Fires Prevention Act 1785

Fires Prevention Act 1785
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to amend so much of the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774, as relates to Manufactories of Turpentine: for extending the provisions of the said Act, so amended, to Manufactories of Pitch, Tar and Turpentine, throughout that part of Great Britain called England; [and for indemnifying the Proprietor of a Turpentine Manufactory in Potter's Fields in the Borough of Southwark, against the Penalties he may be liable to under the said Act; and for excepting, for a limited Time, his said Manufactory from the Provisions herein contained.
Citation	25 Geo. 3. c. 77
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	20 July 1785
Commencement	5 July 1785
Repealed	1 January 1968
Other legislation
Amends	Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1774
Amended by	Fires Prevention Act 1838; Limitations of Actions and Costs Act 1842; Statute Law Revision Act 1871; Statute Law Revision Act 1887; Statute Law Revision Act 1888; Statute Law Revision Act 1948;
Repealed by	Criminal Law Act 1967
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Fires Prevention Act 1785 or the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1785 (25 Geo. 3. c. 77) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.