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title: "Currency Act 1982"
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# Currency Act 1982

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Currency Act 1982
1982 c. 3
An Act to replace section 1(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1967 so as to sanction references to the new penny as the penny.
[2nd February 1982]

## 1 Denominations of money. {#section-1}

(1) The denominations of money in the currency of the United Kingdom shall be the pound sterling and the penny or new penny, being one hundredth part of a pound sterling.
(2) Section 1(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1967 (which is superseded by subsection (1) above) is hereby repealed.

## 2 Short title. {#section-2}

This Act may be cited as the Currency Act 1982.