Importation (No. 4) Act 1816
{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Importation (No. 4) Act 1816
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An act to repeal Two Acts passed in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth and King Richard the Third, which prohibit the Importation of Wrought Goods and certain other Articles.
| year = 1816
| citation = 56 Geo. 3. c. 36
| introduced_commons = Stephen Lushington {{postnominal|GBR|MP}}
| territorial_extent = United Kingdom
| royal_assent = 21 May 1816
| commencement = 21 May 1816{{efn|The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.}}
| repeal_date = 5 August 1873
| amends = See {{section link||Repealed enactments}}
| replaces = {{ubli|Importation (No. 2) Act 1463|Importation Act 1483}}
| repealing_legislation = Statute Law Revision Act 1873
| related_legislation = Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822
| status = Repealed
| original_text = https://books.google.com/books?id=lWE0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA95
}}
The Importation (No. 4) Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. 36) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Importation (No. 2) Act 1463 (3 Edw. 4. c. 3) and the Importation Act 1483 (1 Ric. 3. c. 12).{{Cite book |last=Britain |first=Great |url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=lWE0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA95 |title=The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |date=1816 |publisher=His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers |language=en}}
Passage
The Importation (No. 2) Act 1463 (3 Edw. 4. c. 3) and the Importation Act 1483 (1 Ric. 3. c. 12) were read and committed to a committee of the whole house on 25 April 1816, which met on 26 April 1816 and reported on 29 April 1816, resolving that it was expedient to repeal the two acts and that James Brogden {{Postnominal|country=GBR|MP}} and Stephen Lushington {{Postnominal|country=GBR|MP}} should bring prepare and bring in a bill to do so.{{Cite book |last=Commons |first=Great Britain House of |url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=MRhDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT15 |title=The Journals of the House of Commons |year=1816 |volume=71 |pages=306, 309, 317, 321, 325, 335, 341, 344, 346, 363, 384 |language=en}}
The Wrought Goods Importation Bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 30 April 1816, presented by the Stephen Lushington {{Postnominal|country=GBR|MP}}. The bill had its second reading in the House of Commons on 1 May 1816 and was committed to a committee of the whole house, which met on 3 May 1816 and reported on 6 May 1816, with amendments. The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Commons on 8 May 1816 and passed, without amendments.
The bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 8 May 1816.{{Cite book |last=Lords |first=Great Britain Parliament House of |url=https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10213149 |title=The Journals of the House of Lords |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1816 |volume=50 |pages=598, 600, 603, 609, 628, 630 |language=en}} The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 9 May 1816 and was committed to a committee of the whole house, which met and reported on 10 May 1816, without amendments. The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 13 May 1816 and passed, without amendments.
The bill was granted royal assent on 21 May 1816.
Legacy
The Importation (No. 2) Act 1463 (3 Edw. 4. c. 3) and the Importation Act 1483 (1 Ric. 3. c. 12) were declared to be repealed by the Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41).
The whole of 3 Edw. 4, including the Importation (No. 2) Act 1463 (3 Edw. 4. c. 3) which was already repealed, was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125) and for Ireland by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98).{{Cite book |last=Lords |first=Great Britain Parliament House of |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=peRbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA94 |title=Public Bills |date=1863 |language=en |page=94 |volume=6}}
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 91).
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