List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1972

An Act to make provision for the incorporation of that part of Her Majesty's Dominions known as the Island of Rockall into that part of the United Kingdom known as Scotland, and for purposes connected therewith.

An Act to validate part of the National Insurance (Earnings-related Benefit) Regulations 1966.

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to summer time.

An Act to increase the statutory limit on the amounts outstanding in respect of borrowings by the British Airports Authority and to enable the Authority to borrow money in currencies other than sterling.

An Act to declare the law as to the legislative powers of the Parliament of Northern Ireland under section 4(1) of the Government of Ireland Act 1920, so far as relates to Her Majesty's forces and in particular to the conferment of powers, authorities, privileges or immunities on them.

An Act to make new provision with respect to the finances of the British Steel Corporation and to clarify the Corporation's powers and duties in respect of iron and steel activities.

An Act to make further provision with respect to the disposal of assets by, and the dissolution of, the Transport Holding Company, with respect to the making of grants to the company towards their expenses in disposing of assets or preparing for their dissolution, or towards discharging liabilities imposed on them under the provision so made, and with respect to pensions and compensation for loss of employment in respect of employees of bodies which cease to be subsidiaries of the company; and for purposes connected with those matters.

An Act to provide for loans to harbour authorities to enable them to pay certain debts; to provide for the payment to the Secretary of State of the amount of past loans made by him for that purpose to such authorities; to impose a limit on loans made for that purpose to harbour authorities, on such payments and on loans made under section 11 of the Harbours Act 1964, in substitution for the existing limit on the latter; and for connected purposes.

An Act to make new provision, applying throughout the United Kingdom, in place of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920; to make provision with a view to the accession by the United Kingdom to the United Nations Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance done at New York on 20th June 1956; to make other provision for facilitating the recovery of maintenance by or from persons in the United Kingdom from or by persons in other countries; to extend the jurisdiction of magistrates' courts to hear complaints by or against persons outside England and Wales; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to road traffic with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

An Act to make temporary provision for the government of Northern Ireland, and for purposes connected therewith.
(Repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1998)

An Act to amend section 30 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
(Repealed by Children (Scotland) Act 1995)

An Act to permit and regulate the opening and use of theatres on Sundays, and for purposes connected therewith.
(Repealed by Licensing Act 2003)

An Act to provide for the establishment by the Secretary of State of an employment medical advisory service, to amend the Factories Act 1961 in relation to medical arrangements and related matters and in relation to the obstruction of inspectors, and for purposes connected therewith.

An Act to make, for civil proceedings in England and Wales, provision as to the admissibility in evidence of statements of opinion and the reception of expert evidence; and to facilitate proof in such proceedings of any law other than that of England and Wales.

An Act to amend the Performers' Protection Acts 1958 and 1963.

An Act to require certain names and marks applied to imported goods to be accompanied by an indication of origin.

An Act to amend the provisions of the National Insurance Acts 1965 to 1971 relating to the earnings rule for retirement pensions and to make parallel provision for Northern Ireland.

An Act to enable matrimonial relief to be granted, and declarations concerning the validity of a marriage to be made, notwithstanding that the marriage in question was entered into under a law which permits polygamy, and to make a consequential amendment in the Nullity of Marriage Act 1971.

An Act to authorise the Secretary of State to enter into certain agreements relating to overseas enterprises, and in particular to investment overseas, and to amend the Export Guarantees Act 1968.

An Act to amend certain enactments relating to development plans, to extend the duration of and otherwise amend certain enactments relating to the control of office development, to make further provision for the service of building preservation notices and for controlling the demolition of buildings in conservation areas, and provision for the making of grants and loans in connection with the preservation or enhancement of the character or appearance of such areas, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
(Repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990)

An Act to secure that the minimum age at which children may be employed is not affected by any further change in the school-leaving age.

An Act to introduce a new system of housing subsidies for housing authorities; to provide for rent rebate and rent allowance schemes administered by housing authorities; to make provision as to the housing accounts of local authorities; to amend the law about rents of houses and in particular those subject to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 or provided by housing authorities; and to make other provision as to housing finance.

An Act to make further provision with respect to the contributory pensions scheme for Members of the House of Commons, and to establish a similar scheme for the holders of certain Ministerial and other offices; to make further provision with respect to pensions and related benefits payable to or in respect of persons who have been Prime Minister, Speaker of the House of Commons or Lord Chancellor; to extend the application to Northern Ireland of certain enactments relating to pensions; and for purposes connected with those matters.

An Act to make further provision for the purpose of making legal advice and assistance more readily available, including the employment of solicitors by the Law Society or the Law Society of Scotland for that purpose and for the purpose of giving legal aid; and to make provision for purposes connected with those matters.

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to town and country planning in Scotland with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission.
(Repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997)

An Act to establish a national library for the United Kingdom under the control and management of a new Board and incorporating the Library of the British Museum; and for connected purposes.

An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31st March 1973, and to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

An Act to make further provision as respects the health service in Scotland, and for connected purposes.

An Act to make fresh provision with respect to the gas industry in Great Britain and related matters, and for purposes connected therewith.

An Act to make new provision for the prevention of diseases suffered or disseminated by animals and to amend the Diseases of Animals Act 1950; to amend the law relating to slaughterhouses, to the slaughter of animals in Scotland and to the improvement of live stock; to amend Part II of the Agriculture Act 1967; to make new provision in relation to the Agricultural Marketing Fund and the Agricultural Marketing (Scotland) Fund; to increase the amount which may be advanced under section 2 of the Agriculture Mortgage Corporation Act 1956; to increase the penalties under the Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act 1952 and the Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956; to make new provision with respect to arbitrations under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948; to amend the Cereals Marketing Act 1965; to amend the Corn Returns Act 1882 and the Corn Sales Act 1921; to make new provision for obtaining agricultural statistics; to make further provision as to the use of poison against grey squirrels or coypus; to clarify the Plant Health Act 1967 as respects the recovery of expenses incurred by an authority exercising default powers under orders made by virtue of that Act; to abolish agricultural executive committees and certain other committees having functions in relation to agriculture or apiculture; to confer powers on the Secretary of State in relation to certain parks and other land in Scotland; to repeal paragraph (f) of Case 14 in Schedule 3 to the Rent Act 1968 and paragraph (f) of Case 15 in Schedule 3 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971; and for purposes connected with those matters.

An Act to enable the Secretary of State to develop, maintain and manage, or authorise other persons so to do, harbours in Scotland, made or maintained by him for any purpose, and for purposes connected therewith.

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to poisons.

An Act to make provision in connection with the enlargement of the European Communities to include the United Kingdom, together with (for certain purposes) the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar.
(Repealed by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018)

An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the functions of local authorities in England and Wales; to amend Part II of the Transport Act 1968; to confer rights of appeal in respect of decisions relating to licences under the Home Counties (Music and Dancing) Licensing Act 1926; to make further provision with respect to magistrates' courts committees; to abolish certain inferior courts of record; and for connected purposes.

An Act to secure the provision, as part of the National Health Service, by local health authorities of voluntary vasectomy services on the same basis as the contraception services provided under the National Health Service (Family Planning) Act 1967.

An Act to authorise measures to counter inflation.

An Act to increase the limit on loans under section 35 of the Finance Act 1970, and to make temporary provision for grants in aid to Northern Ireland and for the laying before the House of Commons of certain accounts and reports.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993)

An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on 31st March 1973 and 1974.

An Act to extend section 1 of the Pensioners and Family Income Supplement Payments Act 1972 so as to entitle retirement pensioners to payments under that section when otherwise disentitled by the operation of the earnings rule; and, in relation to graduated contributions under the enactments relating to national insurance, to alter the construction of references in those enactments to remuneration.

An Act to confer powers on the Secretary of State for the Environment to grant a lease of land and buildings on the Victoria Embankment to the University of London King's College; and for other purposes.

An Act to provide for the transfer to Lloyds & Bolsa International Bank Limited of part of the undertaking of Bank of London & South America Limited and the undertaking of Lloyds Bank Europe Limited; and for other purposes incidental thereto and consequential thereon.

An Act to empower United Kingdom Oil Pipelines Limited to acquire lands; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer further powers on the Oxfordshire and District Water Board; and for other purposes.

An Act to authorise the use of the burial ground attached to or comprised in the Reigate Congregational Church, and premises appurtenant thereto for building or otherwise; and for purposes incidental thereto.

An Act to authorise the London Congregational Union (Incorporated) to dispose of the Congregational Chapel and Trust Property in High Street Deptford in the London Borough of Lewisham free from restrictions; to authorise the erection of buildings thereon; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer powers on the Seaham Harbour Dock Company in relation to the capital and management of their undertaking; to confer further powers on the Company; and for other purposes.

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, relating to Culag (Lochinver) Pier.

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, relating to Stromness (Vehicle Ferry Terminal) Pier &c.
[Repealed by the Orkney Islands Council Order 1978, art 9 & Sch 2, a provisional order that was confirmed by the Orkney Islands Council Order Confirmation Act 1978 (c. iv), s 1.]

An Act to empower the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Corporation to transfer certain assets of the fund of that Corporation to Coras Iompair Eireann and the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company in respect of certain contributing, non-contributing and superannuated members of that fund and for the cesser of membership of that fund of the persons having an interest in the transferred assets; and for other purposes.

An Act to transfer the undertaking of the River Wear Commissioners to the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Sunderland; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer powers upon the Central Electricity Generating Board for the construction of ancillary works in connection with the proposed Killingholme Generating Station and for the acquisition of lands and easements for the purposes thereof or in connection therewith; and for other purposes.
[Repealed by the Killingholme Generating Stations (Ancillary Powers) Act 1991]

An Act to regulate the expenditure on capital account and on lending to other persons by the Greater London Council during the financial period from 1st April 1972 to 30th September 1973; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer further powers upon the lord mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Coventry; to make further provision with regard to the health, local government, welfare, improvement and finances of the city; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer further powers upon the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the county borough of Derby; to make further provision with regard to the health, local government, welfare, improvement and finances of the borough; and for other purposes.

An Act to make further provision for the local government, health and improvement of the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea; and for other purposes.

An Act to empower the British Railways Board to construct a work and to acquire lands; to confer further powers on the Board; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer further powers on the British Transport Docks Board for the regulation of navigation in the Humber and in relation to the Board's docks and harbours therein; to extend the limits of the docks and harbours of the Board at Barry, Cardiff and Southampton and confer further powers on the Board in relation thereto; to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of certain lands; and for other purposes.

An Act to abolish the internal drainage districts in the area of the Essex River Authority; to confer further powers on the Authority in relation to the acquisition of lands, the performance of their functions and the administration of their area; to make further provision with regard to the finances of the Authority and for the welfare of their staff; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer further powers on the lord mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Liverpool in relation to taxicabs and private hire vehicles; to empower them to assist The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company; to amend certain agreements for the supply of water in bulk; to make further provision for the improvement, local government and finances of the city; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer further powers on the Milford Docks Company with regard to finance and administration; and for other purposes.

An Act to empower the Greater London Council to provide and operate a flood barrier, with movable gates, across the river Thames in Woolwich Reach, and in connection therewith to execute subsidiary works and to acquire lands; to confer further powers on the Greater London Council, the Essex River Authority and the Kent River Authority and other authorities; to amend certain enactments relating to flood prevention; and for other purposes.

An Act to confer further powers on the Hampshire County Council and local authorities in the administrative county of Hampshire in relation to the lands, development, amenities, highways and the local government, improvement, health and finances of the county; to make further provision for the superannuation of employees; and for other purposes.

An Act to reconstitute the Littlehampton Harbour Board, to transfer functions of the board under the Land Drainage Acts to the Sussex River Authority and to make provision with respect to the finances and accounts of the board; to confer further powers on the West Sussex County Council and on local, highway and other authorities in the administrative county of West Sussex in relation to lands, planning and amenities, highways and the local government, improvement, health and finances of the county and of the boroughs and districts therein; to enable the bridge over the river Arun authorised by the Littlehampton Urban District Council (Arun Bridge) Act 1905 to be removed; and for other purposes.

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, relating to Aberdeen Harbour.

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, relating to Scrabster Harbour (Vehicle Ferry Terminal &c.).