Statute Law Revision Act 1872
The Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 63) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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| Long title | An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary. |
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| Citation | 35 & 36 Vict. c. 63 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 10 August 1872 |
| Commencement | 10 August 1872[2] |
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| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1894 |
Status: Partially repealed | |
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It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the statutes then in progress.[3]
This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[4]
The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man[5] on 25 July 1991.[6]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.
Section 2
This section amended the explanatory note of the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1871. It was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 56).
Schedule
The Schedule was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 56).
See also
References
- Halsbury's Statutes,
- The Public General Statutes passed in the Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Sixth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1872. Queen's Printer. East Harding Street, London. 1872. Pages 402 et seq. Digitised copy from Internet Archive.
- The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act.
- The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
- The Statute Law Revision Act 1872, preamble
- The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part 1. Page 472, read with pages viii and x.
- The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
- The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)
External links
- List of amendments and repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book.
- Statute Law Revision Bill. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 1872 v (197) 345. 11 July 1872. ["Note" and "Schedule" of the bill (unlike the schedule of the act as passed) gives commentary on each scheduled act, noting any earlier repeals and the reason for the new repeal]