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An Act to continue for One Year, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, so much of certain Acts of the Parliament of Ireland as relate to the lighting, cleansing, and watching of Cities and Towns, for the lighting, cleansing, and watching of which no particular Provision is made by any Act of Parliament.
The Sacramental Test Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 17) was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It repealed the requirement that government officials take communion in the Church of England. Sir Robert Peel took the lead for the Tory government in the repeal and collaborated with Anglican Church leaders. [1] [2]
27 April – London Zoo opens in Regent's Park for members of the Zoological Society of London, the first scientific zoo in the U.K., [1] [2] and the Tower of London menagerie is transferred there. 9 May – Sacramental Test Act removes most prohibitions on nonconformists and Catholics holding public office.
For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the lists 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 application of the 1828 and 1829 acts to Irish acts was uncertain and so the Test Abolition Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 62) repeated the 1829 repeal more explicitly. [ 13 ] The 1661, 1672 and 1678 acts were repealed by the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 , the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 and the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866 respectively. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1828" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Offences Against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4.c. 31), also known as Lord Lansdowne's Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated for England and Wales provisions in the law related to offences against the person (an expression which, in particular, includes offences of violence) from a number of earlier piecemeal statutes into a single act.
Catholics to the number of 800,000 petitioned Parliament for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, which were repealed in 1828; and the same year in 1,500 parishes throughout Ireland meetings were held on the same day to petition for emancipation, and a million and a half Catholic signatures were obtained.