Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 ^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments.
Citation	1986 c. 12
Introduced by	Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone LC [2]
Dates
Royal assent	2 May 1986
Commencement	2 May 1986 [3]
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. ^[4]

It implemented recommendations contained in the twelfth report on statute law revision, ^[5] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Schedule 2

Paragraph 2 was repealed by section 106(2) of, and Schedule 5 to, the Trade Marks Act 1994.

Paragraph 4(1) was repealed by section 8(1) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986.

See also

• Statute Law (Repeals) Act

References

• Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 862.
• Peter Allsop (Editor in chief). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1986. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & sons. London. W Green & son. Edinburgh. 1987. Volume 1.
• The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1986. HMSO. London. 1987. Part I. Page 195.
• HL Deb vol 468, col 978, vol 469, cols 111 to 114, vol 471, col 728, HC Deb vol 96, col 136.

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act.
2. HL Deb vol 468 col 978
3. The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)
4. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN   978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 1746, read with pages viii and x of Part I.
5. The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Twelfth Report. Law Com 150. SLC 99. Cmnd 9648. HMSO. London. November 1985.

External links

• The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986, as originally enacted, from the National Archives.