Workmen's Compensation Act 1925

Workmen's Compensation Act 1925[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the law relating to compensation to workmen for injuries suffered in the course of their employment.
Citation15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 84
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent22 December 1925
Commencement1 May 1926[c]
Repealed5 July 1948
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
  • Workmen's Compensation (Supplementary Allowances) Act 1940
Repealed by
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Workmen's Compensation Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 84) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to compensation to workmen for injuries suffered in the course of their employment in Great Britain.[1][2]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 50(2) of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.[3]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
6 Edw. 7. c. 58 Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 The whole act.
9 Edw. 7. c. 16 Workmen's Compensation (Anglo-French Convention) Act 1909 The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 50 Coal Mines Act 1911 Section one hundred and ten.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 8 Workmen's Compensation (Illegal Employment) Act 1918 The whole act.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 14 Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1918 The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 73 County Courts Act 1919 Sections twenty-five and twenty-six.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 42 Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 The whole act, except sections one, six, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty and thirty-one.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 17 County Courts Act 1924 Section six.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 40 Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1924 The whole act.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 89(1) of, and the ninth schedule to, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 5 July 1948.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 51.
  2. ^ Section 50(4).
  3. ^ Section 50(1).

References

  1. ^ "Progress after the 1923 Act". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  2. ^ "CONSOLIDATION OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS". The Lancet. 206 (5337): 1237. 12 December 1925. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)16794-2. ISSN 0140-6736.
  3. ^ "Workmen's Compensation Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 84
  4. ^ "National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/9-10 c. 62
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