The Public Authorities Protection Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that generalized and consolidated statutory provisions protecting persons acting in the execution of statutory or other public duties in the United Kingdom.
The act provided that any action, prosecution or other proceeding brought against a person for an act done in pursuance, or execution, or intended execution, of an Act of Parliament or of any public duty or authority had to be commenced within six months of the act, neglect or default complained of, and it entitled a successful defendant to costs taxed as between solicitor and client. Section 2 of the act repealed a large number of earlier, similar provisions scattered across the statute book, replacing them with this single, general limitation period.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 2 of the act repealed 108 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.