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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1939

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1939.

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.

2 & 3 Geo. 6

Continuing the fourth session of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 8 November 1938 until 23 November 1939.

Public general acts

Short titleCitationRoyal assent
Long title
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 4
28 February 1939
An Act to enable courts of law in Scotland to make orders as to the custody, maintenance and education of and access to minor children under the age of sixteen/
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 5
28 February 1939
An Act to extend the powers of the Board of Trade to give guarantees for the purpose of establishing or encouraging overseas trade.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 6
28 February 1939
An Act to authorise the Treasury to repay to the Bank of England sums advanced by that Bank to the National Bank of Czecho-Slovakia together with interest thereon, and to enable effect to be given to an agreement made between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of the Czecho-Slovak Republic and to an agreement made between His Majesty's said Government, the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Czecho-Slovak Republic.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 7
28 February 1939
An Act to amend the law with respect to the Issue Department of the Bank of England, the Exchange Equalisation Account and the issue and place of payment of Bank of England notes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 8
27 March 1939
An Act to amend the Defence Loans Act, 1937.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 9
27 March 1939
An Act to amend section twenty of the Mining Industry Act, 1920, and the enactments amending that section.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 10
27 March 1939
An Act to amend section twenty-eight, and subsection (3) of section nineteen, of the Bacon Industry Act, 1938.
(Repealed by Agriculture Act 1957)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 11
27 March 1939
An Act to postpone the making of payments out of certain banking accounts and certain transfers of securities and gold connected with the Czecho-Slovak Republic; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 12
29 March 1939
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 nine hundred and thirty-eight, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine and one thousand nine hundred and forty.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 13
29 March 1939
An Act to make further provision for the treatment of cancer, to authorise the Minister of Health to lend money to the National Radium Trust, to prohibit certain advertisements relating to cancer, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 14
29 March 1939
An Act to facilitate the establishment of a fund to check undue fluctuations in the sterling value of the Chinese dollar.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 15
28 April 1939
An Act to amend the Census of Production Act, 1906.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 16
28 April 1939
An Act to provide for regulating the business of dealing in securities; to restrict the registration of societies under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1893, and confer on the registrar of building societies further powers in relation to such societies; to make general provision for preventing fraud in connection with dealings in investments; and to provide for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 17
28 April 1939
An Act to provide, during twelve months, for the discipline and regulation of the Army and the Air Force.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 18
28 April 1939
An Act to amend the provisions of the Local Government Superannuation Act, 1937, and of the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Act, 1937, as to the local authorities to whom service must be rendered in order to constitute service for the purposes of those Acts respectively, to amend Part II of the First Schedule to the first-mentioned Act, and to provide for the admission to the benefits of that Act of certain employees of statutory undertakers who as such employees were entitled to the benefits of the Local Government and other Officers' Superannuation Act, 1922.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 19
25 May 1939
An Act to provide for the further protection of wild duck and wild geese.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 20
25 May 1939
An Act to provide for the transference of the functions of Scottish government departments to the Secretary of State, to make provision for the reorganisation of the General Board of Control for Scotland, and for purposes connected with the aforesaid matters.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 21
25 May 1939
An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to the limitation of actions and arbitrations.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 22
25 May 1939
An Act to promote and facilitate the construction, maintenance and management of camps of a permanent character.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 23
25 May 1939
An Act to amend the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, with respect to coal mine refuse liable to spontaneous combustion.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 24
25 May 1939
An Act to make further and temporary provision for enabling the reserve and auxiliary forces of the Crown to be called out for service as may be found necessary; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 25
26 May 1939
An Act to make temporary provision for rendering persons between the ages of twenty and twenty-one years liable to undergo training in the armed forces of the Crown; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 26
13 July 1939
An Act to extend the powers of the Charity Commissioners as respects fuel allotments.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 27
13 July 1939
An Act to regulate the making of arrangements by adoption societies and other persons in connection with the adoption of children; to provide for the supervision of adopted children by welfare authorities in certain cases; to restrict the making and receipt of payments in connection with the adoption of children; to amend section two of the Adoption of Children Act, 1926, and section two of the Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act, 1930; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 28
13 July 1939
An Act to amend the law relating to the disqualification for membership of county, town and district councils in Scotland, and to make provision with regard to the disability of members of such councils in relation to contracts and other matters in which they have a pecuniary interest.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 29
13 July 1939
An Act to amend the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1935 to 1938, and to provide for the payment of contributions under the National Health Insurance Act, 1936, and the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1936, in respect of holiday periods.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 30
13 July 1939
An Act to secure to the public access to mountains, moorlands and certain other land.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 31
13 July 1939
An Act to make further provision for civil defence and for purposes connected therewith.
(Repealed by Civil Contingencies Act 2004)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 32
13 July 1939
An Act to amend certain provisions of the Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 to 1938, relating to time limits.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 33
13 July 1939
An Act to facilitate marriages in cases where one party resides in Scotland and the other in England and to make further provision as respects notices of marriage between parties one of whom resides in Scotland or England.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 34
13 July 1939
An Act to amend the law relating to the constitution of marriage in Scotland.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 35
13 July 1939
An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of certain marriages.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 36
13 July 1939
An Act to exempt foreign plate more than one hundred years old from assay, stamping and marking.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 37
13 July 1939
An Act to amend the Wheat Act, 1932.
(Repealed by Agriculture Act 1957)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 38
13 July 1939
An Act to establish a Ministry of Supply and for purposes connected therewith.
(Repealed by Emergency Laws (Repeal) Act 1959)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 39
13 July 1939
An Act to make further and better provision for the protection of the coast of Great Britain against erosion; and for other purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 40
13 July 1939
An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to local government in London.
(Repealed by London Government Act 1963)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 41
28 July 1939
An Act to grant certain duties of Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise), to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise) and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 42
28 July 1939
An Act to provide for raising further money for the development of the postal, telegraphic and telephonic systems, and for raising money for the purpose of repaying to the Post Office Fund lied thereout for such development.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 43
28 July 1939
An Act to make provision for the prevention of damage by rabbits; and to amend the law relating to the use of poison and the use of spring traps above ground for the purpose of killing hares or rabbits.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 44
28 July 1939
An Act to provide for the regulation of house to house collections for charitable purposes; and for matters connected therewith.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 45
28 July 1939
An Act to remove the limitation imposed by subsection (2) of section five of the Mining Industry Act, 1920, upon the total amount of the salaries and remuneration of the staff and of the expenses of the Department of Mines in any year.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 46
28 July 1939
An Act to authorise certain payments out of the Exchequer to milk marketing boards in respect of certain milk; to extend the powers and vary the duties of such boards as to the making of payments or allowances to producers of milk, and in connection with approved arrangements for the sale of milk at reduced prices, and as to the manner in which moneys paid to the boards from the Exchequer are to be dealt with; and to extend the functions of consumers' committees in relation to milk marketing schemes, milk product marketing schemes and milk product development schemes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 47
28 July 1939
An Act to extend the powers of the Board of Trade to give guarantees for the purpose of establishing or encouraging overseas trade; to enable the Board to acquire and dispose of securities guaranteed by them under this Act or under the Export Guarantees Act, 1939, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 48
28 July 1939
An Act to provide for securing farmers against low prices for oats, barley and fat sheep, and for securing a market for barley, for promoting the ploughing up in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine of grass land and rendering it fit for arable crops, for the establishment of a reserve of agricultural machinery, for increasing the resources of any company formed for such purposes as are mentioned in the Agricultural Credits Act, 1928, to amend the Agricultural Returns Act, 1925, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 49
28 July 1939
An Act to provide for the making, in certain cases, of grants to, and to the widows and to the children of, persons who have been members of the House of Commons; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
(Repealed by House of Commons Members' Fund Act 2016)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 50
28 July 1939
An Act to prevent the commission in Great Britain of further acts of violence designed to influence public opinion or Government policy with respect to Irish affairs; and to confer on the Secretary of State extraordinary powers in that behalf; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 51
28 July 1939
An Act to amend the law with respect to the manner in which the public trustee may deal with certain trust moneys, to confirm the legality of certain dealings by the public trustee with such moneys and to require certain moneys in the hands of the public trustee to be paid into the Exchequer; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 52
4 August 1939
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 53
4 August 1939
An Act to amend the law with respect to customs in the Isle of Man.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 54
4 August 1939
An Act to make provision for the better organisation of the cotton industry and certain industries related thereto; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 55
4 August 1939
An Act to declare and amend the law as to the making of advances by building societies, as to the security taken for advances made by such societies, as to the payment of commissions in connection with the business of such societies and as to the liability of persons concerned in the administration of such societies; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 56
4 August 1939
An Act to provide for the inspection of riding establishments; and for other purposes connected therewith.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 57
4 August 1939
An Act to make provision for authorising the Board of Trade, in the event of war and in other circumstances, to undertake the insurance of ships and other goods; for the payment by the Board of Trade, in time of war, of compensation in respect of goods lost or damaged in transit; for requiring persons to insure goods against certain risks in time of war; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 58
4 August 1939
An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 1936, with respect to coal mine refuse liable to spontaneous combustion.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 59
4 August 1939
An Act to provide for the acquisition by the Secretary of State for Air of certain land in Middlesex, and for the stopping up of certain highways in Middlesex and Surrey; to confirm an agreement between the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London and the Secretary of State for Air relating to the extension of the site of Kenley Aerodrome; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 60
4 August 1939
An Act to facilitate the provision in Liverpool of public elementary school accommodation for senior children.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 61
4 August 1939
An Act to provide for the establishment of a corporation to be known as the British Overseas Airways Corporation; to facilitate the acquisition by that Corporation of certain air transport undertakings; to make further and better provision for the operation of air transport services, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 62
24 August 1939
An Act to confer on His Majesty certain powers which it is expedient that His Majesty should be enabled to exercise in the present emergency; and to make further provision for purposes connected with the defence of the realm.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 63
1 September 1939
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty, and to appropriate the further Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 64
1 September 1939
An Act to amend the law with respect to the application and financing of the Exchange Equalisation Account; to make postal orders and certain bank notes temporarily legal tender; and to make provision with respect to certain loans granted by the Bank of England.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 65
1 September 1939
An Act to apply prize law to aircraft; to amend and explain the enactments relating to prize; and to provide for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 66
1 September 1939
An Act to amend the Government of India Act, 1935.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 67
1 September 1939
An Act to confer on courts certain powers in relation to remedies in respect of the nonpayment of money and the non-performance of obligations (including powers in relation to bankruptcy and winding-up proceedings), and to make provision for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 68
1 September 1939
An Act to amend the law with respect to the conditions of service of members of the armed forces of the Crown.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 69
1 September 1939
An Act to provide for controlling the importation, exportation and carriage coastwise of goods and the shipment of goods as ships' stores; to provide for facilitating the enforcement of the law relating to the matters aforesaid and the law relating to trading with the enemy; and to provide for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 70
1 September 1939
An Act to impose restrictions on certain transactions in respect of ships and aircraft and parts of aircraft; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
(Repealed by Emergency Laws (Repeal) Act 1959)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 71
1 September 1939
An Act to continue and amend the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions, Acts, 1920 to 1938.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 72
1 September 1939
An Act to modify the rights and liabilities of landlords, tenants and other persons interested in land damaged by war.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 73
1 September 1939
An Act to empower local authorities to make fit for housing purposes buildings damaged by war, and for purposes connected therewith.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 74
1 September 1939
An Act to provide for the repair of buildings used for purposes essential to the welfare of the civil population, and the reinstatement of the plant of undertakings carried on for such purposes, where the buildings or plant are damaged by war.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 75
1 September 1939
An Act to provide for compensation in respect of action taken on behalf of His Majesty in the exercise of certain emergency powers; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 76
1 September 1939
An Act to make provision with respect to Regional Commissioners and other persons appointed for the purpose of securing the co-ordination of measures of civil defence.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 77
1 September 1939
An Act to make provision with respect to Ministers appointed in connection with the prosecution of war.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 78
1 September 1939
An Act to provide for the modification of the law relating to the administration of justice in the event of the outbreak or probability of war, and for purposes connected therewith.z
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 79
1 September 1939
An Act to provide for the modification of the law relating to the administration of justice in Scotland in the event of the outbreak or imminence of war and for purposes connected therewith.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 80
1 September 1939
An Act to modify the rights and liabilities of persons interested in and in Scotland damaged by war.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 81
3 September 1939
An Act to make provision for securing and controlling the enlistment of men for service in the armed forces of the Crown; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 82
3 September 1939
An Act to make provision as respects certain personal injuries sustained during the period of the present emergency.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 83
3 September 1939
An Act to make provision for the transfer to the Minister of Pensions of powers and duties with respect to pensions and grants vested in certain Naval, Military and Air Force authorities, to amend section nine of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1918, to make provision for awards in respect of war injuries to, and the detention of, mariners and other seafaring persons and war damage to their effects, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 84
3 September 1939
An Act to amend the law relating to national health insurance as respects the period of the present emergency, and to amend the law relating to widows', orphans' and old age contributory pensions as respects that period and as respects provisions against double pensions.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 85
3 September 1939
An Act to prevent membership of any of His Majesty's Forces being a disqualification for membership of the Commons House of Parliament.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 86
3 September 1939
An Act to enable His Majesty by Order in Council to extend to the Isle of Man Acts passed for purposes connected with the defence of the Realm.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 87
5 September 1939
An Act to enable the Admiralty to dispense, in certain cases, with the requirements of section five of the Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1865.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 88
5 September 1939
An Act to provide for the prolongation of the service of men of the Royal Marine forces.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 89
5 September 1939
An Act to impose penalties for trading with the enemy, to make provision as respects the property of enemies and enemy subjects, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 90
5 September 1939
An Act to provide for the prolongation of the service of certain men serving in the armed forces of the Crown.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 91
5 September 1939
An Act to make provision for the establishment of a National Register, for the issue of identity cards, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 92
5 September 1939
An Act to empower the Minister of Labour in case of war to modify or suspend the operation of any of the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1935 to 1939, and make provision with respect to any of the matters to which the said Acts relate, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 93
5 September 1939
An Act to empower the Minister of Labour in case of war to extend the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934, to additional classes of persons, and to modify or suspend any of the provisions of the said Act, and to make provision for the payment of allowances in an emergency.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 94
5 September 1939
An Act to make provision with respect to the war service of clerks and deputy clerks of the peace, coroners and persons employed by local and public authorities and certain undertakers, and to prevent persons being disqualified for membership of a local authority by reason of employment in civil defence service or being disqualified for such employment by reason of such membership.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 95
5 September 1939
An Act to enable war service to be treated as contributory service, approved external service or qualifying service for the purpose of the Teachers (Superannuation) Acts, 1918 to 1937, and for purposes connected therewith.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 96
5 September 1939
An Act to enable war service to be treated as service under any scheme framed in pursuance of the Education (Scotland) (Superannuation) Acts, 1919 to 1937.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 97
7 September 1939
An Act to make temporary provision for the exercise of powers, which are exercisable on the recommendation of the Import Duties Advisory Committee, without any such recommendation, and for the extension of certain powers of the Treasury and the Board of Trade in relation to duties of customs and excise and drawbacks thereof, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 98
7 September 1939
An Act to amend the provisions of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act, 1907, with regard to leave of absence to salaried sheriffs-substitute.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 99
7 September 1939
An Act to make temporary provision for the performance by other Commissioners or persons of any of the functions of the General Commissioners, the Additional Commissioners, or the Assessor for any division, area or parish.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 100
7 September 1939
An Act to make temporary provision for rendering inscribed stocks transferable by instrument in writing, and for extending, in certain circumstances arising from war, the time limited by the National Debt Act, 1870, for the payment of coupons.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 101
7 September 1939
An Act to authorise issues and transfers from the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom without the grant of credits by the Comptroller and Auditor-General, and to suspend the necessity for the countersignature by or on behalf of the Comptroller and Auditor-General to warrants authorising the issue of Treasury bills.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 102
7 September 1939
An Act to modify certain rights and liabilities with respect to goods lost or damaged by war.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 103
7 September 1939
An Act to make provision with respect to constables and firemen serving in His Majesty's forces during the period of the present emergency, to suspend the right of constables and firemen to retire on pension during that period, to provide that war injuries shall be deemed to be nonaccidental injuries for the purpose of enactments and other instruments relating to the pensions of constables and firemen, to amend section sixteen of the Fire Brigade Pensions Act, 1925, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 104
21 September 1939
An Act to confer on the Minister of Labour and National Service powers with respect to the control of employment during the present emergency; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 105
21 September 1939
An Act to provide for the modification of the law relating to the administration of justice in Northern Ireland as respects the period of the present emergency and for purposes connected therewith.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 106
21 September 1939
An Act to provide, in connexion with the present emergency, for amending the Universities and College Estates Act, 1925, and for extending the powers of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the Colleges therein to make statutes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 107
21 September 1939
An Act to make such special provision with respect to patents, registered designs, copyright and trade marks, as is expedient to meet any emergency which may arise as a result of war.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 108
21 September 1939
An Act to restrict the rights of mortgagees to obtain possession of mortgaged land; and to amend the Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1939.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 109
12 October 1939
An Act to increase certain duties of customs and excise; to increase the standard rate of income tax for the year 1939-40 and the higher rates of income tax for the year 1938-39 and to make certain other amendments in the Income Tax Acts; to increase the rates of estate duty; to impose an excess profits tax; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 110
12 October 1939
An Act to amend the provisions of the Solicitors Act, 1932, relative to the Disciplinary Committee.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 111
12 October 1939
An Act to modify the provisions of the Education Act, 1936, in relation to the coming into operation of sections one to six of that Act, and for purposes connected with the said modification.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 112
12 October 1939
An Act to modify the provisions of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1936, in relation to the coming into operation of section fourteen of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, and for purposes connected with the said modification.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 113
12 October 1939
An Act to confer on courts in Scotland certain powers in relation to remedies in respect of the non-payment of money and the non-performance of obligations (including powers in relation to bankruptcy and winding-up proceedings) and to make provision for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 114
12 October 1939
An Act to facilitate the execution of trusts during the period of the present emergency.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973)
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 115
31 October 1939
An Act to postpone elections of local authorities, to postpone the preparation of the register of electors, to suspend certain powers relating to the alteration of the areas or of the constitution of local authorities, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 116
31 October 1939
An Act to postpone the operation of the Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act, 1939.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 117
16 November 1939
An Act to confer on the Treasury powers to raise money and exchange securities, and for purposes connected therewith.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 118
16 November 1939
An Act to prevent the price of goods of such descriptions as may be specified by the Board of Trade being raised above a basic price for those goods by more than an amount referable to increases in certain specified expenses, and for purposes consequential thereon and incidental thereto.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 119
16 November 1939
An Act to make provision for promoting economy and efficiency in the carrying on under war conditions of the work of certain chartered and other bodies not being local authorities; for enabling certain Universities and colleges to adapt themselves to war conditions; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 120
23 November 1939
An Act to restrict the distribution of circulars, and the publication of advertisements, relating to the insurance of property against war risks, to provide for the imposition of certain conditions and requirements in cases where permission for such distribution or publication is granted, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 121
23 November 1939
An Act to amend section six of the Official Secrets Act, 1920.

Local acts

Short titleCitationRoyal assent
Long title
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. vi
27 March 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936[a] relating to Kirkcaldy Corporation.
 
Kirkcaldy Corporation Order 1939
Provisional Order to extend the boundaries of the royal burgh of Kirkcaldy to extend the limits of compulsory water supply to consolidate with amendments the Acts and Orders of or relating to the burgh and the gas electricity harbour water and omnibus undertakings thereof to confer further powers with respect to such undertakings and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. vii
27 March 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the South Staffordshire Joint Hospital District.
 
South Staffordshire Joint Hospital Order 1938[d]
Provisional order forming a united district under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. viii
27 March 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the borough of Blackburn.
(Repealed by County of Lancashire Act 1984 (c. xxi))
 
Blackburn Order 1938[e]
Provisional order amending certain local Acts and provisional orders.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. ix
27 March 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the borough of Hasting.
(Repealed by East Sussex Act 1981 (c. xxv))
 
Hastings Order 1939
Provisional order altering a local act.[b]
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. x
27 March 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the borough of Leyton.
(Repealed by Local Law (North East London Boroughs) Order 1965 (SI 1965/510))
 
Leyton Order 1939
Provisional Order amending certain local Acts.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xi
27 March 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the borough of Luton.
(Repealed by Luton Borough Council Act 1985 (c. xi))
 
Luton (Extension) Order 1939
Provisional Order made in pursuance of the Local Government Act 1933 for altering borough boundaries.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xii
27 March 1939
An Act to make provision in regard to the finance of the commissioners for the Harbour of Maryport and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xiii
28 April 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the borough of Colchester.
(Repealed by Essex Act 1987 (c. xx))
 
Colchester Order 1939
Provisional Order for partially repealing a local Act.[c]
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xiv
28 April 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the borough of Newbury.
(Repealed by Reading and Berkshire Water, &c. Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. xxxiii))
 
Newbury Order 1939
Provisional order altering a local Act and a provisional order.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xv
28 April 1939
An Act to extend the boundaries of the city and county of the city of Exeter and for other purposes.
(Repealed by Exeter City Council Act 1987 (c. xi))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xvi
25 May 1939
An Act to extend the limits of supply of the Conway Gas Company Limited and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xvii
25 May 1939
An Act to confer upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and other persons powers with reference to the churchyards appurtenant to the church of All Hallows Lombard Street in the city of London to provide for the extinguishment of rights of way and other rights over or in respect of certain lands to empower the said Commissioners to sell the said lands and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xviii
25 May 1939
An Act to confer further powers on and to change the name of the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xix
25 May 1939
An Act to confer further powers on the River Wear Commissioners and for other purposes.
(Repealed by Sunderland Corporation Act 1972 (c. xxii))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xx
25 May 1939
An Act to confer further powers on the South Wales Transport Company Limited with respect to their Mumbles pier undertaking and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxi
25 May 1939
An Act to confer borrowing powers on the corporation of London as port health authority of the Port of London to amend the Public Health (London) Act 1936 to vary the financial powers of the Corporation to make provision as to legal quays and election expenses and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxii
25 May 1939
An Act to establish a superannuation fund for certain of the staff of the London and North Eastern Railway Company to provide that payments thereout shall not be assignable or chargeable to provide for winding up the affairs of Thompson McKay and Company Limited and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxiii
25 May 1939
An Act to make further and better provision for the improvement health and local government of the urban district of Willenhall and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxiv
25 May 1939
An Act to confer powers upon the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Gosport relative to the acquisition and use of certain cliff lands and buildings and the pier and other premises at Lee-on-the-Solent in the said borough to extend the boundaries of the borough and to make further provision in regard to the undertakings of the said mayor aldermen and burgesses and the health local government and improvement of the borough and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxv
25 May 1939
An Act to provide for the pulling down of the Church of Saint Nicolas Millbrook in the county borough of Southampton for the sale of the same and the site and churchyard thereof and the use of such site and churchyard for building or otherwise and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxvi
25 May 1939
An Act to constitute and incorporate the trustees for Methodist Church Purposes and to vest in them the properties formerly vested in the trustees for Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Purposes (Registered) or in the trustees for United Methodist Church Purposes Registered and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxvii
25 May 1939
An Act to make further provision with regard to the superannuation fund of The King Edward the Seventh Welsh National Memorial Association and for other purposes.
(Repealed by National Health Service (Superannuation) Regulations 1947 (SR&O 1947/1755))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxviii
25 May 1939
An Act to empower the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company to acquire lands and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxix
25 May 1939
An Act to confer further powers on the presidents vice-presidents treasurer and governors of the Infant Orphan Asylum to change the name of the said Corporation and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxx
25 May 1939
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxi
25 May 1939
An Act to confer powers upon the corporations of Smethwick Oldbury Rowley Regis and Tipton in regard to certain tramways in their respective boroughs and to empower the said corporations to provide and work public service vehicles to confirm an agreement between the said corporations and the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited and for other purposes.
(Repealed by West Midlands County Council Act 1980 (c. xi))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxii
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxiii
13 July 1939

(Repealed by Dundee Harbour Act 1975 (c. xvii))
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxiv
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxv
13 July 1939

(Repealed by Kent Water Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xi))
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxvi
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxvii
13 July 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the Hailsham Water Company.
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxviii
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xxxix
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xl
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xli
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xlii
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xliii
13 July 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the Burnham Dorney and Hitcham Waterworks Company Limited.
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xliv
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xlv
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xlvi
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xlvii
13 July 1939

(Repealed by Oxfordshire Act 1985 (c. xxxiv))
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xlviii
13 July 1939

(Repealed by Tyne and Wear Act 1980 (c. xliii))
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xlix
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. l
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. li
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lii
13 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. liii
13 July 1939
An Act to empower the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Oswestry to execute street improvements and to acquire lands for that purpose and for purposes of their market undertaking to confer further powers upon the Corporation in regard to their water electricity and markets undertakings and the health local government and improvement of the borough and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. liv
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lv
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lvi
13 July 1939
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lvii
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lviii
13 July 1939
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lix
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lx
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxi
13 July 1939

(Repealed by Mid Glamorgan County Council Act 1987 (c. vii))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxii
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxiii
13 July 1939

(Repealed by Tyne and Wear Act 1980 (c. xliii))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxiv
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxv
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxvi
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxvii
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxviii
13 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxix
28 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxx
28 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxi
28 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxii
28 July 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the borough of Wembley.
(Repealed by Local Law (North West London Boroughs) Order 1965 (SI 1965/533))
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxiii
28 July 1939

(Repealed by County of Lancashire Act 1984 (c. xxi))
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxiv
28 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxv
28 July 1939
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the borough of Hemel Hempstead.
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxvi
28 July 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxvii
28 July 1939
An Act to confirm the construction by the Newquay and District Water Company of certain works to confer further powers upon the Company and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxviii
28 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxix
28 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxx
28 July 1939

(Repealed by Falmouth Docks Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. xl))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxi
28 July 1939
An Act to authorise the Bristol Waterworks Company to construct new works and to raise additional capital and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxii
28 July 1939
An Act to authorise the purchase of lands by the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Walsall to vest in them the common known as Delves Green and to make further provision with regard to their electricity gas and other undertakings and the health local government and improvement of the borough and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxiii
28 July 1939
An Act to confer further powers on the Southampton Harbour Board and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxiv
28 July 1939

(Repealed by Medway Conservancy Act 1963 (c. xxv))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxv
28 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxvi
28 July 1939
An Act to make further provision with respect to the transfer of lands to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty and for other purposes.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxvii
28 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxviii
28 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxix
28 July 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xc
4 August 1939
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xci
4 August 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcii
4 August 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xciii
4 August 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xciv
4 August 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcv
4 August 1939

(Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv))
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcvi
4 August 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcvii
4 August 1939
An Act to amend the enactments relating to streets buildings and structures in London.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcviii
4 August 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcix
4 August 1939

(Repealed by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44))
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. c
4 August 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. ci
4 August 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. cii
4 August 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. ciii
4 August 1939
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. civ
21 September 1939
 
 
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. cv
31 October 1939

(Repealed by Baird Trust Reorganisation Act 2005 (asp 11))
 
  1. ^ Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)
  2. ^ Hastings Corporation (General Powers) Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. lxxviii)
  3. ^ Colchester Town, Port and Navigation Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. cclxxxi)
  4. ^ Although passed in 1939, the short title is specified as the South Staffordshire Joint Hospital Order 1938.
  5. ^ Although passed in 1939, the short title is specified as the Blackburn Order 1938.

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3 & 4 Geo. 6

The fifth session of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 28 November 1939 until 20 November 1940.

Public general acts

Short titleCitationRoyal assent
Long title
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 1
14 December 1939
An Act to continue certain expiring laws.
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6))
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 2
14 December 1939
An Act to postpone the commencement of the House to House Collections Act, 1939,[a] the Marriage (Scotland) Act, 1939,[b] and certain provisions of the Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939,[c] to amend sections eight and fifteen of the last mentioned Act, and to amend the provisions of section one hundred and forty of the Law of Property Act, 1922,[d] with respect to the period within which applications may be made under that section.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52))

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