{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of Great Britain}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox UK legislation |short_title=Bridges Act 1702{{efn|name=st|reference=The citation of this act by this [[short title]] was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the [[Statute Law Revision Act 1948]]. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the [[Interpretation Act 1978]].}} |type=Act |parliament=Parliament of England |long_title=An Act to explain and alter the [[Bridges Act 1530 |Act made in the two and twentieth year of King Henry the Eighth concerning the repairing and amending of Bridges in the Highways]] and for repealing an Act made in the Twenty third year of Queen Elizabeth for the re-edifying of Cardiffe Bridge in the [[County of Glamorgan]] and also for changing the day of Election of the Wardens and Assistants of Rochester Bridge.{{efn|These words are printed against this act in the second column of the second schedule to the [[Statute Law Revision Act 1948]], which is headed "Title".}} |year=1702 |citation={{ubli|[[1 Ann.]] c. 12{{efn|name=StatutesOfTheRealm|reference=This is the citation in ''[[The Statutes of the Realm]]''.}}|{{nowrap|[[1 Ann. St. 1]]. c. 18}}{{efn|name=StatutesAtLarge|reference=This is the citation in ''[[The Statutes at Large]]''.}}}} |territorial_extent=[[England and Wales]] |royal_assent=6 May 1702 |commencement=1 May 1702{{efn|Section 1.}} |repeal_date= 1 April 1965 |amends=[[Bridges Act 1530]] |replaces=[[Cardiff Bridge Act 1580]] |amendments={{ubli|[[Statute Law Revision Act 1867]]|[[Statute Law Revision Act 1888]]|[[Rochester Bridge Act 1908]]|[[Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938]]|[[Highways Act 1959]]}} |related_legislation={{ubli|[[Bridges Act 1530]]|[[Cardiff Bridge Act 1580]]}} |repealing_legislation={{ubli|[[Highways Act 1959]]|[[London Government Act 1963]]}} |status=Repealed |original_text=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bqo3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA444 |use_new_UK-LEG=no |}}
The '''Bridges Act 1702'''{{efn|name=st}} ([[1 Ann.]] c. 12){{efn|name=StatutesOfTheRealm}} was an [[act of Parliament (UK)|act]] of the [[Parliament of England]].
== Subsequent developments == Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 20(3) of, and the fourth schedule to, the [[Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938]] ([[1 & 2 Geo. 6]]. c. 63), which came into force on 1 January 1939.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938|type=act|year=Geo6/1-2|chapter=63}}</ref>
Section 2 ceased to have effect by virtue of section 311 of, and schedule 23 to, the [[Highways Act 1959]] ([[7 & 8 Eliz. 2]]. c. 25).
The whole act was repealed by section 312(2) of, and schedule 25 to, the [[Highways Act 1959]] ([[7 & 8 Eliz. 2]]. c. 25), subject to section 42(1) of that act.
The repeal effected by section 312(2) of the [[Highways Act 1959]] ([[7 & 8 Eliz. 2]]. c. 25) was extended to the whole of [[Greater London]] by section 16(2) of, and paragraph 70 of schedule 6 to, the [[London Government Act 1963]].
==See also== *[[Bridges Act]]
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
==References== *[[Halsbury's Statutes]], {{Reflist}}
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