Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974[1]

Act of 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.
Citation	1974 c. 22
Introduced by	The Lord Chancellor[2] (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent	27 June 1974
Commencement	27 June 1974[3]
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974[1] (c. 22) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It implemented recommendations contained in the fifth report on statute law revision,[4] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. It repealed 54 acts in full and another 310 acts in part. The acts wholly or partially repealed by this act were passed between 1581 and 1972.[5]

This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[6]

Section 2 – Preservation of enactments relating to protected policies of insurance

This section inserted section 17A of the Industrial and Friendly Societies Act 1948.

Section 3 – Application to Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

In section 3(2), the words "or the Isle of Man" were repealed by group 1 of Part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Orders under this section

The power conferred by section 3(2) has been exercised by:

• The Church Building Act 1831 (Repeal) (Jersey) Order 1983 (SI 1983/763)
• The Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1692)

Schedule – Enactments repealed

The schedule, except Parts III, VI and VII and the savings specified at the end of those parts, was repealed by group 1 of part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

See also

• Statute Law (Repeals) Act

References

• Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 785.
• The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1974. HMSO. London. 1975. Part I.
• HL Deb vol 350, cols 522 and 1032 to 1035, vol 352, col 738.

1. The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 4 of this act.
2. HL Deb vol 350 col 522
3. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
4. The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifth Report. Law Com 57. SLC 32. Cmnd 5493. HMSO. London. December 1973.
5. Peter Allsop (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1974. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & sons. London. W Green & son. Edinburgh. 1974.
6. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 1275, read with pages viii and x of Part I.