Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973[1]

Long title An Act to provide for 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 so far as their effect is preserved, are no longer of practical utility.
Citation 1973 c 39
Dates
Royal Assent 18 July 1973
Commencement 18 July 1973[2]
Status: Amended

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It implemented recommendations contained in the fourth report on statute law revision,[3] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.[4]

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[5]

Section 2

Amendments

In section 2(1), the words from "but nothing" onwards were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XIII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977. In that section, the words ", except as provided by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to this Act" were repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

In section 2(2), the words from "or the Isle of Man" to the end were repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Orders under this section

The power conferred by section 2(2) was exercised by

The Orders in Council made under section 2(2) have lapsed because of the repeal made to that section by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.[6]

Schedule 1

This Schedule, except for Parts II, VI and XI and the savings specified at the end of those Parts, was repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule 2

In paragraph 2(2), the words from "but nothing" onwards were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XIII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977. Paragraph 2 was repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Paragraph 3 was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.

Paragraph 4 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Group 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act.
  2. ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  3. ↑ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fourth Report. Law Com 49. SLC 26. Cmnd 5108. HMSO. London. September 1972.
  4. ↑ Peter Allsop (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1973. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & sons. London. W Green & son. Edinburgh. 1973.
  5. ↑ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 1243, read with pages viii and x of Part I.
  6. ↑ Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 781.