List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1897

This is an incomplete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1897. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.

All modern acts have a short title, e.g. the Local Government Act 2003. Some earlier acts also have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

60 & 61 Vict.

The third session of the 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 19 January 1897 until 6 August 1897.

Public general acts

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Local Government Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 1	16 February 1897
An Act to amend the Law as to Qualifications for Elections to Parish Councils and as to the Annual Assembly of the Parish Meeting.

County Dublin Surveyors Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 2	29 March 1897
An Act to amend the Law relating to the appointment of Surveyors in the County of Dublin.

Army (Annual) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 3	29 March 1897
An Act to provide, during Twelve Months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army.

Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 4	29 March 1897
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

Voluntary Schools Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 5	8 April 1897
An Act to provide for a Grant out of the Exchequer in Aid of Voluntary Elementary Schools, and for the Exemption from Rates of those Schools, and to repeal part of Section Nineteen of the Elementary Education Act, 1876.

Military Lands Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 6	8 April 1897
An Act to amend the Military Lands Act, 1892.

Military Works Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 7	8 April 1897
An Act to provide for defraying the Expenses of certain Military Works and other Military Services.

Trusts (Scotland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 8	3 June 1897
An Act to amend the Trusts (Scotland) Act, 1867, Amendment Act, 1887.

Archdeaconry of Cornwall Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 9	3 June 1897
An Act to amend the Law as to the Endowment of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall.

East India Company's Officers Superannuation Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 10	3 June 1897
An Act to remove doubts as to the power of the Secretary of State in Council of India to grant Superannuation and Compensation Allowances in certain cases to Officers on his Establishment.

Regular and Elders' Widows' Funds Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 11	3 June 1897
An Act to make provision for the transfer of the Assets, Liabilities, and Management of the Regular Widows' Fund and of the Elders' Widows' Fund to the Secretary of State in Council of India, and for other purposes in relation thereto.

Railway Assessors (Scotland) Superannuation Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 12	3 June 1897
An Act to provide Superannutiation Allowances for the Assessor of Railways and Canals in Scotland, and the Clerks and other Officers permanently employed by him.

Edinburgh University (Transfer of Patronage) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 13	3 June 1897
An Act for transferring the right of Presentation to the Professorships of Botany and Natural History in the University of Edinburgh.

Metropolitan Police Courts (Holidays) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 14	3 June 1897
An Act for enabling the Metropolitan Police Courts to be closed on Special Bank Holidays.

Navy and Marines (Wills) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 15	3 June 1897
An Act to amend the Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1865.

Elementary Education Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 16	3 June 1897
An Act to amend Section Ninety-seven of the Elementary Education Act, 1870.

Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 17	3 June 1897
An Act to provide for an Appeal in Ireland in Cases stated by Justices in certain Civil Matters.

Juries Detention Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 18	15 July 1897
An Act to permit Juries to separate in cases of Felony.

Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 19	15 July 1897
An Act to amend the Law regarding Preferential Payments in the case of Companies.

Quarter Sessions Jurors (Ireland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 20	15 July 1897
An Act to provide for the relief of Jurors from unnecessary attendance at Courts of Quarter Sessions in Ireland.

Mersey Channels Act 1897 (repealed)	60 & 61 Vict. c. 21	15 July 1897
An Act to make Rules for preventing Collisions in the Sea Channels leading to the River Mersey. (Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1995)

Market Gardeners Compensation (Scotland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 22	15 July 1897
An Act to amend the Provisions of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1883, so far as they relate to Market Gardens.

Extraordinary Tithe Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 23	15 July 1897
An Act to remove Doubts arising under the Extraordinary Tithe Redemption Act, 1886.

Finance Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 24	15 July 1897
An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue.

Patent Office (Extension) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 25	6 August 1897
An Act for the acquisition of Land for the Extension of the Patent Office, and for purposes connected therewith.

Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 26	6 August 1897
An Act for transferring the Expenses of Police Courts to the Metropolitan Police Fund, and for making provision with respect to the Courts of the Stipendiary Magistrate of Chatham and Sheerness.

Public Offices (Whitehall) Site Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 27	6 August 1897
An Act for the acquisition of a Site for Public Offices in or near Whitehall, and for other purposes connected therewith.

Poor Law Officers Superannuation Act Amendment Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 28	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Poor Law Officers Superannuation Act, 1896, as respects Female Nurses appointed after the commencement of the said Act.

Poor Law Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 29	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the borrowing of Money by Guardians and Managers of District Schools and Asylums, and to explain the Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867.

Police (Property) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 30	6 August 1897
An Act to make further provision with respect to the Disposal of Property in the Possession of the Police.

Cleansing of Persons Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 31	6 August 1897
An Act to permit Local Authorities to provide Cleansing and Disinfection for Persons infested with Vermin.

School Board Conference Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 32	6 August 1897
An Act to provide for Expenses incurred by School Boards in relation to School Board Conferences.

Isle of Man (Church Building and New Parishes) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 33	6 August 1897
An Act to remove doubts as to the applicability of the Church Building Acts and New Parishes Acts to the Isle of Man.

Municipal Elections (Scotland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 34	6 August 1897
An Act to enable Returning Officers at Municipal Elections in Scotland to take the use of certain rooms free of charge.

Naval Works Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 35	6 August 1897
An Act to make further provision for the Construction of Works in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for the purposes of the Royal Navy.

Out-door Relief (Ireland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 36	6 August 1897
An Act to make temporary provision for the Relief of Distress in Ireland.

Workmen's Compensation Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 37	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Law with respect to Compensation to Workmen for accidental Injuries suffered in the course of their Employment.

Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 (repealed)	60 & 61 Vict. c. 38	6 August 1897
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Public Health in Scotland. (Repealed by Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008)

Yorkshire Coroners Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 39	6 August 1897
An Act to constitute the Ridings of Yorkshire separate Counties for all the purposes of the Coroners Acts.

Local Government (Joint Committees) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 40	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Local Government Act, 1894, with regard to Joint Committees for the purposes of the Burial Acts.

Post Office and Telegraph Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 41	6 August 1897
An Act to make provision with respect to the Delivery of Telegrams, Guarantees by Parish Councils in Scotland, and the Pensions of certain Persons employed in the Telegraph Service.

Metropolitan Police (Borrowing Powers) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 42	6 August 1897
An Act to extend the powers of the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

Military Manoeuvres Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 43	6 August 1897
An Act to facilitate Military Manoeuvres.

District Councils (Water Supply Facilities) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 44	6 August 1897
An Act for giving facilities for a pure water supply in rural districts.

Archdeaconry of London (Additional Endowment) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 45	6 August 1897
An Act to make further provision for the Endowment of the Archdeaconry of London.

Weights and Measures (Metric System) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 46	6 August 1897
An Act to legalise the Use of Weights and Measures of the Metric System.

Volunteer Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 47	6 August 1897
An Act to declare the Effect of the Provisions of the Volunteer Act, 1863, with respect to Rules for Volunteer Corps.

Stipendiary Magistrates Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 48	6 August 1897
An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of Stipendiary Magistrates in Scotland.

Parish Councils Casual Vacancies (Scotland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 49	6 August 1897
An Act to make better provision for filling up Casual Vacancies in Parish Councils in Scotland.

Licensing Amendment (Scotland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 50	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Licensing (Scotland) Acts, 1828 to 1887.

Public Works Loans Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 51	6 August 1897
An Act to grant Moneys for the purpose of certain Local Loans, and to amend the Law respecting the Local Loans Fund and Loans made thereout, and for other purposes relating to Local Loans.

Dangerous Performances Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 52	6 August 1897
An Act to extend the Age under which the Employment of Young Persons in dangerous Performances is prohibited.

Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 53	6 August 1897
An Act to provide for the administration of sums available for the improvement of congested districts in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 54	6 August 1897
An Act to continue various Expiring Laws.

Wicklow Harbour Advances Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 55	6 August 1897
An Act to make provision with respect to Advances for the benefit of Wicklow Harbour.

Metropolis Water Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 56	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Law respecting the Metropolitan Water Companies.

Infant Life Protection Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 57	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Law for the better Protection of Infant Life.

Cotton Cloth Factories Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 58	6 August 1897
An Act to give power to make Regulations with respect to Cotton Cloth Factories.

Merchant Shipping Act 1897 (repealed)	60 & 61 Vict. c. 59	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, with respect to the Power of Detention for undermanning. (Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1995)

Chaff-Cutting Machines (Accidents) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 60	6 August 1897
An Act for the Prevention of Accidents by Chaff-Cutting Machines.

Merchant Shipping (Exemption from Pilotage) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 61	6 August 1897
An Act to remove certain Exemptions from Compulsory Pilotage.

Education (Scotland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 62	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the provisions of Section Sixty-seven of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1872, in regard to the additional grant to School Boards, and to provide out of the Exchequer an aid grant for Voluntary Schools in Scotland, and for the Exemption from Bates of those Schools.

Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 63	6 August 1897
An Act to prohibit the Importation of Foreign Prison-made goods.

Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 64	6 August 1897
An Act to amend Sections Pour and Eight of the Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1865.

Land Transfer Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 65	6 August 1897
An Act to establish a Real Representative, and to amend the Land Transfer Act, 1875.

Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 66	6 August 1897
An Act to amend the Judicature (Ireland) Acts, 1877 to 1888 ; and to provide for the union and consolidation of the Court of Bankruptcy in Ireland with the Supreme Court; and for other purposes connected therewith.

Appropriation Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 67	6 August 1897
An Act to apply a sura out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

Local acts

Short title		Citation	Royal assent
Long title

London (Borough Road Southwark) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. i	19 January 1897^[a]
An Act to confirm a Provision ORder made by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 relating to Lands in the Parish of St. George the Martyr Southwark.
	Order to enable the London County Council to put in force the powers of the Lands Clauses Acts with respect to the purchase and taking of land otherwise than by agreement for the purposes of Part III of the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890.

Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 15) Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cxlii	19 January 1897^[a]

	Bradford (Yorks) Order 1897 Provisional Order for partially repealing a Confirming Act.
	Heywood Order 1897
	Liverpool Order (No. 2) 1897 Provisional Order for altering certain Local Acts.
	Nelson Order 1897
	Wigan (Stock) Order 1897 Provisional Order for partially repealing and altering a Local Act.
	Wigan Order 1897

Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 16) Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cxliii	19 January 1897^[a]

	Aberystwyth Order 1897
	Barrow-in-Furness Order 1897
	Birmingham Order 1897
	Bootle Order 1897
	Swansea Order 1897

Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cxcii	6 August 1897
An Act for incorporating the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway Company and for empowering them to construct an Underground Railway from Piccadilly Circus to South Kensington and for other purposes.

Nottingham Corporation Water Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cc	6 August 1897
An Act to empower the Corporation of Nottingham to construct additional Waterworks and for other purposes.

Cardiff Railway Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccvii	6 August 1897
An Act for empowering the Bute Docks Company to construct certain Railways for conferring upon that Company certain running powers for empowering them to construct a Low Water Pier for changing the name of the Company and for authorising the Company to raise Additional Capital and for other purposes.

Harrogate Corporation (Waterworks Transfer) Act 1897 (repealed)		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxxxvii	6 August 1897
An Act to authorise the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Harrogate to purchase the Undertaking of the Harrogate Waterworks Company and for other purposes. (Repealed by Harrogate Stray Act 1985 (c. xxii))

Nottingham Improvement Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxxxviii	19 January 1897^[a]


North Metropolitan Tramways Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxxxix	19 January 1897^[a]


Weston-super-Mare Tramways Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxl	19 January 1897^[a]


Manchester Corporation Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxli	19 January 1897^[a]


London County Council (Improvements) Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxlii	19 January 1897^[a]


Dearne Valley Railway Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxliii	19 January 1897^[a]


Southwark and Vauxhall Water Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxliv	19 January 1897^[a]


Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxlv	19 January 1897^[a]


Coventry Electric Tramways Act 1897 (repealed)		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxlvi	19 January 1897^[a]
(Repealed by West Midlands County Council Act 1980 (c. xi))

Metropolitan District Railway Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxlvii	6 August 1897
An Act for empowering the Metropolitan District Railway Company to construct an Underground Railway from near Earl's Court Station to the Mansion House Station City to authorise them to work that railway and their existing railway by electricity to extend the time limited for the completion of the Acton Junction Railway of the Company and for the compulsory purchase of lands for and for the completion of the Ealing and South Harrow Railway and for other purposes.

Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxlviii	19 January 1897^[a]


Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxlix	19 January 1897^[a]


Highgate Woods Preservation Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccl	19 January 1897^[a]


Watford, Edgware and London Railway Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccli	19 January 1897^[a]


London County Council (General Powers) Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cclii	19 January 1897^[a]


City of Birmingham Tramways Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccliii	19 January 1897^[a]


Norwich Electric Tramways Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. ccliv	19 January 1897^[a]


Salford Corporation Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cclv	19 January 1897^[a]


Harrow and Uxbridge Railway Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cclvi	19 January 1897^[a]


Whitechapel and Bow Railway Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cclvii	19 January 1897^[a]


Cowes Harbour Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cclviii	19 January 1897^[a]


Colwyn Bay and Colwyn Urban District Council Act 1897 (repealed)		60 & 61 Vict. c. cclix	19 January 1897^[a]
(Repealed by Clwyd County Council Act 1985 (c. xliv))

Bradford Tramways and Improvement Act 1897		60 & 61 Vict. c. cclx	19 January 1897^[a]

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Private and personal acts

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Suttie's Trust Estate Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 1	15 July 1897
An Act to vary the purposes of the Trust Disposition and Settlement of the late Robert Suttie Writer in Edinburgh to authorise the execution of the purposes as so varied and for other purposes.

Gonne Estate Act 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 2	6 August 1897
An Act for ascertaining and determining the Estates Rights and Interests of the several persons interested in the Residuary Real and Personal Estate of Charles Gonne Esquire deceased and for modifying certain possible Interests thereby given to unascertained and (at present) unascertainable Persons.

Thompson's Divorce Act 1897^[a]	60 & 61 Vict. c. 3	8 April 1897
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Agnes Weir Thompson the wife of Abraham Thompson of Belfast in the County of Antrim Solicitor with the said Abraham Thompson and to enable her to marry again and for other purposes.

Peacocke's Divorce Act 1897^[a]	60 & 61 Vict. c. 4	15 July 1897
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Beatrice Anna Caroline Isabella Peacocke the wife of Leslie Tufnell Peacocke with the said Leslie Tufnell Peacocke and to enable her to marry again and for other purposes.

Sinclair's Divorce Act 1897^[a]	60 & 61 Vict. c. 5	6 August 1897
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Alfred Law Sinclair of Holyhill Strabane County Tyrone a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Staff Corps with Isabella Sinclair his wife and to enable him to marry again and for other purposes.

Vanston's Divorce Act 1897^[a]	60 & 61 Vict. c. 6	6 August 1897
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend William Samuel Vanston of 111 Rathgar Road in the County of Dublin Clerk in Holy Orders with Henrietta Maria Vanston his now wife and to enable him to marry again and for other purposes.

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References

External links

The Public General Statutes, Volume 34: 60 & 61 Victoria – 1897. 1897 – via Internet Archive.

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