Short Titles Act Explained

Short Titles Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Ireland and the United Kingdom which retroactively confers short titles on a large number of earlier pieces of legislation. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Short Titles Bill during its passage through Parliament.

Halsbury's Laws said that Short Titles Acts are law reform Acts.^[1]

In modern times, an Act will authorize a short title to refer to itself, and occasionally additional or alternative short titles are provided, as for example the Senior Courts Act 1981.

List

Ireland

• The Short Titles Act 1962
• The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 is the collective title of the Short Titles Act 1896, the Short Titles Act 1962, and sections 4 to 7 and 10(2) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.^[2]
• The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2009 is the collective title of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 and sections 4 and 5 and 7(2) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2009.^[3]
• The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2012 is the collective title of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2009 and sections 4 and 5 and 8(3) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2012.^[4]

United Kingdom

Short Title:	Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Northern Ireland
Long Title:	An Act to confer short titles on certain Acts of the Irish Parliament and to facilitate the citation of enactments by short titles.
Year:	1951
Citation:	1951 c. 1 (N.I.)
Royal Assent:	23 January 1951
Collapsed:	yes

• The Short Titles Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 10)
• The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 14)
• The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62) under section 5 and the Second Schedule
• The Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 1 (N.I.))^[5]
• The Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964 (1964 c. 80) under section 2 and Schedule 2
• The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (1977 c. 18) under section 3 and Schedule 3
• The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (1978 c. 45) under section 2 and Schedule 3

See also

• List of short titles

Notes and References

1. [Halsbury's Laws of England]
2. The Statute Law Revision Act 2007, section 10(2)
3. The Statute Law Revision Act 2009, section 7(2)
4. The Statute Law Revision Act 2012, section 8(3)
5. http://bailii.austlii.edu.au/nie/legis/num_act/stai1951335/index.html BAILII