Short Titles Act 1892

Short Titles Act 1892[1]
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to facilitate the Citation of sundry Acts of Parliament.
Citation55 & 56 Vict. c. 10
Introduced byThe Lord Chancellor[2]
Dates
Royal assent20 May 1892
Commencement20 May 1892[3]
Repealed20 July 1896
Other legislation
Repealed byThe Short Titles Act 1896, s 4
Status: Repealed

The Short Titles Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 10) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It authorised the citation of earlier Acts by short titles and collective titles. It is replaced by the Short Titles Act 1896.

The Act conferred short titles on 851 Acts which were passed between 1351 and 1881.[4][5] The earliest of these Acts was the Treason Act 1351 and the most recent was the Post Office (Newspaper) Act 1881.[6]

The Bill for this Act was described as "a very useful measure".[7][8] Courtney Ilbert said that the Act proved useful both by facilitating reference to statutes and by reducing the length and cost of legal documents that involved references to statutes.[9] Herbert Percival said that the short titles authorised by this Act were convenient.[10]

As to the effect of this Act on the Betting Act 1853, see Powell v Kempton Park Racecourse.[11] As to the short title of the Legacy Duty Act 1796, see Scott v Scott.[12] As to the use of the expression "income tax" by this Act, see London County Council v Attorney General.[13]

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 2 of this Act. Due to the repeal of this Act, it is now authorised, for the United Kingdom, by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978, and, for the Republic of Ireland, by section 3 of the Short Titles Act 1896.
  2. ^ HL Deb vol 1, col 413
  3. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  4. ^ Short Titles Act 1892, 55 & 56 Vict. c. 10, s. 1 & First Schedule.
  5. ^ Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 705.
  6. ^ "Obiter Dicta" (1892) 27 The Law Journal 375
  7. ^ "Obiter Dicta" (1892) 27 The Law Journal 159
  8. ^ "Short Titles to Statutes" (1893) 26 Irish Law Times and Solicitors Journal 159
  9. ^ Ilbert, C P. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901. Reprinted by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2008. Pages 75 and 76. Digitized copy from Google Books.
  10. ^ Herbert Percival (ed). A Handbook of Practical Forms. By Henry Moore. Third Edition. William Clowes and Sons. London. 1890. Page v.
  11. ^ [1899] AC 143 [1] [2]; (1899) 68 LJQB 392; (1899) 18 Cox CC 561; 18 Magistrates' Cases 149; [1897] 2 QB 297; (1897) 66 LJQBNS 601; (1897) 77 Law Times Reports 1. See further Halsbury's Laws of England, 1st Ed, 1913, vol 27, p 120
  12. ^ (1914) 110 LT 809 at 810
  13. ^ (1900) 17 TLR 131 at 133. See further, Harris and de Cogan (eds), Studies in the History of Tax Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, 2015, vol 7, p 3