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United Kingdom legislation
Importation Act 1666
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act against importing Cattell from Ireland and other parts beyond the Seas and Fish taken by Foreigners.
Citation18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 2
  • (Ruffhead: 18 Cha. 2. c. 2)
Dates
Royal assent2 February 1668
Commencement21 September 1666
Expired24 January 1679
Repealed5 July 1825
Other legislation
Repealed byCustoms Law Repeal Act 1825
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Importation Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It banned the importation of Irish cattle into England.

Notes

  1. Julian Hoppit, Britain's Political Economies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), p. 224.


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