Master and Servant Act 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. [26th July 1889.]

WHEREAS certain statutes relating to master and servant in particular manufactures have, partly by reason of changes in the methods of manufacture and in the conditions of employment, and partly by reason of improvements in the general law, either ceased to be put in force or become unnecessary, and it is expedient with a view to the revision of the statute law, and particularly to the improvement of the revised edition of the statutes, to expressly and specifically repeal the same:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Master and Servant Act, 1889.

Enactments in schedule repealed.

2. The enactments described in the schedule to this Act are hereby repealed:

Saving.

Provided that where any enactment not comprised in the schedule has been repealed, confirmed, revived, or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such repeal, confirmation, revivor, or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal effected by this Act:

and the repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect any enactment in which such enactment has been applied, incorporated, or referred to:

and this Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect, or consequences of anything already done or suffered,-or any existing status or capacity,-or any right, title, obligation, or liability already acquired, accrued, or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof,-or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim, or demand,or any indemnity,-or the proof of any past act or thing:

and this Act shall not extend to repeal any enactment so far as the same may be in force in any part of Her Majesty's dominions out of the United Kingdom.

SCHEDULE.

ENACTMENTS which have been already REPEALED are in some cases INCLUDED in this SCHEDULE, in order to avoid the necessity of reference to PREVIOUS STATUTES.

Session and Chapter.	Title of Act.
✻1 Ann. stat. 2. c. 22.	An Act for the more effectual preventing the Abuses and Frauds of persons employed in the working up the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, and Iron Manufactures of this Kingdom.
2 Geo. 1. c. 17. Irish.	An Act to empower Justices of the Peace to determine disputes about Servants, Artificers, Day Labourers, Wages, and other small Demands, and to oblige Masters to pay the same, and to punish Idle and Disorderly Servants.
	in part; namely, sections two, nine, and sixteen.
9 Geo. 1. c. 27.	An Act for preventing Journeymen Shoemakers selling, exchanging, or pawning Boots, Shoes, Slippers, Cut Leather, or other Materials for making Boots, Shoes, or Slippers, and for better regulating the said journeymen.
12 Geo. 1. c. 34.	An Act to prevent unlawful Combinations of Workmen imployed in the Woollen Manufactures, and for better Payment of their Wages.
13 Geo. 1. c. 26.	An Act for better Regulation of the Linen Hempen Manufactures in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland.
	in part; namely, except section eighteen.
13 Geo. 2. c. 8.	An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the First Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled "An Act for the more effectual preventing the Abuses and Frauds of Persons employed in the working up the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, and Iron Manufactures of this Kingdom;" and for extending the said Act to the Manufactures of Leather.
15 Geo. 2. c. 27.	An Act for the more effectual preventing any Cloth or Woollen Goods remaining upon the Rack or Tenters, or any Woollen Yarn or wooll left out to dry, from being stolen or taken away in the Night-time.
25 Geo. 2. c. 8. Irish.	An Act for the better adjusting and more easy recovery of the Wages of certain Servants, and for the better regulation of such Servants and of certain Apprentices; and for the punishment of all such Owners of Coal and their Agents as shall knowingly employ and set at Work Persons retained in the service of other Coal-Owners; and also that Mutual Debts between Party and Party be set one against the other.
	in part; namely, sections two and seven.
27 Geo. 2. c. 7.	An Act for the more effectual preventing of Frauds and Abuses committed by persons employed in the Manufacture of Clocks and Watches.
29 Geo. 2. c. 12. Irish.	An Act to prevent unlawful combinations of Tenants, Colliers, Miners, and others; and the sending of threatening Letters without Names, or with Fictitious Names subscribed thereto; and the malicious destruction of Carriages; and for the more effectual Punishment of wicked Persons who shall maliciously set fire to Houses or Out-houses, or to stacks of Hay, Corn, Straw, or Turf, or to Ships or Boats.
	in part; namely, sections nine, ten, eleven, and twelve.
30 Geo. 2. c. 12.	An Act to amend an Act made in the Twenty-ninth year of the reign of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act to render more effectual an Act passed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George, to prevent unlawful Combinations of Workmen employed in the Woollen Manufactures, and for better Payment of their Wages; and also an Act passed in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, for the better Regulation of the Woollen Manufacture, and for preventing Disputes among the Persons concerned therein; and for limiting a Time for prosecuting for the Forfeiture appointed by the aforesaid Act in case of Payment of the Workmen's Wages in any other Manner than in Money."
5 Geo. 3. c. 51.	An Act for repealing several Laws relating to the Manufacture of Woollen Cloth in the County of York, and also so much of several other Laws as prescribes particular Standards of Width and Length of such Woollen Cloths; and for substituting other Regulations of the Cloth Trade within the West Riding of the said county, for preventing Frauds in certifying the Contents of the Cloth, and for preserving the Credit of the said Manufacture at the Foreign Market."
6 Geo. 3. c. 23.	An Act to amend an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act for repealing several Laws relating to the Manufacture of Woollen Cloth in the County of York, and also so much of several other laws as prescribes particular Standards of Width and Length of such Woollen Cloths; and for substituting other Regulations of the Cloth Trade within the West Riding of the said County, for preventing Frauds in certifying the Contents of the Cloth, and for preserving the Credit of the said Manufacture at the Foreign Market."
14 Geo. 3. c. 25	An Act for the more effectual preventing Frauds and Embezzlements by Persons employed in the Woollen Manufactory.
14 Geo. 3. c. 44.	An Act to amend an Act made in the Twenty-second year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled "An Act for the more effectual preventing of Frauds and Abuses committed by Persons employed in the Manufacture of Hats, and in the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, Iron, Leather, Fur, Hemp, Flax, Mohair, and Silk Mnufactures; and for preventing unlawful Combinations of Journeymen Dyers and Journeymen Hot Pressers, and of all Persons employed in the said several Manufactures; and for the better Payment of their Wages."
17 Geo. 3. c. 55.	An Act for the better regulating the Hat Manufactory.
23 Geo. 3. c. 15.	An Act for rendering more effectual the Provisions contained in an Act of the Thirteenth Year of King George the First for preventing Fruads and Abuses in the Dying Trade.
	in part; namely, sections five to twelve, and section thirteen from "directed to any constable" to end of section.
24 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 3.	An Act for more effectually preventing Frauds and Abuses committed by Persons employed in the Manufactures of combing Wool, Worsted Yarn, and Goods made from Worsted in the County of Suffolk.
25 Geo. 3. c. 40.	An Act for more effectually preventing Frauds and Abuses committed by Persons employed in the Manufactures of Combing Wool, Worsted Yarn, and Goods made from Worsted, in the Counties of Bedford, Huntingdon, Northampton, Leicester, Rutland, and Lincoln, and the Isle of Ely.
28 Geo. 3. c. 55.	An Act for the better and more effectual Protection of Stocking Frames, and the Machines or Engines annexed thereto or therewith, and for the Punishment of Persons destroying or injuring of such Stocking Frames, Machines, or Engines, and the Framework, Knitted Pieces, Stockings, and other Articles and Goods used and made in the Hosiery or Framework-knitted Manufactory, or breaking or destroying any Machinery contained in any Mill or Mills used or any way employed in preparing or spinning of Wool or Cotton for the Use of the Stocking Frame.
31 Geo. 3. c. 56.	An Act more effectually to prevent Abuses and Frauds committed by Persons employed in the Manufactures of combing Wool and Worsted Yarn in the County of Norfolk and City of Norwich and County of the said City.
51 Geo. 3. c. 41.	An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of King George the Second, intituled "An Act for the more effectually preventing the stealing of Linen, Fustian, and Cotton Goods and Wares in Buildings, Fields, Grounds, and other Places used for printing, whitening, bleaching, or drying the same," as takes away the Benefit of Clergy from Persons stealing Cloth in Places therein mentioned; and for more effectually preventing such Felonies.

✻ These references are to the Statutes Revised.