The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 is an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...

. Section 5(3) of the

Statute Law Revision Act 1950 The Statute Law Revision Act 1950 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) ...

provided that this Act, so far as it repealed chapter 34 of the Statute of Westminster 1285 (13 Edw. 1 St. 1 c. 34), was to be deemed not to have extended to

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Section 1: Enactments in schedule repealed

This section provided, amongst other things, that the enactments described in Schedule 1 to this Act were repealed, subject to the provisions of this Act and subject to the exceptions and qualifications in that Schedule. This section was repealed by Group 1 o
Part XVI
of Schedule 1 to the

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implemented recommendations contained in the fourteenth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. It r ...

. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the

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on 25 July 1991.

Section 2: Application of repealed enactments in local courts

The words "to the court of the county palatine of Lancaster or" in this section were repealed by section 56(4) of, and Part II of Schedule 11 to, the Courts Act 1971. This section was repealed by section 32(4) of, and Part V of Schedule 5 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1977.

Section 3: Omissions

Sections 3(1)(c) to (f) were repealed by Group 1 of Part XVI of Schedule 1 the

. In a report dated 6 April 1993, the

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and the

Scottish Law Commission The Scottish Law Commission is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It was established in 1965 to keep Scots law under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update the country's legal sy ...

said that sections 3(1)(c) to (f) and 4 "provided in general terms for the repeal of or omission of various recurrent words relating to obsolete civil procedure (which occurred mainly in now obsolete statutory provisions for the recovery of penalties by

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s), to Scottish stewartries (which occurred mainly in obsolete definitions of "sheriff" or "county") and to self-governing Dominions of the Old Commonwealth". The provision relating to Scottish stewartries had been intended to give effect to section 7 of the

Interpretation Act 1889 The Interpretation Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 63) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In Northern IrelandSection 48(2)of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 provided that without prejudice to 48(1) of that Act, the Inte ...

which had been repealed as obsolete by the

Interpretation Act 1978 The Interpretation Act 1978 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes provision for the interpretation of Acts of Parliament, Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England, Measures of the Church Assembly, subor ...

. They said that the "utility of these provisions proved to be marginal and in practice they were little used" and that they were "spent or unnecessary now".

Section 4: General repeal of obsolete or unnecessary words

This section repealed *(a) words barring the allowance in any action or proceeding of any essoin or privilege or protection or wager of law or imparlance or of bail or mainprise or

benefit of clergy In English law, the benefit of clergy (Law Latin: ''privilegium clericale'') was originally a provision by which clergymen accused of a crime could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ec ...

; and *(b) the words “that part of Britain called” or “that part of the United Kingdom called,” or words to the like effect, where used before the words “England”, “Scotland” or “Ireland.” It was repealed by Group 1 of Part XVI of Schedule 1 the

Section 5: Citation of Acts

Section 5 and Schedule 2 authorised the citation of 158 earlier Acts by

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title. T ...

s. The Acts to which short titles were given were passed between 1236 and 1860. In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that section 5 and Schedule 2 be repealed.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. Available a

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

Section 6: Short title and extent

Section 6(2) was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I o
Schedule 6
to, the

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Schedule 1

This Schedule was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the

References

* Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 755. *The Public General Acts and the Church Assembly Measures of 1948. HMSO. 1948. Volume II. * HL Deb vol 155, col
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