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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The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed the whole of 817 acts of Parliament, and portions of more than 50 others.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]

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn 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.
Citation2013 c. 2
Introduced byLord McNally[1] (Lords)
Territorial extent 
  • England and Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent31 January 2013[2]
Commencement31 January 2013
Other legislation
Relates toStatute Law (Repeals) Acts
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

Enactments repealed in full edit

Schedule 1 listed repeals and revocations. The enactments repealed in full included:

Benevolant societies edit

Part 1 listed acts relating to benevolent societies that no longer existed (plus the Philanthropic Society, whose successor Catch22 is now regulated by charity law).

Civil and criminal justice edit

Part 2 covered enactments relating to criminal law.

The Police Act 1969 was technically still in force despite all of its sections having been repealed since 1994.

Indian railways edit

Part 3 listed acts relating to railways in India, no longer under British sovereignty.

Dublin edit

Part 4 relates to Dublin, no longer under British sovereignty.

Local courts and administration of justice edit

Part 5 relates to courts that no longer exist.

London edit

Part 6 covers acts relating to London, for churches and improvements, and acts regulating London gas lights, which had been replaced with electric lights.

Lotteries edit

Part 7 covered lotteries from past centuries.

Poor law edit

Part 8 contained acts relating to long-since reformed aspects of poor law.

Railways edit

Part 9 listed acts relating to railways.

Abortive railway projects edit

General edit

Scottish edit

Rates and charges edit

Miscellaneous edit

Taxation edit

Part 10 covered taxation.

General taxation edit

Scottish local taxation edit

A tax of two pennies Scots (equivalent to one sixth of an old penny sterling) was imposed by a series of local acts for specific burghs in Scotland. This allowed the burgh to raise money for local projects, such as road building. These acts included expiry dates, and were spent, having not been extended.

Turnpikes edit

Part 11 lists acts relating to long-since abolished turnpike trusts.

Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire edit

Surrey edit

London to Holyhead edit

Other edit

References edit

  1. ^ "House of Lords Hansard for 10 October 2012". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ^ "House of Lords Hansard for 31 January 2013". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ^ "19th Statute Law Repeals Report - Law Commission". Law Commission. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

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