National Debt Act 1870

National Debt Act 1870^[a]
Dates
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for consolidating, with Amendments, certain Enactments relating to the National Debt.
Citation	33 & 34 Vict. c. 71
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Royal assent	9 August 1870
Commencement	9 August 1870^[b]
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1883 National Debt Act 1889 Bank Act 1892 Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921 Government Annuities Act 1929 Finance Act 1937 Finance Act 1942 Bank of England Act 1946 Finance Act 1949 Statute Law Revision Act 1950 Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1955 Statute Law Revision Act 1960 Finance Act 1963 Statute Law Revision Act 1966 National Loans Act 1968 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 Bank of England Act 1998 Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 Irish Registers of Government Stock (Closure and Transfer) Order 2002 Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No. 2) Order 2004 Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No.3) Order 2004
Relates to	Forgery Act 1870 Statute Law Revision Act 1870
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the National Debt Act 1870 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The National Debt Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the national debt of the United Kingdom.^[1]

The enactments consolidated by this act and the Forgery Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 58) were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1870 (c. 69).^[2]

As of 2026, the act remains partly in force in the United Kingdom.^[3]

Notes

"National Debt Act 1870 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission (November 1985). Statute Law Revision: Twelfth Report. Law Com 150. SLC 99. Cmnd 9648 (PDF) (Report). London: HMSO.
"National Debt Act 1870", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/33-34 c. 71

Text of the National Debt Act 1870 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Text of the National Debt Act 1870 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.