Government Legislation (Spartacus Educational)

Government Legislation Sites:

1874 Factory Act 1874 Factory Act: Reduced the working schedule a half-an-hour daily in textile factories. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1874.htm 1844 Railway Act 1844 Railway Act: Required each company to run one passenger train daily at the cheap rate of one penny a mile (1.6 km), provide carriage seats that offered protection from bad weather. Includes details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RA1844.htm 1817 Gagging Acts 1817 Gagging Acts: Banned meetings of over fifty people and instructed magistrates to arrest everyone suspected of spreading libel. Includes cartoon and brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRgagging.htm 1891 Factory Act 1891 Factory Act: Prohibited employment of women within four weeks after confinement and raised the minimum age at which a child could work from ten to eleven. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1891.htm 1871 Trade Union Act 1871 Trade Union Act: Secured the legal status of trade unions. Includes brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Ltrade.htm 1715 Riot Act 1715 Riot Act: Stated it was a serious crime for members of a crowd of twelve or more people to refuse to disperse within an hour of being ordered to do so by a magistrate. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lriot.htm 1834 Poor Law Act 1834 Poor Law Act: Established provision for building of work houses, their supervision and conditions. Includes details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lpoor1834.htm 1869 Municipal Franchise Act 1869 Municipal Franchise Act: Extended the vote to women ratepayers in local elections and also enabled women to serve as Poor Law Guardians. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lmunicipal.htm 1774 Gaol Act 1774 Gaol Act: Abolished gaolers' fees and suggested ways for improving the sanitary state of prisons and the better preservation of the health of prisoners. Includes brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lgaol74.htm 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act: Passed by Parliament and granted freedom to all slaves in the British Empire. Includes brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lslavery33.htm 1835 Municipal Reform Act 1835 Municipal Reform Act: [ Delete ]. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lmunicipal35.htm 1804 Corn Laws 1804 Corn Laws: Imposed a duty on imported corn. Includes excerpts from the writings of several authors. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRcorn.htm 1833 Factory Act 1833 Factory Act: Attempted to establish a normal working day in a single department of industry or textile manufacture. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1833.htm 1913 Trade Union Act 1913 Trade Union Act: Gave unions the right to divide subscriptions into political and social funds. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Ltrade13.htm 1886 Guardianship of Infants Act 1886 Guardianship of Infants Act: Gave women more chance of achieving custody of her children after being divorced. Includes brief text. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wcustody.htm 1844 Factory Act 1844 Factory Act: Reduced the hours of work for children between eight and thirteen to six and a half a day. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1844.htm 1870 Education Act 1870 Education Act: Divided the country into about 2500 school districts, gave ratepayers authority to elect school boards, allowed school boards the right to make their own by-laws and granted women the right to vote for board candidates. Includes details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Leducation70.htm 1885 Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 Criminal Law Amendment Act: Raised the age of consent from thirteen to sixteen, strengthened existing legislation against prostitution and proscribed all homosexual relations. Includes brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lconsent.htm 1815 Stamp Act 1815 Stamp Act: Increased tax on British newspapers to 4d. a copy. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lstamp.htm 1850 Factory Act 1850 Factory Act: Slightly increased the weekly working hours from fifty-eight to sixty, while rendering the enforcement of the definite working day practically secure. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1850.htm 1802 Factory Act 1802 Factory Act: Applied principally, though not exclusively, to protect the health and morals of apprentices in cotton and woolen mills. Includes brief details of regulations. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1802.htm 1927 Trade Disputes and Trade Union Act 1927 Trade Disputes and Trade Union Act: Outlawed general strikes and sympathetic strikes, and banned civil servants from joining unions. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Ltrade27.htm 1807 Abolition of Slavery Act 1807 Abolition of Slavery Act: Law that forced British captains to pay a £100 for every slave found on board. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lslavery07.htm 1936 Public Order Act 1936 Public Order Act: Gave the Home Secretary the power to ban marches in the London area and also made it an offense to wear political uniforms and use threatening and abusive words. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lpublic.htm Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act: Allowed peaceful picketing to take place during industrial disputes. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lconspiracy.htm 1916 Military Service Act 1916 Military Service Act: Mandated conscription (compulsory enrollment) in the army. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lconscription.htm 1839 Infant Custody Act 1839 Infant Custody Act: Gave mothers the right of custody of their children under seven for the first time, but only if the Lord Chancellor agreed to it, and only if the mother was of good character. Includes brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wcustody39.htm 1751 Gin Act 1751 Gin Act: Increased duties on gin. The sale by distillers and shopkeepers was now strictly controlled. Includes brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lgin.htm 1902 Education Act 1902 Education Act: Abolished all 2568 school boards and handed over their duties to local boroughs or county councils. Became major political issue. Includes background information. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Leducation1902.htm 1846 Corn Law Act 1846 Corn Law Act: Reduced the duty on oats, barley and wheat to the insignificant sum of one shilling per quarter. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lcorn46.htm 1825 Combination Act 1825 Combination Act: Defined the rights of trade unions as meeting to bargain over wages and conditions. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lcombination25.htm 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act: Allowed divorce through the law courts, instead of the slow and expensive business of a private act of Parliament. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmatrimonial.htm 1924 Housing Act 1924 Housing Act: Developed a partnership between political parties, local authorities and specially appointed committees of building employees and employers. Planned for building of 190,000 new council houses at modest rents in 1925. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lhousing24.htm 1847 Factory Act 1847 Factory Act: Limited the hours of work to sixty-three per week from the 1st of July 1847, and to fifty-eight per week, from the 1st of May 1848. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1847.htm 1828 Test & Corporation Acts 1828 Test & Corporation Acts: [ Delete ]. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Ltest.htm 1911 National Insurance Act 1911 National Insurance Act: Gave the British working classes the first contributory system of insurance against illness and unemployment. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Linsurance1911.htm 1867 Masters and Servants Act 1867 Masters and Servants Act: Narrowly defined the rights of trade unions as meeting to bargain over wages and conditions. Includes brief text. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lmasters.htm 1906 Provision of School Meals Act 1906 Provision of School Meals Act: Permitted local authorities to provide school meals. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lmeals.htm 1906 Trades Disputes Act 1906 Trades Disputes Act: Removed trade union liability for damage by strike action. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Ldisputes.htm 1911 Parliament Act 1911 Parliament Act: Prevented the House of Lords right to pass "money bills" and restricted their ability to delay other legislation to three sessions of parliament. Also reduced the maximum length of time between general elections from seven years to five and prov (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/L1911.htm 1871 Universities Tests Act 1871 Universities Tests Act: Opened both Oxford and Cambridge to members of all religions. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Luniversities.htm 1823 Gaol Act 1823 Gaol Act: Introduced regular visits by prison chaplains, the payment of gaolers, prohibition of irons, and assignment of women warders to women prisoners. Includes brief background text. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lgaol.htm 1882 Married Women's Property Act 1882 Married Women's Property Act: Under its terms married women had the same rights over their property as unmarried women. Includes brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wproperty.htm Catholic Emancipation Catholic Emancipation: Presents details of attempts made to obtain full political and civil liberties to British and Irish Roman Catholics. Includes drawing by J. Doyle. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRcatholic.htm 1819 Six Acts 1819 Six Acts: Six measures enacted by Parliament to suppress radical newspapers and meetings, as well as reduce the possibility of an armed uprising. Includes details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRsix.htm 1913 Cat & Mouse Act 1913 Cat & Mouse Act: Refers to a means of dealing with women prisoners' hunger strikes. Includes postcard and brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wcat.htm 1908 Old Age Pensions Act 1908 Old Age Pensions Act: Provided between 1s. and 5s. a week to people over seventy. These pensions were only paid to citizens on incomes that were not over 12s. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lold.htm 1825 Combination Acts 1825 Combination Acts: Imposed limitations on the right to strike. Includes drawing by Thomas Rowlandson. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lcombination.htm 1867 Factory Act 1867 Factory Act: Restricted the hours during which children, young persons and women could work in any manufacturing process in an establishment which employed fifty or more persons. Includes brief summary. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1867.htm 1864 Contagious Diseases Act 1864 Contagious Diseases Act: Allowed policeman to arrest prostitutes in ports and army towns and bring them in to have compulsory checks for venereal disease. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wcontagious.htm 1914 Defence of the Realm Act 1914 Defence of the Realm Act: Gave the government emergency powers to requisition property, apply censorship, control labour and removed traditional civil liberties. Includes brief text. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Ldefence1914.htm 1801 Act of Union 1801 Act of Union: Policy to deal with religious conflicts in Ireland by uniting the country with the rest of Britain under a single Parliament. Includes brief details. (Government Legislation) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRunion.htm