Kirkcaldy Beer Duties Act 1741

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The Kirkcaldy Beer Duties Act 1741 (15 Geo. II, c.8) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1742 and formally repealed in 1948. It placed a duty on all beer brewed or sold within the town of Kirkcaldy.

The duty was set at two pennies Scots, or one-sixth of a penny sterling, on each Scots pint (about three imperial pints) of beer.

The Act was formally repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

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The statutes at large from the 15th to the 20th year of King George III [vol. XVIII]; Charles Bathurst, London. 1765.
Chronological table of the statutes; HMSO, London. 1993. ISBN 0-11-840331-1