Statute Law Revision Act 1870

Statute Law Revision Act 1870^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for further promoting the revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain enactments that have ceased to be in force or are consolidated by certain Acts of the present Session.
Citation	33 & 34 Vict. c. 69
Introduced by	Robert Lowe MP James Stansfeld MP (Commons) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (Lords)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	9 August 1870
Commencement	9 August 1870[2]
Repealed	2 May 1986
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed acts
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1894
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986
Relates to	Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856 Statute Law Revision Act 1861 Statute Law Revision Act 1863 Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Statute Law Revision Act 1871 Statute Law Revision Act 1872 Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2) Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 Statute Law Revision Act 1873 Statute Law Revision Act 1874 Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) Statute Law Revision Act 1875
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision Act 1870^[1] (33 & 34 Vict. c. 69) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom statutes relating to the National Debt and to forgery. The Act was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the statutes, then in progress.