Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949

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Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949 [1]
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Long title An Act to facilitate the preparation of Bills for the purpose of consolidating the enactments relating to any subject.
Citation 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 33
Dates
Royal assent 31 May 1949
Commencement 31 May 1949 [2]
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provides a procedure for including "minor corrections and improvements" in Consolidation Bills.

In 1995, Halsbury's Laws of England said that the procedure authorised by this Act was "no longer used in practice". [3]

The Marriage Act 1949 was the first Act to be enacted under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. [4]

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3(1) of this Act.
  2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  3. Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Paragraph 1247 at page 739.
  4. O Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Fourth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. 1960. Page 90.