Citation 3 & 4 Geo 6 c 38 | Royal assent 10 July 1940 | |
Long title An Act to restrain legal proceedings under the Truck Acts 1831 to 1896 in respect of certain transactions heretofore effected which might lawfully have been effected in another form, and to remove doubts as to whether persons employed under contracts rendered illegal by those Acts are or were to be regarded for purposes other than those of the said Acts as employed under contracts of service. | ||
The Truck Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo 6 c 38) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Truck Acts 1831 to 1940. It was passed in response to the decision in Pratt v Cook, Son & Co (St. Paul's) in which the court interpreted the Truck Acts in a novel way.
Contents
The whole Act was repealed by sections 11 and 32(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, Part III of Schedule 5 to, the Wages Act 1986.
Section 1
Sections 1(1) and (3) were repealed by Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.
Section 3
Section 3(2) was repealed in part by Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.
References
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