Advances for Public Works Act 1840
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Long titleAn Act to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of the Poor.
Citation3 & 4 Vict. c. 10
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom
Royal assent14 April 1840
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of the Poor. |
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| Citation | 3 & 4 Vict. c. 10 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 April 1840 |
| Commencement | 14 April 1840[a] |
| Repealed | 1 April 1876 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) |
| Repealed by | Public Works Loans Act 1875 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Advances for Public Works Act 1840 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to provide the necessary authorization for the provision of money (exchequer bills) to further public works and for the Employment of the Poor.[1]
The whole act was repealed by section 57 of, and the third schedule to, the Public Works Loans Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55).
