The Beerhouse Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 61) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Licensing Acts 1828 to 1886.The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 It was the third Beerhouse Act.Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue on the Duties under their Management, For the Years 1856 to 1869 inclusive. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for HMSO. 1870. Page 54.Stephen Dowell. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England. Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1884. Volume 4 (Taxes on Articles of Consumption). Pages 150 and 152. It was passed to amend the Beerhouse Act 1830 (1 Will. 4. c. 64) and the Beerhouse Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 85).The Beerhouse Act 1840, preamble The change in the law required persons to have continued residence within the building that they were intending to use after an application for the issuing of a licence for the selling of alcohol, and that they be in possession of the deeds of ownership of the building. paul-gibson.com article with Bibliography referencing 23 other sources [Retrieved 2011-12-16]© UK Parliament Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) [Retrieved 16 December 2011]
The act was passed to control the development of civil disorder (national evil) caused by those involved in activities resulting from the vice of intoxication, specifically of the people within the class of labouring workers in ale houses, so that in 1834 a select committee was created to investigate in order that measures of legislature might be created to limit this.R Light & S Heenan docs.google.com page 21 of Controlling Supply: the concept of 'need' in liquor licensing Bristol Centre for Criminal Justice (1999) [Retrieved 16 December 2011]
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 320(1) of, and part I of the twelfth schedule to, the Customs and Excise Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 44), which came into force on 1 January 1953.
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Bibliography John Mounteney Lely. "The Beerhouse Act, 1840". The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. Chancery Lane, London. 1894. Volume 5. Title "Intoxicating Liquors". Pages 34 to 38.
External links The Weekly reporter, Volume 47 Wildy & Sons, 1899.