Statute Law Revision Act 1960 Explained

Short Title:	Statute Law Revision Act 1960^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent or unnecessary enactments.
Year:	1960
Citation:	8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56
Royal Assent:	29 July 1960
Commencement:	29 July 1960^[2]
Status:	amended
Use New Uk-Leg:	no

The Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56) 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]

Section 1 – Repeal of obsolete, spent or unnecessary enactments

Section 1(1) was repealed by section 1 of, and Part XI of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.

Section 2 – 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This section was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

Schedule

The Schedule was repealed by section 1 of, and Part XI of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.

See also

• Statute Law Revision Act

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,
• John Burke (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1960. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1960.
• The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measure 1960. HMSO. London. 1961. Page 647.
• HL Deb vol 225, col 319, HC Deb vol 627, cols 1032 to 1034.

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 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 II. Page 919, read with pages viii and x of Part I.