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# Sheffield University Act 1914 (repealed 19.11.1998)

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Sheffield University Act 1914 (repealed 19.11.1998)
1914 c.4

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

Wherever any office is or shall be open to graduates of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and London, the Victoria University of Manchester, the University of Liverpool, and the University of Leeds, 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, the Victoria University of Manchester, the University of Liverpool, and the University of Leeds, graduates of the University of Sheffield, having the degree which would be a qualification if it had been granted by the University of Oxford, Cambridge, or London, the Victoria University of Manchester, the University of Liverpool, or the University of Leeds, 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 Sheffield University Act 1914.