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Banking and finance in United Kingdom

Financial services, banking, payments, credit, securities, and regulated finance. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

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  • United Kingdom

    Theft (Amendment) Act 1996

    1 provisions

    This Act creates an offence for dishonestly failing to take reasonable steps to cancel a wrongful credit in an account you keep or have an interest in, and sets a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment on indictment.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2002

    8 provisions

    This provision changes several UK tax and duty rules, including biodiesel excise duty, betting and gaming duties, VAT invoicing rules, vehicle excise duty, and the corporation tax rate for 2003.

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  • United Kingdom

    Stock Transfer Act 1982

    1 provisions

    The Act lets the Treasury and, in one case, the Secretary of State make orders or regulations about exempt transfers of specified securities.

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  • United Kingdom

    Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922

    1 provisions

    This Act lets the Crown-in-Council make and revoke certain tax-relief declarations and make related Orders in Council, with parliamentary laying and possible annulment procedures. It also allows limited disclosure for relief administration and sets up Northern Ireland offices and seals.

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  • United Kingdom

    Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948 (Repealed)

    1 provisions

    Collecting societies and industrial assurance companies must provide premium receipt books, record required receipts and information, supply certain members with documents, send prescribed annual returns, and comply with related regulations; breaches can be offences.

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  • United Kingdom

    Companies Act 1985

    22 provisions

    This provision mainly regulates company prospectuses, filing requirements, prospectus-related offences, and procedures for reducing share capital.

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  • United Kingdom

    Supply and Appropriation (Adjustments) Act 2022

    1 provisions

    This Act increases certain spending and cash-issue authorisations for the year ending 31 March 2023, including amounts for current and capital purposes, and applies the increases from 1 April 2022.

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  • United Kingdom

    Coinage Act 1971

    1 provisions

    This Act sets rules for how coins are made, what standards they must meet, when they count as legal tender, and who may authorise coin-related actions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Corporation Tax Act 2009

    47 provisions

    This part says corporation tax is charged on companies’ profits, sets rules for UK and non-UK resident companies, and explains how accounting periods and certain exemptions work.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2020

    9 provisions

    This provision sets several tax rules and exemptions, including income tax and corporation tax rates, and creates or updates certain tax reliefs and HMRC powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978

    7 provisions

    This provision sets up the main Northern Ireland courts, gives the Department of Justice and the Lord Chief Justice some court-structure and assignment powers, and lays out key rules for appointments, judicial review, appeals, remittals, and related court powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Irish Land Act 1903

    3 provisions

    This provision sets rules for the Land Commission to approve, limit, and manage advances and purchases of land and estates under the Land Purchase Acts.

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  • United Kingdom

    Criminal Finances Act 2017

    8 provisions

    The High Court can make an unexplained wealth order if the statutory conditions are met, and the respondent must comply with it within the court-set period.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance (No. 2) Act 1915

    1 provisions

    If a Government stock holder dies, probate or letters of administration are enough authority for named officials and savings bank authorities to transfer the stock to the person entitled or as that person directs.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 1980

    2 provisions

    This provision sets and adjusts several taxes and duties, including gaming licence duty and oil taxation rules, and gives the Treasury, the Board, and the Commissioners regulation-making powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Transport Act 1962

    5 provisions

    This provision sets up transport boards, gives them operating powers, and imposes duties, limits, and ministerial oversight for railways, waterways, land development, borrowing, accounts, and related matters.

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  • United Kingdom

    Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

    7 provisions

    This provision sets up the Law Society of Scotland and its Council, requires the Council to run key regulatory functions, and limits who may practise as a solicitor without a practising certificate.

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