List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1944

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1944.

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.

7 & 8 Geo. 6

Continuing the ninth session of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 24 November 1943 until 28 November 1944.

Public general acts

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 4	1 February 1944
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 forty-four and one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950)

Landlord and Tenant (Requisitioned Land) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 5	1 March 1944
An Act to regulate the rights of the parties to leases of requisitioned land with respect to the making good of damage occurring during the requisition, and for purposes connected therewith.

Courts (Emergency Powers) (Scotland) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 6	1 March 1944
An Act to amend the Courts (Emergency Powers) (Scotland) Act, 1939. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953)

Prize Salvage Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 7	1 March 1944
An Act to prevent claims for prize salvage being made or relied upon without the consent of the Admiralty or the Secretary of State.

Guardianship (Refugee Children) Act 1944 (repealed)	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 8	1 March 1944
An Act to provide for the guardianship of infants who have come to the United Kingdom in consequence of war or persecution. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973)

Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 9	1 March 1944
An Act to amend the law regulating the number of puisne judges of the High Court and the attachment of such judges to the several divisions of that Court.

Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 10	1 March 1944
An Act to make further and better provision for enabling persons handicapped by disablement to secure employment, or work on their own account, and for purposes connected therewith..

House of Commons Disqualification (Temporary Provisions) Acts, 1941 to 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 11	1 March 1944
An Act to continue the House of Commons Disqualification (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1941, and to provide for the laying before the Commons House of Parliament of annual returns of certificates issued under that Act. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953)

Income Tax (Offices and Employments) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 12	1 March 1944
An Act to amend the law relating to income tax in respect of certain emoluments. (Repealed by Income Tax Act 1952)

Naval Forces (Extension of Service) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 13	21 March 1944
An Act to extend the period of service of seamen, marines and members of the naval reserves serving during the war period, and to make further provision as to the recall into service during that period of members of those reserves. (Repealed by Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act 1954)

India (Attachment of States) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 14	21 March 1944
An Act to render legal the attachment of certain Indian States to other Indian States.

Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 15	21 March 1944
An Act to make provision for the reinstatement in civil employment of certain persons who are, or have been, in the service of the Crown or in a civil defence force; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.

Public Works Loans Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 16	21 March 1944
An Act to grant money for the purpose of certain local loans out of the Local Loans Fund and for other purposes relating to local loans, and to enable the functions of the secretary of the Public Works Loan Commissioners to be performed, in the event of his inability to act, by an assistant secretary.

Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 17	29 March 1944
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 forty-four and one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950)

Army and Air Force (Annual) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 18	26 April 1944
An Act to provide, during twelve months, for the discipline and regulation of the Army and the Air Force. (Repealed by Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act 1955)

National Loans Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 19	10 May 1944
An Act to extend the powers of the Treasury to raise money under section one of the National Loans Act, 1939. (Repealed by National Loans Act 1968)

Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 20	24 May 1944
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-five. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950)

Pensions (Increase) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 21	24 May 1944
An Act to provide for the increase of certain pensions payable in respect of public service. (Repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971)

Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1944 (repealed)	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 22	24 May 1944
An Act to amend the Police and Firemen (War Service) Act, 1939, and, in connection therewith, to Amend certain other enactments. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008)

Finance Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 23	13 July 1944
An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the Public Revenue and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.

Parliamentary Electors (War-Time Registration) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 24	13 July 1944
An Act to make temporary amendments of the Parliamentary Electors (War-Time Registration) Act, 1943, as to the qualifying date for an election and the qualifications required for registration in the civilian residence and business premises registers, and to provide for matters consequential thereon.

Law Officers Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 25	13 July 1944
An Act to enable the functions of the Attorney General, of the Lord Advocate and of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland to be discharged respectively by the Solicitor General, by the Solicitor General for Scotland and by deputy in certain cases.

Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944 (repealed)	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 26	27 July 1944
An Act to make provision as to water supplies, sewerage and sewage disposal in rural localities, and to make expenses incurred by rural district councils in connection with water supply, sewerage and sewage disposal general expenses. (Repealed by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 and Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994)

Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 27	27 July 1944
An Act to amend the law with respect to customs in the Isle of Man.

Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (repealed)	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 28	27 July 1944
An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Agricultural Advisory Service, and for increasing the resources of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and the Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation, and otherwise to amend the law relating to agriculture and matters connected therewith. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004)

Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 29	27 July 1944
An Act to amend the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, relating to Milk and Dairies Regulations and other matters connected therewith.

Appropriation Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 30	3 August 1944
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 forty-three and one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

Education Act 1944 or the Butler Act (repealed)	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 31	3 August 1944
An Act to reform the law relating to education in England and Wales. (Repealed by Education Act 1996)

Herring Industry Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 32	3 August 1944
An Act to authorise the giving of further financial assistance to the Herring Industry Board and to herring fishermen and persons desiring to engage in the herring industry, to amend the Herring Industry Acts, 1935 and 1938, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

Housing (Temporary Provisions) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 33	3 August 1944
An Act to extend the making of contributions under section one of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1938, as respects new housing accommodation provided by local authorities before the first day of October, nineteen hundred and forty-seven; and to suspend temporarily the holding of local inquiries in respect of certain compulsory purchase orders.

Validation of War-time Leases Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 34	3 August 1944
An Act to validate agreements purporting to grant or provide for the grant of tenancies for periods depending on the duration of the war and certain other events; to provide for the construction of such agreements and other tenancy agreements; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

National Fire Service Regulations (Indemnity) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 35	3 August 1944
An Act to grant an indemnity in respect of the failure to lay before Parliament certain regulations made under the Fire Services (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1941, as soon as may be after they were made.

Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 36	10 October 1944
An Act to make provision for temporary housing accommodation, and for purposes connected therewith.

Appropriation (No. 2) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 37	26 October 1944
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-five, and to appropriate the further Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

India (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 38	26 October 1944
An Act to amend the Government of India Act, 1935, in certain respects.

Housing (Scotland) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 39	26 October 1944
An Act to extend the making of contributions under section one of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1938, as respects new housing accommodation provided by local authorities before the first day of October, nineteen hundred and forty-seven; to suspend temporarily the holding of local inquiries in respect of certain compulsory purchase orders; to provide for grants and advances to the housing association approved for the purposes of section two of the aforesaid Act; and to make provision with regard to the superannuation of the employees of the said association, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 40	26 October 1944
An Act to provide for the adjustment and settlement of debts and liabilities arising in certain areas and to amend the Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) Act, 1941.

House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 41	26 October 1944
An Act to make temporary provision for the division of abnormally large constituencies together in certain cases with adjoining constituencies, and permanent provision for the redistribution of seats at parliamentary elections.

Unemployment Insurance (Increase of Benefit) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 42	26 October 1944
An Act to increase the rates of benefit payable under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1935 to 1940.

Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 43	17 November 1944
An Act to confer on the High Court in England and the Court of Session in Scotland, and to provide for conferring on the High Court in Northern Ireland, temporary jurisdiction in certain matrimonial causes where the relevant marriage took place on or after the third day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and to provide for the recognition of certain decrees and orders in matrimonial causes in all British courts.

Diplomatic Privileges (Extension) Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 44	17 November 1944
An Act to make provision as to the immunities, privileges and capacities of international organisations of which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and foreign governments are members; to confer immunities and privileges on the staffs of such organisations and representatives of member governments and in respect of premises and documents of such organisations; to remove doubts as to the extent to which representatives of foreign Powers attending international conferences and the staffs of such representatives are entitled to diplomatic immunities; to amend the Diplomatic Privileges (Extension) Act, 1941; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

Prolongation of Parliament Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 45	17 November 1944
An Act to extend the duration of the present Parliament and to provide for the extension of the duration of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland.

Ministry of National Insurance Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 46	17 November 1944
An Act to establish a Ministry of National Insurance and for purposes connected therewith.

Town and Country Planning Act 1944	7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 47	17 November 1944
An Act to make provision for the acquisition and development of land for planning purposes; for amending the law relating to town and country planning; for assessing by reference to 1939 prices compensation payable in connection with the acquisition of land for public purposes, and as to the rate of interest thereon; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

Local acts

Short title		Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Yorkshire Registries (West Riding) Amendment Act 1944 (repealed)		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. i	29 March 1944
An Act to amend the Yorkshire Registries Act 1884 in its application to the West Riding of the county of York. (Repealed by Registration of Title (Teesside, Leeds and Sheffield) Order 1970 (SI 1970/485))

Beckett Hospital and Dispensary, Barnsley Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. ii	29 March 1944


Jewish Colonization Association Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. iii	26 April 1944
An Act to extend the objects and powers of the Jewish Colonization Association and for other purposes.

City of London (Various Powers) Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. iv	10 May 1944


Edinburgh Merchant Company Endowments (Amendment) Order Confirmation Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. v	24 May 1944
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	Edinburgh Merchant Company Endowments (Amendment) Order 1944

Connah's Quay Gas Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. vi	24 May 1944


Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (North Lindsey Water Board) Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. vii	13 July 1944

	North Lindsey Water Order 1944

Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Warrington) Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. viii	13 July 1944

	Warrington Water Order 1944

North-West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority Order Confirmation Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. ix	13 July 1944

	North West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority (Increase of Borrowing Powers) Order 1944

London and North Eastern Railway Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. x	13 July 1944


London County Council (Money) Act 1944 (repealed)		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xi	13 July 1944
(Repealed by London County Council (Loans) Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxvi))

Herts and Essex Water Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xii	13 July 1944


Gillingham Corporation Act 1944 (repealed)		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xiii	27 July 1944
(Repealed by County of Kent Act 1981 (c. xviii))

Ascot District Gas and Electricity Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xiv	27 July 1944
An Act to authorise the Ascot District Gas and Electricity Company to acquire certain lands compulsorily and for other purposes.

Wisbech Corporation Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xv	27 July 1944


Loughborough Corporation Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xvi	27 July 1944


Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Workington) Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xvii	3 August 1944

	Workington Order 1944

Derwent Valley Water Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xviii	3 August 1944


Chesterfield and Bolsover Water Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xix	3 August 1944


Anglesey County Council (Water, &c.) Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xx	3 August 1944


Middlesex County Council Act 1944		7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xxi	3 August 1944

^ Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)

8 & 9 Geo. 6

The tenth session of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 29 November 1944 until 15 June 1945.

Public general acts

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act 1944 (Session 2) (repealed)	8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 1	21 December 1944
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-five. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6))

Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1944 (repealed)	8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 2	21 December 1944
An Act to continue certain expiring laws. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6)

Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1944 (repealed)	8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 3	21 December 1944
An Act to continue in force the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939.^[a] (Repealed by Representation of the People Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 5))

^ Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 115)

Local acts

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

London Midland and Scottish Railway Act 1944	8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. i	21 December 1944
An Act to authorise the supply of water from the Shropshire Union Canal and for other purposes.

London Midland and Scottish Railway (Canals) Act 1944	8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. ii	21 December 1944
An Act to authorise the closing for navigation of canals to provide for the transfer of part of the Huddersfield Canals to the Company of Proprietors of the Calder and Hebble Navigation and for other purposes.

Sources

Public General Acts and the Church Assembly Measures of 1944. 1944.

References

[PLP(S)A1936-1] Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 52)

[2] Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 115)

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