Continuance of Laws Act 1780

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Continuance of Laws Act 1780
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of Great Britain
Long title An Act for continuing an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, for allowing the Importation of fine organzined Italian thrown Silk, in any Ships or Vessels, for a limited Time.
Citation 20 Geo. 3. c. 4
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 15 December 1779
Commencement 25 November 1779 [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Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871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Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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 Laws Act 1780 (20 Geo. 3. c. 4) 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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 Importation of Silk Act 1779 (19 Geo. 3. c. 9) from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 25 March 1781. [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The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict.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. ↑ Britain, Great (1780). The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1806]. By Danby Pickering. Vol. 33. J. Bentham. p. 2.
  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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