Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847

Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts for constructing or regulating Markets and Fairs.
Citation10 & 11 Vict. c. 14
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent23 April 1847
Commencement23 April 1847[b]
Other legislation
Amended byStatute Law Revision Act 1875
Relates to
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 14) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that standardised provisions and definitions relating to markets and fairs in the United Kingdom.[1]

When markets are created by statute, they typically incorporate section 13 of the act which makes it an offence to sell goods normally traded in the market (with certain exceptions). These monopolistic protections are exclusively available to legally established markets.[2]

The Gasworks Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 15), the Commissioners Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 16) and the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 17) passed at the same time as the act, standardised provisions and definitions relating to gasworks, commissioners and waterworks companies in the United Kingdom, respectively.

As of 2025, the act remains in force in the United Kingdom.

Notes

  1. ^ Section 4.
  2. ^ Section 1.

References

  1. ^ "Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. ^ Hough, Barry (1997). "Some problems in the English law of markets and fairs". Mountbatten Journal of Legal Studies. 1 (1): 24–44.
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