List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1956

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Leeward Islands Act 1956|public|23|15-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to constitute the Presidencies of the Leeward Islands separate colonies and confer upon Her Majesty power to make, or to authorize the making of, emergency laws therefor and to establish courts therefor; to amend the West Indian Court of Appeal Act, 1919; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Children and Young Persons Act 1956|public|24|15-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to extend the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, and the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937, with respect to escapes from the care of fit persons, from approved schools and from remand homes or special reception centres.}}

| {{|Therapeutic Substances Act 1956|public|25|15-03-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to consolidate the Therapeutic Substances Act, 1925, and the Therapeutic Substances (Prevention of Misuse) Acts, 1947 to 1953.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993) }}

| {{|Police (Scotland) Act 1956|public|26|15-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to police forces in Scotland and to the execution of warrants in the border counties of England and Scotland.}}

| {{|Charles Beattie Indemnity Act 1956|public|27|15-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to indemnify Charles Beattie, Esquire, from any penal consequences which he may have incurred by sitting and voting as a member of the House of Commons while holding the office or place of member of certain panels constituted in pursuance of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946, and the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1946, or of member of an appeal tribunal constituted in pursuance of the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 1948.}}

| {{|Agricultural Research Act 1956|public|28|15-03-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to make provision with respect to agricultural research.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998) }}

| {{|Dentists Act 1956|public|29|15-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to amend the law relating to dentists.}}

| {{|Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956|public|30|15-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to amend and consolidate certain enactments in Scotland relating to food and drugs, and for purposes connected therewith.}}

| {{|Pakistan (Consequential Provision) Act 1956|public|31|15-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Pakistan and persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Pakistan, in view of Pakistan's becoming a Republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth.}}

| {{|Consolidated Fund Act 1956|public|32|28-03-1956|archived=n|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 nine hundred and fifty-five, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six and one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven An Act to make provision with respect to contributions in connection with housing accommodation.}}

| {{|Housing Subsidies Act 1956|public|33|28-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to make provision with respect to contributions in connection with housing accommodation.}}

| {{|Criminal Justice Administration Act 1956|public|34|28-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to make new arrangements as to the administration of criminal justice in Lancashire and matters connected therewith, and to amend the law of England and Wales as to recorders and courts of quarter sessions in boroughs, as to the retirement or removal of chairmen and deputy chairmen of quarter sessions and of stipendiary magistrates in London, as to the liability of boroughs to contribute to the costs of magistrates' courts and courts of quarter sessions for the county and as to the constitution for purposes of appeals of the court of quarter sessions for the county of London, to make further provision about shorthand notes taken on trials on indictment, and to transfer to the Lord Chancellor or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster certain functions of the Secretary of State and to the Rule Committee of the Supreme Court the power to make rules of court under the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, and rules under the Indictments Act, 1915.}}

| {{|Validation of Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1956|public|35|28-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to validate the election to the Senate of Northern Ireland of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sacheverell Carleton Richardson and the election to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland of Doctor Eileen Mary Hickey, The Right Honourable Sir William McCleery, Knight, Doctor Robert Samuel Nixon, and Captain The Right Honourable Sir Norman Stronge, Baronet, notwithstanding their holding certain offices; to indemnify the persons aforesaid from any penal consequences which they may have incurred by sitting and voting as members of the said Senate or House of Commons while holding those offices; and to indemnify the estate of the late Henry Fleming, Esquire, from any penal consequences which may have been incurred by him by sitting and voting as a member of the said Senate while holding a certain office.}}

| {{|Local Authorities (Expenses) Act 1956|public|36|28-03-1956|archived=n|An Act to enable local authorities to defray certain expenses in connection with official and courtesy visits; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.}}

| {{|Licensing (Airports) Act 1956|public|37|17-05-1956|archived=n|An Act to exempt international airports from the restrictions on the times at which intoxicating liquor may be sold or supplied.}}

| {{|Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Act 1956|public|38|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the memorandum of association of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited; validate certain debenture stock issued by that company, and, in connection therewith, amend a deed made by it for securing debenture stock issued by it; and authorise the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to make further advances to that company for the purpose of increasing its guarantee fund.}}

| {{|Pensions (Increase) Act 1956|public|39|17-05-1956|archived=n|An Act to provide for increases in certain pensions; and to amend the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924, the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1944 and 1947, the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1952, and the Second Schedule to the Pensions (India, Pakistan and Burma) Act, 1955.}}

| {{|Local Government (Street Works) (Scotland) Act 1956|public|40|17-05-1956|archived=n|An Act to authorise local authorities in Scotland to contribute to the expenses incurred by frontagers and others in connection with the construction, maintenance or making up of private streets, new streets and footways.}}

| {{|Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1956|public|41|17-05-1956|archived=n|An Act to amend the enactments relating to solicitors and for purposes connected therewith.}}

| {{|Occasional Licences and Young Persons Act 1956|public|42|05-07-1956|archived=n|An Act to amend the law with respect to occasional licences.}}

| {{|Local Government Elections Act 1956|public|43|05-07-1956|archived=n|An Act to provide for the simultaneous holding of elections of rural district councillors and parish councillors; to require the expenses incurred in relation to the holding of elections of parish councillors to be paid by the council of the rural district within which the parish is situate; to provide for excluding certain days in computing the period of time within which elections to fill casual vacancies occurring in the offices of county, borough and district councillor and elective auditor are required to be held; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Magistrates' Courts (Appeals from Binding Over Orders) Act 1956|public|44|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the law relating to orders of justices of the peace requiring persons to enter into recognisances to keep the peace or be of good behaviour.}}

| {{|Small Lotteries and Gaming Act 1956|public|45|05-07-1956|archived=n|An Act to authorise the conduct of small lotteries for other than private gain by societies for raising money for charitable, sporting and other purposes and to amend the law with respect to gaming; and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Administration of Justice Act 1956|public|46|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the law relating to Admiralty jurisdiction, legal proceedings in connection with ships and aircraft and the arrest of ships and other property, to make further provision as to the appointment, tenure of office, powers and qualifications of certain judges and officers, to make certain other amendments of the law relating to the Supreme Court and the county courts and of the law relating to the enforcement of certain judgments, orders and decrees, to enable certain funds in court in the Lancashire Chancery Court to be transferred to the official trustees of charitable funds or the Church Commissioners, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|National Insurance Act 1956|public|47|05-07-1956|archived=n|An Act to provide for altering the extent to which deductions from widows' benefits and retirement pensions under the National Insurance Act, 1946, are to be made in respect of earnings.}}

| {{|Sugar Act 1956|public|48|05-07-1956|archived=n|An Act to provide for the establishment of a Sugar Board, and to make provision as to the functions and finances of the Board, including provision for a surcharge on sugar and molasses and provision for distributing any surplus revenues of the Board; to make further provision as respects the British Sugar Corporation Limited, to dissolve the Sugar Commission, and otherwise to make new provision as respects the sugar industry in, and the importation of sugar and related goods into, the United Kingdom; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956|public|49|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to provide for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons employed in agriculture and certain other occupations and the avoidance of accidents to children arising out of the use, in connection with agriculture, of vehicles, machinery or implements; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Family Allowances and National Insurance Act 1956|public|50|05-07-1956|archived=n|An Act to increase the rate of certain allowances under the Family Allowances Acts, 1945 and 1952; to extend the definition of a child for the purposes of those Acts, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1954, and the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1955; to amend the provisions of the said Acts of 1946 to 1954 and 1946 to 1955 with respect to benefits payable to widows; to validate certain marriages for the purposes of the Acts aforesaid; to make provision with respect to reciprocal arrangements with other countries in connection with family allowances; to authorise a local authority to whose care a person has been committed by an order of any court under the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, or the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937, to entrust the care and control of that person to a parent, guardian, relative or friend; to permit such a person to be treated as included in a family for the purposes of family allowances while the control of that person is so entrusted; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Workmen's Compensation and Benefit (Supplementation) Act 1956|public|51|05-07-1956|archived=n|An Act to provide for the payment of allowances out of the Industrial Injuries Fund with a view to supplementing workmen's compensation and benefit, and for purposes connected therewith.}}

| {{|Clean Air Act 1956|public|52|05-07-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to make provision for abating the pollution of the air.|note4=
(Repealed by Clean Air Act 1993) }}

| {{|Teachers (Superannuation) Act 1956|public|53|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1898, the Teachers (Superannuation) Acts, 1918 to 1946, and so much of the Education (Scotland) Acts, 1939 to 1953, as relates to superannuation and to the employment of teachers over the age of sixty-five years; and for purposes connected therewith.}}

| {{|Finance Act 1956|public|54|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, to authorise advances out of the Consolidated Fund to nationalised industries and undertakings, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.}}

| {{|Appropriation Act 1956|public|55|02-08-1956|archived=n|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 nine hundred and fifty-seven and to appropriate the further supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.}}

| {{|Transport (Disposal of Road Haulage Property) Act 1956|public|56|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to amend the provisions of the Transport Act, 1953, relating to the disposal by the British Transport Commission of the property held by them for the purposes of the existing road haulage undertaking (including the provisions as to the transport levy and the Transport Fund), to extend certain enactments relating to holding companies to the British Transport Commission, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Slum Clearance (Compensation) Act 1956|public|57|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to make additional provision for payments in respect of certain unfit houses subject to compulsory purchase, clearance, demolition or closing orders; and for purposes connected therewith.}}

| {{|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Act 1956|public|58|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to make provision with respect to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; and for purposes connected therewith.}}

| {{|Underground Works (London) Act 1956|public|59|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to vest in the Minister of Works certain underground works constructed in London during the recent war as air-raid shelters, together with other works connected therewith and land adjacent to those works; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.}}

| {{|Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956|public|60|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the law regarding valuation and rating in Scotland; to amend the provisions of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954, with respect to the payment of Exchequer Grants to local authorities in Scotland and with respect to the apportionment of the expenditure of joint bodies among their constituent authorities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Coal Industry Act 1956|public|61|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to extend the power of the Minister of Fuel and Power to make advances to the National Coal Board for capital purposes; and to alter the financial year of the National Coal Board.}}

| {{|Hotel Proprietors Act 1956|public|62|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the law relating to inns and innkeepers.}}

| {{|British Caribbean Federation Act 1956|public|63|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to provide for the federation of certain West Indian colonies and for the transfer, to a court established for the purposes of the federation, of the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal established by the West Indian Court of Appeal Act, 1919, and the dissolution of that Court; to provide for conferring on the first-mentioned court jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from the courts of colonies which are not for the time being included in the federation and to repeal the British Honduras (Court of Appeal) Act, 1881; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Governors' Pensions Act 1956|public|64|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to amend the Pensions (Governors of Dominions, &c.) Acts, 1911 to 1947.}}

| {{|Public Works Loans Act 1956|public|65|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to grant money for the purpose of certain local loans out of the Local Loans Fund.}}

| {{|Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation) Act 1956|public|66|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to change to public health inspectors the designation of sanitary inspectors appointed under the Local Government Act, 1933, or the London Government Act, 1939.}}

| {{|Road Traffic Act 1956|public|67|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to amend the law relating to road traffic (including driving licences, lighting and insurance), the provision of parking places, the regulation of public service vehicles and the licensing of goods vehicles; and for purposes connected therewith.}}

| {{|Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956|public|68|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to provide for the registration and judicial investigation of certain restrictive trading agreements, and for the prohibition of such agreements when found contrary to the public interest; to prohibit the collective enforcement of conditions regulating the resale price of goods, and to make further provision for the individual enforcement of such conditions by legal proceedings; to amend the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Acts, 1948 and 1953; to provide for the appointment of additional judges of the High Court and of the Court of Session; and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Sexual Offences Act 1956|public|69|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to consolidate (with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949) the statute law of England and Wales relating to sexual crimes, to the abduction, procuration and prostitution of women and to kindred offences, and to make such adaptations of statutes extending beyond England and Wales as are needed in consequence of that consolidation.}}

| {{|Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956|public|70|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the law with regard to notice of marriages intended to be celebrated or contracted in Scotland.}}

| {{|Overseas Resources Development Act 1956|public|71|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to make new provision as to the functions of the Colonial Development Corporation, including provision in respect of past activities of the said Corporation; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Hill Farming Act 1956|public|72|02-08-1956|archived=n|An Act to extend the time within which livestock rearing land improvement schemes may be submitted under the Hill Farming Act, 1946, increase the maximum amount that may be paid in the aggregate by way of grants in respect of the cost of work done in accordance with such schemes and extend the time within which the said maximum may be further increased by order of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State; and to prolong the powers under that Act of those Ministers to make subsidy payments in respect of hill sheep and hill cattle.}}

| {{|Crown Estate Act 1956|public|73|05-11-1956|archived=n|An Act to provide for the reconstitution of the Commissioners of Crown Lands under the name of the Crown Estate Commissioners; to transfer to the Lord Privy Seal and the Secretary of State certain powers of the Treasury under section thirty-two of the Crown Lands Act, 1851, in its application to the said Commissioners, and to make new provision as to the annual report of the said Commissioners; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Copyright Act 1956|public|74|05-11-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to make new provision in respect of copyright and related matters, in substitution for the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1911, and other enactments relating thereto; to amend the Registered Designs Act, 1949, with respect to designs related to artistic works in which copyright subsists, and to amend the Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act, 1925; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.}}

| {{|Education (Scotland) Act 1956|public|75|05-11-1956|archived=n|An Act to amend the Education (Scotland) Act, 1946, and certain other enactments relating to education in Scotland and for purposes connected therewith.}}

| {{|Medical Act 1956|public|76|05-11-1956|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to medical practitioners with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.|note4=
(Repealed by Medical Act 1983) }}

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| {{|Monmouthshire County Council Act 1956|local|31|15-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Crosby Corporation Act 1956|local|32|15-03-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by County of Merseyside Act 1980 (c. x)) }}

| {{|Blyth Generating Station (Ancillary Powers) Act 1956|local|33|15-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Dundee Corporation Act 1956|local|34|15-03-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to confer further powers on the corporation of the city and royal burgh of Dundee with respect to their transport undertaking and for other purposes.|note4=
(Repealed by Dundee Corporation (Consolidated Powers) Order Confirmation 1957 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. iv)) }}

| {{|Archdeacon Johnson's Almshouse Charity (Oakham and Uppingham) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956|local|35|28-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Archdeacon Johnson's Almshouse Charity (Oakham and Uppingham) Scheme 1956|}}

| {{|Baptist Chapel and Other Charities (Totnes and Tuckenhay) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956|local|36|28-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Baptist Chapel and Other Charities (Totnes and Tuckenhay) Scheme 1956|}}

| {{|Leigh Almshouse, Stoneleigh and other Charities Scheme Confirmation Act 1956|local|37|28-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Leigh Almshouse, Stoneleigh and other Charities Scheme 1956|}}

| {{|Greenock Burgh Extension, &c. Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|38|28-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Greenock Burgh Extension, &c. Order 1956|}}

| {{|Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Colne Valley Sewerage Board) Act 1956|local|39|28-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Colne Valley Sewerage (No. 2) Order 1956|}}

| {{|Gloucestershire County Council Act 1956|local|40|28-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Swansea Corporation (Fairwood Common) Act 1956|local|41|28-03-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Roxburgh County Council (Ale Water) Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|42|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Roxburgh County Council (Ale Water) Order 1956|}}

| {{|Castle Gate Congregational Church Burial Ground (Nottingham) Act 1956|local|43|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Ipswich Dock Act 1956|local|44|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|St. Stephen Walbrook (St. Antholin's Churchyard) Act 1956|local|45|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Elder Yard Chapel Chesterfield Act 1956|local|46|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Tees Conservancy Act 1956|local|47|17-05-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Tees and Hartlepools Port Authority Act 1966 (c.xxv)) }}

| {{|Barry Corporation (Barry Harbour) Act 1956|local|48|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Leicester Corporation Act 1956|local|49|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|City of London (Various Powers) Act 1956|local|50|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Sion College Act 1956|local|51|17-05-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to reconstitute and confer new powers upon Sion College within the city of London and for other purposes.|note4=
(Repealed by Sion College Act 1981 (c.xiv)) }}

| {{|Pontypool Water Act 1956|local|52|17-05-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Frances Barker and certain other Charities (City of York) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956|local|53|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Frances Barker and certain other Charities (City of York) Scheme 1956|}}

| {{|Consolidated Municipal Charity and certain other Charities (Ludlow) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956|local|54|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Consolidated Municipal Charity and certain other Charities (Ludlow) Scheme 1956|}}

| {{|Hospital of Robert Earl of Leicester Charity (Warwick) Scheme Confirmation Act 1956|local|55|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Hospital of Robert Earl of Leicester Charity (Warwick) Scheme 1956|}}

| {{|Sutton's Hospital (Charterhouse) Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1956|local|56|05-07-1956|archived=n||po1=Sutton's Hospital (Charterhouse) Charity Scheme 1956|}}

| {{|Advocates' Widows' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|57|05-07-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Advocates' Widows' and Orphans' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1968 (c.xiv)) }}

| {{|Glasgow Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|58|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Glasgow Corporation Order 1956|}}

| {{|Dover Corporation Act 1956|local|59|05-07-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by County of Kent Act 1981 (c.xviii)) }}

| {{|Bristol Corporation Act 1956|local|60|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|North East Surrey Crematorium Board Act 1956|local|61|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|London County Council (Money) Act 1956|local|62|05-07-1956|archived=n|}}

| {{|Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Act 1956|local|63|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to empower the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company to raise additional capital to confer further powers on the Company and for other purposes.}}

| {{|Bedford Corporation Act 1956|local|64|05-07-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to make further provision with regard to the letting of houses in the borough of Bedford and for other purposes.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995) }}

| {{|Scottish Union and National Insurance Company's Act 1956|local|65|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Tyne Tunnel Act 1956|local|66|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|People's Dispensary for Sick Animals Act 1956|local|67|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals Act 1949 to confer further powers on the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals and for other purposes.}}

| {{|London Necropolis Act 1956|local|68|05-07-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to confer further powers upon the London Necropolis Company Limited and for other purposes.}}

| {{|Millport Piers (Amendment) Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|69|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Millport Piers (Amendment) Order 1956|}}

| {{|Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|70|02-08-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1960 (c.i)) }}

| {{|Pier and Harbour Order (Great Yarmouth Port and Haven) Confirmation Act 1956|local|71|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Great Yarmouth Port and Haven Order 1956|}}

| {{|Pier and Harbour Order (Wisbech Port and Harbour) Confirmation Act 1956|local|72|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=Wisbech Port and Harbour Order 1956|}}

| {{|Huddersfield Corporation Act 1956|local|73|02-08-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c.xiv)) }}

| {{|British Transport Commission Act 1956|local|74|02-08-1956|archived=n|}}

| {{|Leeds Corporation Act 1956|local|75|02-08-1956|archived=n|}}

| {{|Croydon Corporation Act 1956|local|76|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|London County Council (General Powers) Act 1956|local|77|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Rugby Corporation Act 1956|local|78|02-08-1956|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995) }}

| {{|Chertsey Urban District Council Act 1956|local|79|02-08-1956|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Surrey Act 1985 (c.iii)) }}

| {{|Manchester Ship Canal Act 1956|local|80|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation Act 1956|local|81|02-08-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Town Moor Act 1988 (c.xxi)) }}

| {{|Liverpool Overhead Railway Act 1956|local|82|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to provide for the closing of the Liverpool overhead railway and for the winding up and dissolution of the Liverpool Overhead Railway Company to confirm an agreement between the Company and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and for other purposes.}}

| {{|Manchester Corporation Act 1956|local|83|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Walthamstow Corporation Act 1956|local|84|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Barnsley Corporation Act 1956|local|85|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Rhyl Urban District Council Act 1956|local|86|02-08-1956|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Clwyd County Council Act 1985 (c.xliv)) }}

| {{|Fylde Water Board Act 1956|local|87|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Felixstowe Dock and Railway Act 1956|local|88|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Heywood and Middleton Water Act 1956|local|89|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Middlesex County Council Act 1956|local|90|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Cammell Laird and Company Act 1956|local|91|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Act 1956|local|92|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|Grayson Rollo and Clover Docks Act 1956|local|93|02-08-1956|maintained=y|archived=n|}}

| {{|South of Scotland Electricity Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|94|05-11-1956|maintained=y|archived=n||po1=South of Scotland Electricity Order 1956|}}

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{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Willoughby de Broke Estate Act 1956|private|2|28-03-1956|maintained=y|repealed=n|archived=y|An Act for enabling the settled estates of Lord Willoughby de Broke to be disentailed and to enable capital moneys to be raised out of the said settled estates and for other purposes connected with those estates.}} }}

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Police, Fire and Probation Offices Remuneration Act 1956|public|1|28-11-1956|archived=n|An Act to authorise retrospective provision to be made for the remuneration of members of police forces and fire brigades and of probation officers.}}

| {{|Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Temporary Increase) Act 1956|public|2|20-12-1956|archived=n|An Act to increase the duties of customs and excise chargeable on hydrocarbon oils, petrol substitutes, and spirits used for making power methylated spirits and, in connection therewith, to enable certain fares to be increased.}}

| {{|Air Corporations Act 1956|public|3|20-12-1956|archived=n|An Act to increase the borrowing powers of the British Overseas Airways Corporation and the British European Airways Corporation; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.}}

| {{|Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1956|public|4|20-12-1956|archived=n|An Act to continue certain expiring laws.}}

| {{|Agriculture (Silo Subsidies) Act 1956|public|5|20-12-1956|archived=n|An Act to make provision for the payment of subsidies in respect of the construction or improvement of silos.}}

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{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Clyde Navigation Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|1|28-11-1956|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Clyde Navigation.|po1=Clyde Navigation Order 1956|Provisional Order to extend the period for the compulsory purchase of certain lands by the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation and for other purposes.}}

| {{|Oban Burgh Order Confirmation Act 1956|local|2|28-11-1956|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to Oban Burgh.|po1=Oban Burgh Order 1956|Provisional Order to authorise the Corporation of the burgh of Oban to borrow moneys for the purposes of the Oban Piers and Harbour Orders 1862 to 1921 and for other purposes.}}

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