Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed the whole of 817 Acts of Parliament, and portions of more than 50 others. It is the largest Statute Law (Repeals) Act which has been recommended by the Law Commission.[3]
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| 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. |
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| Citation | 2013 c. 2 |
| Introduced by | Lord McNally[1] |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 January 2013[2] |
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| Relates to | Statute Law (Repeals) Acts |
Status: Current legislation | |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The enactments repealed included:
- Acts relating to benevolent societies, courts and lotteries that no longer existed (plus the Philanthropic Society, whose successor Catch22 is now regulated by charity law);
- Acts relating to long since reformed aspects of poor law and turnpike trusts;
- Acts regulating London gas lights, which had been replaced with electric lights;
- Acts approving railways which failed to materialize;
- Scottish local taxation acts;
- a provision of Scots law relating to capital punishment, moot since its abolition in 1998;
- the Police Act 1969, which was still in force despite all of its sections having been repealed since 1994;
- many Acts relating to territory that was no longer under British sovereignty, including the government of Dublin and railway companies in India.
References
- "House of Lords Hansard for 10 October 2012". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
- "House of Lords Hansard for 31 January 2013". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
- "19th Statute Law Repeals Report - Law Commission". Law Commission. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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