Free Port Act 1766
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act for opening and establishing certain Ports in the Islands of Jamaica and Dominica, for the more free Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandizes; for granting certain Duties, to defray the Expenses of opening, maintaining, securing, and improving, much Ports; for ascertaining the Duties to be paid upon the Importation of Goods from the Said Island of Dominica into this Kingdom; and for securing the Duties upon Goods imported from the Said Island into any other British Colony. |
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| Citation | 6 Geo. 3. c. 49 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 June 1766 |
| Commencement | 1 November 1766 |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
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| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The British Free Port Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 49) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that opened six British ports in the West Indies to foreign merchants, and enabled English colonists to conduct trade with French and Spanish colonies.
The act was passed in 1766 following the Seven Years’ War and prior to the American Revolution. The act was a modified version of one in use by the French and Dutch.