Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714

Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for continuing several Laws therein mentioned, relating to Coals, Hemp, and Flax, Irish and Scotch Linen, and the Assize of Bread; and for giving Power to adjourn the Quarter Sessions for the County of Anglesea, for the Purposes therein mentioned.
Citation	1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	21 September 1715
Commencement	17 March 1715 [a]
Repealed	13 July 1871
Other legislation
Amends	See § Continued enactments
Repealed by	Promissory Oaths Act 1871
Relates to	See Expiring laws continuance acts
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued and made perpetual various older acts.

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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 made the Coal Trade Act 1710 (9 Ann. c. 28) ^[b] perpetual. ^[2]

Section 2 of the act made the Tithes of Hemp and Flax Act 1698 (11 & 12 Will. 3 c. 16) ^[c] , as continued by the Tithes Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 28) ^[d] perpetual. ^[2]

Section 3 of the act continued the Exportations, etc. Act 1704 (3 & 4 Ann. c. 8) ^[e] as relates to the liberty of exporting Irish linen to the West Indies until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 year. ^[2]

Section 4 of the act continued the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18) ^[f] until the end of the next session of parliament after 3 years. ^[2]

Section 5 of the act amended the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18) ^[g] , repealing the penalty in that act, providing that after 1 September 1715, bakers making bread deficient in weight shall forfeit for every ounce 5s and wanting less 2s, 6d. ^[2]

Section 6 of the act amended the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18) ^[h] , providing that after 1 September 1715, bakers must make peck loaves according to the assize table in that act. ^[2]

Section 7 of the act amended the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18) ^[i] , providing that after 1 September 1715, prices of grain, meal and flour must be certified on oath before the Lord Mayor (or for London, the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen). ^[2]

Section 8 of the act provided that justices may adjourn the quarter sessions of Anglesea, for the ease of taking such the oaths. ^[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 first schedule to, the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48).

Notes

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References

1. Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
2. Britain, Great (1764). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 13. J. Bentham. pp. 266–269.
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.