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Expiring laws continuance legislation [1] is legislation that continues enactments that would otherwise expire.
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Expiring laws continuance legislation [1] is legislation that continues enactments that would otherwise expire.
See, for example, the Expiring Laws Continuance Ordinance 1934. [2]
See, for example, the Expiring Laws Continuance Ordinance 1904. [3] [ full citation needed ]
| Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for reviving and continuing the Acts therein mentioned; and for explaining and amending a Clause in an Act made in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, "An Act for making the Laws for repairing the Highways more effectual," relating to the appointing Scavengers in Cities and Market Towns, and the ordering the Assessments for the repairing and cleansing the Streets therein. |
| Citation | 9 Geo. 2. c. 18 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 May 1736 |
| Commencement | 15 January 1736 [a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The act 9 Geo. 2. c. 18, sometimes called Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735, made perpetual, revived and continued various older enactments. Section 1 revived and made the Perjury Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 25) perpetual from 24 June 1735. [4] Section 2 continued the Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1743. [4] Section 3 extended the powers under the Highways Act 1715 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 52) [b] to appoint street scavengers and levy taxes for street cleaning and repair to all market towns, not just cities. [4] The whole Act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).
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.
In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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. [5]
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. [6]
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. [7]
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).
There was an annual Expiring Laws Continuance Act. [8] [9] As of about 1902 or 1903, the "long schedule to" this annual Act had "been little altered, except by additions, for the last forty years". [10]
The system of continuing temporary laws was criticised by The Law Times in 1888. [11] Lely said there was an important debate on the Bill for the Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1902. [12]