| Short Title: | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993[1] |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An 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 make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments; and to correct a mistake in the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978. |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 1993 c. 50 |
| Royal Assent: | 5 November 1993 |
| Commencement: | 5 November 1993 |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/50/contents/enacted |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/50/contents |
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It implemented recommendations contained in the fourteenth report on statute law revision,[2] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
It repealed the whole of 159 Acts or Orders and portions of 462 others, passed from and after the year 1503.[3]
See section 6(1) of the Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997.
The majority of the act commenced upon royal assent.
The power conferred by section 4(3) (in relation to the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 and the Shipbuilding Act 1985) was fully exercised by article 2 of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1996 (SI 1996/509) (C 9)[4]