Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962

Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to provide for the numbering and citation of future Acts of Parliament by reference to the calendar year in which they are passed.
Citation10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34
Introduced byViscount Kilmuir (the Lord Chancellor) (Lords)
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent19 July 1962
Commencement19 July 1962
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has never been amended. It was introduced because the existing system of citing Acts by session and chapter was considered "inconvenient".

Provisions

Section 1

This section provides that the chapter number of every Act of Parliament passed on or after 1 January 1963 is assigned by reference to the calendar year in which it has been passed, instead of by reference to the session of parliament in which it has been passed.

It further provides that any such Act may be cited accordingly in any Act, instrument or document.

Section 2

This section authorises the citation of this Act by a short title.

See also



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