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title: "University of Wales Act 1902 (repealed 19.11.1998)"
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# University of Wales Act 1902 (repealed 19.11.1998)

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

University of Wales Act 1902 (repealed 19.11.1998)
1902 c.14

## 1 Extension of privileges of graduates of the University of Wales. {#section-1}

Wherever any office is or shall be open to graduates of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London, and of the Victoria University, or wherever any privilege or exemption has been or shall be given, by any Act of Parliament or regulation of any public authority, to graduates of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London, and the Victoria University, graduates of the University of Wales, having the degree which would be a qualification if it had been granted by the University of Oxford, Cambridge or London, or the Victoria University, may become candidates for, and may hold, any such office, and shall be entitled to all such privileges as fully as graduates of any of the last-mentioned Universities.

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

This Act may be cited as the University of Wales Act 1902.