Citation 37 & 38 Vict c 96 Commencement 7 August 1874 | Royal assent 7 August 1874 | |
Long title An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary. | ||
The Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) (37 & 38 Vict c 96) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Contents
It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the statutes then in progress.
This Act was repealed for the United Kingdom by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.
The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man on 25 July 1991.
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.
Section 2
This section provided that the Statute Law Revision Act 1874 was to be read and construed as if, in the entry in the Schedule to that Act relating to the Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 88), the words "Section Six" and "Section Seven" had been substituted for the words "Section Four" and "Section Five" respectively. This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 56).
Schedule
The Schedule to this Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 56).