Bank of England Act 1708
{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of Great Britain}}
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|short_title=Bank of England Act 1708{{efn|The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.}}
|type=Act
|parliament=Parliament of Great Britain
|long_title=An Act for enlarging the Capital Stock of the Bank of England;{{efn|These words are printed against this act in the second column of the first schedule to the Short Titles Act 1896, which is headed "Title".}} and for raising a further Supply to Her Majesty, for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Nine.
|year=1708
|citation=7 Ann. c. 30{{br}}(Ruffhead c. 7)
|territorial_extent=Great Britain
|royal_assent=21 April 1709
|commencement=16 November 1708{{efn|Start of session.}}
|repeal_date=30 July 1948
|amends={{ubli|Bank of England Act 1694|Bank of England Act 1696}}
|amendments={{ubli|Statute Law Revision Act 1867|Statute Law Revision Act 1887|Statute Law Revision Act 1888}}
|related_legislation=
|repealing_legislation=Statute Law Revision Act 1948
|status=repealed
|original_text=https://archive.org/details/pp63095186/page/113/
|}}
The Bank of England Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 30) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It was one of the Bank of England Acts 1694 to 1892.The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and schedule 2
This act is chapter 7 in Ruffhead's EditionCouncil of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 656. Footnote 1. and the old editionsThe Bank Act 1892, Part I of the Schedule and chapter VII in common printed editions.The Public General Acts passed in the fiftieth and fifty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. HMSO. London. 1887. Page 312.
Sections 66 to 68 are sections 61 to 63 in Ruffhead's Edition.Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 656. Footnote 4.
The act, except sections 1 to 5, 60, 61, 66 to 68, 70, 75 and 77, was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.
Title
The title, from "and for raising" to the end of the title, was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Preamble
The preamble was repealed by section 8(3) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Bank Act 1892.
Section 1
This section was repealed by section 8(3) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Bank Act 1892.
Section 2
This section was repealed by section 8(3) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Bank Act 1892.
Section 3
This section was repealed by section 8(3) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Bank Act 1892.
Section 4
This section was repealed by section 8(3) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Bank Act 1892.
Section 5
This section is section 2 in Ruffhead's Edition.Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 656. Footnote 2. This section was repealed by section 8(3) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Bank Act 1892.
Section 60
This section is not printed in Ruffhead's Edition.Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 656. Footnote 3. This section was repealed by section 3(4) of, and schedule 3 to, the Bank of England Act 1946.
Section 61
This section was repealed by section 3(4) of, and schedule 3 to, the Bank of England Act 1946.
Section 66
This section was repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
Section 67
This section down to "persons, and that" and from "and the said allowances" down to "governor and company" and from "allowances and" down to "governor and company as aforesaid" was repealed by section 8(3) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Bank Act 1892. This section was repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
Section 68
This section was repealed by section 8(3) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Bank Act 1892.
Section 70
This section is section 65 in Ruffhead's Edition.Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 656. Footnote 5. This section was repealed by section 3(4) of, and schedule 3 to, the Bank of England Act 1946.
Section 75
This section is section 70 in Ruffhead's Edition.Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 656. Footnote 6. This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Section 77
This section is section 72 in Ruffhead's Edition.Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 656. Footnote 7. This section was repealed by section 3(4) of, and schedule 3 to, the Bank of England Act 1946.
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