Anguilla Act 1980
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| short_title = Anguilla Act 1980
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An Act to make further provision with respect to Anguilla.
| year = 1980
| citation = 1980 c. 67
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| royal_assent = 16 December 1980
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| replaces = Anguilla Act 1971
| amendments = Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995
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| status = amended
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The Anguilla Act 1980 (c. 67) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which received royal assent on the 16 December 1980.{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1980/dec/16/royal-assent#S5CV0996P0_19801216_HOC_12 |title=Royal Assent |date=1980-12-16 |access-date=3 January 2011 |last=Thomas |first=George |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005255/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1980/dec/16/royal-assent |archivedate=3 December 2013 |work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&PageNumber=0&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1263850&ActiveTextDocId=1263850&filesize=8925 |title=Anguilla Act 1980 |publisher=UK Statute Law Database |accessdate=3 January 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207095611/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/67/contents |archivedate=7 December 2013 |url-status=live }} The act made provisions for the government of the United Kingdom to administer Anguilla, and pass laws for the territory or on its behalf.{{cite web|url=http://corruptionfreeanguilla.blogspot.com/2008/03/act-of-parliament.html |title=Act of Parliament |date=5 March 2008 |accessdate=3 January 2011 |last=Mitchell |first=Don |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240526221102/https://www.webcitation.org/6LRlEmYgu?url=http://corruptionfreeanguilla.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/act-of-parliament.html |archivedate=26 May 2024 |url-status=live }}
The act also ended the Associated State of St Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, which was created in turn by a federal act in 1882.{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/517489/Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis/54703/Federation-and-independence-movements?anchor=ref516068 |title=Saint Kitts and Nevis |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |accessdate=3 January 2011 |year=2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233016/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/517489/Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis/54703/Federation-and-independence-movements?anchor=ref516068 |archivedate=2 December 2013 |url-status=live }} Section 1(1) and Section 2(2) were repealed in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/44/schedule/1 |title=Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 |publisher=legislation.gov.uk |work=The National Archives |accessdate=3 January 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113131745/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/44/schedule/1 |archivedate=13 November 2012 |url-status=live }}