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Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962

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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 Numbering and citation of future Acts.
  3. 2 Short title.

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Title and introductory text

Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962 1962 c.34 An Act to provide for the numbering and citation of future Acts of Parliament by reference to the calendar year in which they are passed. [19th July 1962]

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1 Numbering and citation of future Acts.

The chapter numbers assigned to Acts of Parliament passed in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-three and every subsequent year shall be assigned by reference to the calendar year, and not the Session, in which they are passed; and any such Act may, in any Act, instrument or document, be cited accordingly.

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2 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962.

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