Overseas Resources Development Act 1959

Overseas Resources Development Act 1959^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the Overseas Resources Development Acts, 1948 to 1958, other than the provisions thereof relating to the Overseas Food Corporation.
Citation	7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 23
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	25 March 1959
Commencement	25 March 1959
Repealed	23 April 1978
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Overseas Resources Development Act 1969;
Repealed by	Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1978
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Overseas Resources Development Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 23) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the Colonial Development Corporation.^[1]

Provisions

Section 21(1) of the act repealed 6 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act.^[2]

Citation	Short title	Extent of repeal
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 15	Overseas Resources Development Act 1948	The whole act.
12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 65	Overseas Resources Development Act 1949	The whole act.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 20	Overseas Resources Development Act 1951	The whole act.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 71	Overseas Resources Development Act 1954	Section five.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 71	Overseas Resources Development Act 1956	The whole act.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 15	Overseas Resources Development Act 1958	The whole act.

The whole act was repealed by section 18(1) of, and schedule 2 to, the Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1978, which came into force on 23 April 1978.^[3]