| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility. |
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| Citation | 1974 c. 22 |
| Introduced by | The Lord Chancellor[2] (Lords) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 June 1974 |
| Commencement | 27 June 1974[3] |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974[1] (c. 22) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It implemented recommendations contained in the fifth report on statute law revision,[4] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. It repealed 54 acts in full and another 310 acts in part. The acts wholly or partially repealed by this act were passed between 1581 and 1972.[5]
This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[6]
- ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 4 of this act.
- ^ HL Deb vol 350 col 522
- ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
- ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifth Report. Law Com 57. SLC 32. Cmnd 5493. HMSO. London. December 1973.
- ^ Peter Allsop (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1974. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & sons. London. W Green & son. Edinburgh. 1974.
- ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 1275, read with pages viii and x of Part I.