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Statutes in Force

Statutes in Force was the fourth revised edition of the statutes.[1] Publication began in 1972.[2] It was completed in 1981.[3]

Statutes in Force continued to be updated until 1 February 1991.[4] Work on revised material for Statutes in Force was suspended on account of the preparation of the Statute Law Database.[5][6]

The length of Statutes in Force exceeded sixty thousand pages.[7] Statutes in Force consisted of booklets[8] or pamphlets[9][10] or leaflets[11] that were punched[12][13] and inserted in ring binders.[14] Statutes in Force has been described as a "loose booklet",[15][16] "quasi loose leaf",[17] "modified loose leaf"[18] or "loose leaf"[19][20] publication.

Glanville Williams said that Statutes in Force was defective in that it did not contain "proper" annotations to the statutes, but that he preferred it to Halsbury's Statutes because it did not break up the statutes between titles in the way, which he considered inconvenient, that Halsbury's Statutes did.[21] Halsbury's Laws of England said that Statutes in Force was not "altogether successful".[3]

In 1991, the editorial board of Statutes in Force was replaced by the Advisory Committee on Statute Law.[22]

Statutes in Force is the source of the originating text of most of the revised content published on Legislation.gov.uk.[23]

  1. ^ Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Note 5 to paragraph 1251 at page 741.
  2. ^ William Twining and David Miers. How To Do Things With Rules: A Primer of Interpretation. Fourth Edition. Butterworths. London, Edinburgh, Dublin. 1999. Page 255.
  3. ^ a b Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Note 5 to paragraph 1251 at page 741.
  4. ^ "What legislation is available as revised?". Legislation.gov.uk
  5. ^ HL Deb vol 546, col 55WA
  6. ^ Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Note 11 to paragraph 1251 at page 741.
  7. ^ P Clinch "Statutes Probably Not in Force" (1994) 15(1) Statute Law Review 64
  8. ^ F A R Bennion. Statute Law. Second Edition. Oyez Longman. 1983. Page 86.
  9. ^ Mackey. "Statutes in Force". How to Use a Scottish Law Library. W Green. 1992. Page 26.
  10. ^ Morris L Cohen. "Statutes in Force". Legal Research in a Nutshell. Fourth Edition. West Publishing Company. 1985. Page 324
  11. ^ Charles Carey, "Statutes in Force" (1984) 29 Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 316 (August 1984)
  12. ^ Cheffins and Casey. How to Find Information: Official Publications. British Library. 2004. Page 3.
  13. ^ Information Media & Technology, vols 19-20, p 18
  14. ^ David M Walker. A Legal History of Scotland. LexisNexis UK. 2004. Volume 7. Page 2.
  15. ^ P F Smith and S H Bailey. The Modern English Legal System. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1984. Pages 193 and 206. Google Books.
  16. ^ "Legislative Technique" in "Statute Law" (1980) 130 New Law Journal 56 at 57 (17 January 1980)
  17. ^ "Publication of Statutes" (1975) 20 Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 175
  18. ^ Ryder. Reflections on the Construction of Wills. Lecture delivered at University College London on 9 February 1961. Published for the College by Stevens & Sons Ltd. London. Page 10.
  19. ^ White and Willock. "Encyclopaedic series". The Scottish Legal System. Butterworths. Edinburgh. 1993. Page 143.
  20. ^ Marke, Sloane and Ryan. Legal Research and Law Library Management. Revised Edition. Law Journal Press, a division of American Lawyer Media. New York. 2005. Section 3.12[4] at page 3-35.
  21. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. Page 176.
  22. ^ Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Note 1 to paragraph 1251 at page 741.
  23. ^ "What legislation is available as revised?". Legislation.gov.uk

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