List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1896

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1896.

Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.

All modern acts have a short title, e.g. the Local Government Act 2003. Some earlier acts also have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

59 & 60 Vict.[edit]

The second session of the 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 11 February 1896 until 14 August 1896.

Public general acts[edit]

Short title, or popular nameCitationRoyal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
59 & 60 Vict. c. 1
6 March 1896
An Act to continue temporarily certain Powers for the Removal of Difficulties at Elections under the Local Government Act, 1894.[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. 2
27 March 1896
An Act to provide, during Twelve Months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 3
27 March 1896
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 4
27 March 1896
An Act to prevent certain Disqualifications for Elections to Parish Councils of 1896.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 5
31 March 1896
An Act to enable Women to be elected and act as Poor Law Guardians in Ireland.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 6
31 March 1896
An Act to make provision for the Construction of Works in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for the purpose of the Royal Navy.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 7
21 May 1896
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 8
21 May 1896
An Act to enable Life Assurance Companies to pay Money into Court in certain Cases.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 9
21 May 1896
n Act to amend certain Provisions of the Local Government Act, 1888,[b] with respect to the Determination of Differences by the Local Government Board.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 10
2 July 1896
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Appointment of Members of Dispensary Committees in Ireland.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 11
2 July 1896
An Act to remove certain Doubts with respect to the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890,[c] so far as it applies to Ireland.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 12
2 July 1896
An Act for the better reporting of Floating Derelicts.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 13
20 July 1896
An Act to extend the Time for the Repayment of Loans granted by Queen Anne's Bounty to Incumbents of Benefices.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 14
20 July 1896
An Act to facilitate the Citation of sundry Acts of Parliament.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 15
20 July 1896
An Act to Amend the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.[d]
59 & 60 Vict. c. 16
20 July 1896
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Rating of Occupiers of Agricultural Land in England, and for other purposes connected therewith.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 17
20 July 1896
An Act to redescribe the Parliamentary Divisions of the City of Glasgow.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 18
20 July 1896
An Act to amend the Fisheries Acts relating to Norfolk and Suffolk.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 19
7 August 1896
An Act to make further Provision with respect to Epidemic, Endemic, and Infectious Diseases, and to repeal the Acts relating to Quarantine.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 20
7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Public Health Act with respect to the Powers of Port Sanitary Authorities.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 21
7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Procedure of the Liverpool Court of Passage.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 22
7 August 1896
An Act to exempt certain Chairmen of District Councils who have already taken the Oath from again taking the Oath before acting as Justices of the Peace.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 23
7 August 1896
An Act for the acquisition of a Site for Public Offices in Westminster, and for purposes connected therewith.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 24
7 August 1896
An Act for the Acquisition of Property for the Extension of the General Register House at Edinburgh.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 25
7 August 1896
An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Friendly and other Societies.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 26
7 August 1896
An Act to consolidate the Enactments relating to Friendly Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies which receive Contributions and Premiums by means of Collectors.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 27
7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law relating to Cabs in London.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 28
7 August 1896
An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other Duties, to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue, and to make provision for the Financial Arrangements of the Year,
59 & 60 Vict. c. 29
7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Bishopric of Bristol Act, 1884.[e]
59 & 60 Vict. c. 30
7 August 1896
An Act to make better Provision for the Prevention and Settlement of Trade Disputes.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 31
7 August 1896
An Act to amend the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.[c]
59 & 60 Vict. c. 32
14 August 1896
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Small Piers and Harbours in the Counties of Orkney and Zetland.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 33
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Laws with respect to the Royal Naval Volunteers.
(Repealed by Reserve Forces Act 1980)
59 & 60 Vict. c. 34
14 August 1896
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Railways and the Establishment of other means of Communication in Ireland, and for other purposes incidental thereto.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 35
14 August 1896
An Act to provide for the Appointment of Judicial Trustees and otherwise to amend the Law respecting the Administration of Trusts and the Liability of Trustees.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 36
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Use of Locomotives on Highways.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 37
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Classification of Lands and Heritages for purposes of Rating in Scotland, for the Relief of the Occupiers of Agricultural Lands and Heritages, for the creation of a Fund for the Improvement of Congested Districts in the Highlands and Islands, and for Relief from the Payment of the Land Tax in Burghs in Scotland.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 38
14 August 1896
An Act to make provision for the Construction of a Railway in Africa, from Mombasa to the Victoria Nyanza, through the Protectorates of Zanzibar, British East Africa, and Uganda.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 39
14 August 1896
An Act to continue various Expiring Laws.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 40
14 August 1896
An Act to provide for raising further Money for the purpose of the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1892.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 41
14 August 1896
An Act for paying to the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account a Share of the Estate Duty.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 42
14 August 1896
An Act to grant Moneys for the purpose of certain Local Loans, and for other purposes relating to Local Loans.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 43
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887.[f]
59 & 60 Vict. c. 44
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Truck Acts.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 45
14 August 1896
An Act for abolishing the Court of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 46
14 August 1896
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 47
14 August 1896
An Act to further amend the Law relating to the Occupation and Ownership of Land in Ireland, and for other purposes relating thereto.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 48
14 August 1896
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Light Railways in Great Britain.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 49
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law relating to Law Agents and Notaries Public practising in Scotland.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 50
14 August 1896
An Act to provide for Superannuation Allowances to Poor Law Officers and Servants, and for Contributions towards such Allowances by such Officers and Servants; and to make other relative provisions.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 51
14 August 1896
An Act to prevent Abuse of the Process of the High Court or other Courts by the Institution of Vexatious Legal Proceedings.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 52
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Jurisdiction exerciseable in Cases relating to the Receipt or Possession of Stolen Property.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 53
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1892.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 54
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Acts relating to Public Health in Ireland.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 55
14 August 1896
An Act to make provisions relating to the offices of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the County of London.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 56
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Wild Birds Protection Acts.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 57
14 August 1896
An Act to provide for the Trial of Burglaries by Courts of Quarter Sessions.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 58
14 August 1896
Au Act for authorising the Treasury to guarantee the Interest on certain Capital of the West Highland Railway Company, and pay a Sum of Money to that Company.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 59
14 August 1896
An Act to amend the Baths and Washhouses Acts.

Local acts[edit]

Short title, or popular nameCitationRoyal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
59 & 60 Vict. c. i
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. ii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. iii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. iv
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. v
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. vi
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. vii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. viii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. ix
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. x
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xii
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. xiii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xiv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xix
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xx
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxiii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxiv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxix
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxx
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxiii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxiv
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxv
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxvi
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by City of London (Various Powers) Act 1963 (c. xxxiv))
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxvii
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxix
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by Great Northern London Cemetery Act 1976 (c. xxvii))
59 & 60 Vict. c. xl
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xli
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xlii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xliii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xliv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xlv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xlvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xlvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xlviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xlix
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by Calder Water Board Order 1962 (SI 1962/1939))
59 & 60 Vict. c. l
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. li
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. liii
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. liv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lv
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by Tor Bay Harbour Act 1970 (c. liii))
59 & 60 Vict. c. lvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lviii
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. lix
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lx
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxiii
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by Staffordshire Act 1983 (c. xviii))
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxiv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxv
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxvii
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv))
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxviii
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxix
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxx
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxi
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by Rhondda Corporation Act 1973 (c. xxiii))
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxiii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxiv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxix
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxx
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxi
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12))
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxiii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxiv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxxix
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xc
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xci
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xciii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xciv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. xcix
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. c
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. ci
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. ciii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. civ
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cix
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cx
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxi
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxiii
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by Cheshire County Council Act 1980 (c. xiii))
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxiv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxv
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxix
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxx
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxi
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxii
11 February 1896[a]
 
 
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxiii
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxiv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxix
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxx
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by County of Lancsashire Act 1984 (c. xxi))
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxi
20 July 1896
An Act for the amalgamation of Foyle College and the Londonderry Academical Institution.
(Repealed by Foyle and Londonderry College Act 1976 (c. xviii))
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxiii
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxiv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxvi
11 February 1896[a]
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxvii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxxxix
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxl
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxli
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxlii
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by Warwick District Council Act 1984 (c. xxiv))
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxliii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxliv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxlv
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxlvi
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxlvii
11 February 1896[a]

(Repealed by County of Lancashire Act 1984 (c. xxi))
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxlviii
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxlix
11 February 1896[a]
 
59 & 60 Vict. c. cl
11 February 1896[a]