| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Long Title: | An Act to repeal an Act, made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled An Act for the better securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain. |
| Year: | 1782 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 22 Geo. 3. c. 53 |
| Royal Assent: | 21 June 1782 |
| Replaces: | Declaratory Act 1719 |
| Related Legislation: | Irish Appeals Act 1783 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law Revision Act 1871[1] |
| Status: | Repealed |
The Repeal Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 53) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which repealed the Declaratory Act of 1719. The 1719 Act had declared the Parliament of Ireland dependent on the Parliament and Privy Council of Great Britain; the Repeal Act was the first part of the Constitution of 1782, which granted legislative independence to the Kingdom of Ireland. It was passed after the resignation of the North Ministry, which had overseen defeat in the American War of Independence. The Irish Patriot Party and Irish Volunteers had demanded greater autonomy, and the new Rockingham Ministry conceded in fear of an American-style revolt. The Irish Parliament subsequently passed Yelverton's Act to amend Poynings' Law, the Irish statute which had given the British (and before that the English) Privy Council advance oversight over legislation to be proposed to the Irish Parliament.[2]
While Henry Grattan was satisfied with the 1782 repeal, Henry Flood demanded further that Britain positively renounce any right to legislate for Ireland; this was secured by the Irish Appeals Act 1783 (or "Renunciation Act").[3]