Sunday Closing (Wales) Act 1881

Sunday Closing (Wales) Act 1881
Long titleAn Act to prohibit the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday in Wales.
Citation44 & 45 Vict. c. 61
Territorial extent Wales
Dates
Royal assent27 August 1881
Repealed1 January 1911
Other legislation
Repealed byLicensing (Consolidation) Act 1910
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Sunday Closing (Wales) Act 1881 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Licensing Acts 1828 to 1886.[1] It required the closure of all public houses in Wales on Sundays. The Act had considerable political importance as a formal acknowledgement of the separate character of Wales, setting a precedent for future legislation and decisions. It was repealed in 1911.

  1. ^ The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2