Usury Act 1660 Usury Act 1660 The Usury Act 1660 is an Act of the Parliament of England (12 Car. II. c. 13) with the long title "An Act for restraining the taking of Excessive Usury". The purpose of the Act was to reduce the interest rate from 8% to 6%. The legislation had been enacted in 1651 under the Commonwealth, but this Act was passed to confer legality on the measure following the Restoration of Charles II after the English Civil War. It was amended by the Usury Act 1840 (3&4 Vict, c.83), the Usury Act 1841 (4&5 Vict, c.54), the Usury
Monarch Airlines livery was applied to G-MONJ. HedKandi CDs and radio stations were available for purchase and to listen to on board Monarch aircraft. In October 2007, Monarch became the first airline in Europe to accept PayPal as a flight payment option on its website. During 2008, Monarch changed the name of its website from "flymonarch.com" to "monarch.co.uk". It also changed its advertising slogan to "The Low Fare Airline That Cares". During 2008, Monarch provided the aircraft, an Airbus A321, to launch the ITV2 television programme "CelebAir". Celebrities were trained and took on duties performed by airline staff, such as cabin crew.