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whose purpose is to repeal enactments which are no longer of practical utility. These acts are drafted by the

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. Statute Law (Repeals) Acts may collectively refer to enactments with this short title. The short title "Statute Law (Repeals) Bill" was proposed, in the Law Commission's first report on statute law revision, for the draft bill contained therein, instead of the more usual short title " Statute Law Revision Bill", because that draft bill had a broader scope than previously enacted bills. Bills prepared by one or both of the Law Commissions to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with Law Commission recommendations, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, whether or not they make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments, together with any Law Commission report on any such bill, must be referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation etc. Bills. ''

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'' said that Statute Law (Repeals) Acts are law reform acts. They are classed as

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s, and as such are subject to an expedited legislative procedure in which they proceed without debate.

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Acts of Parliament *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act implemented recommendations contained in the first report on statute law revision made by the Law Commission. The enactments which were re ...

(c. 52) *The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which implemented recommendations contained in the fourth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Thi ...

(c. 39) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implemented recommendations contained in the fifth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. It repe ...

(c. 22) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. It implemented recommendations contained in the sixth report on statute law revis ...

(c. 10) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (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. The act implemented recommendations contained in the seventh report on statute la ...

(c. 16) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. The act implemented recommendations contained in the eighth report on statute law ...

(c. 18) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. The act implemented recommendations contained in the ninth report on statute law r ...

(c. 45) *The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. It implemented recommendations contained in the twelfth report on statute law rev ...

(c. 12) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. The act implemented recommendations contained in the thirteenth report on statute law ...

(c. 43) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 A statute is a law or formal written enactment of a legislature. Statutes typically declare, command or prohibit something. Statutes are distinguished from court law and unwritten law (also known as common law) in that they are the expressed wil ...

(c. 50)Bedford, Michael (editor). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1994. 175th edition. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. 1994. ISBN 0 905702 21 2. Page xlii. *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 (c. 44) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implemented recommendations contained in the fifteenth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Sc ...

(c. 44) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided reform to the statute law in the areas of administration of justice, ecclesiastical law, education, finance, Hereford and Worcester, in ...

(c. 43) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implements recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Re ...

(c. 14) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed more than 250 acts of Parliament in full, and more than 50 in part. History In January 2008 the Law Commission and the Scottish La ...

(c. 12) *The

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed the whole of 817 acts of Parliament, and portions of more than 50 others. It is the largest Statute Law (Repeals) Act which has been r ...

(c. 2) Measure of the General Synod *The Statute Law (Repeals) Measure 2018 (No. 1)

Isle of Man

*Th
Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984

Victoria, Australia

*The Statute Law Repeals Act 2007 (No 21

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