Currency Act 1982

Currency Act 1982
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to replace section 1(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1967 so as to sanction references to the new penny as the penny.
Citation	1982 c 3
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland
Commencement	2 February 1982
Other legislation
Relates to	Decimal Currency Act 1967
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Currency Act 1982 (c 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Background

Following Decimal Day in 1971, when the British monetary system changed from pound/shilling/penny to the metric £1 = 100p system, the new currency was known as the "new pound" and therefore the "new pence". By 1982, the use of "new pence" was out of use, and replaced with "penny".

Provisions

The Act sanctions the use of "penny" rather than "new penny" in common usage.

Application

The Act covers England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is still in force unamended.

References

United Kingdom legislation

Pre-Parliamentary legislation	List of English statutes Charter of Liberties Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding the Kingdom of Great Britain	Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 1700–1706 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland

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Acts of the Parliament of Ireland	to 1700 1701–1800

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Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

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