LegalizeThe Decimal Currency (End of Transitional Period) Order 1971
Made: 13th July 1971
Laid before Parliament: 15th July 1971
Coming into Operation: 31st August 1971
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 16(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1969 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:—
1
This Order may be cited as the Decimal Currency (End of Transitional Period) Order 1971, and shall come into operation on 31st August 1971.
2
The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3
The transitional period, as defined in section 16(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1969, shall end with 31st August 1971.
Signed
Bernard Weatherill — P. L. Hawkins — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 13th July 1971
Explanatory note
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings to an end on 31st August 1971 the transitional period under the Decimal Currency Act 1969. After the end of the transitional period all payments have to be made in the new currency, and the threepence and penny of the old currency cease to be legal tender.
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