The Continuance of Laws Act 1768 ( 8 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 1) was an act of the

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that continued various older acts.

Background

In the

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, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring

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to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Importation and Exportation (No. 6) Act 1766 ( 7 Geo. 3. c. 3), as continued and amended by the Exportation and Importation Act 1768 ( 8 Geo. 3. c. 1), together with the amendments in that act, until the 20th day after the start of the next session of parliament. Section 2 of the act continued the Importation (No. 7) Act 1766 ( 7 Geo. 3. c. 22) and the Importation (No. 4) Act 1766 ( 7 Geo. 3. c. 8), as continued by the Exportation and Importation (No. 2) Act 1768 ( 8 Geo. 3. c. 2), until the 20th day after the start of the next session of parliament. Section 3 of the act provided that all other acts which had continuance until the end of the present session of parliament would continue until the end of the next session of parliament.

Legacy

The

Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring was a select committee of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain appointed in 1796 to inspect and consider all the temporary laws of a public nature, which were expi ...

, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all temporary laws, observing irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws. The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the

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( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

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References

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