# List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1959

Part of a series on :
British law :
Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Year
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Parliament (session)
1 (1·2)
2 (1·2·3·4)
3
4 (1·2·3·4·5·6)
5 (1·2·3·4·5·6)
6 (1·2)
7 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7)
7 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7)
8 (1·2·3·4)
9
10 (1·2)
11 (1·2)
12 (1·2·3)
13 (1·2·3·4)
14 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7)
15 (1·2·3·4·5)
16 (1·2·3·4·5)
17 (1·2·3)
18 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7)
19 (1·2·3)
20 (1·2·3·4·5)
21 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7)
22 (1·2·3·4·5·6)
23
24 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7)
25 (1·2·3·4)
26 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7)
27 (1·2·3·4·5·6)
28 (1·2·3·4)
29
30 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7·8)
31 (1·2·3·4·5)
32 (1·2)
33
34 (1·2·3·4·5)
35 (1·2)
36 (1·2·3·4)
37 (1·2·3·4·5·6·7·8·9·10)
38 (1·2·3·4·5)
39 (1·2)
40 (1·2·3·4)
41 (1·2·3·4)
42 (1·2·3·4·5)
43 (1·2)
44 (1·2·3·4)
45 (1·2·3·4)
46
47 (1·2·3·4·5)
48 (1·2·3·4)
49 (1·2·3·4)
50 (1·2·3·4·5)
51 (1·2·3·4·5)
52 (1·2·3·4)
53 (1·2·3·4)
54 (1·2·3·4·5)
55 (1·2·3·4)
56 (1·2)
57 (1·2)
58 (1·2·3·4)
59 (1) :
Acts and measures by devolved parliaments and assemblies
Scottish Parliament
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament)
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Northern Ireland Assembly
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
1973–1974
Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–1972
Orders in Council for Northern Ireland
List :
Acts of parliaments of states preceding the United Kingdom
Parliament of Great Britain
1707
1708
1709
1710
1711
1712
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1718
1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724
1725
1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735
1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
1766
1767
1768
1769
1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
Parliament of England
Royal statutes, etc. issued before the development of Parliament
1225–1267
1275–1307
1308–1325
Temp. incert.
1327–1376
1377–1397
1399–1411
1413–1421
1422–1460
1461
1462
1463
1464
1465
1466
1467
1468
1469
1470
1471
1472
1473
1474
1475
1476
1477
1478
1479
1480
1481
1482
1483
1484
1485
1486
1487
1488
1489
1490
1491
1492
1493
1494
1495
1496
1497
1498
1499
1500
1501
1502
1503
1504
1505
1506
1507
1508
1509
1510
1511
1512
1513
1514
1515
1516
1517
1518
1519
1520
1521
1522
1523
1524
1525
1526
1527
1528
1529
1530
1531
1532
1533
1534
1535
1536
1537
1538
1539
1540
1541
1542
1543
1544
1545
1546
1547
1548
1549
1550
1551
1552
1553
1554
1555
1556
1557
1558
1559
1560
1561
1562
1563
1564
1565
1566
1567
1568
1569
1570
1571
1572
1573
1574
1575
1576
1577
1578
1579
1580
1581
1582
1583
1584
1585
1586
1587
1588
1588
1590
1591
1592
1593
1594
1595
1596
1597
1598
1599
1600
1601
1602
1603
1604
1605
1606
1607
1608
1609
1610
1611
1612
1613
1614
1615
1616
1617
1618
1619
1620
1621
1622
1623
1624
1625
1626
1627
1628
1629
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
1635
1636
1637
1638
1639
1640
1641
1642–1660 (Interregnum)
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676
1677
1678
1679
1680
1681
1682
1683
1684
1685
1686
1687
1688
1689
1690
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706
Parliament of Scotland
1424
1425
1426
1427
1428
1429
1430
1431
1432
1433
1434
1435
1436
1437
1438
1439
1440
1441
1442
1443
1444
1445
1446
1447
1448
1449
1450
1451
1452
1453
1454
1455
1456
1457
1458
1459
1460
1461
1462
1463
1464
1465
1466
1467
1468
1469
1470
1471
1472
1473
1474
1475
1476
1477
1478
1479
1480
1481
1482
1483
1484
1485
1486
1487
1488
1489
1490
1491
1492
1493
1494
1495
1496
1497
1498
1499
1500
1501
1502
1503
1504
1505
1506
1507
1508
1509
1510
1511
1512
1513
1514
1515
1516
1517
1518
1519
1520
1521
1522
1523
1524
1525
1526
1527
1528
1529
1530
1531
1532
1533
1534
1535
1536
1537
1538
1539
1540
1541
1542
1543
1544
1545
1546
1547
1548
1549
1550
1551
1552
1553
1554
1555
1556
1557
1558
1559
1560
1561
1562
1563
1564
1565
1566
1567
1568
1569
1570
1571
1572
1573
1574
1575
1576
1577
1578
1579
1580
1581
1582
1583
1584
1585
1586
1587
1588
1589
1590
1591
1592
1593
1594
1595
1596
1597
1598
1599
1600
1601
1602
1603
1604
1605
1606
1607
1608
1609
1610
1611
1612
1613
1614
1615
1616
1617
1618
1619
1620
1621
1622
1623
1624
1625
1626
1627
1628
1629
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
1635
1636
1637
1638
(1639–1651) Rescinded
1652
1653
1654
1655
1656
1657
1658
1659
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676
1677
1678
1679
1680
1681
1682
1683
1684
1685
1686
1687
1688
1689
1690
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706
1707
Parliament of Ireland
1169–1192
1200–1299
1300–1399
1400–1499
1500–1599
1600–1690
1691–1700
1701–1710
1711–1720
1721–1730
1731–1740
1741–1750
1751–1760
1761–1770
1771–1780
1781–1790
1791–1800 :
Delegated legislation
United Kingdom statutory instruments
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Statutory rules and orders
United Kingdom 1894–1947
Regulatory reform order (List)
Ministerial orders :
Devolved delegated legislation
Statutory rules and orders of Northern Ireland
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
Scottish statutory instruments
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Welsh statutory instruments
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Statutory rules of Northern Ireland
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 :
Church of England
Measures
List
Instruments
List :
Retained EU law
Decision
Directive
Regulation :
Acts of Parliament relating to the European Union (formerly the European Communities)
1972–present :
Case law of the United Kingdom
House of Lords cases
List of House of Lords cases
Supreme Court cases
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases
List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases :
vte :
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1959.
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.

## 7 & 8 Eliz. 2

Continuing the fourth session of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 28 October 1958 until 18 September 1959.

### Public general acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act 1959|public|10|19-02-1959|repealed=y|An Act to extend until the end of June, nineteen hundred and sixty-four the liability for service in the reserve of the persons specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one of the Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act, 1954; and to amend the law accordingly.|note4= (Repealed by Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act 1964 (c. 11)) }}
| {{|European Monetary Agreement Act 1959|public|11|19-02-1959|An Act to make certain provisions of a financial nature in connection with the operation of the European Monetary Agreement, and for purposes connected therewith.}}
| {{|Agriculture (Small Farmers) Act 1959|public|12|19-02-1959|repealed=y|An Act to provide for the making of grants for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of small farm businesses; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12)) }}
| {{|Marriage (Secretaries of Synagogues) Act 1959|public|13|19-02-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the definition of “secretary of a synagogue” in section sixty-seven of the Marriage Act, 1949. }}
| {{|Malta (Letters Patent) Act 1959|public|14|19-02-1959|repealed=y|An Act to remove the limitation of Her Majesty's power to revoke or amend the Malta (Constitution) Letters Patent, 1947.|note4= (Repealed by Malta Independence Act 1964 (c. 86)) }}
| {{|Consolidated Fund Act 1959|public|15|25-03-1959|repealed=y|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 fifty-eight, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine and one thousand nine hundred and sixty.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)) }}
| {{|Transport (Borrowing Powers) Act 1959|public|16|25-03-1959|repealed=y|An Act to increase the limits imposed by paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section twenty-six of the Transport Act, 1953, and by subsection (4) of section one of the Transport (Railway Finances) Act, 1957, on the borrowing powers of the British Transport Commission.|note4= (Repealed by Transport Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 46)) }}
| {{|International Bank and Monetary Fund Act 1959|public|17|25-03-1959|repealed=y|An Act to enable effect to be given to proposed increases in the quotas of the International Monetary Fund and in the capital stock of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.|note4= (Repealed by Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 (c. 63)) }}
| {{|Family Allowances and National Insurance Act 1959|public|18|25-03-1959|repealed=y|An Act to amend the law with respect to the determination of questions requiring decision for the purposes of the Family Allowances Act, 1945, or the National Insurance Acts, 1946, and in connection therewith to modify the provision made by the said Act of 1945 as to the commencement and termination of allowances thereunder; and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965 (c. 55)) }}
| {{|Emergency Laws (Repeal) Act 1959|public|19|25-03-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to repeal certain emergency laws and, in particular, the enactments providing for the continuation of Defence Regulations; to continue in force for a limited period and with modifications certain Defence Regulations and other emergency provisions; to give permanent effect to an emergency provision; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}
| {{|Electricity (Borrowing Powers) Act 1959|public|20|25-03-1959|repealed=y|An Act to increase the statutory limits imposed on the amounts outstanding in respect of borrowings by the Electricity Council and Electricity Boards.|note4= (Repealed by Electricity and Gas Act 1963 (c. 59)) }}
| {{|Intestate Husband's Estate (Scotland) Act 1959|public|21|25-03-1959|repealed=y|An Act to increase the sum to which a surviving husband or wife is entitled by virtue of the Intestate Husband's Estate (Scotland) Acts, 1911 and 1919, and section five of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1940.|note4= (Repealed by Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 41)) }}
| {{|County Courts Act 1959|public|22|25-03-1959|An Act to consolidate, with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949, certain enactments relating to county courts.}}
| {{|Overseas Resources Development Act 1959|public|23|25-03-1959|An Act to consolidate the Overseas Resources Development Acts, 1948 to 1958, other than the provisions thereof relating to the Overseas Food Corporation.}}
| {{|Building (Scotland) Act 1959|public|24|30-04-1959|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to make as respects Scotland new provision for safety, health and other matters in respect of the construction of buildings and for safety in respect of the conduct of building operations; for these purposes to establish buildings authorities for burghs and landward areas of counties and to amend the law relating to dean of guild courts; to amend the powers of local authorities in relation to buildings which are below prescribed standards or dangerous; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.|note4= (Repealed by Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 8)) }}
| {{|Highways Act 1959|public|25|30-04-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to highways, streets and bridges in England and Wales, including certain enactments commonly contained in local Acts, and to make consequential amendments of the common law.}}
| {{|Terms and Conditions of Employment Act 1959|public|26|30-04-1959|An Act to repeal the Catering Wages Act, 1943, and to convert wages boards under that Act into wages councils; to make further provision with respect to wages councils and statutory minimum remuneration and with respect to the observance of recognised terms or conditions of employment; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}
| {{|Sea Fisheries (Compensation) (Scotland) Act 1959|public|27|30-04-1959|An Act to make further provision as to compensation for any loss or damage occasioned to fishing nets or gear detained by sea fishery officers in Scotland.}}
| {{|Income Tax (Repayment of Post-War Credits) Act 1959|public|28|30-04-1959|An Act to make further provision for the repayment of post-war credits (including credits to building societies), and to provide for the payment of interest thereon.}}
| {{|Colonial Development and Welfare (Amendment) Act 1959|public|29|30-04-1959|repealed=y|An Act to make further provision with respect to the development and welfare of colonies and other territories.|note4= (Repealed by Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 71)) }}
| {{|National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959|public|30|30-04-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend sections twenty-four and twenty-nine of the National Assistance Act, 1948. }}
| {{|Agricultural Improvement Grants Act 1959|public|31|30-04-1959|An Act to empower the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State to make provision by regulations as to the payment of improvement grants under the Hill Farming and Livestock Rearing Acts, 1946 to 1956, and as to the payment of grants and contributions under certain other enactments; and for purposes connected therewith.}}
| {{|Eisteddfod Act 1959|public|32|30-04-1959|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to make further provision for contributions by local authorities in Wales (including Monmouthshire) towards the expenses of the Royal National Eisteddfod.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14)) }}
| {{|House Purchase and Housing Act 1959|public|33|14-05-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to authorise Exchequer advances to, and the deposit of trust funds with, designated building societies; to enlarge the power of local authorities to make advances under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899 to 1923, the Small Dwellings Acquisition (Scotland) Acts, 1899 to 1923, section forty-three of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1958, and section seventy-five of the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1950; to make further provision for grants by local authorities and Exchequer contributions to local authorities towards the improvement of dwellings; to amend the provisions of the said Act of 1958 and the said Act of 1950, with respect to Exchequer contributions and grants by local authorities towards the provision of dwellings by the conversion of houses and other buildings and towards the improvement of dwellings, and with respect to the conditions to be observed where assistance has been given under Part II of the said Act of 1958 or Part VII of the said Act of 1950; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}
| {{|Housing (Underground Rooms) Act 1959|public|34|14-05-1959|repealed=y|An Act to make provision as to the circumstances in which underground rooms are to be deemed for the purposes of section eighteen of the Housing Act, 1957, to be unfit for human habitation.|note4= (Repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71)) }}
| {{|Small Lotteries and Gaming Act 1956 (Amendment) Act 1959|public|35|14-05-1959|repealed=y|An Act to amend the law with respect to the holding of small lotteries on licensed premises.|note4= (Repealed by Betting and Gaming Act 1960 (c. 60)) }}
| {{|Rating and Valuation Act 1959|public|36|14-05-1959|repealed=y|An Act to postpone the coming into force of new valuation lists under Part III of the Local Government Act, 1948, and to restrict proposals for altering the current lists; to postpone the date as from which relief under section eight of the Rating and Valuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955, can be terminated or reduced; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.|note4= (Repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9)) }}
| {{|Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959|public|37|14-05-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the law in relation to the making and disposing and importation of flick knives and other dangerous weapons.}}
| {{|Police Federation Act 1959|public|8|14-05-1959|repealed=y|An Act to amend the provisions of the Schedule to the Police Act, 1919, with respect to the dates of elections of Branch Boards and of annual meetings of Branch Boards and Central Conferences of the Police Federation.|note4= (Repealed by Police Act 1964 (c. 48)) }}
| {{|Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1959|public|39|14-05-1959|repealed=y|An Act to amend the law relating to the restriction of vexatious actions.|note4= (Repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)) }}
| {{|Deer (Scotland) Act 1959|public|40|14-05-1959|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to consolidate the legislation relating to deer in Scotland.|note4= (Repealed by Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 (c. 58)) }}
| {{|Criminal Justice Administration (Amendment) Act 1959|public|41|09-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to amend the law relating to the formation of additional courts of quarter sessions in boroughs.|note4= (Repealed by Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 15)) }}
| {{|Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1959|public|42|09-07-1959|An Act to make provision for an increase in the membership of the disciplinary committee constituted under section forty-six of the Solicitors Act, 1957. }}
| {{|Post Office Works Act 1959|public|43|09-07-1959|An Act to vest in the Postmaster General certain underground works constructed in London, Manchester and Birmingham in the exercise of emergency powers; and for purposes connected therewith.}}
| {{|Fire Services Act 1959|public|44|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the Fire Services Act, 1947, and make further provision as to the pensions of persons transferring to or from the fire service and as to members of fire brigades becoming temporary instructors in training establishments.}}
| {{|Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959|public|45|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to increase the maximum number of the metropolitan stipendiary magistrates; to authorise the appointment of acting stipendiary magistrates for the metropolitan stipendiary court area; to enable the Receiver to provide premises required for the probation system within the said area; and to make further provision with respect to the power of the Receiver to borrow money.}}
| {{|Nuclear Installations (Licensing and Insurance) Act 1959|public|46|09-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to make provision for the regulation of certain installations capable of emitting ionising radiations and with respect to the incidence of, and the provision of cover for, liability in respect of any such radiations emitted from, or in connection with the use of, any such installation; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.|note4= (Repealed by Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57)) }}
| {{|National Insurance Act 1959|public|47|09-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to alter the contributions payable to the National Insurance Fund under the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1957, and the retirement benefits payable under those Acts, and in particular to provide for payment of a graduated retirement benefit in return for contributions related to the amount of a person's remuneration, and for purposes connected therewith.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965 (c. 55)) }}
| {{|Cotton Industry Act 1959|public|48|09-07-1959|An Act to enable schemes made with a view to eliminating excess capacity in the cotton industry to provide for paying compensation for any such elimination and for raising the sums required for that and other purposes by levies on the industry; to enable the Board of Trade to make contributions towards any such compensation and to make grants for the re-equipment of the industry; and for purposes connected therewith.}}
| {{|Chevening Estate Act 1959|public|49|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confirm and give effect to a vesting deed and trust instrument relating to the Chevening Estate and other property, and for purposes connected therewith.}}
| {{|Pensions (Increase) Act 1959|public|50|09-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to provide for increases of certain pensions.|note4= (Repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56)) }}
| {{|Licensing (Scotland) Act 1959|public|51|09-07-1959|An Act to consolidate certain enactments which relate to licensing in Scotland and to matters connected therewith, with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949. }}
| {{|National Assistance Act 1959|public|52|09-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to empower the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to make orders increasing any of the amounts specified in paragraph 3 or 5 of the Second Schedule to the National Assistance Act, 1948, and making certain consequential provision.|note4= (Repealed by Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c. 20)) }}
| {{|Town and Country Planning Act 1959|public|53|16-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to make further provision as to compensation in respect of the compulsory acquisition of land, and as to other matters relating to the acquisition, appropriation and disposal of land by public authorities; to make provision as to proceedings in respect of certain matters arising under the Town and Country Planning Acts, 1947 to 1954, and the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Acts, 1947 to 1954, as to applications for planning permission under those Acts, and as to enforcement notices thereunder; to make further provision as to procedure in connection with statutory inquiries, as to compensation for damage to requisitioned land, and as to advances to highway authorities in respect of land acquired for highways; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}
| {{|Weeds Act 1959|public|54|16-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to injurious weeds.}}
| {{|Dog Licences Act 1959|public|55|16-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to consolidate certain enactments and Orders in Council relating to the licensing of dogs kept in Great Britain.|note4= (Repealed by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9)) }}
| {{|Rights of Light Act 1959|public|56|16-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the law relating to rights of light, and for purposes connected therewith.}}
| {{|Street Offences Act 1959|public|57|16-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to make, as respects England and Wales, further provision against loitering or soliciting in public places for the purpose of prostitution, and for the punishment of those guilty of certain offences in connection with refreshment houses and those who live on the earnings of or control prostitutes.}}
| {{|Finance Act 1959|public|58|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.}}
| {{|Appropriation Act 1959|public|59|29-07-1959|repealed=y|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 sixty, and to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79)) }}
| {{|Education Act 1959|public|60|29-07-1959|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to enlarge the powers of the Minister of Education to make contributions, grants and loans in respect of aided schools and special agreement schools, and for purposes connected therewith.|note4= (Repealed by Education Act 1996 (c. 56)) }}
| {{|National Galleries of Scotland Act 1959|public|61|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to authorise the payment under section seven of the National Galleries of Scotland Act, 1906, out of moneys provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland in the performance of such functions, in addition to the management of the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery, as are conferred on them by or under that Act.}}
| {{|New Towns Act 1959|public|62|29-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to make, as respects England and Wales, new provision in place of section fifteen of the New Towns Act, 1946, as to the disposal of the undertakings of development corporations and other matters arising when a development corporation has achieved or substantially achieved the purposes for which it is established; to amend the law relating to development corporations by increasing the limit on the advances which may be made to them under sub section (1) of section twelve of that Act, by providing for housing subsidies to be wholly or partly withheld in respect of dwellings disposed of by them, and by authorising them to make contributions towards the provision of amenities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.|note4= (Repealed by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64)) }}
| {{|Export Guarantees Act 1959|public|63|29-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to increase the amount of the liabilities which may be undertaken by the Board of Trade in respect of guarantees under sections one and two of the Export Guarantees Act, 1949.|note4= (Repealed by Export Guarantees Act 1964 (c. 6)) }}
| {{|Landlord and Tenant (Furniture and Fittings) Act 1959|public|64|29-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act further to regulate the requiring of payments for furniture, fittings or other articles as a condition of the grant, renewal, continuance or assignment of tenancies of dwellings.|note4= (Repealed by Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 28)) }}
| {{|Fatal Accidents Act 1959|public|65|29-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to amend the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846, and the Carriage by Air Act, 1932, by enlarging the class of persons for whose benefit an action may be brought thereunder, and to provide for certain benefits to be left out of account in assessing damages in such an action.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43)) }}
| {{|Obscene Publications Act 1959|public|66|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the law relating to the publication of obscene matter; to provide for the protection of literature; and to strengthen the law concerning pornography.}}
| {{|Factories Act 1959|public|67|29-07-1959|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to amend the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948, and make further provision as to the health, safety and welfare of persons employed in factories or in premises or operations to which those Acts apply; to revoke Regulation 59 of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939, and for connected purposes.|note4= (Repealed by Factories Act 1961 (c. 34)) }}
| {{|Statute Law Revision Act 1959|public|68|29-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded enactments.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22)) }}
| {{|Wages Councils Act 1959|public|69|29-07-1959|An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to Wages Councils.}}
| {{|Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959|public|70|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to re-enact in the form in which they apply to Scotland the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1959. }}
| {{|Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1959|public|71|29-07-1959|repealed=y|An Act to consolidate the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts, 1940 to 1959.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16)) }}
| {{|Mental Health Act 1959|public|72|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to repeal the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts 1890 to 1930, and the Mental Deficiency Acts 1913 to 1938, and to make fresh provision with respect to the treatment and care of mentally disordered persons and with respect to their property and affairs; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}
| {{|Legitimacy Act 1959|public|73|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the Legitimacy Act, 1926, to legitimate the children of certain void marriages, and otherwise to amend the law relating to children born out of wedlock.}}

### Local acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Angle Ore and Transport Company Act 1959|local|8|25-03-1959|maintained=y|An Act to empower the Angle Ore and Transport Company Limited to construct works and to acquire lands and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Act 1959|local|9|30-04-1959|maintained=y|An Act to empower the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Corporation to allow Coras Iompair Eireann to subscribe to the fund of that Corporation in respect of certain contributing members to the fund passing into their service and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Tees Conservancy Act 1959|local|10|25-03-1959|maintained=y|An Act to extend the time for the completion by the Tees Conservancy Commissioners of certain works and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Glamorgan County Council Act 1959|local|11|25-03-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to confer further powers on the Glamorgan County Council in relation to the superannuation fund maintained by the Council and for other purposes.|note4= (Repealed by West Glamorgan Act 1987 (c. viii)) }}
| {{|Gloucestershire County Council Act 1959|local|12|25-03-1959|maintained=y|An Act to confer further powers on the Gloucestershire County Council in relation to their superannuation fund and for other purposes.}}
| {{|All Saints Chelsea Act 1959|local|13|25-03-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to vest part of the churchyard appurtenant to the church of All Saints Chelsea in the London Diocesan Fund as custodian trustee of the Parochial Church Council of All Saints Chelsea to authorise the erection of a building thereon and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene and other Charities (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1959|local|14|14-05-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity called the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene and other Charities in the City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne.|po1=Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charities in the City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne:—
* The Charity called The Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene, comprised in the Saint Mary Magdalene Hospital Act, 1867, 30 and 31 Vict. c. vii (Local) as amended by the Saint Mary Magdalene Hospital (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Act, 1940, and a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners of the 3rd June 1955;
* The Charity called The Hospital of the Holy Jesus, regulated by the Holy Jesus Hospital Act, 1847, and comprised in a Scheme of the said Commissioners of the 12th July 1935;
* The Charity known as the Hospital of Thomas Davison;
* The Charity known as the Hospital of Ann Davison;
* The Charity known as the Hospital of Sir Walter Blackett.
|po1short=n}}
| {{|Hospital of St. Nicholas (Salisbury) Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1959|local|15|14-05-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity known as the Hospital of St. Nicolas, in the City of Salisbury.|po1=Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charity:—
|po1short=n}}
| {{|Jesus Hospital (Rothwell) Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1959|local|16|14-05-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity known as Jesus Hospital, at Rothwell, in the County of Northampton.|po1=Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charity:—
|po1short=n}}
| {{|Poor's Coal Charity (Wavendon) Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1959|local|17|14-05-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the Charity known as the Poor's Coal Charity, in the Ancient Parish of Wavendon, in the Counties of Buckingham and Bedford.|po1=Scheme for the Application or Management of the following Charity:—
|po1short=n}}
| {{|Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (West Hertfordshire Main Drainage) Act 1959|local|18|14-05-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Housing and Local Government relating to Colne Valley Sewerage Board.|po1=West Hertfordshire Main Drainage Order 1959|Provisional Order altering a Local Act. }}
| {{|Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of Wales (Amendment) Act 1959|local|19|14-05-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend certain provisions of the Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of Wales Act 1933 by enlarging the powers of investment conferred on the properties board thereby constituted and to confirm the validity of certain conveyances assignments and other assurances and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Glasgow Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1959|local|20|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Glasgow Corporation.|po1=Glasgow Corporation Order 1959|Provisional Order to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of lands for the construction of the sewer authorised by the Glasgow Corporation Order 1953 to empower the Corporation of the city of Glasgow to discontinue supplies of water under pressure for the purpose of hydraulic power to confer powers on the said Corporation as to the fixing of rates tolls charges and rents in respect of certain of their markets and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Royal Wanstead School Act 1959|local|21|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confer further powers on the Royal Wanstead School and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Birmingham Corporation Act 1959|local|22|09-07-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to authorise the lord mayor aldermen and citizens of the city of Birmingham to provide and use an exhibition hall and for other purposes.|note4= (Repealed by National Exhibition Centre and Birmingham Municipal Bank Act 1976 (c. xix)) }}
| {{|Round Oak Steel Works (Level Crossings) Act 1959|local|23|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to authorise Round Oak Steel Works Limited to divert a level crossing confirmed by the Round Oak Steel Works (Level Crossings) Act 1948 to amend that Act and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Railway Passengers Assurance Act 1959|local|24|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the Railway Passengers Assurance (Consolidation) Act 1918 and for other purposes.}}
| {{|North Devon Water Act 1959|local|25|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to authorise the North Devon Water Board to construct additional waterworks and to acquire lands to confer further powers upon the Board and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Thames Conservancy Act 1959|local|26|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the Thames Conservancy Acts 1932 and 1950 to extend the powers and make further provision for the revenue of the Conservators of the river Thames and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Middlesex County Council Act 1959|local|27|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to enable parts of a metropolitan common in the county of Middlesex to be used for the making or improvement of highways and to enable parts of other metropolitan commons in the said county to be used for the improvement of highways and to enact provisions incidental thereto.}}
| {{|Port of London Act 1959|local|28|09-07-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to confer further powers on the Port of London Authority and for other purposes.|note4= (Repealed by Port of London Act 1968 (c. xxxii)) }}
| {{|Bradford Corporation Act 1959|local|29|09-07-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to make further provision with respect to the misuse of certificates and reports of the Bradford Conditioning House established under the Bradford Corporation (Various Powers) Act 1887 and the admission in evidence of such certificates and reports to amend the said Act of 1887 and for other purposes.|note4= (Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv)) }}
| {{|Finsbury Square Act 1959|local|30|09-07-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to amend the Finsbury Square Act 1957 to make further provision with reference to the use of Finsbury Square and for other purposes.|note4= (Repealed by Local Law (Greater London Council and Inner London Boroughs) Order 1965 (SI 1965/540)) }}
| {{|London County Council (Money) Act 1959|local|31|09-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to regulate the expenditure on capital account and lending of money by the London County Council during the financial period from the first day of April nineteen hundred and fifty-nine to the thirtieth day of September nineteen hundred and sixty and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Bucks Water Board Act 1959|local|32|16-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to provide for the transfer to the Bucks Water Board of the water undertakings of the Marlow Water Company and the councils of the boroughs of Brackley and High Wycombe of the urban districts of Bletchley Newport Pagnell and Wolverton and of the rural districts of Brackley Newport Pagnell Towcester and Wycombe to alter the constitution of the Board to confer further powers upon and extend the limits of supply of the Board and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Reading and Berkshire Water, &c. Act 1959|local|33|16-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to constitute a joint board to supply water in the county borough of Reading and in parts of the administrative counties of Berks Oxford and Hampshire; to vest in the said board the water undertakings of certain of the constituent councils part of the water undertaking of the council of the rural district of Faringdon and the undertakings of the Henley-on-Thames Water Company Limited the Hungerford Waterworks Company Limited and the South Oxfordshire Water Company and part of the undertaking of the Mid-Wessex Water Company to confer further powers on the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the county borough of Reading and on the county council of the administrative county of Berks and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Edinburgh College of Art Order Confirmation Act 1959|local|34|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to the Edinburgh College of Art.|po1=Edinburgh College of Art Order 1959|Provisional Order to incorporate a governing body for the Edinburgh College of Art and to transfer the said college and the endowments held in connection therewith by the Corporation of the city of Edinburgh as governors of the said college to the said governing body and to confer powers on them with respect thereto and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Leith Harbour and Docks Order Confirmation Act 1959|local|35|29-07-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Leith Harbour and Docks.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12))|po1=Leith Harbour and Docks Order 1959|Provisional Order to authorise the Commissioners for the harbour and docks of Leith to construct a work to amend the provisions of the Leith Harbour and Docks Orders 1935 to 1952 relating to rates and charges to confer further powers on the Commissioners and for other purposes.}}
| {{|British Transport Commission Order Confirmation Act 1959|local|36|29-07-1959|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to the British Transport Commission.|po1=British Transport Commission Order 1959|Provisional Order to empower the British Transport Commission to construct works and to acquire lands to confer further powers on the Commission and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Pier and Harbour Order (Gloucester) Confirmation Act 1959|local|37|29-07-1959|maintained=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Gloucester.|po1=Gloucester Harbour Order 1959|Provisional Order to confer further powers on the Gloucester Harbour Trustees and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Pier and Harbour Order (Medway Lower Navigation) Confirmation Act 1959|local|38|29-07-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under the General Pier and Harbour Act 1861 relating to the Medway Lower Navigation.|note4= (Repealed by Medway Ports Reorganisation Scheme 1968 Confirmation Order 1969 (SI 1969/1045))|po1=Medway Lower Navigation Order 1959|Provisional Order to authorise the Medway Lower Navigation Company to increase the total sum standing to the credit of its contingency fund.}}
| {{|Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust Act 1959|local|39|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to extend the objects and powers of the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust, to change the name thereof and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Falmouth Docks Act 1959|local|40|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to consolidate with amendments the statutory powers of the Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company to confer further powers upon the Company and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Bootle Corporation Act 1959|local|41|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to confer further powers upon the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Bootle to make further provision for the improvement health local government and finances of the borough and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Tees Valley and Cleveland Water Act 1959|local|42|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to authorise the Tees Valley and Cleveland Water Board to construct additional waterworks and to acquire lands to amend provisions relating to the discharge of compensation water by that Board and other provisions and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Mid-Wessex Water Act 1959|local|43|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to authorise the transfer to the Mid-Wessex Water Company of the water undertaking of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Basingstoke to extend the limits of supply of the Company and for other purposes.}}
| {{|British Transport Commission Act 1959|local|44|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to empower the British Transport Commission to construct works and to acquire lands and the Liverpool Corporation to defray the cost of certain works to authorise the closing for navigation of ports of certain inland waterways to repeal and amend certain enactments relating to Holyhead Harbour to authorise the Commission to guarantee loans to certain pilotage authorities to make provision in respect of certain charges in connection with the undertaking of the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of certain lands to confer further powers on the Commission and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Portsmouth Corporation Act 1959|local|45|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to authorise the lord mayor aldermen and citizens of the city of Portsmouth to construct quay works and street improvements to purchase lands compulsorily for those and other purposes to make provision with regard to lands streets and buildings and the local government health welfare improvement and finances of the city to confer further powers upon them and to make further provision with reference to their Camber Dock and Flathouse Wharf undertakings and Langstone Harbour and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Humber Bridge Act 1959|local|46|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the river Humber with approach roads and other works to constitute a Board and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Shell-Mex and B.P. (London Airport Pipeline) Act 1959|local|47|29-07-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to empower Shell-Mex and B.P. Limited to construct pipelines between Walton-on-Thames and London Airport and to acquire lands and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Halifax Corporation Act 1959|local|48|29-07-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to make further provision for the improvement health and local government of the county borough of Halifax and for other purposes.|note4= (Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv)) }}
| {{|City of London (Various Powers) Act 1959|local|49|29-07-1959|maintained=y|An Act to make further provision with respect to the presentation and swearing of the Lord Mayor of London to confer powers upon the Corporation of London with respect to the provision of storage facilities for horticultural produce and containers the acquisition of land and the use of the Metropolitan Cattle Market Islington therefor to amend the law relating to distress for rates in the said city to make provision with respect to deer sanctuaries nuisances superannuation and other matters and for other purposes.}}
| {{|South Wales Transport Act 1959|local|50|29-07-1959|maintained=y|An Act to provide for the closing of the Oystermouth railway and the Mumbles railway the dissolution of the Swansea and Mumbles Railways Limited and the Mumbles Railway and Pier Company to confer further powers upon the South Wales Transport Company Limited and for other purposes.}}
| {{|Lee Valley Water Act 1959|local|51|29-07-1959|maintained=y|An Act to incorporate the Lee Valley Water Company to transfer to that company the undertakings of the Barnet District Water Company the Herts and Essex Water Company and the Royston Water Company Limited and the water undertakings of the First Garden City Limited the trustees of a settlement by Lady Margaret Hermione Millicent Cobbold the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Hertford the Stevenage Development Corporation the Baldock Urban District Council the Hitchin Urban District Council the Ware Urban District Council the Welwyn Garden City Urban District Council the Braughing Rural District Council the Hertford Rural District Council the Hitchin Rural District Council the Ware Rural District Council and the Welwyn Rural District Council to confer powers upon the Company and for other purposes.}}
| {{|London County Council (General Powers) Act 1959|local|52|29-07-1959|maintained=y|An Act to confer further powers upon the London County Council and other authorities and for other purposes.}}

### Sources

* The Journals of the House of Commons (PDF). Vol. 214 (October 1958 – September 1959). pp. 3–327 – via parliament.uk.
* Chronological Table of the Statutes: Covering the Period from 1235 to the End of 1971. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 1151–1172. ISBN 978-0-11-840096-1 – via Google Books.
* "UK Public General Acts from 1959". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
* "UK Local Acts from 1959". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
* "Chronological Tables of Local Acts: Part 180 (1958-1960)". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.

## 8 & 9 Eliz. 2

The first session of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 20 October 1959 until 27 October 1960.

### Public general acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Mr. Speaker Morrison's Retirement Act 1959|public|1|17-12-1959|repealed=y|An Act to settle and secure annuities upon the Right Honourable William Shepherd Morrison, and after his death upon his wife, Catherine Allison Morrison, in consideration of his eminent services.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12)) }}
| {{|Post Office and Telegraph (Money) Act 1959|public|2|17-12-1959|repealed=y|An Act to provide further money for expenses of the Post Office properly chargeable to capital account; and for purposes connected therewith.|note4= (Repealed by Post Office Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 15)) }}
| {{|Marshall Scholarships Act 1959|public|3|17-12-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to increase the number of Marshall scholarships which may be provided in each year.}}
| {{|Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1959|public|4|17-12-1959|repealed=y|An Act to continue certain expiring laws.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30)) }}
| {{|Atomic Energy Authority Act 1959|public|5|17-12-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to increase the maximum number of members of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, and to enable the Authority to include in their pension schemes staff of the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science.}}
| {{|Commonwealth Scholarships Act 1959|public|6|17-12-1959|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to make provisions for matters arising out of the Commonwealth Education Conference.|note4= (Repealed by Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 (c. 63)) }}
| {{|Sea Fish Industry Act 1959|public|7|17-12-1959|repealed=y|An Act to increase the aggregate amounts of grants made in pursuance of schemes under sections one and five of the White Fish and Herring Industries Act, 1953, and section three of the White Fish and Herring Industries Act, 1957, and otherwise to amend the provisions as to schemes under those Acts; to authorise measures for the increase or improvement of marine resources; to make further provision for regulating the catching of sea-fish and for licensing fishing-boats; and for purposes connected with those matters.|note4= (Repealed by Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 (c. 11)) }}
| {{|Lord High Commissioner (Church of Scotland) Act 1959|public|8|17-12-1959|An Act to increase the allowance payable to Her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.}}
| {{|Judicial Pensions Act 1959|public|9|17-12-1959|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to amend the law with respect to the pensions and other benefits attaching to certain high judicial offices, to regulate the age of retirement from such offices, and to increase certain pensions and other benefits granted to or in respect of persons who have held such offices.}}

### Local acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1959|local|1|17-12-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Aberdeen Harbour.|note4= (Repealed by Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1960 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. i))|po1=Aberdeen Harbour Order 1959|Provisional Order to extend the period of duration of the Aberdeen Harbour Acts 1895 to 1957 and for purposes connected therewith.}}
| {{|Clyde Navigation Order Confirmation Act 1959|local|2|17-12-1959|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Clyde Navigation.|note4= (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12))|po1=Clyde Navigation Order 1959|Provisional Order to extend the period for the compulsory purchase of certain lands by the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation and for other purposes.}} }}

### Sources

* The Journals of the House of Commons (PDF). Vol. 215 (October 1959 – October 1960). pp. 3–342 – via parliament.uk.
* Chronological Table of the Statutes: Covering the Period from 1235 to the End of 1971. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-11-840096-1 – via Google Books.
* "UK Public General Acts from 1959". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
* "UK Local Acts from 1959". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
* "Chronological Tables of Local Acts: Part 180 (1958-1960)". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.