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Currency Act 1982

1982 c. 3 · Enacted 2 February 1982 · Extends to United Kingdom

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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]

Contents

  1. 1Denominations of money.
  2. 2Short title.

1Denominations of money.

(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)

Section 1(1) of the M1Decimal Currency Act 1967 (which is superseded by subsection (1) above) is hereby repealed.

2Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Currency Act 1982.