Short Titles Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Ireland and the United Kingdom which retroactively confers short titles on a large number of earlier pieces of legislation. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Short Titles Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Halsbury's Laws said that Short Titles Acts are law reform Acts.[1]
In modern times, an Act will authorize a short title to refer to itself, and occasionally additional or alternative short titles are provided, as for example the Senior Courts Act 1981.
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Ireland
- The Short Titles Act 1962
- The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 is the collective title of the Short Titles Act 1896, the Short Titles Act 1962, and sections 4 to 7 and 10(2) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.[2]
- The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2009 is the collective title of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 and sections 4 and 5 and 7(2) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2009.[3]
- The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2012 is the collective title of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2009 and sections 4 and 5 and 8(3) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2012.[4]
United Kingdom
United Kingdom legislation
Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 |
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Long title | An Act to confer short titles on certain Acts of the Irish Parliament and to facilitate the citation of enactments by short titles. |
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Citation | 1951 c. 1 (N.I.) |
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Royal assent | 23 January 1951 |
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