Workmen's Compensation Act 1925

Workmen's Compensation Act 1925^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the law relating to compensation to workmen for injuries suffered in the course of their employment.
Citation	15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 84
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland;
Dates
Royal assent	22 December 1925
Commencement	1 May 1926
Repealed	5 July 1948
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Workmen's Compensation (Supplementary Allowances) Act 1940;
Repealed by	National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946; Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975;
Relates to	Housing Act 1925; Housing (Scotland) Act 1925; Town Planning Act 1925; Town Planning (Scotland) Act 1925; Settled Land Act 1925; Trustee Act 1925; Law of Property Act 1925; Land Registration Act 1925; Land Charges Act 1925; Administration of Estates Act 1925; Universities and College Estates Act 1925; Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Workmen's Compensation Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 84) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to compensation to workmen for injuries suffered in the course of their employment in Great Britain.^[1]^[2]

Provisions

Section 50(2) of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.^[3]

Citation	Short title	Extent of repeal
6 Edw. 7. c. 58	Workmen's Compensation Act 1906	The whole act.
9 Edw. 7. c. 16	Workmen's Compensation (Anglo-French Convention) Act 1909	The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 50	Coal Mines Act 1911	Section one hundred and ten.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 8	Workmen's Compensation (Illegal Employment) Act 1918	The whole act.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 14	Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1918	The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 73	County Courts Act 1919	Sections twenty-five and twenty-six.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 42	Workmen's Compensation Act 1923	The whole act, except sections one, six, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty and thirty-one.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 17	County Courts Act 1924	Section six.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 40	Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1924	The whole act.

The whole act was repealed by section 89(1) of, and the ninth schedule to, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 5 July 1948.^[4]

Text of the Workmen's Compensation Act 1925 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.