Dog Licences Act 1959
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Dog Licences Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 55) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the licensing of dogs in Great Britain.[1]
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments and Orders in Council relating to the licensing of dogs kept in Great Britain.
Citation7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 55
Territorial extent[b]
Royal assent16 July 1959
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate certain enactments and Orders in Council relating to the licensing of dogs kept in Great Britain. | ||||||||||||
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| Citation | 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 55 | ||||||||||||
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| Royal assent | 16 July 1959 | ||||||||||||
| Commencement | 16 October 1959[c] | ||||||||||||
| Repealed | 24 May 1988 | ||||||||||||
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Status: Repealed | |||||||||||||
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Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 16(1) of the act repealed eight enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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| 30 & 31 Vict. c. 5 | Dog Licences Act 1867 | The whole act. |
| 41 & 42 Vict. c. 15 | Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1878 | Section seventeen and sections nineteen to twenty-three. |
| 42 & 43 Vict. c. 21 | Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1879 | Section twenty-six. |
| 6 Edw. 7. c. 32 | Dogs Act 1906 | Section five. |
| 8 Edw. 7. c. 16 | Finance Act 1908 | In section six, in subsection (4), the word "dogs". |
| 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 35 | Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927 | Section eighteen. |
| 12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 47 | Finance Act 1949 | Section thirteen. |
| 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 56 | Finance Act 1958 | Section eleven. |
Subsequent developments
Section 16(1) of, and the schedule to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[3]
The whole act was repealed by section 41 of, and part IV of schedule 7 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which came into force on 24 May 1988.[4]
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