The Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz 2 c 34) is an Act

Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom

An Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom is a type of legislation called primary legislation. These Acts are passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster, or by the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh....

 of the Parliament

Parliament

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 of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. It has never been amended. It was introduced because the existing system of citing Acts by session and chapter was considered "inconvienient".

Section 1

This section provides that the chapter number of every Act of Parliament passed on or after 1 January 1963 is assigned by reference to the calendar year

Calendar year

Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day. By convention, a calendar year consists of a natural number of days. To reconcile the calendar year with an astronomical cycle , certain years...

 in which it has been passed, instead of by reference to the session of parliament in which it has been passed.

It further provides that any such Act may be cited accordingly in any Act, instrument or document.

Parliamentary debates

• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1961/nov/13/acts-of-parliament-numbering-and-citation
• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1961/dec/20/acts-of-parliament-number-ing-and
• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1962/jan/25/acts-of-parliament-number-ing-and
• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1962/feb/28/business-of-the-house
• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1962/feb/28/acts-of-parliament-numbering-and
• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1962/may/24/business-of-the-house#S5CV0660P0_19620524_HOC_217
• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1962/jun/28/business-of-the-house#S5CV0661P0_19620628_HOC_211
• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1962/jul/04/acts-of-parliament-numbering-and
• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1962/jul/19/royal-assent

External links

• The Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, from the National Archives.