Statute Law Revision Act 1948

The Statute Law Revision Act 1948

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Statute book chapter 11 & 12 Geo 6 c 62
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The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo 6 c 62) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Section 5 and Schedule 2 authorised the citation of 158 earlier Acts by short titles.[1]

In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that section 5 and Schedule 2 be repealed.[2]

Section 5 and Schedule 2 were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man[3] on 25 July 1991.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.1 at page 76.
  2. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. March 1995. Pages 40 and 77.
  3. ^ The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
  4. ^ The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)