List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1956

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1956.

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.

4 & 5 Eliz. 2

For the earlier acts of 4 & 5 Eliz. 2, see List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 § 4 & 5 Eliz. 2.

Continuing the first session of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 7 June 1955 until 5 November 1956.

Public general acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Leeward Islands Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 23	15 March 1956
An Act to constitute the Presidencies of the Leeward Islands separate colonies and confer upon Her Majesty power to make, or to authorize the making of, emergency laws therefor and to establish courts therefor; to amend the West Indian Court of Appeal Act, 1919; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Children and Young Persons Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 24	15 March 1956
An Act to extend the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, and the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937, with respect to escapes from the care of fit persons, from approved schools and from remand homes or special reception centres. (Repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54))
Therapeutic Substances Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 25	15 March 1956
An Act to consolidate the Therapeutic Substances Act, 1925, and the Therapeutic Substances (Prevention of Misuse) Acts, 1947 to 1953. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993)
Police (Scotland) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 26	15 March 1956
An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to police forces in Scotland and to the execution of warrants in the border counties of England and Scotland. (Repealed by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77))
Charles Beattie Indemnity Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 27	15 March 1956
An Act to indemnify Charles Beattie, Esquire, from any penal consequences which he may have incurred by sitting and voting as a member of the House of Commons while holding the office or place of member of certain panels constituted in pursuance of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946, and the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1946, or of member of an appeal tribunal constituted in pursuance of the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 1948. (Repealed by Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15))
Agricultural Research Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 28	15 March 1956
An Act to make provision with respect to agricultural research. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998)
Dentists Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 29	15 March 1956
An Act to amend the law relating to dentists.
Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 30	15 March 1956
An Act to amend and consolidate certain enactments in Scotland relating to food and drugs, and for purposes connected therewith.
Pakistan (Consequential Provision) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 31	15 March 1956
An Act to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Pakistan and persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Pakistan, in view of Pakistan's becoming a Republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth.
Consolidated Fund Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 32	28 March 1956
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 fifty-five, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six and one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964)
Housing Subsidies Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 33	28 March 1956
An Act to make provision with respect to contributions in connection with housing accommodation.
Criminal Justice Administration Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 34	28 March 1956
An Act to make new arrangements as to the administration of criminal justice in Lancashire and matters connected therewith, and to amend the law of England and Wales as to recorders and courts of quarter sessions in boroughs, as to the retirement or removal of chairmen and deputy chairmen of quarter sessions and of stipendiary magistrates in London, as to the liability of boroughs to contribute to the costs of magistrates' courts and courts of quarter sessions for the county and as to the constitution for purposes of appeals of the court of quarter sessions for the county of London, to make further provision about shorthand notes taken on trials on indictment, and to transfer to the Lord Chancellor or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster certain functions of the Secretary of State and to the Rule Committee of the Supreme Court the power to make rules of court under the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, and rules under the Indictments Act, 1915.
Validation of Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 35	28 March 1956
An Act to validate the election to the Senate of Northern Ireland of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sacheverell Carleton Richardson and the election to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland of Doctor Eileen Mary Hickey, The Right Honourable Sir William McCleery, Knight, Doctor Robert Samuel Nixon, and Captain The Right Honourable Sir Norman Stronge, Baronet, notwithstanding their holding certain offices; to indemnify the persons aforesaid from any penal consequences which they may have incurred by sitting and voting as members of the said Senate or House of Commons while holding those offices; and to indemnify the estate of the late Henry Fleming, Esquire, from any penal consequences which may have been incurred by him by sitting and voting as a member of the said Senate while holding a certain office. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969)
Local Authorities (Expenses) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 36	28 March 1956
An Act to enable local authorities to defray certain expenses in connection with official and courtesy visits; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
Licensing (Airports) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 37	17 May 1956
An Act to exempt international airports from the restrictions on the times at which intoxicating liquor may be sold or supplied. (Repealed by Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26))
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 38	17 May 1956
An Act to amend the memorandum of association of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited; validate certain debenture stock issued by that company, and, in connection therewith, amend a deed made by it for securing debenture stock issued by it; and authorise the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to make further advances to that company for the purpose of increasing its guarantee fund.
Pensions (Increase) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 39	17 May 1956
An Act to provide for increases in certain pensions; and to amend the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924, the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1944 and 1947, the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1952, and the Second Schedule to the Pensions (India, Pakistan and Burma) Act, 1955. (Repealed by Pensions Increase Act 1971 (c. 56))
Local Government (Street Works) (Scotland) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 40	17 May 1956
An Act to authorise local authorities in Scotland to contribute to the expenses incurred by frontagers and others in connection with the construction, maintenance or making up of private streets, new streets and footways. (Repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 20))
Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 41	17 May 1956
An Act to amend the enactments relating to solicitors and for purposes connected therewith.
Occasional Licences and Young Persons Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 42	5 July 1956
An Act to amend the law with respect to occasional licences. (Repealed by Licensing Act 1961 (c. 61))
Local Government Elections Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 43	5 July 1956
An Act to provide for the simultaneous holding of elections of rural district councillors and parish councillors; to require the expenses incurred in relation to the holding of elections of parish councillors to be paid by the council of the rural district within which the parish is situate; to provide for excluding certain days in computing the period of time within which elections to fill casual vacancies occurring in the offices of county, borough and district councillor and elective auditor are required to be held; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Magistrates' Courts (Appeals from Binding Over Orders) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 44	5 July 1956
An Act to amend the law relating to orders of justices of the peace requiring persons to enter into recognisances to keep the peace or be of good behaviour.
Small Lotteries and Gaming Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 45	5 July 1956
An Act to authorise the conduct of small lotteries for other than private gain by societies for raising money for charitable, sporting and other purposes and to amend the law with respect to gaming; and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Betting Duties Act 1963 (c. 3))
Administration of Justice Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 46	5 July 1956
An Act to amend the law relating to Admiralty jurisdiction, legal proceedings in connection with ships and aircraft and the arrest of ships and other property, to make further provision as to the appointment, tenure of office, powers and qualifications of certain judges and officers, to make certain other amendments of the law relating to the Supreme Court and the county courts and of the law relating to the enforcement of certain judgments, orders and decrees, to enable certain funds in court in the Lancashire Chancery Court to be transferred to the official trustees of charitable funds or the Church Commissioners, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
National Insurance Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 47	5 July 1956
An Act to provide for altering the extent to which deductions from widows' benefits and retirement pensions under the National Insurance Act, 1946, are to be made in respect of earnings. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965 (c. 55))
Sugar Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 48	5 July 1956
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Sugar Board, and to make provision as to the functions and finances of the Board, including provision for a surcharge on sugar and molasses and provision for distributing any surplus revenues of the Board; to make further provision as respects the British Sugar Corporation Limited, to dissolve the Sugar Commission, and otherwise to make new provision as respects the sugar industry in, and the importation of sugar and related goods into, the United Kingdom; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 49	5 July 1956
An Act to provide for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons employed in agriculture and certain other occupations and the avoidance of accidents to children arising out of the use, in connection with agriculture, of vehicles, machinery or implements; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Family Allowances and National Insurance Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 50	5 July 1956
An Act to increase the rate of certain allowances under the Family Allowances Acts, 1945 and 1952; to extend the definition of a child for the purposes of those Acts, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1954, and the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1955; to amend the provisions of the said Acts of 1946 to 1954 and 1946 to 1955 with respect to benefits payable to widows; to validate certain marriages for the purposes of the Acts aforesaid; to make provision with respect to reciprocal arrangements with other countries in connection with family allowances; to authorise a local authority to whose care a person has been committed by an order of any court under the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, or the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937, to entrust the care and control of that person to a parent, guardian, relative or friend; to permit such a person to be treated as included in a family for the purposes of family allowances while the control of that person is so entrusted; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54))
Workmen's Compensation and Benefit (Supplementation) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 51	5 July 1956
An Act to provide for the payment of allowances out of the Industrial Injuries Fund with a view to supplementing workmen's compensation and benefit, and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1967 (c. 34))
Clean Air Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 52	5 July 1956
An Act to make provision for abating the pollution of the air. (Repealed by Clean Air Act 1993)
Teachers (Superannuation) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 53	5 July 1956
An Act to amend the Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1898, the Teachers (Superannuation) Acts, 1918 to 1946, and so much of the Education (Scotland) Acts, 1939 to 1953, as relates to superannuation and to the employment of teachers over the age of sixty-five years; and for purposes connected therewith.
Finance Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 54	2 August 1956
An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, to authorise advances out of the Consolidated Fund to nationalised industries and undertakings, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.
Appropriation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 55	2 August 1956
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 fifty-seven and to appropriate the further supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964)
Transport (Disposal of Road Haulage Property) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 56	2 August 1956
An Act to amend the provisions of the Transport Act, 1953, relating to the disposal by the British Transport Commission of the property held by them for the purposes of the existing road haulage undertaking (including the provisions as to the transport levy and the Transport Fund), to extend certain enactments relating to holding companies to the British Transport Commission, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Transport Act 1962)
Slum Clearance (Compensation) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 57	2 August 1956
An Act to make additional provision for payments in respect of certain unfit houses subject to compulsory purchase, clearance, demolition or closing orders; and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1959)
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 58	2 August 1956
An Act to make provision with respect to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Science and Technology Act 1965 (c. 4))
Underground Works (London) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 59	2 August 1956
An Act to vest in the Minister of Works certain underground works constructed in London during the recent war as air-raid shelters, together with other works connected therewith and land adjacent to those works; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 60	2 August 1956
An Act to amend the law regarding valuation and rating in Scotland; to amend the provisions of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954, with respect to the payment of Exchequer Grants to local authorities in Scotland and with respect to the apportionment of the expenditure of joint bodies among their constituent authorities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Coal Industry Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 61	2 August 1956
An Act to extend the power of the Minister of Fuel and Power to make advances to the National Coal Board for capital purposes; and to alter the financial year of the National Coal Board. (Repealed by Coal Industry Act 1965 (c. 82))
Hotel Proprietors Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 62	2 August 1956
An Act to amend the law relating to inns and innkeepers.
British Caribbean Federation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 63	2 August 1956
An Act to provide for the federation of certain West Indian colonies and for the transfer, to a court established for the purposes of the federation, of the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal established by the West Indian Court of Appeal Act, 1919, and the dissolution of that Court; to provide for conferring on the first-mentioned court jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from the courts of colonies which are not for the time being included in the federation and to repeal the British Honduras (Court of Appeal) Act, 1881; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Governors' Pensions Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 64	2 August 1956
An Act to amend the Pensions (Governors of Dominions, &c.) Acts, 1911 to 1947. (Repealed by Governors' Pensions Act 1957)
Public Works Loans Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 65	2 August 1956
An Act to grant money for the purpose of certain local loans out of the Local Loans Fund. (Repealed by Public Works Loans Act 1964 (c. 9))
Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 66	2 August 1956
An Act to change to public health inspectors the designation of sanitary inspectors appointed under the Local Government Act, 1933, or the London Government Act, 1939.
Road Traffic Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 67	2 August 1956
An Act to amend the law relating to road traffic (including driving licences, lighting and insurance), the provision of parking places, the regulation of public service vehicles and the licensing of goods vehicles; and for purposes connected therewith.
Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 68	2 August 1956
An Act to provide for the registration and judicial investigation of certain restrictive trading agreements, and for the prohibition of such agreements when found contrary to the public interest; to prohibit the collective enforcement of conditions regulating the resale price of goods, and to make further provision for the individual enforcement of such conditions by legal proceedings; to amend the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Acts, 1948 and 1953; to provide for the appointment of additional judges of the High Court and of the Court of Session; and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Sexual Offences Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 69	2 August 1956
An Act to consolidate (with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949) the statute law of England and Wales relating to sexual crimes, to the abduction, procuration and prostitution of women and to kindred offences, and to make such adaptations of statutes extending beyond England and Wales as are needed in consequence of that consolidation.
Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 70	2 August 1956
An Act to amend the law with regard to notice of marriages intended to be celebrated or contracted in Scotland.
Overseas Resources Development Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 71	2 August 1956
An Act to make new provision as to the functions of the Colonial Development Corporation, including provision in respect of past activities of the said Corporation; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Overseas Resources Development Act 1959)
Hill Farming Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 72	2 August 1956
An Act to extend the time within which livestock rearing land improvement schemes may be submitted under the Hill Farming Act, 1946, increase the maximum amount that may be paid in the aggregate by way of grants in respect of the cost of work done in accordance with such schemes and extend the time within which the said maximum may be further increased by order of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State; and to prolong the powers under that Act of those Ministers to make subsidy payments in respect of hill sheep and hill cattle.
Crown Estate Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 73	5 November 1956
An Act to provide for the reconstitution of the Commissioners of Crown Lands under the name of the Crown Estate Commissioners; to transfer to the Lord Privy Seal and the Secretary of State certain powers of the Treasury under section thirty-two of the Crown Lands Act, 1851, in its application to the said Commissioners, and to make new provision as to the annual report of the said Commissioners; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. (Repealed by Crown Estate Act 1961)
Copyright Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 74	5 November 1956
An Act to make new provision in respect of copyright and related matters, in substitution for the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1911, and other enactments relating thereto; to amend the Registered Designs Act, 1949, with respect to designs related to artistic works in which copyright subsists, and to amend the Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act, 1925; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Education (Scotland) Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 75	5 November 1956
An Act to amend the Education (Scotland) Act, 1946, and certain other enactments relating to education in Scotland and for purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Education (Scotland) Act 1962)
Medical Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 76	5 November 1956
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to medical practitioners with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949. (Repealed by Medical Act 1983)

Local acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Monmouthshire County Council Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxi	15 March 1956
Crosby Corporation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxii	15 March 1956
(Repealed by County of Merseyside Act 1980 (c. x))
Blyth Generating Station (Ancillary Powers) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxiii	15 March 1956
An Act to confer further powers upon the Central Electricity Authority for the construction of ancillary works in connection with the proposed Blyth generating station and for the acquisition of lands and easements for the purposes thereof or in connection therewith and for other purposes.
Dundee Corporation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxiv	15 March 1956
An Act to confer further powers on the corporation of the city and royal burgh of Dundee with respect to their transport undertaking and for other purposes. (Repealed by Dundee Corporation (Consolidated Powers) Order Confirmation 1957 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. iv))
Archdeacon Johnson's Almshouse Charity (Oakham and Uppingham) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxv	28 March 1956
An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity called Archdeacon Johnson's Almshouse Charity, in the Parishes of Oakham and Uppingham, in the County of Rutland.
	Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charity in the county of Rutland:— The Charity called Archdeacon Johnson's Almshouse Charity, in the Parishes of Oakham and Uppingham in the county of Rutland.
Baptist Chapel and Other Charities (Totnes and Tuckenhay) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxvi	28 March 1956
An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity known as the Baptist Chapel and other Charities at Totnes and Tuckenhay in the County of Devon.
	Baptist Chapel and Other Charities (Totnes and Tuckenhay) Scheme 1956
Leigh Almshouse, Stoneleigh and other Charities Scheme Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxvii	28 March 1956
An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of certain Charities in the Parish of Stoneleigh, in the County of Warwick.
	Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charities, in the county of Warwick:— The Almshouse of Thomas Leigh, knight, and of Alice, his wife, comprised in the following instruments:— Letters Patent of Grant of 28th June 1577. Deed Poll dated the 1st March 1579; The Almshouses for Poor Widows, founded by Deed of Gift dated 9th May 1855; The Share of the net yearly income of Alicia Duchess of Dudley's Charity which is applicable under the provisions of a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners of the 13th June 1879 as amended by a Scheme of the said Commissioners of the 6th January 1885 for the benefit of the Almspeople of the Charity numbered 1 above and the Poor of Stoneleigh.
Greenock Burgh Extension, &c. Order Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxviii	28 March 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Greenock Burgh Extension &c.
	Greenock Burgh Extension, &c. Order 1956 Provisional Order to extend the boundaries of the burgh of Greenock and for other purposes.
Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Colne Valley Sewerage Board) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxxix	28 March 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Housing and Local Government relating to the Colne Valley Sewerage Board.
	Colne Valley Sewerage (No. 2) Order 1955 Provisional Order altering a local act.
Gloucestershire County Council Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xl	28 March 1956
Swansea Corporation (Fairwood Common) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xli	28 March 1956
Roxburgh County Council (Ale Water) Order Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlii	17 May 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Roxburgh County Council (Ale Water).
	Roxburgh County Council (Ale Water) Order 1956 Provisional Order to exempt the county council of the county of Roxburgh from certain provisions of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 to repeal the provisions of the Kelso Water Order 1911 relating to the supply of water to the Kelso District Committee and for other purposes.
Castle Gate Congregational Church Burial Ground (Nottingham) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xliii	17 May 1956
Ipswich Dock Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xliv	17 May 1956
St. Stephen Walbrook (St. Antholin's Churchyard) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlv	17 May 1956
Elder Yard Chapel Chesterfield Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlvi	17 May 1956
Tees Conservancy Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlvii	17 May 1956
(Repealed by Tees and Hartlepools Port Authority Act 1966 (c. xxv))
Barry Corporation (Barry Harbour) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlviii	17 May 1956
Leicester Corporation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlix	17 May 1956
City of London (Various Powers) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. l	17 May 1956
Sion College Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. li	17 May 1956
An Act to reconstitute and confer new powers upon Sion College within the city of London and for other purposes. (Repealed by Sion College Act 1981 (c. xiv))
Pontypool Water Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lii	17 May 1956
Frances Barker and certain other Charities (City of York) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. liii	5 July 1956
An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity of Frances Barker and certain other Charities in the City of York.
	Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charities, being certain of the Municipal Charities, in the City of York, which Charities are comprised in one or more Schemes of the Charity Commissioners dated the 14th March 1902, 18th August 1916, 9th August 1921, 30th June 1922, 17th June 1923, 24th February 1925, 20th January 1933, 28th February 1936, 17th March 1939, 3rd October 1941 and 1st February 1952:— The Charity of Frances Barker for Non-Educational Purposes; The Charity of Sir Martin Bowes; The Charity of George Buck; The Charity known as St. Catherine's Hospital (including the subsidiary Charities of John Hartley, James Luntley, Henry Myers, Green Simpson and Charles Yates); Clifton Parish Land Charity; Cordwainers' Pension Charity (including the subsidiary Charity of Mark Buller); The Charity of James Cotterill; The Charity Known as the Cremitt Money; The Charity of Fabian Farley; The Charity of Lancelot Foster; The Charity called The Thomas Fothergill Home for Working Men; The Charity called The Thomas Fothergill Home for Working Women; The Charity of Rawlins Gould; The Charity of John Hartley; The Charity of Landy Sarah Hewley; The Charity of Christopher Hutton for Non-Educational Purposes; The Charity known as Sir Arthur Ingram's Hospital (including the subsidiary Charity of Eve Atkinson); The Charity of the Reverend Charles Jackson; The Charity of Peter Johnson; The Charity of Bridget Lawrence; The Charity of Arthur Lawson; The Charity of Doctor Joseph Loveland; The Charity consisting of the three gifts of James Melrose; The Charity called Mrs. Ann Middleton's Hospital (including the subsidiary Charities of Stephen Beckwith, John Richard and Edward Hill, Mary Winfield Lambert, William Monckton, Thomas Norfolk, Frances Pool, Green Simpson and George Townend); The Charity of Mary Musgrave; The Charity of Henry Myers; The Charity of Richard North; The Charity of Richard Pickard; The Charity of Catherine Ramsden for Non-Educational purposes; The Charity of Thomas Rogerson; The Charity known as the York Soup Kitchen; The Charity known as the Terry Memorial Homes; The Charity known as St. Thomas' Hospital (including the subsidiary Charities of Stephen Beckwith, John Hartley, James Luntley, Green Simpson and George Townend); Sir Henry Thompson's Pension Charity (including the subsidiary Charities of John Girdler and Thomas Norfolk); The Charity known as Turners Gift; The Charity of John Vaux; The Charity of Thomas Harry Walker; The Charity of Ann Watson; The Charity known as Sir Robert Watter's Hospital (including the subsidiary Charity of Marion Bellerby); The Charity known as Sir Robert Watter's Gift; The Charity of William Weddall; The Charity of Sir Thomas White; The Charity known as Whiteheads Gift; The Charity called the Sisters Wilson's Home; The Charity of James Woodhouse; The Charity of William Wright.
Consolidated Municipal Charity and certain other Charities (Ludlow) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. liv	5 July 1956
	Consolidated Municipal Charity and certain other Charities (Ludlow) Scheme 1956
Hospital of Robert Earl of Leicester Charity (Warwick) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lv	5 July 1956
	Hospital of Robert Earl of Leicester Charity (Warwick) Scheme 1956
Sutton's Hospital (Charterhouse) Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lvi	5 July 1956
	Sutton's Hospital (Charterhouse) Charity Scheme 1956
Advocates' Widows' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lvii	5 July 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to the Advocates' Widows' Fund. (Repealed by Advocates' Widows' and Orphans' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1968 (c. xiv))
	Advocates' Widows' Fund Order 1956 Provisional Order for amending and extending the Act 11 Geo. 4 c. xli (local) intituled "An Act to raise a Fund for Provisions to Widows of the Members of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland" with respect to the investment of the said Fund and for other purposes.
Glasgow Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lviii	5 July 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Glasgow Corporation.
	Glasgow Corporation Order 1956 Provisional Order to amend the provisions of the Glasgow Police Act 1866 as to hackney carriages and the drivers thereof to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of lands for certain purposes by the corporation of the city of Glasgow to authorise the Corporation to borrow money for their tramway undertaking to make provision as to the powers of the Trustees of the Ure Elder Fund for Indigent Widow Ladies and for other purposes.
Dover Corporation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lix	5 July 1956
(Repealed by County of Kent Act 1981 (c. xviii))
Bristol Corporation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lx	5 July 1956
North East Surrey Crematorium Board Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxi	5 July 1956
London County Council (Money) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxii	5 July 1956
Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxiii	5 July 1956
An Act to empower the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company to raise additional capital to confer further powers on the Company and for other purposes.
Bedford Corporation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxiv	5 July 1956
An Act to make further provision with regard to the letting of houses in the borough of Bedford and for other purposes. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995)
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company's Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxv	5 July 1956
An Act to repeal the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company's Acts 1878 to 1939 to confer powers on the Company with respect to the carrying on of its business and the regulation of its affairs and for other purposes.
Tyne Tunnel Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxvi	5 July 1956
An Act to authorise a variation of certain works authorised by the Tyne Tunnel Act 1946 and to extend the time for the construction of certain other works authorised by that Act to confer further borrowing and other powers on the Durham County Council and on the Northumberland County Council to empower the Councils to discontinue and abandon the ferry across the river Tyne known as the Jarrow-Howdon Ferry and for other purposes.
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxvii	5 July 1956
An Act to amend the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals Act 1949 to confer further powers on the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals and for other purposes.
London Necropolis Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxviii	5 July 1956
An Act to confer further powers upon the London Necropolis Company Limited and for other purposes.
Millport Piers (Amendment) Order Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxix	2 August 1956
	Millport Piers (Amendment) Order 1956
Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxx	2 August 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Aberdeen Harbour. (Repealed by Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1960 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. i))
	Aberdeen Harbour Order 1956 Provisional Order to extend the period of duration of the Aberdeen Harbour Acts 1895 to 1953.
Pier and Harbour Order (Great Yarmouth Port and Haven) Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxi	2 August 1956
	Great Yarmouth Port and Haven Order 1956
Pier and Harbour Order (Wisbech Port and Harbour) Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxii	2 August 1956
	Wisbech Port and Harbour Order 1956
Huddersfield Corporation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxiii	2 August 1956
(Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv))
British Transport Commission Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxiv	2 August 1956
Leeds Corporation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxv	2 August 1956
Croydon Corporation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxvi	2 August 1956
London County Council (General Powers) Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxvii	2 August 1956
Rugby Corporation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxviii	2 August 1956
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995)
Chertsey Urban District Council Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxix	2 August 1956
(Repealed by Surrey Act 1985 (c. iii))
Manchester Ship Canal Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxx	2 August 1956
An Act to empower the Manchester Ship Canal Company to execute works and to acquire lands to extend the time limited for the construction by the Company of certain railways to increase certain tolls rates and charges leviable by the Company to confer further powers upon the Company of borrowing money and to enact other financial provisions to confer further powers with regard to the superannuation fund of the Company and the payment of pensions and benefits to confer further powers upon the Company and for other purposes.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxi	2 August 1956
(Repealed by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Town Moor Act 1988 (c.xxi))
Liverpool Overhead Railway Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxii	2 August 1956
An Act to provide for the closing of the Liverpool overhead railway and for the winding up and dissolution of the Liverpool Overhead Railway Company to confirm an agreement between the Company and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and for other purposes.
Manchester Corporation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxiii	2 August 1956
Walthamstow Corporation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxiv	2 August 1956
Barnsley Corporation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxv	2 August 1956
Rhyl Urban District Council Act 1956 (repealed)			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxvi	2 August 1956
(Repealed by Clwyd County Council Act 1985 (c. xliv))
Fylde Water Board Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxvii	2 August 1956
Felixstowe Dock and Railway Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxviii	2 August 1956
An Act to empower the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company to construct new works to define and extend the limits of the dock to make provision with respect to the rates leviable by the Company in respect of the dock to convert the existing share capital into stock and to authorise the raising of additional capital by the Company to re-enact with amendments certain provisions relating to the Company and to confer further powers on the Company and for other purposes.
Heywood and Middleton Water Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxxix	2 August 1956
Middlesex County Council Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xc	2 August 1956
Cammell Laird and Company Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xci	2 August 1956
An Act to empower Cammell Laird and Company (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Limited to acquire Rock Ferry Pier and to construct new works in the river Mersey and for other purposes.
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xcii	2 August 1956
Grayson Rollo and Clover Docks Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xciii	2 August 1956
South of Scotland Electricity Order Confirmation Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xciv	5 November 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to South of Scotland Electricity.
	South of Scotland Electricity Order 1956 Provisional Order to consolidate the local enactments applying to the South of Scotland Electricity Board with such amendments as are required to facilitate consolidation and secure a uniform statutory code applicable throughout the South of Scotland District to confer further powers on the said Board and for other purposes.

Private and personal acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Willoughby de Broke Estate Act 1956			4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 2	28 March 1956
An Act for enabling the settled estates of Lord Willoughby de Broke to be disentailed and to enable capital moneys to be raised out of the said settled estates and for other purposes connected with those estates.

5 & 6 Eliz. 2

The second session of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 6 November 1956 until 1 November 1957.

Public general acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Police, Fire and Probation Offices Remuneration Act 1956			5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 1	28 November 1956
An Act to authorise retrospective provision to be made for the remuneration of members of police forces and fire brigades and of probation officers.
Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Temporary Increase) Act 1956 (repealed)			5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 2	20 December 1956
An Act to increase the duties of customs and excise chargeable on hydrocarbon oils, petrol substitutes, and spirits used for making power methylated spirits and, in connection therewith, to enable certain fares to be increased. (Repealed by Finance (No. 2) Act 1962 (c. 92))
Air Corporations Act 1956 (repealed)			5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 3	20 December 1956
An Act to increase the borrowing powers of the British Overseas Airways Corporation and the British European Airways Corporation; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid. (Repealed by Air Corporations Act 1966 (c. 11))
Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1956 (repealed)			5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 4	20 December 1956
An Act to continue certain expiring laws. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30))
Agriculture (Silo Subsidies) Act 1956 (repealed)			5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 5	20 December 1956
An Act to make provision for the payment of subsidies in respect of the construction or improvement of silos. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14))

Local acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Clyde Navigation Order Confirmation Act 1956			5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. i	28 November 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Clyde Navigation.
	Clyde Navigation Order 1956 Provisional Order to extend the period for the compulsory purchase of certain lands by the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation and for other purposes.
Oban Burgh Order Confirmation Act 1956			5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. ii	28 November 1956
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Oban Burgh.
	Oban Burgh Order 1956 Provisional Order to authorise the Corporation of the burgh of Oban to borrow moneys for the purposes of the Oban Piers and Harbour Orders 1862 to 1921 and for other purposes.

See also

• List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom