Short Titles Act

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Short Titles Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Ireland and the United Kingdom which retroactively confers short titles on a large number of earlier pieces of legislation. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Short Titles Bill during its passage through Parliament.

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Ireland

The Short Titles Act 1962
The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 is the collective title of the Short Titles Act 1896, the Short Titles Act 1962, and sections 4 to 7 and 10(2) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.^[2]
The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2009 is the collective title of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 and sections 4 and 5 and 7(2) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2009.^[3]
The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2012 is the collective title of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2009 and sections 4 and 5 and 8(3) of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2012.^[4]

United Kingdom

The Short Titles Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 10)
The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 14)
The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62) under section 5 and the Second Schedule
The Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 1 (N.I.))^[5]
The Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964 (1964 c. 80) under section 2 and Schedule 2
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (1977 c. 18) under section 3 and Schedule 3
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (1978 c. 45) under section 2 and Schedule 3

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References

↑ Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Paragraph 1224 at page 722.
↑ The Statute Law Revision Act 2007, section 10(2)
↑ The Statute Law Revision Act 2009, section 7(2)
↑ The Statute Law Revision Act 2012, section 8(3)
↑ BAILII

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[1] Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Paragraph 1224 at page 722.

[2] The Statute Law Revision Act 2007, section 10(2)

[3] The Statute Law Revision Act 2009, section 7(2)

[4] The Statute Law Revision Act 2012, section 8(3)

[5] BAILII

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