Continuance of Laws Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 12)

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Continuance of Laws Act 1799
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of Great Britain
Long title An act to continue, until the expiration of six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament, An act, passed in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of his present Majesty, chapter fifteen, videlicet, On the sixteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and nine-five; and also an act, passed in the same year, chapter eighty, videlicet, On the twenty-second day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five; and also another act, passed in the thirty-sixth year of his present Majesty, chapter seven-six, videlicet, relating to the admission of certain articles of merchandize in neutral ships, and the issuing of orders in council for that purpose; and to continue, for the same period, an act, passed in the session of parliament holden in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of his present Majesty, chapter twenty-one, videlicet, On the twenty-eighth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, authorising his Majesty to make regulations respecting the trade and commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope.
Citation 39 Geo. 3. c. 12
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 4 January 1799
Commencement 20 November 1798 [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Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871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Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 12) 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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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]

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring reported on 12 May 1796, which inspected and considered all the temporary laws, observed irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, made recommendations and emphasised the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws. [2]

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Importation Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 15), the Shipping Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 80) and the Merchandise in Neutral Ships Act 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 76), as continued by the Merchandise in Neutral Ships Act 1796 (37 Geo. 3. c. 12) and the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1797 (38 Geo. 3. c. 9), until 6 weeks after the start of the next session of parliament. [3] [4]

Section 2 of the act continued the Cape of Good Hope Trade Act 1796 (37 Geo. 3. c. 21) until 6 weeks after the start of the next session of parliament. [3] [4]

Legacy

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. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 Ruffhead, Owen (1800). The Statutes at Large from Magna Charta to [the Forty-first Year of George III. Vol. 18. Eyre & Strahan. p. 29.
  4. 1 2 "UF Digital Collections". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
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