This is an incomplete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1851. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".

Some of these acts have a short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

14 & 15 Vict.

The fourth session of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 4 February 1851 until 8 August 1851.

Public general acts

Short title, popular name or summaryCitationRoyal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
Passengers by Sea Act 1851 (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 1
1 April 1851
An Act to amend the Passengers Act, 1849.
(Repealed by Passengers Act 1852)
Annual Inclosure Act 1851[1]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 2
4 February 1851[a]
 
Supply Act 1851 (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 3
4 February 1851[a]
Appointment of Vice-Chancellor Act 1851 (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 4
4 February 1851[a]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 5
4 February 1851[a]
Mutiny Act 1851 (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 6
4 February 1851[a]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 7
11 April 1851
An Act to amend an Act of Parliament of Ireland of the Twenty-fifth Year of King George the Third, for explaining and amending several Laws for the Encouragement of Agriculture, so far as relates to Leases for the Erection of Mills.
(Repealed by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009)
Protection of Inventions Act 1851[3] (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 8
4 February 1851[a]
Exchequer Bills Act 1851 (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 9
4 February 1851[a]
Indemnity Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 10
4 February 1851[a]
 
Poor Law (Apprentices, &c.) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 11
4 February 1851[a]
 
Income Tax Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 12
4 February 1851[a]
 
Arsenic Act 1851[2]
or the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Act 1851 (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 13
5 June 1851
An Act to regulate the Sale of Arsenic.
(Repealed by Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933)
Compound Householders Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 14
4 February 1851[a]
 
Chancery (Ireland) Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 15
4 February 1851[a]
 
Highways, South Wales Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 16
4 February 1851[a]
 
Commons Law Courts (Ireland) Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 17
4 February 1851[a]
 
Stamps Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 18
4 February 1851[a]
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. 19
3 July 1851
An Act for the better Prevention of Offences.
Fee-Farm Rents (Ireland) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 20
4 February 1851[a]
 
Bridges (Ireland) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 21
4 February 1851[a]
 
Survey, Great Britain Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 22
4 February 1851[a]
 
Public Works Loans Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 23
4 February 1851[a]
 
School Sites Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 24
24 July 1851
An Act to amend the Acts for the granting of Sites for Schools.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 25
24 July 1851
An Act to improve the Law of Landlord and Tenant in relation to Emblements, to growing Crops seized in Execution, and to Agricultural Tenants Fixtures.
(Repealed by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007)
Herring Fishery Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 26
24 July 1851
 
Prisons (Scotland) Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 27
24 July 1851
 
Common Lodging Houses Act 1851
or the Shaftesbury Act
14 & 15 Vict. c. 28
24 July 1851
An Act for the well-ordering of Common Lodging Houses.
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 29
24 July 1851
 
Highway Rates Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 30
24 July 1851
 
Loan Societies Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 31
24 July 1851
 
Militia Ballots Suspension Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 32
24 July 1851
 
Assessed Taxes Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 33
24 July 1851
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. 34
24 July 1851
An Act to encourage the Establishment of Lodging Houses for the Labouring Classes.
Naval Apprentices (Ireland) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 35
24 July 1851
 
House Tax Act 1851[2] (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 36
24 July 1851

(Repealed by Finance Act 1924)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 37
24 July 1851
An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain.
Turnpike Trusts: Making of Provisional Orders Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 38
24 July 1851
An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain.
Rating of Small Tenements Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 39
4 February 1851[a]
 
Marriages, India Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 40
4 February 1851[a]
 
Chief Justice's Salary Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 41
4 February 1851[a]
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. 42
1 August 1851
An Act to make better Provision for the Management of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, and for the Direction of Public Works and Buildings.
Hainault Forest Act 1851 (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 43
1 August 1851
An Act for disafforesting the forest of Hainault in the county of Essex.
(Repealed by Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971)
Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland) Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 44
1 August 1851
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. 45
1 August 1851
An Act to continue an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty for amending the Law relative to Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland.
Crown Lands (Copyholds) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 46
1 August 1851
 
Poor Rates Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 47
1 August 1851
 
Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act 1851
or the Unlawful Oaths Continuance Act 1851
or the Unlawful Oaths Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 48
1 August 1851
 
Preliminary Inquiries Act 1851[5]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 49
1 August 1851
An Act to repeal an Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of Her present Majesty, for making preliminary Inquiries in certain Cases of Applications for Local Acts, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.
Tithe Rating Act 1851[2]
or the Tithes Rating Act 1851[6]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 50
1 August 1851
 
Loans for Public Works (Ireland) Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 51
1 August 1851
 
Absconding Debtors Arrest Act 1851[7]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 52
1 August 1851
 
Inclosure Commissioners Act 1851[2] (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 53
1 August 1851
An Act to consolidate and continue the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, and to provide for the Completion of Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998)
Second Annual Inclosure Act 1851[1]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 54
1 August 1851
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. 55
1 August 1851
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Expences of Prosecutions, and to make further Provision for the Apprehension and Trial of Offenders, in certain Cases.
Charities (Service of Notice) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 56
1 August 1851
 
Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 57
1 August 1851
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Civil Bills and the Courts of Quarter Sessions in Ireland.
Militia Pay Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 58
4 February 1851[a]
 
Soap Duties Allowances Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 59
4 February 1851[a]
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. 60
4 February 1851[a]
Metropolitan Market Act 1851[8]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 61
4 February 1851[a]
 
Customs Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 62
4 February 1851[a]
 
New Brunswick Boundary Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 63
4 February 1851[a]
 
Railway Regulation Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 64
7 August 1851
An Act to repeal the Act for constituting Commissioners of Railways.
Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 65
7 August 1851
 
Highland Roads and Bridges Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 66
7 August 1851
 
Gunpowder in Mersey Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 67
7 August 1851
 
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1851
or the Medical Charities Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 68
7 August 1851
 
Sheep, etc., Diseases Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 69
7 August 1851
 
Railways Act (Ireland) 1851[9]
or the Railways (Ireland) Act 1851[10]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 70
7 August 1851
An Act to alter and amend certain provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, so far as relates to Ireland.
Church of Ireland Acts Repeal Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 71
7 August 1851
 
Church of Ireland Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 72
7 August 1851
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Erection and Endowment of Churches and Chapels and Perpetual Curacies in Ireland.
Glebe (Ireland) Act 1851
or the Glebe Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 73
7 August 1851
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Ecclesiastical Residences in Ireland.
Ecclesiastical Property Valuation (Ireland) Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 74
7 August 1851
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. 75
7 August 1851
An Act to amend and continue the Metropolitan Sewer Act.
New Forest Act 1851[2] (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 76
7 August 1851
Battersea Park Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 77
7 August 1851
 
Coalwhippers (Port of London) Act 1851[11]
or the Coalwhippers London Act 1851[12][13]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 78
7 August 1851
 
Steam Navigation Act 1851[14]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 79
7 August 1851
 
Public Health Supplemental Act for Great Yarmouth 1851[15]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 80
7 August 1851
 
Lunatics Removal (India) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 81
7 August 1851
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. 82
7 August 1851
 
Court of Chancery Act 1851[2] (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 83
7 August 1851
An Act to improve the Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery and in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004)
Canterbury Association (New Zealand) Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 84
7 August 1851
 
Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 85
7 August 1851
 
New Zealand Settlements Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 86
7 August 1851
 
Representative Peers (Scotland) Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 87
7 August 1851
 
Solicitors Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 88
7 August 1851
 
Metropolitan Interment Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 89
7 August 1851
 
Fines Act (Ireland) 1851[16]
or the Fines (Ireland) Act 1851[17][18]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 90
7 August 1851
An Act for the better Collection of Fines, Penalties, Issues, Amerciaments, and forfeited Recognizances in Ireland.
Emigration from Scotland Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 91
7 August 1851
 
Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act 1851[19]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 92
7 August 1851
An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to certain Offences and other Matters as to which Justices of the Peace exercise Summary Jurisdiction in Ireland.
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851[20]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 93
7 August 1851
An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts regulating the Proceedings at Petty Sessions, and the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions, in Ireland.
High Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts Act 1851[9]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 94
7 August 1851
An Act to define and amend the Mineral Customs of certain Parts of the Hundred of High Peak in the County of Derby, Part of the Possessions of Her Majesty’s Duchy of Lancaster; to make Provision for the better Administration of Justice in the Barmote Courts therein; and to improve the Practice and Proceedings of the said Courts.
Crown Estate Paving Act 1851[21]
or the Crown Paving Act 1851[22]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 95
7 August 1851
 
Mercantile Marine Act Amendment Act 1851[9]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 96
7 August 1851
 
Church Building Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 97
7 August 1851
 
Public Health Supplemental Act, 1851, No. 2[23]
or the Public Health Supplemental No. 2 Act 1851[24]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 98
7 August 1851
 
Evidence Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 99
7 August 1851
An Act to amend the Law of Evidence.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 100
7 August 1851
An Act for further improving the Administration of Criminal Justice.
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986)
14 & 15 Vict. c. 101
4 February 1851[a]
 
Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 102
8 August 1851
An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, and to provide for winding up the said Fund, and for the better Management thereof in the meantime.
Public Health Supplemental Act 1851 (No. 3)[25]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 103
4 February 1851[a]
 
Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 104
4 February 1851[a]
 
Poor Law Amendment Act 1851[2]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 105
4 February 1851[a]
 
St. Alban's Bribery Commission Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 106
4 February 1851[a]
 
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Start of session

Local acts

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Short title, popular name or summaryCitationRoyal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
Pyecombe and Hickstead Turnpike Roads Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. i
4 February 1851[a]
 
14 & 15 Vict. c. xxix[27]
5 June 1851
An Act for extending the Benefit of the Royal Naval School to Children at present ineligible to be admitted therein, and for authorizing the Establishment of a Chapel in connexion with the said School, and for amending the Acts relating thereto.[27]
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008)
Coal Duties (London and Westminster and Adjacent Counties) Act 1851 (repealed)
14 & 15 Vict. c. clxvi
4 February 1851[a]
  1. ^ a b Start of session

Private acts

Short title, popular name or summaryCitationRoyal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
Samuel Athawes' Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 1
4 February 1851[a]
 
Christ's Hospital Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 2
4 February 1851[a]
 
St. Bartholomew's Hospital Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 3
4 February 1851[a]
 
Thomas Cubitt's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 4
4 February 1851[a]
 
Sir Thomas Lethbridge's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 5
4 February 1851[a]
 
Thomas Jackson's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 6
4 February 1851[a]
 
Upton's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 7
4 February 1851[a]
 
Glasgow Provident Bank (Winding-Up) Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 8
4 February 1851[a]
 
Musselburgh Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 9
4 February 1851[a]
 
William Moore's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 10
4 February 1851[a]
 
Sir Thomas Shelley's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 11
4 February 1851[a]
 
Duke of Bridgewater's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 12
4 February 1851[a]
 
Barton's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 13
4 February 1851[a]
 
Westminster Abbey Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 14
4 February 1851[a]
 
Duke of Bedford's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 15
4 February 1851[a]
 
Brown's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 16
4 February 1851[a]
 
Dorward's House of Refuge for the Destitute Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 17
4 February 1851[a]
 
Christ Church (Oxford) Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 18
4 February 1851[a]
 
Stapylton Stapylton's Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 19
4 February 1851[a]
 
Felstead's Charities Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 20
4 February 1851[a]
 
Lord Bateman's Kelmarsh Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 21
4 February 1851[a]
 
Brentwood School and Charity Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 22
4 February 1851[a]
 
Ripley Free School Estate Act 1851
14 & 15 Vict. c. 23
4 February 1851[a]
 
Edmund Heathcote's Divorce Act 1851[b]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 24
4 February 1851[a]
 
Henry Webster's Divorce Act 1851[b]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 25
4 February 1851[a]
 
William Tayleur's Divorce Act 1851[b]
14 & 15 Vict. c. 26
4 February 1851[a]
 
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Start of session
  2. ^ a b c This Act was not printed by the Queen's Printer

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  1. ^ a b This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  3. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 10 of this act.
  4. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act.
  5. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
  6. ^ Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 167
  7. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 12 of this act.
  8. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 43 of this act.
  9. ^ a b c This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act.
  10. ^ The Railways Traverse Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 70), title
  11. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 49 of this act.
  12. ^ Current Law Statutes 1996, vol 4, p 31.
  13. ^ "Coalwhippers (London) Act": Paterson (ed), The Practical Statutes of the Session 1851. p 163.
  14. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 51 of this act.
  15. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of this act.
  16. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 20 of this act.
  17. ^ The Locomotives Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 83), section 10.
  18. ^ The Truck Amendment Act 1887, section 18(2).
  19. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 29 of this act.
  20. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 45 of this act.
  21. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 5 of this act.
  22. ^ The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 17 & 18 Victoria. 1854. Printed by Her Majesty's Printers. London. 1854. p 898.
  23. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 14 of this act.
  24. ^ The Public General Acts 1989, HMSO, 1990, Part 4, p xxxvii.
  25. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  26. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 15 of this act.
  27. ^ a b "Royal Naval School Amendment Act 1851". legislation.gov.uk.