The Importation Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It banned the importation of Irish cattle into England.[1]

Importation Act 1666
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act against importing Cattell from Ireland and other parts beyond the Seas and Fish taken by Forreigners.
Citation18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 2
  • (Ruffhead: 18 Cha. 2. c. 2)
Dates
Royal assent2 February 1668
Commencement21 September 1666
Expired24 January 1679
Repealed1825
Other legislation
Repealed by
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Notes edit

  1. ^ Julian Hoppit, Britain's Political Economies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), p. 224.