Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1734

Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1734

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to continue several Laws therein mentioned, for the better Regulation and Government of Seamen in the Merchants Service; for the regulating of Pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet; for preventing Frauds in the Customs, and to prevent the clandestine Running of Goods; and for making Copper Ore, of the British Plantations, an enumerated Commodity.
Citation	8 Geo. 2. c. 21
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	15 May 1735
Commencement	14 January 1735 [a]
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Amends	See § Continued enactments
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to	See Expiring laws continuance acts
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 21) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued 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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 continued the Merchant Seamen Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 36) until the end of the next session of parliament after 25 March 1749. ^[2]

Section 2 of the act continued the Pilotage Act 1716 (3 Geo. 1. c. 13) and section 14 of the Trade to East Indies, etc. Act 1720 (7 Geo. 1. c. 21) regulating the pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet, as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1723 (10 Geo. 1. c. 17), until the end of the next session of parliament after 25 March 1749. ^[2]

Section 3 of the act continued several clauses of the Adulteration of Coffee Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 11), from the expiration of those enactments until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1742. ^[2]

Section 4 of the act continued the Customs, etc. Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 18), as continued by the Unlawful Games Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 28), except the clause obliging all ships or vessels to perform quarantine, from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1734. ^[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 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
2. Britain, Great (1765). Statutes at Large ...: (43 v.) ... From Magna charta to 1800. Vol. 16. pp. 528–530.
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.