Second Session (Explanation) Act 1899

The Second Session (Explanation) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. Sess. 2. c. 3), long title An Act to explain References in the Acts of the last Session of Parliament to the next ensuing Session, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given royal assent on 27 October 1899 and repealed in 1963.

Second Session (Explanation) Act 1899
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to explain References in the Acts of the last Session of Parliament to the next ensuing Session.
Citation62 & 63 Vict. Sess. 2. c. 3
Dates
Royal assent27 October 1899
Commencement27 October 1899
Repealed31 July 1963
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1963
Status: Repealed

It clarified that any Act passed in the preceding session of Parliament, which made reference to "the next session of Parliament", should be construed as references to the session beginning in the year 1900; this was intended to avoid any ambiguities caused by a second parliamentary session in the year 1899.

The Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1963.

References edit

  • The public general acts passed in the sixty-third and sixty-third and sixty-fourth years of the reign of her majesty Queen Victoria. London: printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1900.
  • Chronological table of the statutes; HMSO, London. 1993.