Currency Act 1982

1982 CHAPTER 3

An Act to replace section 1(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1967 so as to sanction references to the new penny as the penny.

[2nd February 1982]

1 Denominations of money.U.K.

(1)The denominations of money in the currency of the United Kingdom shall be the pound sterling and the penny or new penny, being one hundredth part of a pound sterling.

(2)Section 1(1) of the M1Decimal Currency Act 1967 (which is superseded by subsection (1) above) is hereby repealed.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of s. 1(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

2 Short title.U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Currency Act 1982.