Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2)

The Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2)[1]

Long title An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation 37 & 38 Vict c 96
Dates
Royal assent 7 August 1874
Commencement 7 August 1874[2]
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) (37 & 38 Vict c 96) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the statutes then in progress.[3]

This Act was repealed for the United Kingdom by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man[4] on 25 July 1991.[5]

This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

Section 2

This section provided that the Statute Law Revision Act 1874 was to be read and construed as if, in the entry in the Schedule to that Act relating to the Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 88), the words "Section Six" and "Section Seven" had been substituted for the words "Section Four" and "Section Five" respectively. This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 56).

Schedule

The Schedule to this Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 56).

See also

References

  1. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act. The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991 and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 refer to the 37 & 38 Vict c 96 as the Statute Law Revision (No.2) Act 1874
  2. ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  3. ↑ The Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2), preamble
  4. ↑ The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
  5. ↑ The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)


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