Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility; and to facilitate the citation of statutes.
Citation1977 c. 18
Introduced byLord Elwyn-Jones LC[1] (Lords)
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent16 June 1977
Commencement16 June 1977[c]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977[a] (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.[2]

The act implemented recommendations contained in the eighth report on statute law revision,[3] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Section 1

Section 1(1) of the act was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Section 3

Section of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part IV of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.

Section 4

Section 4(2) of the act was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

In section 4(3) of the act, the words from "or the Isle of Man" to the end were repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Orders under this section

The power conferred by section 4(3) was exercised by the Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1692).

The Orders in Council made under section 4(3) have lapsed because of the repeal made to that section by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.[4]

Schedule 1

Schedule 1 to the act lists acts to be repealed wholly or in parts. Acts wholly repealed are listed below.

Schedule 1 to the act was repealed by group 2 of part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Part 1 – Armed Forces

Part 2 – Civil List

Part 3 – Coroners

Part 4 – Criminal Justice

Part 5 – Ecclesiastical Law

Part 6 – Electricity and Gas

Part 7 – Family Law

Part 8 – Finance

Part 9 – Highways

Part 10 – Illicit Distillation

Part 11 – Local Government

  • River Thames Act 1488 (4 Hen. 7. c. 15)
  • Lordships of Wales Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8. c. 13)
  • Brokers (Bristol) Act 1729 (3 Geo. 2. c. 31)
  • Mile End Night Watch Act 1777 (17 Geo. 3. c. 66)
  • Aberdeen Improvements Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 76)
  • Gunpowder in Mersey Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 67)
  • Nuisances Removal (Scotland) Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 103)
  • General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 7)
  • General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 79)
  • Galashiels Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 85)
  • Galashiels and Selkirk Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 47)
  • Berwickshire County Town Act 1903 (3 Edw. 7. c. 5)
  • Housing (Rosyth Dockyard) Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 49)
  • Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 66)

Part 12 – Marriages Validation

Part 13 – Northern Ireland Constitutional Provisions

No acts were wholly repealed in this section.

Part 14 – Oaths and Declarations

Part 15 – Overseas Territories

Part 16 – Property

Part 17 – University of London

Part 18 – Weights and Measures

No acts were wholly repealed in this section.

Part 19 – Miscellaneous

Schedule 2

Schedule 2 to the act dealt with amendments to five acts; the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951, the City of London (Guild Churches) Act 1952, the Highways Act 1959, the Army Reserve Act 1962, and the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963.

The entry relating to the Army Reserve Act 1962 was repealed by section 157(1)(b) of, and part II of schedule 10 to, the Reserve Forces Act 1980.

The entries relating to the Highways Act 1959 and the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963 were repealed by group 2 of part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule 3

Schedule 3 to the act authorised the citation by short titles of eight acts passed between 1808 and 1868. This schedule was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part IV of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.

Citation Short title
48 Geo. 3. c. 73 Duchy of Lancaster Act 1808
57 Geo. 3. c. 97 Duchy of Lancaster Act 1817
59 Geo. 3. c. 86 Dean Forest Act 1819
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 52 Duchy of Lancaster Act 1821
6 & 7 Vict. c. 31 Chelsea Hospital Act 1843
22 & 23 Vict. c. 19 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1859
24 & 25 Vict. c. 40 Dean Forest Act 1861
31 & 32 Vict. c. 35 Duchy of Cornwall Management Act 1868

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Section 5.
  2. ^ Section 4.
  3. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

  1. ^ HL Deb vol 379 col 629
  2. ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 1369, read with pages viii and x of Part I.
  3. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Eighth Report. Law Com 80. SLC 44. Cmnd 6719. HMSO. London. January 1977.
  4. ^ Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 795.
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