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1E+WThe following abbreviations are used in this Table:—
| 1946 c. 35 = | The Building Restrictions (War-Time Contraventions) Act 1946 |
| 1951 c. 60 = | The Mineral Workings Act 1951 |
| 1953 c. 49 = | The Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 |
| 1958 c. 69 = | The Opencast Coal Act 1958 |
| 1969 c. 22 = | The Redundant Churches and Other Religious Buildings Act 1969 |
| 1969 c. 48. = | The Post Office Act 1969 |
| 1971 c. 78 = | The Town and Country Planning Act 1971 |
| 1972 c. 5 = | The Local Employment Act 1972 |
| 1972 c. 42 = | The Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972 |
| 1972 c. 70 = | The Local Government Act 1972 |
| 1973 c. 26 = | The Land Compensation Act 1973 |
| 1973 c. 37 = | The Water Act 1973 |
| 1973 c. 41 = | The Fair Trading Act 1973 |
| 1974 c. 7 = | The Local Government Act 1974 |
| 1974 c. 32 = | The Town and Country Amenities Act 1974 |
| 1974 c. 36 = | The Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1974 |
| 1975 c. 24 = | The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 |
| 1975 c. 10 = | The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 |
| 1975 c. 71 = | The Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 |
| 1975 c. 76 = | The Local Land Charges Act 1975 |
| 1977 c. 29 = | The Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1977 |
| 1977 c. 38 = | The Administration of Justice Act 1977 |
| 1977 c. 40 = | The Control of Office Development Act 1977 |
| 1977 c. 45 = | The Criminal Law Act 1977 |
| 1977 SI/293 = | The Local Authorities Etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1977 |
| 1978 c. 30 = | The Interpretation Act 1978 |
| 1979 c. 46 = | The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 |
| 1980 c. 43 = | The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 |
| 1980 c. 65 = | The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 |
| 1980 c. 66 = | The Highways Act 1980 |
| 1981 c. 36 = | The Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 |
| 1981 c. 38 = | The British Telecommunications Act 1981 |
| 1981 c. 41 = | The Local Government and Planning (Amendment) Act 1981 |
| 1981 c. 43 = | The Disabled Persons Act 1981 |
| 1981 c. 54 = | The Supreme Court Act 1981 |
| 1981 c. 64 = | The New Towns Act 1981 |
| 1981 c. 66 = | The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 |
| 1981 c. 67 = | The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 |
| 1981 c. 69 = | The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 |
| 1982 c. 16 = | The Civil Aviation Act 1982 |
| 1982 c. 21 = | The Planning Inquiries (Attendance of Public) Act 1982 |
| 1982 c. 30 = | The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 |
| 1982 c. 48 = | The Criminal Justice Act 1982 |
| 1982 c. 52 = | The Industrial Development Act 1982 |
| 1982 SI/86 = | The Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 (Commencement No 1) Order 1982 |
| 1983 c. 47 = | The National Heritage Act 1983 |
| 1984 c. 10 = | The Town and Country Planning Act 1984 |
| 1984 c. 12 = | The Telecommunications Act 1984 |
| 1984 c. 32 = | The London Regional Transport Act |
| 1985 c. 9 = | The Companies (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 |
| 1985 c. 19 = | The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) Act 1985 |
| 1985 c. 51 = | The Local Government Act 1985 |
| 1985 c. 52 = | The Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1985 |
| 1985 c. 71 = | The Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 |
| 1986 c. 31 = | The Airports Act 1986 |
| 1986 c. 63 = | The Housing and Planning Act 1986 |
| 1986 c. 44 = | The Gas Act 1986 |
| 1986 SI/452 = | The Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) (No 4) Order 1986 |
| 1987 c. 3 = | The Coal Industry Act 1987 |
| 1988 c. 4 = | The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 |
| 1988 c. 40 = | The Education Reform Act 1988 |
| 1988 c. 50 = | The Housing Act 1988 |
| 1989 c. 15 = | The Water Act 1989 |
| 1989 c. 29 = | The Electricity Act 1989 |
| 1989 c. 34 = | The Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 |
| 1989 c. 42 = | The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 |
| 1989 c. 43 = | The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 |
| 1990 SI/465 = | The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) Order 1990 |
| 1990 SI/776 = | The Local Government Finance (Repeals, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 1990 |
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