Act 1920 *The Firearms and Imitation Firearms Act 1933...
- Forcible Entry ActForcible Entry ActForcible Entry Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland relating to forcible entry.-List:Acts of the Parliament of England*The Forcible Entry Act 1381...
- Forgery ActForgery ActForgery Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom which relates to forgery and similar offences....
- Health and Social Care ActHealth and Social Care ActThe Health and Social Care Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to health and social care.An Act with this short title will have been known as a Health and Social Care Bill during its passage through Parliament....
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology ActHuman Fertilisation and Embryology ActHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Act can refer to the following acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom:* Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990* Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2003...
- Human Rights Act
- Immigration ActImmigration ActAn Immigration Act is a law regulating immigration. A number of countries have had Immigration Acts including:*Canada**The Immigration Act, 1906**The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923**The Immigration Act, 1952**The Immigration Act, 1978...
- Inclosure ActInclosure ActThe Inclosure or Enclosure Acts were a series of United Kingdom Acts of Parliament which enclosed open fields and common land in the country. They removed previously existing rights of local people to carry out activities in these areas, such as cultivation, cutting hay, grazing animals or using...
- Infanticide ActInfanticide ActThe Infanticide Act is the name of two Acts introduced into English Law that started treating killing of an infant child by its mother during the early months of life as a lesser crime than murder...
- International Copyright ActInternational Copyright Act- Purpose of the Act :The International Copyright Act of 1891 is the first U.S. congressional act that extended limited protection to foreign copyright holders from select nations....
- Interpretation ActInterpretation ActInterpretation Act is a stock short title used in Australia, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to interpretation of legislation.-Republic of Ireland:...
- Isle of Man (Customs) Act
- Judicature ActJudicature ActJudicature Act is a term which was used in the United Kingdom for legislation which related to the Supreme Court of Judicature.-United Kingdom:...
- Land Act
- Landlord and Tenant Act
- Larceny ActLarceny ActLarceny Act is a stock short title which was formerly used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland relating to larceny and other offences against property....
- Law of Property ActLaw of Property ActLaw of Property Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the British Virgin Islands relating to property law....
- Law Reform ActLaw Reform ActLaw Reform Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom, New South Wales, Western Australia and New Zealand for legislation the purpose of which is law reform.-Australia:New South Wales...
- Libel ActLibel ActLibel Act is a stock short title which was formerly used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to libel ....
- Licensing Act
- Limitation ActLimitation ActLimitation Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom which relates to limitation of actions.The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Limtation Bill during its passage through Parliament....
- Local Government ActLocal Government ActLocal Government Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, relating to local government....
- Magistrates' Courts ActMagistrates' Courts ActMagistrates' Courts Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to magistrates' courts....
- Marriage ActMarriage Act-Australia:-Canada:-New ZealandSouth Africa:-Australia::The Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal marriage.-Canada::The Civil Marriage Act passed in Canada explicitly permitting same-sex marriages.-New Zealand:...
- Matrimonial Causes ActMatrimonial Causes ActThe Matrimonial Causes Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to marriage law.-List:* The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857* The Matrimonial Causes Act 1858* The Matrimonial Causes Act 1859* The Matrimonial Causes Act 1860...
- Mental Health ActMental Health ActMental Health Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to Mental health law.The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Mental Health Bill during its passage through Parliament....
- Merchant Shipping ActMerchant Shipping ActMerchant Shipping Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to merchant shipping.-List:*The Merchant Shipping Act 1786*The Merchant Shipping Act 1844...
- Metropolitan Police ActMetropolitan Police ActMetropolitan Police Act is a stock short title used for legislation relating to the metropolitan police.*The Metropolitan Police Act 1829*The Metropolitan Police Act 1839*The Metropolitan Police Act 1856...
- Misuse of Drugs Act
- National Heritage ActNational Heritage ActsThe National Heritage Acts comprise four Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that aimed to alter the way in which Britain's national heritage assets are managed and protected.-National Heritage Act 1980:...
- Northern Ireland Act
- Oaths ActOaths ActOaths Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to oaths and affirmation.Oaths Acts is a term of art.-List:*The Oaths of Minors Act 1681*The Oaths Act 1775*The Oaths Act 1838...
- Obscene Publications ActObscene Publications ActSince 1857, a series of obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in England and Wales. The classic definition of criminal obscenity is if it "tends to deprave and corrupt," stated in 1868 by John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge.There have been...
- Offences Against the Person ActOffences Against the Person ActOffences Against the Person Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, in the Republic of Ireland, and in Hong Kong relating to offences against the person. It seems to have been derived from the long title of the Act which has come to be known as the Offences against...
- Offences at Sea ActOffences at Sea ActOffences at Sea Act is a stock short title used for legislation in New Zealand and the United Kingdom relating to the piracy and other offences within the jurisdiction of the admiralty.-United Kingdom:...
- Official Information Act
- Official Secrets ActOfficial Secrets ActThe Official Secrets Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India and Malaysia and formerly in New Zealand for legislation that provides for the protection of state secrets and official information, mainly related to national security.-United Kingdom:*The Official Secrets...
- Parliament ActParliament ActThe Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are two Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which form part of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Section 2 of the Parliament Act 1949 provides that that Act and the Parliament Act 1911 are to be construed as one.The Parliament Act 1911 The...
- Penal Servitude ActPenal Servitude ActPenal Servitude Act is a stock short title which was used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to penal servitude. The abolition of penal servitude has rendered this short title obsolete in that country.-List:...
- Piracy ActPiracy ActPiracy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to piracy.The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Piracy Bill during its passage through Parliament.-List:* The Piracy Act 1698...
- Police ActPolice ActPolice Act is a stock short title used for legislation in India, Malaysia and the United Kingdom relating to police forces and officers.-United Kingdom:*The Police Act 1897*The Police Act 1909*The Police Act 1919...
- Postal Services ActPostal Services ActThe Postal Services Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to postal services.An Act with this short title will have been known as a Postal Services Bill during its passage through Parliament....
- Prevention of Corruption ActPrevention of Corruption ActPrevention of Corruption Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and India relating to corruption and bribery.The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Prevention of Corruption Bill during its passage through Parliament.Prevention of...
- Protection of Children ActProtection of Children ActProtection of Children Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom.-List:* The Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act 1889* The Protection of Children Act 1978* The Protection of Children Act 1986...
- Public Order ActPublic Order ActPublic Order Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom, relating to public order offences.-Rhodesia:...
- Regency Act
- Representation of the People ActRepresentation of the People ActRepresentation of the People Act is a short title for legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom dealing with the electoral system.-List:*The Representation of the People Act 1832*The Representation of the People Act 1832...
- Riot ActRiot ActsRiot Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland relating to riot.-List:Acts of the Parliament of England...
- Sale of Goods ActSale of Goods ActSale of Goods Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to the sale of goods.The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Sale of Goods Bill during its passage through Parliament.Sale of Goods Acts may be a generic name either for...
- Sedition Act
- Sexual Offences ActSexual Offences ActSexual Offences Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to sexual offences ....
- Short Titles ActShort Titles ActShort Titles Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which confers short titles on a large number of earlier pieces of legislation...
- Slave Trade ActSlave Trade ActThe Slave Trade Act was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 25 March 1807, with the long title "An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade". The original act is in the Parliamentary Archives...
- Stamp ActStamp ActA stamp act is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their documents, making them legal documents. The taxes raised under a stamp act are called stamp duty. This system of taxation was first devised...
- Statute Law (Repeals) ActStatute Law (Repeals) ActStatute Law Act is a stock short title which is used, in the United Kingdom, for legislation whose sole purpose was to repeal obsolete enactments. The short title Statute Law Revision Act was formerly used for this type of statute. These Acts are drafted by the Law CommissionStatute Law Acts may...
- Statute Law Revision ActStatute Law Revision ActStatute Law Revision Act is a stock short title which was formerly used, in the United Kingdom and Canada, and is still used in Australia and in the Republic of Ireland, for legislation whose sole purpose was to repeal obsolete enactments...
- Supreme Court of Judicature ActSupreme Court of Judicature ActSupreme Court of Judicature Act is a stock short title which was formerly used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to the Supreme Court of Judicature for England and Wales and the court of the same name for Ireland....
- Telecommunications ActTelecommunications ActThere are several pieces of legislation named the Telecommunications Act* Telecommunications Act 1997, Australia* Telecommunications Act * Telecommunications Act 1984, United Kingdom* Telecommunications Act of 1996, United States...
- Telegraph ActTelegraph ActTelegraph Act is a stock short title which was formerly used for legislation in the United Kingdom, relating to telegraphy.The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Telegraph Bill during its passage through Parliament....
- Theft ActTheft ActTheft Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom which relates to theft and other offences against property....
- Trade Union ActTrade Union ActTrade Union Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and Australia which relates to trade unions....
- Trading with the Enemy ActTrading with the Enemy ActThe Trading with the Enemy Act, sometimes abbreviated as TWEA, is a United States federal law, , enacted in 1917 to restrict trade with countries hostile to the United States. The law gives the President the power to oversee or restrict any and all trade between the U.S. and its enemies in times of...
- Treason ActTreason ActTreason Act or Treasons Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland on the subject of treason and related offences...
- Truck Act
- Welfare Reform ActWelfare Reform ActWelfare Reform Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to social security benefits.The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Welfare Reform Bill during its passage through Parliament....
- Wills ActWills ActWills Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom and Victoria for legislation relating to wills.-United Kingdom:*The Statute of Wills 1540 *The Statute of Wills 1542 *The Wills Act 1751...
- Wireless Telegraphy ActWireless Telegraphy ActWireless Telegraphy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom relating to wireless telegraphy....
- Witchcraft ActWitchcraft ActIn England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland a succession of Witchcraft Acts have governed witchcraft and provided penalties for its practice, or for pretending to practise it.- Witchcraft Act 1542:...
- Vaccination ActVaccination ActThe UK Vaccination Acts of 1840, 1853 and 1898 reflect the continuing argument over vaccination policy in the United Kingdom. Similar legislation was passed in the USA and other countries....
- Visiting Forces ActVisiting Forces ActA Visiting Forces Act is a law governing the status of military personnel while they are visiting within areas under the jurisdiction of another country and/or while forces of one country are attached to or serving with forces of another country, and may also apply to some foreign nonmilitary...