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1 Section 1 - Repeals and associated amendments  





2 Section 2 - Savings  





3 Section 3 - Extent  





4 Schedule 1  Enactments repealed  





5 Schedule 2 - Amendments  



5.1  Part I  





5.2  Part II  







6 See also  





7 References  





8 External links  














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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to promote 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 in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments.
Citation1976 c. 16
Introduced byLord Elwyn-Jones LC[2]
Dates
Royal assent27 May 1976
Commencement27 May 1976[3]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Wholly repealed acts
  • Coal Metage, etc., London Act 1766
  • Thames Coalheavers Act 1770
  • Coal Measurement, London Act 1776
  • Coal Trade (London) Act 1786
  • Glasgow Improvement Act 1793
  • Kilmainham Hospital (Pensions Commutation) Act 1813
  • North American Fisheries Act 1819
  • Cutlery Trade Act 1819
  • Capital Punishments, etc. Act 1823
  • Army Pensions Act 1830
  • Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836
  • Liberties Act 1836
  • Pensions Act 1839
  • (Colonies) Evidence Act 1843
  • Chelsea Pensions (Abolition of Poundage) Act 1847
  • Coinage (Colonial Offences) Act 1853
  • Usury Laws Repeal Act 1854
  • Dunbar Harbour Loan Act 1857
  • Castle Stewart and Nairn Road Assessment Act 1860
  • Superannuation (Metropolis) Act 1866
  • Wages Attachment Abolition Act 1870
  • Glasgow Boundaries Act 1871
  • Treaty of Washington Act 1872
  • Langbaurgh Coroners Act 1873
  • Medical Act 1876
  • Colonial Fortifications Act 1877
  • Baths and Washhouses Act 1878
  • Habitual Drunkards Act 1879
  • Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1887
  • Inebriates Act 1888
  • Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
  • London Coal Duties Abolition Act 1889
  • Inebriates Act 1899
  • Inebriates Amendment (Scotland) Act 1900
  • Anglo-French Convention Act 1904
  • South Africa Act 1909
  • Naval Establishments in British Possessions Act 1909
  • Courts (Emergency Powers) Act 1914
  • Courts (Emergency Powers) (Amendment) Act 1916
  • Courts (Emergency Powers) (No. 2) Act 1916
  • Government of India Act 1919
  • Treaty of Peace Act 1919
  • Empire Settlement Act 1922
  • Auxiliary Air Force and Air Force Reserve Act 1924
  • Irish Free State Land Purchase (Loan Guarantee) Act 1924
  • East Africa Loans Act 1926
  • Indian Church Act 1927
  • Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1929
  • Expiring Laws Act 1931
  • East Africa Loans (Amendment) Act 1931
  • Tanganyika and British Honduras Loans Act 1932
  • Air Force Reserve (Pilots and Observers) Act 1934
  • Government of India Act 1935
  • Government of India (Reprinting) Act 1935
  • Air-Raid Precautions Act 1937
  • India and Burma (Existing Laws) Act 1937
  • Empire Settlement Act 1937
  • Government of India Act (Amendment) Act 1939
  • India and Burma (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1940
  • India and Burma (Emergency Provisions) Act 1940
  • India and Burma (Postponement of Elections) Act 1941
  • India (Federal Court Judges) Act 1942
  • India and Burma (Temporary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1942
  • India (Attachment of States) Act 1944
  • India (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944
  • Validation of War-time Leases Act 1944
  • Civil Defence (Suspension of Powers) Act 1945
  • India (Estate Duty) Act 1945
  • Indian Franchise Act 1945
  • Indian Divorce Act 1945
  • India (Proclamations of Emergency) Act 1946
  • India (Central Government and Legislature) Act 1946
  • Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Training) Act 1951
  • Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation Act 1953
  • Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act 1954
  • Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1954
  • Cocos Islands Act 1955
  • Local Authorities (Expenses) Act 1956
  • Tanganyika Agricultural Corporation Act 1957
  • Winfrith Heath Act 1957
  • Christmas Island Act 1958
  • Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1959
  • Public Authorities (Allowances) Act 1961
  • Lost Property (Scotland) Act 1965
  • Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967
  • Commonwealth Settlement Act 1967
  • Army Reserve Act 1969
  • Rent (Control of Increases) Act 1969
  • Transport (London) Amendment Act 1969
  • Town and Country Planning Regulations (London) (Indemnity) Act 1970
  • Text of statute as originally enacted
    Revised text of statute as amended

    The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976[1] (c. 16) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

    This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[4]

    It implemented recommendations contained in the seventh report on statute law revision,[5] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

    Section 1 - Repeals and associated amendments[edit]

    Section 1(1) was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

    Section 2 - Savings[edit]

    Section 2(3) was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

    Section 3 - Extent[edit]

    In section 3(2), the words from "or Isle of Man" to the end were repealed by group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

    The power conferred by section 3(2) was exercised by

    The Orders in Council made under section 3(2) have lapsed because of the repeal made to that section by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.[6]

    Schedule 1 – Enactments repealed[edit]

    This schedule was repealed by group 2 of part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

    Schedule 2 - Amendments[edit]

    Part I[edit]

    In the entry relating to the Inebriates Act 1898, the words "and the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1959, section 160" were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XVII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978.

    The entry relating to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1903 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XIX of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977.

    Part II[edit]

    The entry relating to the Civil Defence Act 1939 was repealed by section 32(2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

    The entry relating to the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1955 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XIX of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977.

    The entry relating to the Protection of Birds Act 1967 was repealed by section 73(1) of, and Part II of Schedule 17 to, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 4 of this Act.
  • ^ HL Deb vol 366 col 756
  • ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  • ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 1347, read with pages viii and x of Part I.
  • ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Seventh Report. Law Com 70. SLC 40. Cmnd 6303. HMSO. London. December 1975.
  • ^ Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 793.
  • External links[edit]


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