Statute Law Revision Act 1959 Explained

Short Title:	Statute Law Revision Act 1959^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded enactments.
Year:	1959
Statute Book Chapter:	7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68
Royal Assent:	29 July 1959
Commencement:	29 July 1959^[2]
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974
Status:	Repealed

The Statute Law Revision Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This act was repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man^[3] on 25 July 1991.^[4]

The effect of this act is set out in the Report of the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills dated 24 June 1959.^[5]

Section 3 – Saving for powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland

This section was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

Acts of Parliament repealed by this act

Miscellaneous

Session and chapter	Short title
	7 Geo. 2. c. 19
	17 Geo. 2. c. 30
	18 Geo. 2. c. 24
	13 Geo. 3. c. 32
	6 Geo. 4. c. 59
	7 Geo. 4. c. 67
	5 & 6 Vict. c. 120
	7 & 8 Vict. c. 68
	8 & 9 Vict. c. 77
	8 & 9 Vict. c. 128
	14 & 15 Vict. c. 63
	27 & 28 Vict. c. 64
	37 & 38 Vict. c. 49
	38 & 39 Vict. c. 71
	38 & 39 Vict. c. 76
	10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 20
	12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 21
	12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 53
	21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 2
	9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 56

Army prize and savings bank

Short title	Session and chapter
	2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 53
	22 & 23 Vict. c. 20
	27 & 28 Vict. c. 36
	29 & 30 Vict. c. 47
	31 & 32 Vict. c. 38

Colonial and other loans

Short title	Session and chapter
	7 Edw. 7. c. 37
	21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 26
	23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 5

Legal procedure

Short title	Session and chapter
	18 Eliz. 1. c. 5
	31 Eliz. 1. c. 5
	21 Jas. 1. c. 4
Common Informers Act 1634 (Ireland)	10 & 11 Car. 1. (I.) c. 11

Road and rail transport

Short title	Session and chapter
	3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 48
	9 & 10 Vict. c. 57
	54 & 55 Vict. c. 12
	55 & 56 Vict. c. 44
	25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 27
	26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. 6

References

Halsbury's Statutes,
The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures 1959. HMSO. London. 1959. Page 1128.
HC Deb vol 609, cols 1719 to 1720.

Notes and References

The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 4 of this Act. Due to the repeal of this Act, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)
John Burke (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1959. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1959.