The Trade Act (No. 2) 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 45) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that regulated trade between British America, the West Indies and other parts of the world.
Background The act was one of a package of measures brought before parliament in 1822 to relax the Navigation Acts and the trade laws governing Britain's American and West Indian colonies, alongside the Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41), the Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation (No. 2) Act 1822 (c. 42), the Navigation and Commerce Act 1822 (c. 43) and the Trade Act 1822 (c. 44) of the same year. Introducing the measures in the House of Lords, the Earl of Liverpool explained that they were intended to "rid the Statute book of many enactments now useless, and remove many difficulties with which the trade of the country was embarrassed." All five acts received royal assent on the same day, 24 June 1822.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 6 enactments, listed in that section. The repeal did not affect the recovery of any forfeiture or penalty incurred before the act was passed, and it did not revive any act that had itself already been expressly repealed by one of the six acts listed above. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal25 Cha. 2. c. 7Trade Act 1672An Act for the Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland Trades, and for the better securing the Plantation Trade.So much as imposes a duty upon the exportation of sugar, tobacco, cotton wool, indigo, ginger, logwood, fustic, dying wood, and cocoa nuts, from any of His Majesty's plantations in America, Asia, or Africa.51 Geo. 3. c. 97Trade, Europe and American Colonies Act 1811An Act to regulate the Trade between Places in Europe South of Cape Finisterre, and certain Ports in the British Colonies in North America.The whole act.52 Geo. 3. c. 98Colonial Trade Act 1812An Act to permit Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa, to be exported from His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations to any Port in Europe to the South of Cape Finisterre, and Corn to be imported from any such Port, and from the Coast of Africa into the said Colonies and Plantations, under Licences granted by the Collectors and Comptrollers of the Customs.The whole act.55 Geo. 3. c. 29Trade of Malta Act 1815An Act to regulate the Trade between Malta and its Dependencies and His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America, and also between Malta and the United Kingdom.So much as relates to the trade allowed to be carried on between the Island of Malta and the Dependencies thereof, and His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America.57 Geo. 3. c. 4Gibraltar Trade Act 1817An Act to extend the Privileges of the Trade of Malta to the Port of Gibraltar.The whole act.57 Geo. 3. c. 89Importation (No. 4) Act 1817An Act to allow the Importation of Oranges and Lemons from the Azores and the Madeiras into the British Colonies in North America.The whole act.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by the Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 105), which came into force on 5 July 1825.
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