Continuance of Laws Act 1718

Continuance of Laws Act 1718

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for continuing the Act made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne,[c] to regulate the Price and Assize of Bread; and for continuing the Act made in the Twelfth Year of Her said late Majesty's Reign,[d] for the better Encouragement of the making Sail Cloth in Great Britain.
Citation	5 Geo. 1. c. 25
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	18 April 1719
Commencement	11 November 1718 [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Repealed	15 July 1867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Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867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Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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 Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 25) 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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18) ^[b] , as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26), until the end of the next session of parliament after 5 years. ^[2]

Section 2 of the act continued the Sail Cloth Manufacture Act 1712 (12 Ann. St. 1 c. 16) ^[c] , as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26), until the end of the next session of parliament after 7 years. ^[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The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict.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.
2. This is the citation in The Statutes at Large .
3. This is the citation in The Statutes at Large .

References

1. Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
2. Britain, Great (1765). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 14. J. Bentham. p. 111.
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.