Truck Act 1940

The Truck Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 38) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Truck Acts 1831 to 1940. It was passed in response to the decision in Pratt v Cook, Son & Co (St. Paul's) in which the court interpreted the Truck Acts in a novel way.

Subsequent developments

Sections 1(1) and (3) and section 3(2) in part were repealed by schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.

The whole act was repealed by sections 11 and 32(2) of, and schedule 1 to, Part III of schedule 5 to, the Wages Act 1986.

See also

• History of labour law in the United Kingdom

Notes

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,
• B A Hepple, Paul O'Higgins and Lord Wedderburn of Charlton. Sweet & Maxwell's Labour Relations Statutes and Materials. Second Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1983. . pp 32 & 33.