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Currency Act 1982

1982 CHAPTER 3

An Act to replace section 1(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1967 so as to sanction references to the new penny as the penny.

[2nd February 1982]

1 Denominations of money. cross-notes

(1) The denominations of money in the currency of the United Kingdom shall be the pound sterling and the penny or new penny, being one hundredth part of a pound sterling.

(2) M1 Section 1(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1967 (which is superseded by subsection (1) above) is hereby repealed.

2 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Currency Act 1982.

Status: There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Currency Act 1982.
Currency Act 1982 (1982/3)
Version from: 1 February 1991

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C1 The text of s. 1(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
M1 1967 c. 47 .
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