National Debt Act 1870

Long titleAn Act for consolidating, with Amendments, certain Enactments relating to the National Debt.

Citation33 & 34 Vict. c. 71

Territorial extentUnited Kingdom

Royal assent9 August 1870

National Debt Act 1870^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for consolidating, with Amendments, certain Enactments relating to the National Debt.
Citation	33 & 34 Vict. c. 71
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	9 August 1870
Commencement	9 August 1870[b]
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1883 National Debt Act 1889 Bank Act 1892 Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921 Government Annuities Act 1929 Finance Act 1937 Finance Act 1942 Bank of England Act 1946 Finance Act 1949 Statute Law Revision Act 1950 Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1955 Statute Law Revision Act 1960 Finance Act 1963 Statute Law Revision Act 1966 National Loans Act 1968 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 Bank of England Act 1998 Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 Irish Registers of Government Stock (Closure and Transfer) Order 2002 Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No. 2) Order 2004 Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No.3) Order 2004
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the National Debt Act 1870 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The National Debt Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the national debt of the United Kingdom.^[1]

As of 2026^[update], the act remains partly in force in the United Kingdom.^[2]