Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom legislation
The Collecting Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to friendly societies and industrial assurance companies in the United Kingdom .
Passage
Leave to bring in the Collecting Societies Bill to the House of Commons was granted to Robert William Hanbury MP and the chancellor of the exchequer , Michael Hicks Beach on 8 June 1896.[ 1] The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 8 June 1896, presented by Robert William Hanbury MP .[ 1] The bill had its second reading in the House of Commons on 24 June 1896 and was committed to the Joint Committee on Statute Law Revision Bills, &c. ,[ 1] which reported on 16 July 1896, with amendments.[ 1] The amended bill was re-committed to a committee of the whole house ,[ 1] which met and reported on 23 July 1896, without amendments. The bill had its third reading in the House of Commons on 23 July 1896 and passed, without amendments.[ 1]
The bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 24 July 1896.[ 2] The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 27 July 1896 and was committed to a committee of the whole house ,[ 2] which met and reported on 28 July 1896, with amendments.[ 2] The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 30 July 1896 and passed, without amendments.[ 2]
The bill was granted royal assent on 7 August 1896.[ 2]
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 18 of the act repealed 4 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[ 3]
Legacy
The whole act was repealed by the Industrial Assurance Act 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5 . c. 8). The act was described as a Consolidation Act .[ 4]
Notes
^ Section 20.
^ Section 19.
^ Section 19.
References
^ a b c d e f Commons, Great Britain House of (1896). The Journals of the House of Commons (PDF) . Vol. 151. pp. 266, 274, 285, 302, 366, 376, 380, 386, 407, 424.
^ a b c d e Lords, Great Britain Parliament House of (1896). The Journals of the House of Lords . Vol. 128. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 344, 345, 349, 354, 358, 381, 469.
^ Great Britain (1866). Public general acts . Vol. 33. London, H.M. Stationery Office.
^ The Law Journal . Vol. 28. E.B. Ince. 1890. p. 413.