The Truck Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 38) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Truck Acts 1831 to 1940.The Truck Act 1940, section 3(1) It was passed in response to the decision in Pratt v Cook, Son & Co (St. Paul's)Pratt v Cook, Son & Co (St. Paul's) AC 487; 109 LJKB 298; 162 LT 248; 56 TLR 868, HL. in which the court interpreted the Truck Acts in a novel way.Annual Survey of English Law 1940. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) Department of Law. 1940. Page 203. And see pages xxii and 211.
Subsequent developments Sections 1(1), 1(3) and 2, and in section 3(2), the words from " Save " to " section ", were repealed by section 1(1) of, and part XIII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973, which came into force on 18 July 1973.
Sections 1(1) and (3) and section 3(2) in part were repealed by schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.
The whole act was repealed by section 11 of, and schedule 1 to, and section 32(2) of, and part III of schedule 5 to, the Wages Act 1986, which came into force on 1 January 1987.
See also History of labour law in the United Kingdom
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References Halsbury's Statutes, B A Hepple, Paul O'Higgins and Lord Wedderburn of Charlton. Sweet & Maxwell's Labour Relations Statutes and Materials. Second Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1983. . pp 32 & 33.
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