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, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom, for Acts with the purpose of statute law revision. Such Acts normally

repeal A repeal (O.F. ''rapel'', modern ''rappel'', from ''rapeler'', ''rappeler'', revoke, ''re'' and ''appeler'', appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal; a repeal with a re-enactment is used to replace the law ...

ed legislation which was expired, spent, repealed in general terms, virtually repealed, superseded, obsolete or unnecessary. In the United Kingdom, Statute Law (Repeals) Acts are now passed instead. "Statute Law Revision Acts" may collectively refer to enactments with this short title. The single largest Statute Law Revision Act in any jurisdiction was the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 enacted in Ireland which repealed 3,225 previous Acts. The Statute Law Revision programme commenced in Ireland in 2003 which has resulted in six Statute Law Revision Acts to date (see below) and the express repeal of a total of around 8,000 Acts is the largest statute law revision programme carried out internationally. Statute Law Revision Acts are sometimes referred to as expurgation Acts.

United Kingdom

''Halsbury's Laws'' says that Statute Law Revision Acts are law reform Acts. Under the standing orders of both Houses of Parliament, Statute Law Revision Bills must be referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation etc. Bills. The Statute Law Committee prepared the Bills for Statute Law Revision Acts up to, and including, the Statute Law Revision Act 1966. The scope of Statute Law Revision Bills is confined to the repeal of obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded enactments. The Bill for the Statute Law Revision Act 1892 contains the following note, which describes the classes of enactments repealed by that Act. Certain other Statute Law Revision Bills contain similar notes as they repealed similar classes of enactments. Enactments repealed by Statute Law Revision Acts include enactments which had become totally inoperative from having been impliedly repealed. The following list includes any Act the short title of which includes the words "statute law revision", without prejudice to suggestions that some of these Acts are not actually Statute Law Revision Acts. *The Statute Law Revision Act 1861 ( 24 & 25 Vict. c. 101) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1863 ( 26 & 27 Vict. c. 125) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1867 ( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 59) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1870 ( 33 & 34 Vict. c. 69) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1871 ( 34 & 35 Vict. c. 116) *The

Statute Law Revision Act 1872 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 wi ...

Statute Law Revision Act 1888 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 ...

( 51 & 52 Vict. c. 3) *The Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888 ( 51 & 52 Vict. c. 57) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1890 ( 53 & 54 Vict. c. 33) *The Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 ( 53 & 54 Vict. c. 51) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1891 ( 54 & 55 Vict. c. 67) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1892 ( 55 & 56 Vict. c. 19) *The

Statute Law Revision Act 1893 The Statute Law Revision Act 1893 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 14) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed various United Kingdom enactments from 1837 to 1868 which had ceased to be in force or had become necessary. The act was ...

( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 14) *The Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c 54) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1894 ( 57 & 58 Vict. c. 56) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1898 ( 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1908 ( 8 Edw. 7. c. 49) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1927 ( 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 42) *The

Statute Law Revision Act 1948 The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 ( 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 5(3) of the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 provided that this act, so far as it repealed chapter 34 of the Statute of West ...

( 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1950 ( 14 Geo. 6. c. 6) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1953 ( 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5) *The

Statute Law Revision Act 1958 The Statute Law Revision Act 1958 ( 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 46) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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 ...

( 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 46) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1959 ( 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1960 ( 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79) *The Statute Law Revision (Consequential Repeals) Act 1965 (c. 55) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1966 (c. 5) Courtenay Ilbert said that the Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856 ( 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64) was the first Statute Law Revision Act. The Promissory Oaths Act 1871 ( 34 & 35 Vict. c. 48), the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 ( 42 & 43 Vict. c. 59), and the Master and Servant Act 1889 ( 52 & 53 Vict. c. 24) were expressed by their preambles to be passed for the purpose of statute law revision.

Scotland

*The Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1906 ( 6 Edw. 7. c. 38) *The Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 80)

Ireland (before 1922)

*The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872 ( 35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) *The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878 ( 41 & 42 Vict. c. 57) *The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879 ( 42 & 43 Vict. c. 24)

Northern Ireland

*The Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 (c. 1) (NI) *The Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 1) (NI) *The Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 35) (NI) *The

Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1973 The Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1973 (c. 55) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom ...

(c. 55) *The Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 (c. 12) *The Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 59) The Statute Law Revision Acts (Northern Ireland) 1952 and 1953 means the Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 and the Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1953. The Statute Law Revision Acts (Northern Ireland) 1952 to 1954 means the Statute Law Revision Acts (Northern Ireland) 1952 and 1953, and the Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1954. The Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 and the Repeal of Unnecessary Laws Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 also contribute to the revision of the statute book in Northern Ireland.

Isle of Man

The following Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom repealed enactments extending to the Isle of Man: *The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991 (c. 61)

The ''Westbury'' saving

The ''Westbury'' saving, named for its proponent Lord Westbury, was an increasingly complex saving provision that was included in all Statute Law Revision Acts from 1861 until 1953, and which reached its final standardised form in the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888. The reason for its inclusion was as a precautionary measure, intended to prevent any substantive changes to the law arising out of any repeals and to confine the Acts to the administrative function of clearing dead wood from the statute book. As well as explicitly preventing any repeal from affecting the interpretation of any statute still in force, it also retained any right, benefit, claim, liability, principle of law and court jurisdiction that had previously arisen under a repealed Act. This was much broader than the general saving provisions that had been introduced in 1850 that applied to all repeals. Although the Interpretation Act 1889 greatly expanded the 1850 general saving provision, the ''Westbury'' saving continued to be inserted into Statute Law Revision Acts, as the 1889 act did not provide that any principle of law or court jurisdiction arising under an act would be retained on its repeal. However, the ''Westbury'' saving's complexity and wide reach gave it a reputation for making the law uncertain and inaccessible (due to the fact that the repealed provisions would not be included in any revised edition of the statutes).

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. (21 May 1958). "Seventh Report by the Joint Committee of the House of Lords and of the House of Commons appointed to consider all Consolidation Bills (including Bills for consolidating Private Acts), Statute Law Revision Bills and Bills presented under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949, in the Present Session being a report upon the Statute Law Revision Bill (H.L.) together with proceedings of the committee and minutes of evidence". (H.L. 5-VI; 108-I, H.C. 209-I) pp. 2-3. As a result, it was not included in any Act after the Statute Law Revision Act 1953, as any extension beyond the provisions of the 1889 act was considered undesirable. Although the 1889 Act has now been repealed, its general saving provision has been incorporated into the

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Republic of Ireland

Pre-2005

*The Fisheries (Statute Law Revision) Act 1949 (No 27) *The Fisheries (Statute Law Revision) Act 1956 (No 28) *The Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act 1962 (No 29) *The Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (No 11)

Enacted between 2005 and 2016 as part of the Statute Law Revision Programme

The following statutes have been enacted under the Statute Law Revision Programme: *The

Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Act 2005 The Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Act 2005 (No. 32 of 2005) is an Act of the Oireachtas. Section 1 of the Act, with the Schedule, repeals statutes of Ireland, England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Act r ...

(No 32) *The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No 28) *The Statute Law Revision Act 2009 (No 46) *The Statute Law Revision Act 2012 (No 19) *The Statute Law Revision Act 2015 (No 23) *The Statute Law Revision Act 2016 (No 20)

Antigua

*The Statute Law Revision Ordinance, 1919

Australia

Federal legislation

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1974 (No 20

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*The Statute Law Revision Act 1996 (No 43

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*The Statute Law Revision Act 2002 (No 63

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*The Statute Law Revision Act 2005 (No 100

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2006 (No 9

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*The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No 8

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*The Statute Law Revision Act 2008 (No 73

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2010 (No 8

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2011 (No 5

Australian Capital Territory

*The Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (No 23

*The Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 (No 1

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1994 (No 26

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1995 (No 46

*The Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1994 (No 81

*The Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1998 (No 54

New South Wales

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (No 28

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1924 (No 34

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1937 (No 35

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1976 (No 63

*The Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995 (No 11

Northern Territory

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2005 (No 44

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No 4

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2008 (No 6

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2009 (No 25

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2010 (No 29

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2011 (No 30

South Australia

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2003 (No 44

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2008 (No 9

Tasmania

*The Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1995 (No 35

*The Statute Law Revision (Repeals) Act 2000 (No 27

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2003 (No 9

Victoria

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (No 1236

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (No 1348

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1916 (No 2875

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1929 (No 3816

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1930 (No 3943

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1933 (No 4191

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1934 (No 4264

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1937 (No 4485

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1939 (No 4636

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1940 (No 4726

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1941 (No 4840

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1947 (No 5217

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (No 5331

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1951 (No 5602

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (No 5753

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1955 (No 5896

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1957 (No 6112

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1959 (No 6547

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (No 6716

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1961 (No 6759

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1962 (No 6867

*The Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 1962 (No 6961

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (No 7065

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (No 7142

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1965 (No 7332

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1971 (No 8181

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1977 (No 9059

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1980 (No 9427

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1981 (No 9549

*The Statute Law Revision (Repeals) Act 1982 (No 9863

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (No 9902

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1984 (No 10087

*The Statute Law Revision Act 1995 (No 11

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2005 (No 10

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No 28

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2011 (No 29

Statute Law Revision Committee Act *The Statute Law Revision Committee Act 1916 (No 2876

*The Statute Law Revision Committee Act 1948 (No 5285

*The Statute Law Revision Committee (Amendment) Act 1953 (No 5737

*The Statute Law Revision Committee (Amendment) Act 1955 (No 5855

Western Australia

*The Statute Law Revision Act 2006 (No 37

Barbados

*The Statute Law Revision Act, 1893 *The Statute Law Revision Act (No 2) 1912

Bermuda

*The Statute Law Revision Act, 1902 (No 55) *The Statute Law Revision Act, 1907 (No 15) *The Statute Law Revision Act, 1953 (No 72)

Canada

Ontario

*The Statute Law Revision Act, 1902 (2 Edw 7 c 1)

Ghana

*The Statute Law Revision Act, 1963 (Act 215) *The Statute Law Revision Decree, 1969 (NLCD 355) *The Statute Law Revision Act, 1971 (Act 368) *The Statute Law Revision Decree 1973 (NRCD 184) *The Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Decree 1973 (NRCD 228) *The Statute Law Revision Law, 1992 (PNDCL 295) *The Statute Law Revision Law, 1993 (PNDCL 323) *The Statute Law Revision Act, 1996 (Act 516) *The Statute Law Revision Act, 1997 (Act 543)Legislative Watch
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South Africa

*The Pre-Union Statute Law Revision Act, 1967 (No 78) *The Pre-Union Statute Law Revision Act, 1968 (No 44) *The Pre-Union Statute Law Revision Act, 1970 (No 42) *The Pre-Union Statute Law Revision Act, 1976 (No 36) *The Pre-Union Statute Law Revision Act, 1977 (No 43) *The Pre-Union Statute Law Revision Act, 1979 (No 24)

Cape

*The Cape Statute Law Revision Act, 1934 (No 25) *The Cape Statute Law Revision Amendment Act, 1939 (No 32)

Orange Free State

*The Orange Free State Statute Law Revision Act 1936 (No 33)

References

*Craies and Hardcastle. "Statute Law Revision Acts". A Treatise on the Construction and Effect of Statute Law. Second Edition. Stevens and Haynes. Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London. 1892. Para 3 at p
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to 341. See also pp 65, 72, 173, 226, 333 and 389. *William Feilden Craies. "Statute Law Revision Acts". A Treatise on Statute Law. Second Edition. (Hardcastle on Statutory Law, Fifth Edition). Stevens and Haynes. Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London. 1911. Para 3 at p
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