The Nautical Almanack Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 66) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the earlier acts governing rewards for the discovery of the longitude at sea and authorised the Lord High Admiral to publish the Nautical Almanack.
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Publication of the Nautical Almanack Section 2 of the act empowered the Lord High Admiral, or the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, to cause nautical almanacks and other tables useful for finding the longitude at sea to be constructed, printed, published and sold free of stamp duty. It made it an offence to print, publish or sell any such almanack or table without the licence of the Lord High Admiral or the commissioners, signified under the hand of the secretary of the Admiralty, on penalty of £20 for every copy, recoverable with costs and applied to the use of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 2 enactments, listed in that section, and generally repealed all other acts then in force relating to the appointment, or to the authorities and powers, of commissioners, or to the payment of a reward, for the discovery of the longitude at sea or for any invention or proposal relating to it, except as provided by that section. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal58 Geo. 3. c. 20Discovery of Longitude at Sea, etc. Act 1818An Act for more effectually discovering the Longitude at Sea, and encouraging Attempts to find a Northern Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the Northern Pole.The whole act.1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 2Discovery of Longitude at Sea, etc. Act 1821An Act to amend an Act of the Fifty-eighth Year of His late Majesty, for more effectually discovering the Longitude at Sea, and encouraging Attempts to find a Northern Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the Northern Pole.The whole act.
Subsequent developments Section 1 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 91), which came into force on 5 August 1873.
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