List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1889

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1889.

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". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.

All modern acts have a short title, e.g. the Local Government Act 2003. Some earlier acts also have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

52 & 53 Vict.

The fourth session of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 21 February 1889 until 30 August 1889.

Public general acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 1	29 March 1889
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 2	1 April 1889
An Act to apply the sum of three million seven hundred and twenty-nine thousand two hundred and three pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
Army (Annual) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 3	11 April 1889
An Act to provide, during twelve months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army.
National Debt Redemption Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 4	11 April 1889
An Act to provide for the Redemption of the Consolidated Three Per Cent. Stock, and the Reduced Three Per Cent. Stock.
Removal of Wrecks Act 1877, Amendment Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 5	31 May 1889
An Act to amend the Removal of Wrecks Act, 1877. (Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60))
National Debt Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 6	31 May 1889
An Act to amend the Law relating to the National Debt.
Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 7	31 May 1889
An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other Duties, and to amend the Laws relating to Customs and Inland Revenue.
Naval Defence Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 8	31 May 1889
An Act to make further provision for Naval Defence and defray the Expenses thereof.
Public Libraries Acts Amendment Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 9	31 May 1889
An Act to amend the Public Libraries Act, 1855.
Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 10	31 May 1889
An Act for amending and consolidating enactments relating to the administration of Oaths.
Sale of Horseflesh, &c. Regulation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 11	24 June 1889
An Act to regulate the Sale of Horseflesh for Human Food.
Assizes Relief Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 12	24 June 1889
An Act to relieve the Courts of Assize from the Trial of Persons charged with Offences triable at Quarter Sessions.
Purchase of Land (Ireland) Amendment Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 13	24 June 1889
An Act to amend the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1885, and the Acts amending the same.
Town Police Clauses Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 14	24 June 1889
An Act to amend the provisions relating to Hackney Carriages of the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847.
Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 15	5 July 1889
An Act to apply the sum of twenty-six million four hundred and seventy-three thousand nine hundred and forty-four pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
Secretary for Scotland Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 16	5 July 1889
An Act to explain the Secretary for Scotland Act, 1887.
London Coal Duties Abolition Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 17	9 July 1889
An Act to abolish any Duties on Coals leviable by the Corporation of London.
Indecent Advertisements Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 18	26 July 1889
An Act to suppress Indecent Advertisements.
Registration of County Electors (Extension of Time) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 19	26 July 1889
An Act to extend the Time for the Preparation of the Registers of County Electors in England and Wales.
Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 20	26 July 1889
An Act to amend the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1883.
Weights and Measures Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 21	26 July 1889
An Act for amending the Law relating to Weights and Measures and for other purposes connected therewith.
Friendly Societies Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 22	26 July 1889
An Act to amend the Friendly Societies Acts. (Repealed by Collecting Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 26))
Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 23	26 July 1889
An Act to amend the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Acts; and for other purposes relating thereto.
Master and Servant Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 24	26 July 1889
An Act to repeal certain Statutes, relating to Master and Servants in particular Manufactures, which have ceased to be put in force or have become unnecessary by the enactment of subsequent Statutes. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18))
National Portrait Gallery Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 25	26 July 1889
An Act to provide a Site for a National Portrait Gallery, and for other purposes connected therewith.
Small Debt Amendment (Scotland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 26	12 August 1889
An Act to extend and amend the Law relating to the recovery of Small Debts in Scotland.
Advertising Stations (Rating) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 27	12 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law with respect to rating Places used for Advertisements.
Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 28	12 August 1889
An Act to declare the Boundaries of the Province of Ontario in the Dominion of Canada.
Passengers Acts Amendment Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 29	12 August 1889
An Act to amend the Passengers Act, 1855, and the Passengers Act Amendment Act, 1863. (Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60))
Board of Agriculture Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 30	12 August 1889
An Act for establishing a Board of Agriculture for Great Britain.
Army and Navy Audit Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 31	12 August 1889
An Act to make provision for the Audit of the Manufacturing and Shipbuilding and other like Accounts of the Army and Navy.
Trust Investment Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 32	12 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Investment of Trust Funds.
Windward Islands Appeal Court Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 33	12 August 1889
An Act to provide for modifying the Constitution of the Court of Appeal for the Windward Islands.
Telegraph (Isle of Man) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 34	12 August 1889
An Act to amend the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1885, and the Post Office Acts in relation to the Isle of Man.
Prince of Wales's Children Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 35	12 August 1889
An Act to make provision for the Support and Maintenance of the Children of His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
Settled Land Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 36	12 August 1889
An Act to amend the Settled Land Act, 1882.
Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 37	12 August 1889
An Act to amend the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1888.
Basutoland and British Bechuanaland Marriage Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 38	12 August 1889
An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages solemnised in Basutoland and in British Bechuanaland.
Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 39	12 August 1889
An Act to amend and extend the law relating to judicial factors and others in Scotland, and to unite the offices of the Accountant of the Court of Session and the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Scotland.
Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 40	12 August 1889
An Act to promote Intermediate Education in Wales. (Repealed by Education Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 31))
Lunacy Acts Amendment Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 41	26 August 1889
An Act to amend the Acts relating to Lunatics. (Repealed by Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5)))
Revenue Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 42	26 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Customs and Inland Revenue, and for other purposes connected with the Public Revenue and Expenditure.
Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 43	26 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Measurement of the Tonnage of Merchant Ships. (Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60))
Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act 1889 or the Children's Charter			52 & 53 Vict. c. 44	26 August 1889
An Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to, and better Protection of, Children.
Factors Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 45	26 August 1889
An Act to amend and consolidate the Factors Acts.
Merchant Shipping Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 46	26 August 1889
An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and the Acts amending the same. (Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60))
Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 47	26 August 1889
An Act to amend the Practice and Proceedings of the Court of Chancery of the county palatine of Durham. (Repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23))
County Court Appeals (Ireland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 48	26 August 1889
An Act to amend the County Court (Ireland) Acts.
Arbitration Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 49	26 August 1889
An Act for amending and consolidating the Enactments relating to Arbitration. (Repealed by Arbitration Act 1950 (9 Will. 3. c. 15))
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 50	26 August 1889
An Act to amend the Laws relating to Local Government in Scotland.
General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act 1862 Amendment Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 51	26 August 1889
An Act to amend the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862. (Repealed by Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55))
Official Secrets Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 52	26 August 1889
An Act to prevent the Disclosure of Official Documents and Information.
Paymaster General Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 53	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Office of Paymaster General, and to mate better Provision for the Discharge of the Duties of that Office. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50))
Clerks of Session (Scotland) Regulation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 54	30 August 1889
An Act to regulate the Number and Duties of the Clerks of the Court of Session and Bill Chamber in Scotland, and for other purposes.
Universities (Scotland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 55	30 August 1889
An Act for the better Administration and Endowment of the Universities of Scotland.
Poor Law Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 56	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law respecting Children in Workhouses, and respecting the borrowing of Money by Guardians and Managers of District Schools, and respecting the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District.
Regulation of Railways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 57	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Regulation of Railways Acts; and for other purposes.
Coinage Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 58	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Coinage Act, 1870, as respects Light Gold Coins.
Land Law (Ireland) Act 1888, Amendment Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 59	30 August 1889
An Act to amend "The Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1888," with regard to Leaseholders.
Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy (Ireland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 60	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law with respect to Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy in the Administration of Insolvent Estates, and in the winding up of Companies in Ireland.
London Council (Money) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 61	30 August 1889
An Act to further amend the Acts relating to the raising of Money by the London County Council, and for other purposes.
Cotton Cloth Factories Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 62	30 August 1889
An Act to make further provision for the regulation of Cotton Cloth Factories. (Repealed by Factory and Workshop Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7. c. 22))
Interpretation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 63	30 August 1889
An Act for consolidating enactments relating to the Construction of Acts of Parliament and for further shortening the Language used in Acts of Parliament.
Public Health Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 64	30 August 1889
An Act to remove doubts as to the Power of the Local Government Board to make Regulations respecting Cholera.
Council of India Reduction Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 65	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law as to the Council of India.
Light Railways (Ireland) Act 1889 or Balfour's Act			52 & 53 Vict. c. 66	30 August 1889
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Light Railways in Ireland.
Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 67	30 August 1889
An Act to continue various Expiring Laws.
Merchant Shipping (Pilotage) Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 68	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law relating to Pilotage. (Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60))
Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 69	30 August 1889
An Act for the more effectual Prevention and Punishment of Bribery and Corruption of and by Members, Officers, or Servants of Corporations, Councils, Boards, Commissions, or other Public Bodies. (Repealed by Bribery Act 2010 (c. 23))
Appropriation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 70	30 August 1889
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament .
Public Works Loans Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 71	30 August 1889
An Act to grant Money for the purpose of certain Local Loans, and for other purposes relating to Local Loans.
Infectious Disease (Notification) Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 72	30 August 1889
An Act to provide for the Notification of Infectious Disease to Local Authorities. (Repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49), Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 36 (N.I.)) and Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5))
Merchant Shipping (Colours) Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. 73	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law relating to the use of Flags in the British Merchant Service. (Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60))
Steam Trawling (Ireland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 74	30 August 1889
An Act to enable the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries to prohibit Steam Trawling within a certain distance of the Coast of Ireland.
Parliamentary Grant (Caithness and Sutherland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 75	30 August 1889
An Act to amend the Law in regard to Annual Parliamentary Grants in the Counties of Caithness and Sutherland.
Technical Instruction Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 76	30 August 1889
An Act to facilitate the Provision of Technical Instruction.

Local acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental (Ireland) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. i	11 April 1889
	Tramore River Drainage (Cork) Order 1889
Hythe Corporation Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. ii	31 May 1889
(Repealed by Kent Water Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xi))
Sheffield Corporation Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. iii	31 May 1889
(Repealed by Sheffield Corporation (Consolidation) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. lxi))
Cathcart District Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. iv	31 May 1889
Ballina and Killala Railway and Harbour (Abandonment) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. v	31 May 1889
Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Orders Confirmation (Kilrush and Cappoquin) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. vi	31 May 1889
	Kilrush Town Provisional Order 1889
	Cappoquin Waterworks Provisional Order 1889
London Hydraulic Power Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. vii	31 May 1889
Workington Dock and Harbour (Extension of Time) Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. viii	31 May 1889
(Repealed by Workington Harbour and Dock (Transfer) Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. xxxii))
Wood Green Local Board Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ix	31 May 1889
Bristol Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. x	31 May 1889
Edinburgh and District Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xi	31 May 1889
Caledonian Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xii	31 May 1889
Faversham Gas Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xiii	31 May 1889
Yeadon Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xiv	31 May 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xv	31 May 1889
	City of Oxford Order 1889
	Oxford and Berkshire Order 1889
Education Department Provisional Orders Confirmation (Acton, &c.) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xvi	31 May 1889
	Acton Order 1889
	Chiswick Order 1889
	Liverpool Order 1889
Sun Life Assurance Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xvii	31 May 1889
Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xviii	31 May 1889
Kettering Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xix	31 May 1889
Metropolitan District Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xx	31 May 1889
Deanhead Commissioners Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxi	31 May 1889
(Repealed by Huddersfield Corporation Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xcv))
Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 4) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxii	24 June 1889
	Borough of Wenlock Order 1889
Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Factory Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxiii	24 June 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 5) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxiv	24 June 1889
	Accrington Order 1889
	Altrincham Order 1889
	Belper Union Order 1889
	Brentford Order 1889
	Chorley Union Order 1889
	Haworth Order 1889
	Heston and Isleworth Order 1889
	King's Norton Union Order 1889
	Sunderland Order 1889
	Swindon New Town Order 1889
	Walton on the Hill Order 1889
Thurso River Harbour Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxv	24 June 1889
Morley Gas Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxvi	24 June 1889
London, Chatham and Dover Railway (Further Powers) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxvii	24 June 1889
Great Wigston Gas Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxviii	24 June 1889
Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven District Railway Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxix	24 June 1889
(Repealed by Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. cxliv))
West Somerset Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxx	24 June 1889
Tuscan Gas Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxi	24 June 1889
Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxii	24 June 1889
Great Western Railway and Llanelly Railway and Dock Companies Amalgamation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxiii	24 June 1889
Grimsby Extension and Improvement Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxiv	24 June 1889
(Repealed by Humberside Act 1982 (c. iii))
Northern Assurance Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxv	24 June 1889
(Repealed by Northern Assurance Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. lxvi))
Newcastle and Gateshead Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxvi	24 June 1889
Cork Corn Market Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxvii	24 June 1889
Great Western and Cornwall Railway Companies Amalgamation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxviii	24 June 1889
Midland Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xxxix	24 June 1889
Manchester Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xl	24 June 1889
Coventry Water Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xli	24 June 1889
Belfast Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xlii	24 June 1889
Windermere District Gas and Water Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. l	5 July 1889
Central Argentine Railway Company Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. li	5 July 1889
Padiham Local Board Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. lii	5 July 1889
(Repealed by County of Lancashire Act 1984 (c. xxi))
Metropolitan Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. liii	5 July 1889
Cleveland Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. liv	5 July 1889
Burnley Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lv	5 July 1889
Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lvi	5 July 1889
	Auchmithie Harbour Order 1889
	Balintore Harbour Order 1889
	Littlestone Pier Order 1889
	Mostyn Dock Order 1889
	Sharpness Lighthouses Order 1889
Heywood Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lvii	5 July 1889
Stapleford and Sandiacre Water Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lviii	5 July 1889
St. Helens Corporation Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. lix	5 July 1889
(Repealed by County of Merseyside Act 1980 (c. x))
North Eastern Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lx	5 July 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 8) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxi	9 July 1889
	Ealing Order 1889
	King's Lynn Order 1889
	Lytham Order 1889
	Mansfield Order 1889
	Romford Order 1889
	Sheffield and Handsworth Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 10) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxii	9 July 1889
	Bradford (Yorks.) Order 1889
	Bromley Order 1889
	Leeds Order 1889
	Plymouth Order 1889
Education Department Provisional Order Confirmation (Leake) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxiii	9 July 1889
	Leake (Lincs.) Order 1889
Gas Orders Confirmation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxiv	9 July 1889
	Buckley Gas Order 1889
	Market Rasen Gas Order 1889
	Melton Mowbray Gas Order 1889
	Romford Gas Order 1889
	Warminster Gas Order 1889
Water Orders Confirmation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxv	9 July 1889
	Brightlingsea Water Order 1889
	Corsham Water Order 1889
	Faversham Water Order 1889
	Harpenden Water Order 1889
	Llandrindod Wells Water Order 1889
River Cam Bridges Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxvi	9 July 1889
Neath Harbour Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxvii	9 July 1889
Wakefield Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxviii	9 July 1889
Cork and Macroom Direct Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxix	9 July 1889
Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxx	9 July 1889
Cambrian Railways (Steamboats) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxi	9 July 1889
Devonport Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxii	9 July 1889
Selby and Mid Yorkshire Union Railway (Wistow to Drax) (Abandonment) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxiii	9 July 1889
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxiv	9 July 1889
Liverpool Corporation Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxv	9 July 1889
(Repealed by County of Merseyside Act 1980 (c. x))
Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxvi	9 July 1889
Eastbourne Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxvii	26 July 1889
Rock Life Assurance Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxviii	26 July 1889
Alloa Harbour Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxix	26 July 1889
King's Lynn Docks and Railway (Further Powers) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxx	26 July 1889
Oswestry and Llangynod Railway (Abandonment) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxi	26 July 1889
Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (City of Dublin Junction Railways) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxii	26 July 1889
Ribble Navigation Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxiii	26 July 1889
(Repealed by Preston Borough Council Act 1981 (c. xxii))
Cheshire Lines Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxiv	26 July 1889
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Steamboats) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxv	26 July 1889
Barry Dock and Railways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxvi	26 July 1889
Dundee Harbour and Tay Ferries Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxvii	26 July 1889
(Repealed by Dundee Harbour and Tay Ferries Consolidation Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. lxxx))
Folkestone, Sandgate and Hythe Tramways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxviii	26 July 1889
Glasgow and South Western Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. lxxxix	26 July 1889
North British Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xc	26 July 1889
St. Helens and Wigan Junction Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xci	26 July 1889
Stockton-on-Tees Extension and Improvement Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. xcii	26 July 1889
(Repealed by Teesside Corporation (General Powers) Act 1971 (c. xv))
Liverpool and Birkenhead Subway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xciii	26 July 1889
Great Northern Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xciv	26 July 1889
Waterford Corporation (Debenture Stock) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xcv	26 July 1889
West Bromwich Corporation (Consolidation of Loans) Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. xcvi	26 July 1889
(Repealed by West Bromwich Corporation Act 1969 (c. lix))
Belfast and Northern Counties and Ballymena and Larne Railway Companies Amalgamation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xcvii	26 July 1889
London and North Western Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xcviii	26 July 1889
Hull Docks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. xcix	26 July 1889
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. c	26 July 1889
(Repealed by Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7. c. xxxix))
Tees Conservancy Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ci	26 July 1889
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cii	26 July 1889
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ciii	26 July 1889
Dundee Suburban Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. civ	26 July 1889
Eastbourne, Seaford and Newhaven Railway Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. cv	26 July 1889
(Repealed by Eastbourne, Seaford and Newhaven Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. lxxix))
Water of Leith Purification and Sewerage Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. cvi	26 July 1889
(Repealed by Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1964 (c. xli))
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 7) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cvii	26 July 1889
	Aberavon Order 1889
	Bingley Order 1889
	Cuckfield Order 1889
	Faversham Order 1889
	Kingston-upon-Hull Order 1889
Leven Water Supply Confirmation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cviii	26 July 1889
	Leven Water Order 1889
Motherwell Water Supply Confirmation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cix	26 July 1889
	Motherwell Water Order 1889
Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cx	26 July 1889
	Lancaster District Tramways Order 1889
	Lincolnshire Tramways Order 1889
	Stockport and Hazel Grove Tramways Order 1889
Tramways Orders Confirmation (No.2) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxi	26 July 1889
	Gosport, Alverstoke and Bury Cross Tramways Order 1889
	Newport and Parkhurst Tramways Order 1889
	Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Hyde District Tramways Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 9) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxii	26 July 1889
	Borough of Blandford Forum Order 1889
	Borough of Lyme Regis Order 1889
	Borough of Lymington Order 1889
	Borough of Morpeth Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 11) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxiii	26 July 1889
	Halifax Order 1889
	Ince-in-Makerfield Order 1889
	Newton-in-Mackerfield Order 1889
	Nottingham Order 1889
	Southampton Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 12) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxiv	26 July 1889
	Bangor Order 1889
	Buckingham Order 1889
	Carnarvon Order 1889
	Harwich Order 1889
	Houghton-le-Spring Union Order 1889
	Ramsgate Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 13) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxv	26 July 1889
	Blackburn Order 1889
	Denton and Haughton Order 1889
	Dover Order 1889
	Dukinfield Order 1889
	Tipton Order 1889
	West Ham Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 15) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxvi	26 July 1889
	Borough of Banbury Order 1889
	Borough of Cambridge Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 16) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxvii	26 July 1889
	Manchester Order 1889
	Middleton Order 1889
	Stafford Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (Poor Law) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxviii	26 July 1889
	St. James Westminster Order 1889
Gas and Water Orders Confirmation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxix	26 July 1889
	St. Ives (Hunts.) Gas Order 1889
	Otley Gas Order 1889
	Pocklington Water Order 1889
	Marlow Water Order 1889
Winchester Burgesses Disqualification Removal Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxx	26 July 1889
East and West Yorkshire Union Railways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxi	12 August 1889
New Oriental Bank Corporation, Limited Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxii	12 August 1889
Bridlington Local Board Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxiii	12 August 1889
London Tramways Company Extensions Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxiv	12 August 1889
Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxv	12 August 1889
Shortlands and Nunhead Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxvi	12 August 1889
City of London Police Superannuation Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxvii	12 August 1889
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12))
Woodhall Spa (Gas and Water) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxviii	12 August 1889
Dublin Corporation Loans Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxix	12 August 1889
Rastrick Waterworks Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxx	12 August 1889
(Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv))
South Kent Water Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxi	12 August 1889
Margate Coal Dues Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxii	12 August 1889
Wirral Railway Transfer Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxiii	12 August 1889
West Highland Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxiv	12 August 1889
Welsh Railways Through Traffic Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxv	12 August 1889
Taunton Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxvi	12 August 1889
Wisbech Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxvii	12 August 1889
East Kent District Water Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxviii	12 August 1889
Great Western Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxxxix	12 August 1889
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxl	12 August 1889
Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxli	12 August 1889
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company's Scottish Provisional Transfer Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxlii	12 August 1889
(Repealed by North British and Mercantile Insurance Company's Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. cxxxii))
Provident Life Office Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxliii	12 August 1889
Imperial Fire Insurance Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxliv	12 August 1889
Rhymney Railway (Capital) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxlv	12 August 1889
Mersey Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxlvi	12 August 1889
Metropolitan Improvements Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxlvii	12 August 1889
(Repealed by Local Law (Greater London Council and Inner London Boroughs) Order 1965 (SI 1965/540))
Southwark and Deptford Tramways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxlviii	12 August 1889
Corporation of London (Tower Bridge) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxlix	12 August 1889
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. cl	12 August 1889
(Repealed by Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company's Act 1904 (4 Edw. 7. c. xxxiv))
Newport, Godshill and St. Lawrence Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cli	12 August 1889
Newport (Monmouthshire) Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clii	12 August 1889
Burry Port and North Western Junction Railway (Abandonment) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cliii	12 August 1889
Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cliv	12 August 1889
Belfast Water Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clv	12 August 1889
Dee Conservancy Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clvi	12 August 1889
Newry Improvement Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clvii	12 August 1889
Lea Bridge, Leyton and Walthamstow Tramways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clviii	12 August 1889
South Eastern Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clix	12 August 1889
West Ham Gas Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clx	12 August 1889
Bournemouth Park Lands Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxi	12 August 1889
(Repealed by Bournemouth Borough Council Act 1985 (c. v))
Blackpool Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxii	12 August 1889
Midland and South Western Junction Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxiii	12 August 1889
Scarborough Improvement Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxiv	12 August 1889
Chesham, Boxmoor and Hemel Hempstead Tramroads Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxv	12 August 1889
Glasgow Harbour Tunnel Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxvi	12 August 1889
(Repealed by Glasgow Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lix))
Great Torrington Commons Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxvii	12 August 1889
Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (Tipperary Waterworks) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxviii	12 August 1889
	Tipperary Waterworks Provisional Order 1889
Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (Killiney and Ballybrack) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxix	12 August 1889
	Killiney and Ballybrack Provisional Order 1889
Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (Castleisland Waterworks) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxx	12 August 1889
	Castleisland Waterworks Provisional Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxi	12 August 1889
	Barnard Castle Order 1889
	Malton Order 1889
	York Order 1889
	York and Durham Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxii	12 August 1889
	Borough of Faversham Order 1889
	Borough of Launceston Order 1889
	Borough of St. Ives (Hunts.) Order 1889
Education Department Provisional Order Confirmation (London) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxiii	12 August 1889
	London Order 1889
Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxiv	12 August 1889
	Birmingham Electric Light and Power Order 1889
	Liverpool Electric Lighting Order 1889
	Swansea Electric Lighting Order 1889
Linlithgow Water Supply Confirmation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxv	26 August 1889
	Linlithgow Water Order 1889
Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (Listowel Waterworks) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxvi	26 August 1889
	Listowel Waterworks Provisional Order 1889
Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxvii	26 August 1889
(Repealed by Isle of Wight Act 1980 (c. xv))
Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxviii	26 August 1889
	London Electric Supply Corporation Electric Lighting Order 1889
	Westminster Electric Lighting Order 1889
Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxix	26 August 1889
	House-to-House Electric Light Supply Order 1889
	South Kensington Electric Lighting Order 1889
Electric Lighting Order Confirmation (No. 4) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxx	26 August 1889
	St. Martin Electric Lighting Order 1889
Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 5) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxi	26 August 1889
	Metropolitan Electric Supply Co. (Mid London) Lighting Order 1889
	Metropolitan Electric Supply Co. (West London) Lighting Order 1889
Bury Corporation Waterworks Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxii	26 August 1889
Manchester, Middleton and District Tramways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxiii	26 August 1889
Cheltenham Improvement Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxiv	26 August 1889
Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxv	26 August 1889
Garw Water Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxvi	26 August 1889
Norwich Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxvii	26 August 1889
Vale of Glamorgan Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxviii	26 August 1889
Barry and Cadoxton Gas and Water Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. clxxxix	26 August 1889
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxc	26 August 1889
South Staffordshire Tramways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxci	26 August 1889
Sutton Harbour Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxcii	26 August 1889
Taff Vale Railway (Amalgamation and Capital) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxciii	26 August 1889
Mumbles Railway and Pier Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxciv	26 August 1889
Golden Valley Extension Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxcv	26 August 1889
Metropolitan Electric Lighting Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxcvi	26 August 1889
Painswick Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxcvii	26 August 1889
South Hampshire Railway and Pier Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxcviii	26 August 1889
Swansea Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cxcix	26 August 1889
Wigan Corporation Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cc	26 August 1889
Towcester and Buckingham Railway Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. cci	26 August 1889
(Repealed by Towcester and Buckingham Railway (Abandonment) Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. cciii))
West Metropolitan Tramways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccii	26 August 1889
Stoke-upon-Trent Rectory Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cciii	26 August 1889
Brean Down Harbour and Railway Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. cciv	26 August 1889
River Suck Drainage Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccv	26 August 1889
Croydon Tramways Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccvi	26 August 1889
Plymouth Tramways Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccvii	26 August 1889
(Repealed by Plymouth Corporation Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxix))
Belgrano (Buenos Aires) Gas Company Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccviii	26 August 1889
Post Office (Sites) Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccix	30 August 1889
(Repealed by (Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications to Local Enactments) Order 2003 (SI 2003/1542)))
Filey Pier and Tramroad Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccx	30 August 1889
Terrington and Walpole Tramroads Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccxi	30 August 1889
Wellingborough and District Tramroads Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccxii	30 August 1889
Beverley and East Riding Railway Act 1889 (repealed)			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccxiii	30 August 1889
(Repealed by Beverley and East Riding Railway (Abandonment) Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. cxxxiii))
Rossendale Valley Tramways (Burnley Extension) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. ccxiv	30 August 1889

Private and personal acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Basset Estate Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 1 Pr.	12 August 1889
An Act to enable Reductions to be made in the Dues payable under certain Mineral Leases of parts of the Estates in the county of Cornwall settled by the late Frances Baroness Basset and John Francis Basset and to authorise the Purchase by the Trustees of the Settlement of Furniture Farming Stock Harbour Plant and Effects of the late Gustavus Lambart Basset; and for other purposes connected with the Settled Estate.
Henry Crawshay's Estate Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 2 Pr.	12 August 1889
An Act for sanctioning Arrangements for the Sale to a proposed Limited Company of the Businesses and Property of "Henry Crawshay and Sons" and "Henry Crawshay and Company" and other property and for enabling Executors and Trustees interested therein to concur and to accept and hold Debentures Stocks and Shares in the proposed Limited Company; and for other purposes.
Stobcross Estate Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 3 Pr.	12 August 1889
An Act to confer the powers on the Trustees of the late John Ross junior Andrew Galbraith and John Thompson respectively in relation to their respective interests in the Lands of Stobcross and other lands and property in the Barony Parish of Glasgow and County of Lanark.
St. Maur Heirlooms (Pictures) Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 4 Pr.	12 August 1889
An Act to authorize the sale of the Pictures bequeathed by the Will of the late Edward Adolphus twelfth Duke of Somerset deceased as heirlooms and to declare the trusts of the proceeds of such sale and for other purposes.
Ashburner Estate Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 5 Pr.	23 August 1889
An Act for sanctioning and confirming a Deed of Arrangement ascertaining and determining the Estates Rights and Interests of the several persons interested in the residuary Real and Personal Estate of George Ashburner Esquire deceased and for other purposes.
Schlesinger's Naturalization Act 1889			52 & 53 Vict. c. 6 Pr.	26 August 1889
An Act to Naturalise Caesar Schlesinger, and to grant to and confer upon him all the Rights, Privileges, and Capacities of a Natural-born Subject of Her Majesty the Queen.

Sources

• The Public General Statutes, Volume 26: 52 & 53 Victoria – 1889. Law reports. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode – via HathiTrust.
• Public General Statutes – via Google Books.

See also

• List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom