Statute Law Revision Act 1861

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Statute Law Revision Act 1861
Commencement
6 August 1861[2]
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision Act 1861 (

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History

Whereas James Williams called this the first of the Statute Law Revision Acts,[3] it was predated by the Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856. It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of a revised edition of the statutes.[4]

This act was repealed for the United Kingdom by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man[5] on 25 July 1991.[6]

This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

See also

References

  1. short title
    is authorised by section 2 of this Act.
  2. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  3. ^ Williams, James (1911). "Statute" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ The Statute Law Revision Act 1861, preamble
  5. ^ The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
  6. ^ The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)

Further reading

  • A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1861. Queen's Printer. East Harding Street, London. 1861. Page 582 et seq. Digitised copy from Google Books.

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