Continuance of Certain Laws Act 1772

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Continuance of Certain Laws Act 1772
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of Great Britain
Long title An Act to continue several Laws relating to the Allowance upon the Exportation of British-made Gunpowder; to the giving further Encouragement for the Importation of Naval Stores from the British Colonies in America; to the further encouraging the Manufacture of British Sail Cloth, and to the Duties payable on Foreign Sail Cloth; to the granting a Liberty to carry Sugars of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any of His Majesty’s Sugar Colonies directly into Foreign Parts in Ships built in Great Britain, and navigated according to Law; to the free Importation of Cattle from Ireland; and to the regulating the Fees of Officers of the Customs and Naval Officers in America.
Citation 12 Geo. 3. c. 56
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 3 June 1772
Commencement 21 January 1772 [a]
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Continued enactments
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Certain Laws Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3. c. 56) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that continued various older acts.

Contents

Background

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire. [1]

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Exportation Act 1730 (4 Geo. 2. c. 29), as continued by the Customs, etc. Act 1736 (10 Geo. 2. c. 27), the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1742 (16 Geo. 2. c. 26), the Continuance of Laws Act 1750 (24 Geo. 2. c. 52), the Passage from Charing Cross Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2. c. 36) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1763 (4 Geo. 3. c. 11), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1778. [2]

Section 2 of the act continued the Importation Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 12) "as relates to the importation of wood and timber, and of the goods commonly known as Lumber, therein particularly enumerated, from any of His Majesty's British plantations or colonies in America, free from all customs and impositions whatsoever", as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1742 (16 Geo. 2. c. 26), the Continuance of Laws Act 1750 (24 Geo. 2. c. 52), the Continuance of Laws, etc., (No. 2) Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2. c. 35) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1763 (4 Geo. 3. c. 11), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1778. [2]

Section 3 of the act continued the Manufacture of Sail Cloth Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 37), as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1739 (13 Geo. 2. c. 28), the Continuance of Laws Act 1750 (24 Geo. 2. c. 52), the Passage from Charing Cross Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2. c. 36) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1763 (4 Geo. 3. c. 11), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1778. [2]

Section 4 of the act continued the Colonial Trade Act 1738 (12 Geo. 2. c. 30), as continued by the Universities (Wine Licences) Act 1743 (17 Geo. 2. c. 40), the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1750 (24 Geo. 2. c. 57), the Continuance of Laws, etc., (No. 2) Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2. c. 35) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1763 (4 Geo. 3. c. 11), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1778. [2]

Section 5 of the act continued the Importation (No. 3) Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 10) from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 August 1778. [2]

Section 6 of the act continued the Making of Indigo, etc. Act 1770 (10 Geo. 3. c. 37), as relates to the Importation (No. 3) Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 10), from the expiration of the enactment until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 August 1774. [2]

Legacy

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all temporary laws, observing irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws. [3]

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).

Notes

  1. ↑ Start of session.

References

  1. ↑ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britain, Great (1771). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 29. J. Bentham. pp. 144–146.
  3. ↑ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.
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