Citation 11 & 12 Geo 6 c 62 Commencement 30 July 1948 | Royal assent 30 July 1948 | |
Long title An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary and for facilitating the publication of a Revised Edition of the Statutes and the Citation of Statutes. Relates to legislation.gov.uk: "Found References – UK Public General Act 1948 c. 62" | ||
The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo 6 c 62) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Contents
- Section 1 Enactments in schedule repealed
- Section 2 Application of repealed enactments in local courts
- Section 3 Omissions
- Section 4 General repeal of obsolete or unnecessary words
- Section 5 Citation of Acts
- Section 6 Short title and extent
- Schedule 1
- References
Section 5(3) of the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 provided that this Act, so far as it repealed 13 Edw. 1 Stat. West. sec. c 34., was to be deemed not to have extended to Northern Ireland.
Section 1: Enactments in schedule repealed
This section provided, amongst other things, that the enactments described in Schedule 1 to this Act were repealed, subject to the provisions of this Act and subject to the exceptions and qualifications in that Schedule.
This section was repealed by Group 1 of Part XVI of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993.
The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man on 25 July 1991.
Section 2: Application of repealed enactments in local courts
The words "to the court of the county palatine of Lancaster or" in this section were repealed by section 56(4) of, and Part II of Schedule 11 to, the Courts Act 1971. This section was repealed by section 32(4) of, and Part V of Schedule 5 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1977.
Section 3: Omissions
Sections 3(1)(c) to (f) were repealed by Group 1 of Part XVI of Schedule 1 the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993.
In a report dated 6 April 1993, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission said that sections 3(1)(c) to (f) and 4 "provided in general terms for the repeal of or omission of various recurrent words relating to obsolete civil procedure (which occurred mainly in now obsolete statutory provisions for the recovery of penalties by common informers), to Scottish stewartries (which occurred mainly in obsolete definitions of "sheriff" or "county") and to self-governing Dominions of the Old Commonwealth". The provision relating to Scottish stewartries had been intended to give effect to section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1889 which had been repealed as obsolete by the Interpretation Act 1978. They said that the "utility of these provisions proved to be marginal and in practice they were little used" and that they were "spent or unnecessary now".
Section 4: General repeal of obsolete or unnecessary words
This section repealed
It was repealed by Group 1 of Part XVI of Schedule 1 the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993.
Section 5: Citation of Acts
Section 5 and Schedule 2 authorised the citation of 158 earlier Acts by short titles. The Acts to which short titles were given were passed between 1236 and 1860.
In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that section 5 and Schedule 2 be repealed.
Section 5 and Schedule 2 were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.
Section 6: Short title and extent
Section 6(2) was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
Schedule 1
This Schedule was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.