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Currency Act 1982

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

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Contents: 3 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Denominations of money.
  3. 2 Short title.

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3 provisions

Title and introductory text

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]

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1 Denominations of money.

(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 (2) Section 1(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1967 (which is superseded by subsection (1) above) is hereby repealed.

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