Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn Act to amend so much of the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774, as relates to Manufactories of Turpentine: for extending the provisions of the said Act, so amended, to Manufactories of Pitch, Tar and Turpentine, throughout that part of Great Britain called England;[1] [and for indemnifying the Proprietor of a Turpentine Manufactory in Potter's Fields in the Borough of Southwark, against the Penalties he may be liable to under the said Act; and for excepting, for a limited Time, his said Manufactory from the Provisions herein contained.][lower-alpha 1]
Citation25 Geo. 3. c. 77
Dates
Royal assent20 July 1785
Other legislation
Repealed byCriminal Law Act 1967
Status: Repealed

The Fires Prevention Act 1785[2] or the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1785[3] (25 Geo. 3. c. 77) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

This Act was partly repealed by section 2[4] of the Limitations of Actions and Costs Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 97).

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 13(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 4 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Title

The title from "and for indemnifying" to the end of the title was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

Preamble

The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

Section 1

This section from the beginning of the section to "repealed and that", and from "of debt" to "information" and from "at Westminster" to "allowed" was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

In this section, the words of commencement were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Section 3

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.

Section 5

This section, from "be it" to "enacted that" was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.

Section 4

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.

Section 6

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

Notes

  1. ↑ This part of the short title was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

References

  1. ↑ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  2. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  3. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  4. ↑ A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Fifth and Sixth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1842. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1842. pp. 990–991 – via Google Books.


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