Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893

Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Industrial and Provident Societies.
Citation56 & 57 Vict. c. 39
Introduced byGeorge Howell MP (Commons)
Territorial extent {{Great Britain|Ireland|Channel Islands}}[b]
Dates
Royal assent12 September 1893
Commencement12 September 1893[c]
Repealed1 January 1966
Other legislation
Amends
Repeals/revokesIndustrial and Provident Societies Act 1876
Amended by
Repealed byIndustrial and Provident Societies Act 1965
Relates to
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 39) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended the law relating to industrial and provident societies.

Background

The first legislation basis for industrial and provident societies was provided for by the Industrial and Provident Societies Partnership Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 31). This legislation was subsequently amended by the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 25) and the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 40) to improve legal proceedings concerning societies formed under the act.

Legislation relating to industrial and provident societies was subsequently amended and consolidated by the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 87) and the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 45).

Passage

Leave to bring in the X Bill to the House of Commons was granted to George Howell MP, Horace Plunkett MP, William Mather MP, Gerald Balfour MP, Sir Henry Roscoe MP, Charles Fenwick MP and Michael Austin MP on 11 April 1893.[1] The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 11 April 1893, presented by George Howell MP.[1] The bill had its second reading in the House of Commons on 17 June 1893 and was committed to a committee of the whole house,[1] which met and reported on 19 June 1893, with amendments.[1] The amended bill was re-committed to a committee of the whole house,[1] which met on 26 June 1893, 28 June 1893, with amendments.[1] The committee was discharged on 4 July 1893 and was referred to a select committee, which was appointed on 5 July 1893 with a quorum of 5 and the power to send for "persons, paper and records".[1]

Name Party Commentary
George Bartley Conservative
Richard Causton Liberal
Henry Fenwick Liberal
Henry Hobhouse Liberal Unionist
George Howell Liberal-Labour
William Mather Liberal
Sir Herbert Maxwell Conservative Chair
Bernard Charles Molloy Irish Parliamentary Party
Sir Francis Powell Conservative

The committee reported on 13 July 1893, with amendments.[1] The amended bill was re-committed to a committee of the whole house,[1] which met and reported on 17 July 1893, without amendments.[1] The bill had its third reading in the House of Commons on 17 July 1893 and passed, without amendments.[1]

The bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 18 July 1893.[2] The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 27 July 1893 and was committed to a committee of the whole house,[2] which met and reported on 28 July 1893, without amendments.[2] The bill was considered, with amendments, and re-committed to a committee of the whole house,[2] which met and reported on 7 August 1893, without amendments.[2] The bill was comitted to a standing committee, which reported on 8 August 1893, with amendments, and 24 August 1893, with amendments.[2] The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 28 August 1893 and passed, without amendments.[2]

The amended bill was considered and agreed to by the House of Commons on 31 August 1893.[1]

The bill was granted royal assent on 12 September 1893.[2]

Provisions

Repealed acts

Section 80 of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in the first schedule to the act.[3]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
39 & 40 Vict. c. 45 Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1876 The whole act.
43 Vict. c. 14 Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1880 Section 8.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 47 Provident Nominations and Small Intestacies Act 1883 So much as relates to industrial and provident societies.

Legacy

The whole act was repealed by the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (c. 12).

Notes

  1. ^ Section 1.
  2. ^ Section 2.
  3. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Commons, Great Britain House of (1893). The Journals of the House of Commons (PDF). Vol. 148. pp. 188, 227, 247, 269, 290, 295, 304, 308, 317, 322, 331, 334, 342, 361, 367, 383, 387, 390, 393, 402, 410, 414, 429, 442, 530, 534, 554.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Lords, Great Britain Parliament House of (1894). The Journals of the House of Lords. Vol. 125. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 330, 332, 348, 366, 370, 392, 399, 401, 409, 410, 413, 437, 628.
  3. ^ Britain, Great (1894). The Law Reports: The public general statutes. Vol. 29. Council of Law Reporting. pp. 148–177.