13-688: The Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765 ( 5 Geo. 3 . c. 26), also known as the Act of Revestment , purchased the feudal rights of the Dukes of Atholl as Lords of Man over the Isle of Man , and revested them into the British Crown . As an Act of Parliament of 1609 ( Assurance of the Isle of Man Act 1609 , 7 Jas. 1 . c. 4 ) had conferred the feudal rights over the island upon the Atholls,
26-600: A further Act of Parliament was required to terminate those rights. The Act gave effect to an earlier contract between Charlotte, Duchess of Atholl , and the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain , represented by HM Treasury , to sell the Atholls' feudal rights over the Island to the Crown for a sum of £70,000. The authority to conclude a contract for the purchase was given under an earlier Act of Parliament in 1726 (sections 25 and 26 of
39-542: Is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1765 . For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland . See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland . For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see the list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in
52-557: The Customs, etc., Revenues Act 1725 , 12 Geo. 1 . c. 28). The Act came into force upon the granting of royal assent on 10 May 1765. The payment to the Duchess of Atholl was to be made no later than 1 June 1765. The Act did not go as far as had been proposed: for a period there had been plans to merge the Isle of Man into the English county of Cumberland . This had met with fierce resistance from
65-434: 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. The fourth session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain , which met from 10 January 1765 until 25 May 1765. This session was also traditionally cited as 5 G. 3 . List of acts of
78-525: The Parliament of Northern Ireland This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland , from its first session in 1921 to suspension in 1972. From 1922 onwards, the short titles for these acts were distinguished from those passed by the Westminster parliament by the insertion of the bracketed words "Northern Ireland" between the word "act" and the year. Thus Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970
91-558: The United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament , the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly , and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; 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
104-535: 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
117-599: The inhabitants, led by the then Speaker of the House of Keys , Sir George Moore . The long title of the Act was "An Act for carrying into Execution a Contract, made pursuant to the Act of Parliament of the 12th of his late Majesty King George 1st, between the Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury and the Duke and Duchess of Atholl, the proprietors of the Isle of Man, and their Trustees, for
130-486: The purchase of the said Island and its dependencies, under certain exceptions therein particularly mentioned." Having taken effect and therefore being effectively " spent ", the Act was finally repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 . Under the Isle of Man Purchase Act, the Atholls still retained their manorial rights, the patronage of the bishopric , and certain other perquisites . These were sold in 1828 for
143-505: The sum of £417,144 (over £20,000,000 in modern terms). This was accomplished by a further Act of Parliament "An Act to empower the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to purchase a certain Annuity in respect of Duties and Customs levied in the Isle of Man, and any reserved sovereign rights in the said Island belonging to John Duke of Atholl" ( 6 Geo. 4 . c. 34). 5 Geo. 3 Interregnum (1642–1660) Rescinded (1639–1651) This
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#1733085903808156-472: Was an act passed by the Parliament of Northern Ireland, whereas the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 was passed at Westminster. As with UK legislation, Northern Ireland's acts of Parliament were traditionally cited using the regnal year(s) of the parliamentary session in which they became law, though in 1954 this was retrospectively changed to calendar years beginning with 1943. Note that by convention "(N.I.)"
169-475: 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
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