# List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1942

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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1942.
Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland. For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.
For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in 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 passed before 1963 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 from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.

## 5 & 6 Geo. 6

Continuing the seventh session of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 12 November 1941 until 10 November 1942.
This session was also traditionally cited as 5 & 6 G. 6.

### Public general acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Education (Scotland) Act 1942|public|5|26-02-1942|An Act to amend the law of Scotland regarding the provision by education authorities of food and clothing to school children.}}
| {{|Patents and Designs Act 1942|public|6|26-02-1942|An Act to amend the Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 to 1939, as respects the extension of the term of a patent where the patentee has suffered loss by reason of hostilities, as respects the right of the Crown to use inventions and designs, and as respects arrangements with other countries relating to inventions and designs.}}
| {{|India (Federal Court Judges) Act 1942|public|7|26-02-1942|repealed=y|An Act to extend the power of the Governor-General of India to make acting appointments of judges of the Federal Court.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16)) }}
| {{|War Orphans Act 1942|public|8|26-02-1942|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend section nine of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1918, and for purposes connected therewith.}}
| {{|Restoration of Pre-War Trade Practices Act 1942|public|9|26-02-1942|repealed=y|An Act to make provision with respect to the restoration after the war period of trade practices obtaining before that period.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12)) }}
| {{|Securities (Validation) Act 1942|public|10|26-02-1942|repealed=y|An Act to provide for the validation of certain acts which affect securities and are in breach of the Defence (Finance) Regulations, 1939, or the Defence (Finance) Regulations (Isle of Man), 1939.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12)) }}
| {{|Ministers of the Crown and House of Commons Disqualification Act 1942|public|11|26-02-1942|An Act to extend the House of (Commons Disqualification (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1941, with amendments, and to provide for the prospective repeal of the Ministers of the Crown (Emergency Appointments) Act, 1939.}}
| {{|Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1942|public|12|19-03-1942|An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two and one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.}}
| {{|Landlord and Tenant (Requisitioned Land) Act 1942|public|13|26-03-1942|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to provide for the disclaimer of leases comprising land of which possession has been taken in the exercise of emergency powers, for the adjustment of the rights of the parties to such leases with respect to certain buildings and fixtures, for the reduction in certain cases of the rent and other periodical sums payable under or in connection with leases comprising such land, for requiring the continuance, after possession of such land has been taken as aforesaid, of certain services provided by the landlord, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}
| {{|National Loans Act 1942|public|14|29-04-1942|An Act to extend the powers of the Treasury to raise money under section one of the National Loans Act, 1939.}}
| {{|Army and Air Force (Annual) Act 1942|public|15|29-04-1942|An Act to provide, during twelve months, for the discipline and regulation of the Army and the Air Force.}}
| {{|Sugar Industry Act 1942|public|16|29-04-1942|An Act to amend the Sugar Industry (Reorganization) Act, 1936, as respects the war years.}}
| {{|Anglo-Venezuelan Treaty (Island of Patos) Act 1942|public|17|21-05-1942|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to approve a Treaty signed on behalf of His Majesty and on behalf of the President of the United States of Venezuela relating to the Island of Patos.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 (c. 44)) }}
| {{|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Act 1942|public|18|11-06-1942|An Act to extend the term of service of members of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.}}
| {{|Coal (Concurrent Leases) Act 1942|public|19|11-06-1942|repealed=y|An Act to exclude from retention under section five of the Coal Act, 1938, interests arising under certain concurrent leases, and for purposes connected therewith.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39)) }}
| {{|Marriage (Scotland) Act 1942|public|20|11-06-1942|An Act to amend the law of Scotland with regard to notice of intended marriage and to subscription by persons unable to write of documents required for the purpose of marriage.}}
| {{|Finance Act 1942|public|21|24-06-1942|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the Public Revenue and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.}}
| {{|Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1942|public|22|24-06-1942|An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the Year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.}}
| {{|Minister of Works and Planning Act 1942|note1= renamed to Minister of Works Act 1942|public|23|24-06-1942|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to make provision in connection with the appointment of a Minister of Works and Planning, to provide for the transfer to that Minister of the functions and property of the Commissioners of Works, of the functions and property of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and of functions of the Minister of Health in relation to town and country planning; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}
| {{|Post Office and Telegraph (Money) Act 1942|public|24|29-07-1942|An Act to provide for raising further money for the development of the postal, telegraphic and telephonic systems and the repayment to the Post Office Fund of moneys applied thereout for such development.}}
| {{|Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1942|public|25|29-07-1942|An Act to amend the law with respect to customs in the Isle of Man.}}
| {{|Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Act 1942|public|26|29-07-1942|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act, 1939, as respects mariners and other seafaring persons; to explain the meaning of “physical injury” in that Act and in the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1939, and to make a consequential amendment of section three of the last-mentioned Act.}}
| {{|Appropriation Act 1942|public|27|06-08-1942|An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.}}
| {{|War Damage (Amendment) Act 1942|public|28|06-08-1942|An Act to amend the War Damage Act, 1941, and Part II and section sixteen of the War Risks Insurance Act, 1939.}}
| {{|Allied Powers (War Service) Act 1942|public|29|06-08-1942|An Act to make provision as to the liability to war service of the nationals of allied Powers, to define for the purposes of the Allied Forces Act, 1940, membership of certain allied and associated forces, and to remove doubts as to the powers of imprisoning or detaining persons sentenced by service courts exercising jurisdiction by virtue of that Act.}}
| {{|National Service (Foreign Countries) Act 1942|public|30|06-08-1942|An Act to provide for the imposition upon British subjects in foreign countries of obligations with respect to service in His Majesty's forces of the like character as are imposed upon British subjects in Great Britain.}}
| {{|United States of America (Visiting Forces) Act 1942|public|31|06-08-1942|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to give effect to an agreement recorded in Notes exchanged between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of the United States of America, relating to jurisdiction over members of the military and naval forces of the United States of America.}}
| {{|Housing (Rural Workers) (Scotland) Act 1942|public|32|06-08-1942|An Act to extend the time within which applications for assistance under the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926, may be received by local authorities.}}
| {{|Appropriation (No. 2) Act 1942|public|33|11-09-1942|An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, and to appropriate the further Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.}}
| {{|Appropriation (No. 3) Act 1942|public|34|22-10-1942|An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, and to appropriate the further Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.}}
| {{|Greenwich Hospital Act 1942|public|35|22-10-1942|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to extend the powers of the Admiralty under section twenty of the Greenwich Hospital Act, 1865, with respect to the grant and allocation of pensions and pecuniary benefits in the case of persons employed for the purposes of Greenwich Hospital and otherwise to amend the said section; to provide, on the death of any such persons, for the distribution without probate or other proof of title of sums not exceeding one hundred pounds due to those persons or to their legal personal representatives; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}
| {{|Courts (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act 1942|public|36|22-10-1942|An Act to amend the Courts (Emergency Powers) Acts, 1939 to 1941, with respect to mortgages.}}
| {{|Prolongation of Parliament Act 1942|public|37|22-10-1942|An Act to extend the duration of the present Parliament and to provide for the extension of the duration of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland.}}
| {{|Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1942|public|38|22-10-1942|An Act to continue in force the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939, as amended by the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1940, and the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1941.}}
| {{|India and Burma (Temporary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1942|public|39|22-10-1942|repealed=y|An Act to make temporary amendments as respects the government of India, to make certain other amendments in the Government of India Act, 1935, and to make temporary provision as to certain matters connected with Burma.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16)) }}
| {{|Welsh Courts Act 1942|public|40|22-10-1942|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to repeal section seventeen of the statute 27 Hen. 8. c. 26, to remove doubt as to the right of Welsh speaking persons to testify in the Welsh language in courts of justice in Wales, and to enable rules to be made for the administration of oaths and affirmations in that language, and for the provision, employment, and payment, of interpreters in such courts. |note4= (Repealed by Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38)) }}

### Local acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Aberdeen Corporation (Fish Market Rates) Order Confirmation Act 1942|local|1|21-05-1942|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Aberdeen Corporation (Fish Market Rates).|note4= (Repealed by Aberdeen Corporation (Fish Market) Order Confirmation Act 1969 (c. xix))|po1=Aberdeen Corporation (Fish Market Rates) Order 1942|}}
| {{|Newcastle and Gateshead Waterworks Act 1942|local|2|21-05-1942|maintained=y|repealed=y| |note4= (Repealed by Newcastle and Gateshead Water Order 1958 (SI 1958/724)) }}
| {{|Land Drainage (Surrey County Council (Hogsmill River Improvement)) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1942|local|3|11-06-1942|maintained=y||po1=Surrey County Council (Hogsmill River Improvement) Order 1942|}}
| {{|Railway Companies (Thos. Cook and Son Limited Guarantee) Act 1942|local|4|11-06-1942|maintained=y|}}
| {{|Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Act 1942|local|5|11-06-1942|repealed=y|maintained=y| |note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2)) }}
| {{|London County Council (Money) Act 1942|local|6|24-06-1942|maintained=y|repealed=y| |note4= (Repealed by London County Council (Loans) Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxvi)) }}
| {{|Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children Act 1942|local|7|24-06-1942|maintained=y|}}
| {{|Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Carnarvon) Act 1942|local|8|29-07-1942|maintained=y||po1=Carnarvon Order 1942|}}
| {{|Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Mold Gas and Water) Act 1942|local|9|29-07-1942|maintained=y||po1=Mold Gas and Water Order 1942|}}
| {{|Pembrokeshire County Council Act 1942|local|10|29-07-1942|repealed=y| |note4= (Repealed by Dyfed Act 1987 (c. xxiv)) }}
| {{|London Passenger Transport Act 1942|local|11|29-07-1942|}}
| {{|Mid-Wessex Water Act 1942|local|12|29-07-1942|repealed=y| |note4= (Repealed by Mid-Wessex Water (No. 2) Order 1957 (SI 1957/2233)) }}
| {{|South Wales Electric Power Act 1942|local|13|29-07-1942|}}
| {{|Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Poole) Act 1942|local|14|06-08-1942||po1=Poole Order 1942|}}
| {{|Bilston Corporation Act 1942|local|15|06-08-1942|repealed=y| |note4= (Repealed by Wolverhampton Corporation Act 1969 (c. lx)) }}
| {{|Coventry Corporation Act 1942|local|16|06-08-1942|repealed=y| |note4= (Repealed by West Midlands County Council Act 1980 (c. xi)) }}
| {{|London, Midland and Scottish Railway Order Confirmation Act 1942|local|17|22-10-1942|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to London Midland and Scottish Railway.|po1=London, Midland and Scottish Railway Order 1942|}}

## 6 & 7 Geo. 6

The eighth session of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 11 November 1942 until 23 November 1943.
This session was also traditionally cited as 6 & 7 G. 6.

### Public general acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1942|public|1|17-12-1942|repealed=y|An Act to continue certain expiring laws.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6)) }}
| {{|Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) Act 1942|public|2|17-12-1942|repealed=y|An Act to provide for the amendment of enactments relating to the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland to correspond with alterations in county court jurisdiction made by the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and to make further provision as respects rules and orders relating to the said Supreme Court.|note4= (Repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)) }}
| {{|National Service Act 1942|public|3|17-12-1942|repealed=y|An Act to authorise the making of preparatory arrangements for the calling up of male persons who are about to become liable to be called up for service under the National Service Acts, 1939 to 1941, to simplify the making of proclamations for the purposes of those Acts, and to amend the provisions of those Acts relating to exemptions.|note4= (Repealed by National Service Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 64)) }}

### Local acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Edinburgh Merchant Company Endowments (Amendment) Order Confirmation Act 1942|local|1|17-12-1942|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to the Edinburgh Merchant Company Endowments.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12))|po1=Edinburgh Merchant Company Endowments (Amendment) Order 1942|Provisional Order to amend the provisions of the Edinburgh Merchant Company Endowments Order 1909 so far as relating to William Watherston's Endowment.}} }}