Fires Prevention Act 1785


The Fires Prevention Act 1785 or the Fires Prevention Act 1785 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Subsequent developments

This act was partly repealed by section 2 of the Limitations of Actions and Costs Act 1842.
Sections 3 and 4 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
The following enactments were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887 :
Section 1 from the beginning of the section to "repealed and that", and from "of debt" to "information" and from "at Westminster" to "allowed"
Section 5 of the act, from "be it" to "enacted that" was repealed by section 1 of, and part I of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.
The words of commencement in section 1 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 13 of, and part I of schedule 4 of the Criminal Law Act 1967.