Wales and Berwick Act 1746

Wales and Berwick Act 1746[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to enforce the Execution of an Act of this Session of Parliament, for granting to His Majesty several Rates and Duties upon Houses, Windows, or Lights.[2]
Citation20 Geo. 2. c. 42
Dates
Royal assent17 June 1747
Repealed1 January 1979
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Status: Repealed

The Wales and Berwick Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 42) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that created a statutory definition of England as including England, Wales and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

The walled garrison town of Berwick changed hands numerous times before the crowns of England and Scotland were united in 1603.

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ^ The Statutes: Revised Edition, 1871, vol 2, p 513.