| 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, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments. |
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| Citation | 1998 c. 43 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 19 November 1998 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided reform to the statute law in the areas of administration of justice, ecclesiastical law, education, finance, Hereford and Worcester, Inclosure Acts, Scottish Local Acts, Slave Trade Acts, as well as other miscellaneous items.
This Act implemented[2] recommendations contained in the sixteenth report on statute law revision,[3] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act.
- ^ Scottish Law Commission
- ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Sixteenth Report. Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill. Law Com 252. SLC 166. Digitised copy from the Law Commission.