Public Libraries Act

Public Libraries Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation ("Acts of Parliament") relating to public libraries.

List

• The Public Libraries Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 65)
• The Public Libraries (Ireland) Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 40)
• The Public Libraries Amendment Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 54)
• The Public Libraries (Ireland) Amendment Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 15)
• The Public Libraries Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 37)
• The Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 42)
• The Public Libraries Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 53)
• The Public Libraries Amendment Act 1893 (56 Vict. c. 11)
• The Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 20)
• The Public Libraries (Ireland) Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 38)
• The Public Libraries (Ireland) Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7. c. 20)
• The Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 45)
• The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (c. 75)

Collective titles

• The Public Libraries Acts 1892 and 1893 was the collective title of the Public Libraries Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 53) and the Public Libraries Amendment Act 1893 (56 Vict c 11).^[1]
• The Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts 1887 and 1894 was the collective title of the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 42) and the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 20).^[1]
• The Public Libraries (Ireland) Acts 1855 to 1894 was the collective title of the acts of those years, relating to Ireland.^[1]

See also

• Museums Act 1845
• List of short titles

References

1. The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2