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1E+WThe following abbreviations are used in this Table—
1899 | = The Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 1899 (c. 44). |
1923 (c. 24) | = The Housing &c. Act 1923. |
1935 (c. 40) | = The Housing Act 1935. |
1936 (c. 49) | = The Public Health Act 1936. |
1957 | = The Housing Act 1957 (c. 56) |
1958 | = The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 (c. 42). |
1959 (H) | = The House Purchase and Housing Act 1959 (c. 33). |
1959 (U) | = The Housing (Underground Rooms) Act 1959 (c. 34). |
1959 (c. 53) | = The Town and Country Planning Act 1959. |
1961 (c. 33) | = The Land Compensation Act 1961. |
1961 | = The Housing Act 1961 (c. 65). |
1961 (c. 64) | = The Public Health Act 1961. |
1963 (c. 33) | = The London Government Act 1963. |
1964 (c. 9) | = The Public Works Loans Act 1964. |
1964 | = The Housing Act 1964 (c. 56). |
1965 (c. 56) | = The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965. |
1965 (c. 75) | = The Rent Act 1965. |
1965 | = The Housing (Slum Clearance Compensation) Act 1965 (c. 81). |
1967 (c. 9) | = The General Rate Act 1967. |
1967 (c. 80) | = The Criminal Justice Act 1967. |
1968 (c. 13) | = The National Loans Act 1968. |
1968 (c. 23) | = The Rent Act 1968. |
1968 (c. 42) | = The Prices and Incomes Act 1968. |
1969 (c. 19) | = The Decimal Currency Act 1969. |
1969 | = The Housing Act 1969 (c. 33). |
1971 (c. 23) | = The Courts Act 1971. |
1971 | = The Housing Act 1971 (c. 76). |
1971 (c. 78) | = The Town and Country Planning Act 1971. |
1972 | = The Housing Finance Act 1972 (c. 47). |
1972 (c. 70) | = The Local Government Act 1972. |
1972 (c. 71) | = The Criminal Justice Act 1972. |
1973 (H) | = The Housing Amendment Act 1973 (c. 5). |
1974 (c. 7) | = The Local Government Act 1974. |
1974 (c. 39) | = The Consumer Credit Act 1974. |
1974 | = The Housing Act 1974 (c. 44). |
1975 | = The Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975 (c. 6). |
1975 (c. 24) | = The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. |
1975 (c. 72) | = The Children Act 1975. |
1975 (c. 76) | = The Local Land Charges Act 1975. |
1976 (c. 52) | = The Armed Forces Act 1976. |
1976 (c. 57) | = The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. |
1976 (c. 75) | = The Development of Rural Wales Act 1976. |
1976 (c. 80) | = The Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976. |
1977 (c. 42) | = The Rent Act 1977. |
1977 (c. 43) | = The Protection from Eviction Act 1977. |
1977 (c. 45) | = The Criminal Law Act 1977. |
1977 | = The Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48). |
1978 | = The Home Purchase Assistance and Housing Corporation Guarantee Act 1978 (c. 27). |
1978 (c. 30) | = The Interpretation Act 1978. |
1978 (I) | = The Home Insulation Act 1978 (c. 48). |
1980 (c. 43) | = The Magistrate’s Courts Act 1980. |
1980 | = The Housing Act 1980 (c. 51). |
1980 (c. 65) | = The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. |
1981 (c. 54) | = The Supreme Court Act 1981. |
1981 (c. 64) | = The New Towns Act 1981. |
1981 (c. 67) | = The Acquisition of Land Act 1981. |
1982 (c. 24) | = The Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982. |
1982 (c. 48) | = The Criminal Justice Act 1982. |
(1984 (c. 12) | = The Telecommunications Act 1984. |
1984 (c. 22) | = The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. |
1984 (c. 28) | = The County Courts Act 1984. |
1984 | = The Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29). |
1984 (D) | = The Housing Defects Act 1984 (c. 50). |
1985 (c. 9) | = The Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985. |
1985 (c. 51) | = The Local Government Act 1985. |
Subordinate legislation | |
S.I. 1972/1204 | = The Isles of Scilly (Housing) Order 1972. |
S.I. 1973/886 | = The Isles of Scilly (Housing) (No. 2) Order 1973. |
S.I. 1975/512 | = The Isles of Scilly (Housing) Order 1975. |
S.I. 1979/72 | = The Isles of Scilly (Functions) Order 1979. |
S.I. 1981/723 | = The Local Authority Contributions (Disposal of Dwellings) Order 1981. |
S.I. 1982/1109 | = The Crown Court Rules 1982. |
S.I. 1983/613 | = The Grants by Local Authorities (Eligible Expense Limits) Order 1983. |
S.I. 1983/1122 | = The Housing (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1983. |
2E+WThe Table does not show the effect of Transfer of Functions Orders.
3E+WThe letter R followed by a number indicates that the provision gives effect to the Recommendation bearing that number in the law Commission’s Report on the Consolidation of the Housing Acts (Cmnd. 9515).
4E+WA reference followed by “passim” indicates that the provision of the consolidation derives from passages within those referred to which it is not convenient, and does not appear necessary, to itemise.
5E+WThe entry “drafting” indicates a provision of a mechanical or editorial nature affecting the arrangement of the consolidation; for instance, a provision introducing a Schedule or introducing a definition to avoid undue repetition of the defining words.
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