The Statute Law Revision Act 1959 (
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68) was 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, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...
.
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to the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 ...
.
The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...
on 25 July 1991.
The effect of this act is set out in the Report of the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills dated 24 June 1959.
[John Burke (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1959. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1959.]
Section 3 – Saving for powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland
This section was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I o
Schedule 6to, the
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received royal assent on 18 July 1973. The act abolished the suspended Parliament of Northern Ireland and the post of Governor and mad ...
.
Acts of Parliament repealed by this act
Miscellaneous
Army prize and savings bank
Colonial and other loans
Legal procedure
Road and rail transport
See also
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Statute Law Revision Act
Statute Law Revision Act (with its variations) is a stock short title which has been used in Antigua, Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Ghana, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom, for Acts with the purpose of statute ...
.
Notes
References
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Halsbury's Statutes
''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Me ...
,
*The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures 1959. HMSO. London. 1959. Page 1128.
*
HC Deb vol 609, col
1719 to 1720
External links
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1959
Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
Statute Law Revision Acts