| Short Title: | War Damage Act 1965 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to abolish rights at common law to compensation in respect of damage to, or destruction of, property effected by, or on the authority of, the Crown during, or in contemplation of the outbreak of, war. |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Citation: | 1965 c. 18 |
| Introduced By: | Niall MacDermot |
| Territorial Extent: | United Kingdom |
| Royal Assent: | 2 June 1965 |
| Commencement: | 2 June 1965 |
| Status: | amended |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/18/enacted |
| Revised Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/18 |
The War Damage Act 1965 (c. 18) is an act of United Kingdom Parliament which exempts the Crown from liability in respect of damage to, or destruction of, property caused by acts lawfully done by the Crown during, or in contemplation of the outbreak of, a war in which it is engaged. Enacted in the aftermath of the prominent case Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate, it is a rare piece of British legislation with retroactive effect.
The first clause of the War Damage Act 1965:[1]
A second clause was repealed in 1995. It read:[1]