Growth of Coffee Act 1745

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Growth of Coffee Act 1745
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to continue Two Acts of Parliament; One, for encouraging the Growth of Coffee in His Majesty's Plantations in America; and the other, for the better securing and encouraging the Trade of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America.
Citation 19 Geo. 2. c. 23
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 4 June 1746
Commencement 17 October 1745 [a]
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Amends Growth of Coffee Act 1731
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Growth of Coffee Act 1745 (19 Geo. 2. c. 23) 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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 Growth of Coffee Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 24) and the Trade of Sugar Colonies Act 1732 (6 Geo. 2. c. 13), as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1737 (11 Geo. 2. c. 18), until the end of the next session of parliament act after 7 years from the expiration of the act. [2]

Legacy

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all the temporary laws, observed 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The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict.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). The Statutes at Large: From Magna Charta to ... 1869 ... Vol. 18. Joseph Bentham. pp. 453–454.
  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.