The Country Bankers Act 1826 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted during the reign of George IV. The Act restricted the issue of banknotes by commercial banks in England and Wales. It relaxed some of the laws of the Bank of England Act 1709, allowing joint-stock banks with more than six partners to issue bank notes, as long as they were located more than from London.A brief history of banknotes Bank of England (retrieved 8 October 2007)
The act also allowed the Bank of England to open branches in major provincial cities, enabling better distribution for its notes.
The Country Bankers Act 1826 was one of the Bank Notes Acts 1826 to 1852.The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
Subsequent developments Sections 16 and 17 of the act were repealed by section 1(1) of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6), which came into force on 23 May 1950.
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 46), which came into force on 23 July 1958.
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