List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1957

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1957.

Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland. For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.

5 & 6 Eliz. 2
Continuing the second session of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 6 November 1956 until 1 November 1957.

Public general acts
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 * {{|Ghana Independence Act 1957|public|6|07-02-1957|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by the Gold Coast of fully responsible status within the British Commonwealth of Nations.}}
 * {{|Ghana Independence Act 1957|public|6|07-02-1957|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by the Gold Coast of fully responsible status within the British Commonwealth of Nations.}}


 * {{|Consolidated Fund Act 1957|public|7|26-02-1957|repealed=y|An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.|note4={{small|(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964)}} }}


 * {{|Commonwealth Settlement Act 1957|public|8|26-02-1957|repealed=y|An Act to extend the period for which the Secretary of State may make contributions under schemes agreed under section one of the Empire Settlement Act, 1922.{{efn|Empire Settlement Act 1922}}|note4={{small|(Repealed by Commonwealth Settlement Act 1962)}} }}


 * {{|Transport (Railway Finances) Act 1957|public|9|26-02-1957|repealed=y|An Act to make temporary provision authorising the British Transport Commission to meet interest and other revenue charges by borrowing, and modifying the requirement of the Transport Act, 1947,{{efn|Transport Act 1947}} as to the sufficiency of the Commission's revenue to meet revenue charges, to authorise advances out of the Consolidated Fund of sums so borrowed, and for purposes connected therewith.|note4={{small|(Repealed by Transport Act 1962)}} }}


 * {{|Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1957|public|10|21-03-1957|repealed=y|An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven and one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.|note4={{small|(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1964)}} }}


 * {{|Homicide Act 1957|public|11|21-03-1957|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to make for England and Wales (and for courts-martial wherever sitting) amendments of the law relating to homicide and the trial and punishment of murder, and for Scotland amendments of the law relating to the trial and punishment of murder and attempts to murder.}}


 * {{|Public Trustee (Fees) Act 1957|public|12|21-03-1957|repealed=n|maintained=y|An Act to make further provision as to the fees chargeable by the Public Trustee, and for purposes connected therewith.}}


 * {{|Patents Act 1957|public|13|21-03-1957|An Act to provide for extending time limits for certain purposes relating to applications for patents; to validate extensions of time under section six of the Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act, 1939,{{efn|Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act 1939}} in connection with such applications in so far as any such extensions may have been invalid; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}


 * {{|Northern Ireland (Compensation for Compulsory Purchase) Act 1957|public|14|21-03-1957|repealed=y|An Act to enable the Parliament of Northern Ireland to make, in relation to land in Northern Ireland, provision for purposes similar to those of section fifty-three of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947.{{efn|Town and Country Planning Act 1947}}|note4={{small|(Repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 30))}} }}


 * {{|Nurses Act 1957|public|15|21-03-1957|An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to nurses and assistant nurses for the sick.}}


 * {{|Nurses Agencies Act 1957|public|16|21-03-1957|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to agencies for the supply of nurses.|note4={{small|(Repealed by Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14))}} }}


 * {{|Rating and Valuation Act 1957|public|17|21-03-1957|repealed=y|An Act to reduce, during the currency of existing valuation lists, the rateable value of certain hereditaments; to make further provision as to the amounts payable by way of rates or in lieu of rates by the British Transport Commission, the Central Electricity Authority and Area Gas Boards; to amend the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1948,{{efn|Local Government Act 1948}}} as to the ascertainment of the rateable value for an area; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.|note4={{small|(Repealed by General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9))}} }}




















































 * {{|Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1957|public|43|17-07-1957|An Act to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1949, by assimilating the limitation on election expenses for candidates at parliamentary elections in constituencies in Northern Ireland to the limitation on those expenses for candidates at such elections in constituencies in Great Britain.|note4={{br}}(Repealed by Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15)) }}




 * {{|Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1957|public|45|17-07-1957|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to make further provision as to the salary of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the performance of his duties.|note4={{br}}(Repealed by Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011) }}




 * {{|Ministerial Salaries Act 1957|public|47|17-07-1957|repealed=y|An Act to make further provision with respect to the salaries of certain Ministers and of the Leader of the Opposition; to provide for the extension to Ministers of the provisions of section forty-one of the Superannuation Act, 1949, relating to injuries incurred and diseases contracted in the discharge of duty; and for purposes connected therewith.|note4={{br}}(Repealed by Ministerial Salaries Consolidation Act 1965 (c. 58)) }}






 * {{|Army (Conditions of Enlistment) Act 1957|public|50|31-07-1957|repealed=y|An Act to make further provision as to the transfer to the reserve or determination of service of persons serving in the army for a term of twenty-two years.|note4={{br}}(Repealed by SI 1967/1018) }}






 * {{|Naval Discipline Act 1957|public|53|31-07-1957|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to make provision for the discipline of the Navy, and for other purposes connected with the Navy.|note4={{br}}(Repealed by Armed Forces Act 2006) }}






 * {{|Housing Act 1957|public|56|31-07-1957|repealed=n|maintained=y|repealed=y|An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to housing with the exception of certain provisions relating to financial matters.|note4={{br}}(Repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985) }}






 * {{|Coal Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957|public|59|31-07-1957|repealed=y|maintained=y|An Act to provide for the execution of remedial works and the making of payments in respect of damage caused by subsidence resulting from the working and getting of coal or of coal and other minerals worked therewith; for the execution of works to prevent or reduce such damage; for the carrying out of remedial or preventive measures in connection with land drainage affected or likely to be affected by such damage; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.|note4={{br}}(Repealed by Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991) }}









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6 & 7 Eliz. 2
The third session of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 5 November 1957 until 23 October 1958.