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Short Titles Act 1896
Commencement
20 July 1896[3]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokesShort Titles Act 1892
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Short Titles Act 1896 (

act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892
.

This act was retained for the

Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007.[5]

Section 1 and schedule 1 authorised the citation of 2,095 earlier acts by

Union of England and Scotland and then in force, which had not already been given short titles, except for those omitted from the Revised Edition of the Statutes by reason of their local or personal character.[8][9]

In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that section 1 and schedule 1 be repealed.[10]

Section 1 and schedule 1 were repealed by section 1(1)[11] of, and part IV[12] of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995. Notwithstanding these repeals, such citations are still authorized by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

Section 3

This section was repealed by section 25(1) of, and schedule 3 to, the Interpretation Act 1978. It is replaced by section 19(2) of that act.[13]

Section 4

This section repealed the Short Titles Act 1892. It was in turn repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

Schedule 1

Section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 repealed the entries relating to the following acts:

  • 13 Geo. 1
    . c. 26)
  • 13 Geo. 1
    . c. 30)
  • 5 Geo. 2
    . c. 18)
  • 18 Geo. 2
    . c. 20)
  • 19 Geo. 2
    . c. 37)
  • 29 Geo. 2
    . c. 36)
  • 31 Geo. 2
    . c. 41)
  • 41 Geo. 3. (U.K.)
    c. 109)
  • 1 & 2 Geo. 4
    . c. 23)
  • 3 Geo. 4
    . c. 91)
  • 5 Geo. 4
    . c. 96)
  • 6 Geo. 4
    . c. 78)
  • 9 Geo. 4
    . c. 58)
  • 2 & 3 Will. 4
    . c. 85)
  • 3 & 4 Will. 4
    . c. 76)
  • 3 & 4 Will. 4
    . c. 77)
  • 4 & 5 Will. 4
    . c. 30)
  • 6 & 7 Will. 4
    . c. 11)
  • 6 & 7 Will. 4
    . c. 107)
  • 6 & 7 Will. 4
    . c. 115)
  • 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.
    c. 17)
  • 1 & 2 Vict.
    c. 115)
  • 1 & 2 Vict.
    c. 116)
  • 2 & 3 Vict.
    c. 58)
  • 3 & 4 Vict.
    c. 31)
  • 10 & 11 Vict.
    c. 91)
  • 11 & 12 Vict.
    c. 32)
  • 12 & 13 Vict.
    c. 69)
  • 15 & 16 Vict.
    c. 32)
  • 16 & 17 Vict.
    c. 27)
  • 16 & 17 Vict.
    c. 67)
  • 16 & 17 Vict.
    c. 74)
  • 19 & 20 Vict.
    c. 116)
  • 23 & 24 Vict.
    c. 47)
  • 24 & 25 Vict.
    c. 36)
  • 24 & 25 Vict.
    c. 46)
  • 25 & 26 Vict.
    c. 59)
  • 26 & 27 Vict.
    c. 100)
  • 27 & 28 Vict.
    c. 27)
  • 27 & 28 Vict.
    c. 42)
  • 28 & 29 Vict.
    c. 40)
  • 28 & 29 Vict.
    c. 60)
  • 30 & 31 Vict.
    c. 112)
  • 34 & 35 Vict.
    c. 18)
  • 37 & 38 Vict.
    c. 41)
  • 37 & 38 Vict.
    c. 52)
  • 38 & 39 Vict.
    c. 54)
  • 39 & 40 Vict.
    c. 12)
  • 39 & 40 Vict.
    c. 25)
  • 39 & 40 Vict.
    c. 38)
  • 40 & 41 Vict.
    c. 17)
  • 41 & 42 Vict.
    c. 24)
  • 43 & 44 Vict.
    c. 1)

In column 3, against the act

5 Geo. 4
. c. 82), but without prejudice to the validity of any citation not so amended.

This schedule was amended for the Republic of Ireland by section 5 of the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

Schedule 2

Section 2(1) and schedule 2 originally authorised the citation of 132 groups of acts by collective titles.[14]

Section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 repealed the entries relating to the following groups of acts:

  • The
    Factory and Workshop Acts 1878 to 1895
  • The
    Friendly Societies Acts 1875 to 1895
  • The
    Justices Qualification Acts 1731 to 1875
  • The
    Licensing (Scotland) Acts 1828 to 1887
  • The Open Spaces Acts 1877 to 1890

In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended the repeal of a further 74 collective titles.[10]

Section 1(1) of, and part IV of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 repealed the entries relating to the following groups of acts:

  • The
    Bank Notes Acts 1826 to 1852
  • The
    Bankruptcy Acts 1883 to 1890
  • The
    Bankruptcy (Scotland) Acts 1856 to 1881
  • The Baths and Washhouses Acts 1846 to 1882
  • The
    Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Acts 1854 to 1860
  • The
    Births and Deaths Registration (Ireland) Acts 1863 to 1880
  • The
    Bridges Acts 1740 to 1815
  • The
    Bridges (Ireland) Acts 1813 to 1875
  • The
    British Subjects Acts 1708 to 1772
  • The
    Building Societies Acts 1874 to 1894
  • The
    Burial Grounds (Scotland) Acts 1855 to 1886
  • The
    Charitable Trusts Acts 1853 to 1894
  • The
    Companies Acts 1862 to 1893
  • The Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts
  • The
    Copyright Acts 1734 to 1888
  • The
    Coroners (Ireland) Acts 1829 to 1881
  • The
    County Courts (Ireland) Acts 1851 to 1889
  • The County Infirmaries (Ireland) Acts 1805 to 1833
  • The
    Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Acts 1863 to 1892
  • The
    Drainage and Navigation (Ireland) Acts 1842 to 1857
  • The
    Durham County Palatine Acts 1836 to 1889
  • The
    East India Company (Money) Acts 1786 to 1858
  • The
    East India Loans Acts 1859 to 1893
  • The
    Education (Scotland) Acts 1872 to 1893
  • The
    Elementary Education Acts 1870 to 1893
  • The
    Endowed Schools Acts 1869 to 1889
  • The
    Fisheries (Ireland) Acts 1842 to 1895
  • The
    Government Annuities Acts 1829 to 1888
  • The
    Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1821 to 1890
  • The
    Highway Acts 1835 to 1885
  • The
    International Copyright Acts
  • The
    Judicature (Ireland) Acts 1877 to 1888
  • The
    Juries Acts 1825 to 1870
  • The Justiciary Court (Scotland) Acts 1783 to 1892
  • The Labourers (Ireland) Acts 1883 to 1892
  • The
    Lancaster County Palatine Acts 1794 to 1871
  • The
    Licensing (Ireland) Acts 1833 to 1886
  • The
    Life Assurance Companies Acts 1870 to 1872
  • The
    Lunacy (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1887
  • The
    Lunacy (Ireland) Acts 1821 to 1890
  • The
    Matrimonial Causes Acts 1857 to 1878
  • The
    Medical Acts
  • The Merchandise Marks Acts 1887 to 1894
  • The Metropolis Management Acts 1855 to 1893
  • The
    Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Acts 1840 to 1888
  • The Naval Enlistment Acts 1835 to 1884
  • The
    Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Acts 1883 to 1888
  • The
    Petroleum Acts 1871 to 1881
  • The
    Police Acts 1839 to 1893
  • The
    Police (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1890
  • The
    Post Office Acts 1837 to 1895
  • The
    Post Office (Duties) Acts 1840 to 1891
  • The
    Post Office (Management) Acts 1837 to 1884
  • The
    Post Office (Money Orders) Acts 1848 to 1883
  • The
    Post Office (Offences) Acts 1837 and 1884
  • The
    Post Office Savings Bank Acts 1861 to 1893
  • The
    Prison Acts 1865 to 1893
  • The
    Prisons (Scotland) Acts 1860 to 1887
  • The
    Prisons (Ireland) Acts 1826 to 1884
  • The
    Public Libraries Acts 1892 and 1893
  • The
    Public Libraries (Ireland) Acts 1855 to 1894
  • The
    Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts 1887 and 1894
  • The
    Public Money Drainage Acts 1846 to 1856
  • The
    Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1828 to 1868
  • The
    Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Acts 1861 to 1892
  • The Small Debt (Scotland) Acts 1837 to 1889
  • The
    Solicitors Acts 1839 to 1894
  • The
    Solicitors (Ireland) Acts 1849 to 1881
  • The
    Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1892
  • The
    Trustee Savings Banks Acts 1863 to 1893
  • The
    Trusts (Scotland) Acts 1861 to 1891
  • The
    Universities and College Estates Acts 1858 to 1880
  • The
    Weights and Measures Acts 1878 to 1893
  • The Yeomanry Acts 1802 to 1826

The entries relating to the following groups of Acts were not repealed by either the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 or the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995:

  • The
    Bank of England Acts 1694 to 1892
  • The Bank of Ireland Acts 1808 to 1892
  • The
    Bank Notes (Scotland) Acts 1765 to 1854
  • The
    Bank Notes (Ireland) Acts 1825 to 1864
  • The
    Births and Deaths Registration Acts 1836 to 1874
  • The
    Burial Acts 1852 to 1885
  • The
    Burial (Ireland) Acts 1824 to 1868
  • The
    Church Building Acts 1818 to 1884
  • The
    Cinque Ports Acts 1811 to 1872
  • The
    Companies Clauses Acts 1845 to 1889
  • The Constabulary (Ireland) Acts 1836 to 1885
  • The Conveyancing Acts 1881 to 1892
  • The
    Court of Session Acts 1808 to 1895
  • The
    Crown Lands Acts 1829 to 1894
  • The
    Defence Acts 1842 to 1873
  • The
    Ecclesiastical Commissioners Acts 1840 to 1885
  • The
    Ecclesiastical Courts Acts 1787 to 1860
  • The
    Entail Acts
  • The
    Evidence Acts 1806 to 1895
  • The
    Grand Juries (Ireland) Acts 1816 to 1895
  • The
    Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1892
  • The
    House of Commons (Disqualifications) Acts 1715 to 1821
  • The
    Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882
  • The
    Judicature Acts 1873 to 1894
  • The
    Juries (Scotland) Acts 1745 to 1869
  • The
    Juries (Ireland) Acts 1871 to 1894
  • The
    Land Law (Ireland) Acts
  • The
    Land Purchase (Ireland) Acts
  • The
    Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Acts
  • The
    Licensing Acts 1828 to 1886
  • The
    Marriage Acts 1811 to 1886
  • The
    Metropolitan Commons Acts 1866 to 1878
  • The
    Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1895
  • The
    National Debt Acts 1870 to 1893
  • The New Parishes Acts 1843 to 1884
  • The
    Parliamentary Costs Acts 1847 to 1879
  • The
    Penal Servitude Acts 1853 to 1891
  • The
    Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts 1838 to 1892
  • The
    Public Health Acts
  • The
    Public Schools Acts 1868 to 1873
  • The
    Public Works (Ireland) Acts 1831 to 1886
  • The
    Queen Anne's Bounty Acts 1706 to 1870
  • The
    Railway and Canal Traffic Acts 1854 to 1894
  • The
    Railway Regulation Acts 1840 to 1893
  • The
    School Sites Acts
  • The
    Sea Fisheries Acts 1843 to 1893
  • The
    Settled Land Acts 1882 to 1890
  • The
    Telegraph Acts 1863 to 1892
  • The
    Tithe Acts 1836 to 1891
  • The
    Town Police Clauses Acts 1847 and 1889
  • The
    Tramways (Ireland) Acts 1860 to 1895
  • The
    Trustee Appointment Acts 1850 to 1890
  • The
    Vestries Acts 1818 to 1853

See also

References

  1. short title
    is authorised by section 5 of this act.
  2. ^ HL Deb vol 34, col 198
  3. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  4. ^ (eISB), electronic Irish Statute Book. "electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)". www.irishstatutebook.ie.
  5. ^ The Statute Law Revision Act 2007, section 10(2)
  6. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.2 at page 76.
  7. ^ Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 705.
  8. ^ Ilbert, C P. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901. Reprinted by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2008. Page 76. Digitized copy from Google Books.
  9. ^ HL Deb vol 34, col 1364
  10. ^ a b The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. March 1995. Pages 37 and 77.
  11. ^ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk.
  12. ^ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk.
  13. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.3 at page 77.
  14. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.4 at page 77.

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