The West India Loan Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 16) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided for the winding up of the West India Relief Commission and the remission of certain sums remaining unpaid in respect of loans made by the commission to persons and colonial governments in the West Indies.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 4 of the act provided that, upon a declaration by the Treasury under that section, 9 enactments, listed in parts I and II of the second schedule to the act, would be repealed.
Part I: West India Loan Acts +Part I — West India Loan ActsCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 125Loans for Jamaica, Trinidad, etc. Act 1832An Act for enabling His Majesty to direct the issue of Exchequer Bills to a limited amount for the purposes and in the manner therein mentioned, and for giving relief to Trinidad, British Guiana, and St. Lucia.The whole act.3 & 4 Vict. c. 40West India Islands Relief Act 1840An Act to amend two Acts of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for the relief of certain of Her Majesty's colonies and plantations in the West Indies.The whole act.7 & 8 Vict. c. 17West Indian Islands Relief Act 1844An Act for giving additional powers to the Commissioners for the relief of certain of Her Majesty's colonies and plantations in the West Indies.The whole act.8 & 9 Vict. c. 50West India Island Relief Act 1845An Act to facilitate the recovery of loans made by the West India Relief Commissioners.The whole act.11 & 12 Vict. c. 38West India Loans Act 1848An Act to authorise the West India Relief Commissioners to grant further time for the repayment of monies advanced by them in certain cases.The whole act.19 & 20 Vict. c. 35West India Relief Commissioners Act 1856An Act to authorise the West India Relief Commissioners to grant further time for the repayment of monies advanced by them in certain cases.The whole act.
Part II: Dominica Loan Acts +Part II — Dominica Loan ActsCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 51Dominica, etc., Relief Act 1835An Act for granting relief to the island of Dominica; and to amend an Act of the second and third years of His present Majesty, for enabling His Majesty to direct the issue of Exchequer Bills to a limited amount for the purposes therein mentioned.The whole act.23 & 24 Vict. c. 57Dominica Loan Act 1860An Act to authorise an extension of the time for repayment of a loan made by the West India Relief Commissioners to the island of Dominica.The whole act.30 & 31 Vict. c. 91Dominica Loan Act 1867The Dominica Loan Act, 1867.The whole act.
Part III of the second schedule named a single act, the Jamaica Loan Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 55), which section 1 defined for interpretation purposes but which was not among the acts repeal of which section 4 authorised.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 56), which came into force on 25 August 1894.
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