The Matches and Mechanical Lighters Duties Act 1979 (c. 6) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to excise duties on matches and mechanical lighters in the United Kingdom.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 9(1) of the act repealed 6 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act. +Enactments repealed by section 9(1)CitationShort titleExtent of repeal15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 44Customs and Excise Act 1952Sections 219 to 222.1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 34Finance Act 1953Section 3(3) and (5).8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 44Finance Act 1960In section 7, in subsection (1), from the beginning to the words "or similar contrivance ", and subsections (3) and (4).1963 c. 25Finance Act 1963Section 4(2).1975 c. 45Finance (No. 2) Act 1975Sections 12 and 13.In Schedule 3, paragraphs 8, 12 and 38.1978 c. 42Finance Act 1978In Schedule 12, paragraph 6.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 6(1) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992, which came into force on 1 January 1993.
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