Statute Law Revision Act 1873 Explained

Short Title:	Statute Law Revision Act 1873^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Year:	1873
Statute Book Chapter:	36 & 37 Vict. c. 91
Royal Assent:	5 August 1873
Commencement:	5 August 1873^[2]

The Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 91) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[3]

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man^[4] on 25 July 1991.^[5]

This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

The Preamble, and the Schedule, to this Act were repealed by section 1 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict c 22).

Section 2 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1874 provided that the 55 Geo 3 c 91, which had been repealed by this Act, was revived, so far as it related to the county of the city of Dublin.

Section 3 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 provided that section 25 of the 9 Geo 4 c 58, which had been repealed by this Act, was revived, as from the repeal thereof, and that all proceedings taken thereunder since that repeal were as valid and effectual as if that section had not been repealed.

This Act was amended by section 2 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1878.

See also

• Statute Law Revision Act

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,
• The Public General Statutes passed in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1873. Queen's Printer. East Harding Street, London. 1873. Pages 555 to 644.

External links

• Book: Sessional papers . HL 1873 vi (174) 327 . 26 June 1873 . Lord Chancellor . [H. L.] Statute Law Revision Bill ]. ["Note" and "Schedule" of the bill (unlike the schedule of the act as passed) gives commentary on each scheduled act, noting any earlier repeals and the reason for the new repeal]
• List of amendments and repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book.

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 2 of this Act.
2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
3. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. . Part 1. Page 481, read with pages viii and x.
4. The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
5. The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)