Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571

United Kingdom legislation

Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1859
Cambridge University and Corporation Act 1894

Status: Amended

Text of the Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 29) is an Act of the Parliament of England.

This main purpose of this act was to incorporate the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[3]

So much of this Act as imposed upon the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the City of Oxford, or any of them, or any Municipal Officer of the City of Oxford, the obligation of taking any oath for the conservation of the liberties and privileges of the University of Oxford was repealed and annulled and made void by section 1 of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1859.

References

Halsbury's Statutes,

^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 56, read with pages viii and x.

External links

The Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571, as amended, from Legislation.gov.uk.

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