List of Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1720–1739

This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1720–1739. For Acts passed up until 1707 see List of Acts of the Parliament of England and List of Acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also the List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700 and the List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1701–1800.

For Acts passed from 1801 onwards see List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For Acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999, the List of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the List of Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales; see also the List of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each Act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th Act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".

Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain did not have a short title; however, some of these Acts have subsequently been given a short title by Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (such as the Short Titles Act 1896).

Before the Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793 came into force on 8 April 1793, Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular Act was passed.

1720-1729[]

1720 (7 Geo. 1 St. 1)[]

c. 31
c. 19
c. 16
c. 24
c. 22
c. 30
c. 29
c. 18
c. 25
c. 13
c. 4
c. 23
c. 26
c. 6
c. 5
c. 27
c. 3
c. 17
c. 8
c. 10
c. 15
c. 9
c. 11
c. 32
c. 12
South Sea Company Act 1720 c. 1
South Sea Company Act 1720 c. 2
South Sea Company Act 1720 c. 28
c. 20
c. 21
c. 14
c. 7

1721[]

7 Geo. 1 St. 2[]

8 Geo. 1[]

c. 28
c. 11
c. 29
c. 8
c. 18
c. 14
c. 7
c. 19
c. 9
c. 5
c. 12
c. 25
c. 1
c. 2
c. 3
c. 20
c. 22
c. 13
Piracy Act 1721 c. 24
c. 6
Quarantine Act 1721 c. 10
c. 4
c. 16
c. 31
c. 17
c. 15
c. 21
c. 23
c. 26
c. 30
c. 27

1722 (9 Geo. 1)[]

c. 25
c. 17
c. 16
c. 15
c. 13
c. 8
c. 29
Criminal Law Act 1722 c. 22 (the so-called "Black Act")
c. 21
c. 30
c. 11
c. 14
c. 32
c. 27
c. 31
c. 10
c. 1
c. 20
c. 19
c. 4
c. 5
c. 6
c. 12
c. 9
Papists Act 1722 c. 24
Poor Relief Act 1722 c. 7
c. 23
Taxation Act 1722 c. 2
Taxation Act 1722 c. 3
Taxation Act 1722 c. 18
The Mint in Southwark Act 1722 c. 28
c. 26

1723 (10 Geo. 1)[]

c. 12
c. 8
c. 17
c. 19
c. 11
c. 9
c. 20
c. 10
c. 16
c. 1
c. 18
c. 6
c. 3
c. 5
Papists Act 1723 c. 4
c. 7
c. 14
c. 13
c. 2
c. 15
Workhouse Test Act 1723 c. 7

1724 (11 Geo. 1)[]

c. 30
c. 26
c. 20
c. 14
c. 12
c. 18
c. 24
c. 29
c. 7
c. 13
c. 11
c. 2
c. 21
c. 23
c. 5
c. 15
c. 1
c. 3
c. 28
c. 4
c. 6
c. 17
c. 9
c. 25
c. 16
c. 19
c. 22
c. 10
c. 8
c. 27

1725 (12 Geo. 1)[]

c. 6
c. 35
c. 30
c. 28
c. 23
c. 16
c. 29
c. 36
c. 27
c. 24
c. 10
c. 37
c. 1
c. 5
c. 21
c. 4
c. 3
c. 8
c. 31
c. 15
c. 22
c. 2
c. 19
c. 38
c. 13
Saint James' Square: Rates Act 1725 c. 25
c. 39
c. 9
c. 32
c. 33
c. 12
c. 26
c. 18
c. 17
c. 7
c. 11
c. 34
c. 14
c. 20

1726 (13 Geo. 1)[]

Public Acts[]

c. 4
c. 14
c. 12
c. 15
c. 13
c. 11
c. 27
c. 31
c. 28
c. 18
c. 24
c. 30
c. 32
c. 5
c. 25
c. 1
c. 26
c. 17
c. 2
c. 3
c. 21
c. 19
Qualification for Employments Act 1726 c. 29
c. 20
c. 33
c. 34
c. 35
c. 8
c. 22
c. 6
c. 7
c. 16
c. 10
c. 9
c. 23

Private Acts[]

Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727 c. 2

1727[]

1 Geo. 2 St. 1[]

1 Geo. 2 St. 2[]

c. 8
c. 10
c. 20
c. 21
c. 17
c. 19
c. 6
c. 11
c. 16
c. 18
c. 22
c. 4
Indemnity Act 1727 c. 23
c. 5
c. 3
c. 15
c. 2
c. 14
c. 13
c. 7
c. 12
c. 1
c. 9

1728 (2 Geo. 2)[]

c. 23
c. 3
c. 15
c. 29
c. 24
c. 33
c. 18
c. 6
c. 7
c. 9
c. 31
c. 20
c. 22
c. 4
c. 13
c. 5
^[1] c. 19
c. 36
c. 21
c. 10
Perjury Act 1728 c. 25
c. 35
c. 34
Regency During the King's Absence Act 1728 c. 27
c. 2
c. 14
c. 8
c. 1
c. 17
c. 26
c. 16
c. 28
c. 30
c. 32
c. 11
c. 12

1729 (3 Geo. 2)[]

c. 5
c. 19
c. 22
c. 34
c. 31
c. 4
c. 37
c. 24
c. 26
c. 28
c. 14
c. 32
c. 25
c. 18
c. 12
c. 27
c. 15
c. 1
c. 17
c. 10
c. 2
c. 16
c. 30
c. 21
c. 8
c. 29
c. 35
c. 3
c. 33
c. 20
c. 6
c. 36
c. 13
c. 7
c. 11
c. 9
c. 23

1730-1739[]

1730 (4 Geo. 2)[]

Public Acts[]

c. 13
c. 14
c. 22
c. 21: Act to explain 7 Anne, c.5
c. 3
c. 20
c. 30
c. 12
c. 11
c. 29
c. 34
c. 19
c. 15
c. 6
c. 7
c. 31
Landlord and Tenant Act 1730 c. 28
c. 4
c. 10
c. 27
c. 18
c. 2
c. 5
c. 9
c. 17
c. 23
c. 33
Proceedings in Courts of Justice Act 1730 c. 26
c. 16
c. 8
c. 1
c. 24
c. 32
c. 25

Private Acts[]

Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis, c. 5 (Private, passed 24 March 1730/31)

1731 (5 Geo. 2)[]

c. 30
c. 26
c. 16
c. 31
c. 3
c. 4
c. 12
c. 33
c. 25
Forfeited Estates - Derwentwater Estate Act 1731 c. 23 see Dilston Castle
c. 28
c. 24
Hat Manufacture Act 1731 c. 22
c. 9
c. 18
c. 5
c. 8
c. 10
c. 2
c. 17
c. 15
c. 13
c. 20
c. 27
c. 19
c. 7
c. 6
c. 11
c. 32
c. 1
c. 14
c. 29
c. 21

1732 (6 Geo. 2)[]

c. 27
c. 31
c. 16
c. 2
c. 36
c. 8
Coin Act 1732 c. 26
c. 14
c. 21
a/k/a "An Act for the More Easy Recovery of Debts in his Majesty's Plantations and Colonies in America," 5 Geo. 2 c.7^[2]
c. 38
c. 22
^[3]
c. 15
c. 24
c. 23
c. 11
c. 7
c. 4
c. 10
c. 18
c. 12
c. 35
c. 3
c. 28
Papists Act 1732 c. 5
c. 37
c. 6
c. 32
c. 34
c. 30
c. 9
c. 29
c. 17
c. 20
c. 25
c. 1
c. 19
Trade of Sugar Colonies Act 1732 c. 13
c. 33

1733 (7 Geo. 2)[]

c. 19
c. 21
c. 11
c. 27
c. 25
c. 22
c. 9
c. 18
c. 10
c. 7
c. 26
c. 23
c. 5
c. 20
c. 2
c. 16
c. 3
c. 24, see Thuanus
c. 13
Responsibility of Shipowners Act 1733 c. 15
c. 28
c. 29
c. 4
c. 6
c. 17
c. 8
c. 12
c. 14
c. 1

1734 (8 Geo. 2)[]

c. 14
c. 27
c. 19
c. 18
c. 21
c. 20
Engraving Copyright Act 1734 c. 13
c. 29 see Dilston Castle and Greenwich Hospital
c. 28
c. 16
c. 4
c. 17
c. 23
c. 22
c. 26
c. 8
c. 2
c. 15
Papists Act 1734 c. 25
c. 30
c. 9
c. 3
c. 7
c. 12
c. 24
c. 5
c. 11
c. 1
c. 10
c. 6

1735 (9 Geo. 2)[]

c. 11
c. 21
c. 36
c. 18
c. 38
c. 30
c. 22
c. 31
c. 6
c. 26
c. 27
c. 7
c. 10
c. 3
c. 33
c. 12
c. 37
c. 2
c. 34
c. 39
c. 35
c. 24
c. 16
c. 25
c. 9
c. 14
c. 28
Spirit Duties Act 1735 c. 23
c. 32
c. 20
c. 1
c. 17
c. 8
c. 13
c. 19
c. 29
c. 15
Witchcraft Act 1735 c. 5
c. 4

1736 (10 Geo. 2)[]

c. 34
c. 10
c. 24
c. 21
c. 18
c. 27
c. 30
c. 7
c. 4
c. 13
c. 26
c. 3
9 George II c. 4^[4]
c. 35
c. 2
c. 17
c. 32
c. 19
Plays Act 1736 c. 28
c. 29
c. 14
c. 37
c. 20
c. 33
c. 15
c. 12
c. 8
c. 23
c. 1
c. 31
c. 11
c. 22
c. 25
c. 16
c. 36
c. 6
c. 5
c. 9

1737 (11 Geo. 2)[]

c. 4
c. 34
c. 35
c. 21
c. 5
c. 17
c. 28
c. 18
c. 22
c. 30 see Dilston Castle and Greenwich Hospital
c. 39
c. 33
c. 19
c. 7
Estate of Hugh Naish Act 1737 c. 38
c. 10
c. 31
c. 9
c. 16
c. 37
c. 14
c. 32
c. 6
c. 8
c. 2
c. 27
c. 3
Papists Act 1737 c. 11
c. 24
c. 20
c. 26
c. 12
c. 13
c. 23
c. 15
c. 29
c. 36
c. 1
c. 25

1738 (12 Geo. 2)[]

c. 31
c. 20
c. 11
c. 5
c. 30
c. 29
c. 24
c. 25
c. 12
c. 7
c. 16
c. 22
c. 28
c. 36
c. 6
c. 23
c. 27
c. 3
c. 10
c. 8
c. 2
Papists Act 1738 c. 14
c. 26
c. 13
c. 15
c. 32
c. 34
c. 35
c. 17
c. 4
c. 19
c. 1
c. 18
c. 33
c. 21
c. 9

1739 (13 Geo. 2)[]

c. 9
c. 12
c. 27
c. 28
c. 21
c. 17
c. 29
c. 8
c. 19
c. 6
c. 18
c. 10
Naturalization Act 1739 c. 7
c. 4
c. 15
c. 20
c. 13
c. 30
c. 11
c. 26
c. 25
c. 23
c. 3
c. 1
c. 2
c. 24
c. 5
c. 22
c. 16
c. 14

References[]

^ Current Law Statutes 1998. Sweet & Maxwell. 1998. Volume 3. Page 118. "Medway Oyster Fishery Act": Frederick James Smith. Quarter Sessions Practice: A Vade Mecum of General Practice in Appellate and Civil Cases at Quarter Sessions. Steven and Haynes. London. 1882. Page lxx.
^ "Salutary Neglect – Encyclopedia Virginia".
^ "Salutary Neglect – Encyclopedia Virginia".
^ William Edward Armytage Axon (1886) The Annals of Manchester, John Heywood, London OCLC 4444962

External links[]

The Statutes at Large

[1] Current Law Statutes 1998. Sweet & Maxwell. 1998. Volume 3. Page 118. "Medway Oyster Fishery Act": Frederick James Smith. Quarter Sessions Practice: A Vade Mecum of General Practice in Appellate and Civil Cases at Quarter Sessions. Steven and Haynes. London. 1882. Page lxx.

[2] "Salutary Neglect – Encyclopedia Virginia".

[3] "Salutary Neglect – Encyclopedia Virginia".

[4] William Edward Armytage Axon (1886) The Annals of Manchester, John Heywood, London OCLC 4444962

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