Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993^[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; and to correct a mistake in the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978.
Citation	1993 c. 50
Dates
Royal assent	5 November 1993
Commencement	5 November 1993
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Wholly repealed Acts Pound-breach Act 1843 ; Hosiery Act 1843 ; Crown Suits Act 1855 ; Summary Jurisdiction Act 1857 ; Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1866 ; Piracy Act 1698 ; Piracy Act 1721 ; Piracy Act 1744 ; Limited Penalties Act 1864 ; Land Settlement (Facilities) Amendment Act 1925 ; Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940 ; Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) (No.2) Act 1940 ; Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 ; Allotments Act 1832 ; Poor Allotments Management Act 1873 ; Allotments Extension Act 1882 ; Statute Law Revision (Substituted Enactments) Act 1876 ; Open Spaces Act 1887 ; Ordinances of Corporations Act 1503 ; Chartered Companies Act 1837 ; Chartered Companies Act 1884 ; Insurance Companies Act 1974 ; Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1859 ; Tithe Act 1891 ; Notification of Births (Extension) Act 1915 ; Adoption of Children Act 1949 ; Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1952 ; Public Health (Notification of Births) Act 1965 ; Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1765 ; 46 Geo. 3. c. 79 1806 ; 55 Geo. 3. c. 56 1815 ; Excise Permit Act 1832 ; Suez Canal (Shares) Act 1876 ; Inland Revenue Act 1880 ; Paymaster General Act 1889 ; Finance Act 1926 ; Military Aircraft (Loans) Act 1966 ; Rolls-Royce (Purchase) Act 1971 ; British Leyland Act 1975 ; Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 ; Shipbuilding Act 1982 ; Shipbuilding Act 1985 ; Industrial Development Act 1966 ; Industrial Development (Ships) Act 1970 ; Investment and Building Grants Act 1971 ; National Film Finance Corporation Act 1981 ; Film Levy Finance Act 1981 ; India Stock Transfer Act 1862 ; India Stock Certificate Act 1863 ; East India Unclaimed Stock Act 1885 ; Government of India (Amendment) Act 1916 ; East India Loans Act 1937 ; Indian Independence Act 1947 ; 26 Hen. 8. c. 8 (1534) ; 26 Hen. 8. c. 9 (1534) ; 27 Hen. 8. c. 1 (1535) ; 29 Cha. 2. c. 4 (1677) ; London Wharves Act 1821 ; Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 18) Act 1914 ; 6 Hen. 8. c. 16 (1514) ; Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782 ; Parliamentary Elections Act 1868 ; Ministry of Pensions Act 1916 ; Civil List Act 1936 ; Northern Ireland (Financial Provisions) Act 1972 ; Therapeutic Substances Act 1956 ; Forfeited Estates (Scotland) Act 1789 ; Beerhouse Act 1830 ; Crown Land (Windsor) Act 1839 ; Colewort Barracks Act 1860 ; Netley Hospital Act 1862 ; Crown Land (Windsor) Act 1862 ; Windsor Barracks Act 1867 ; Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company’s Act 1860 (Mistake Rectifying) Act 1860 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1866 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1866, No.2 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1868 No.2 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1871 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1873 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1875 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1880 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1882 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1883 ; Land Drainage Supplemental (No.2) Act 1883 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1892 ; Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1898 ; Land Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1911 ; Land Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1911 ; Land Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1911 ; Land Drainage (Lincoln West) (South District) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1912 ; ... ;
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The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Section 1 – Repeals and associated provisions

See section 6(1) of the Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997.

Section 2 – Reversing a repeal

The Enfield Chase Act 1777 (17 Geo. 3 c. 17) had been repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978. Section 2 reversed this, stating the act was "deemed not to have been repealed".

2 17 Geo.3 c.17 deemed not to have been repealed by 1978 c. 45
(1) The Act of the 17th year of King George the third entitled “An Act for dividing the Chase of Enfield in the County of Middlesex; and for other Purposes therein mentioned” shall be deemed not to have been repealed by Part XIV of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed—
(a) as affirming the legal effect of any provision of the Act which was not of legal effect immediately before the repeal, or of anything done or purportedly done under the Act, or
(b) as imposing any liability in respect of anything done between the date of the repeal and the commencement of this section.

Section 4 - Short title and commencement

The majority of the act commenced upon royal assent.

The power conferred by section 4(3) (in relation to the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 and the Shipbuilding Act 1985) was fully exercised by article 2 of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1996 (SI 1996/509) (C 9)^[4]

4 Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993.
(2) The repeal by this Act of—
(a) paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the [1939 c. 117] National Loans Act 1939,
(b) paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the [1946 c. 27] Bank of England Act 1946, and
(c) section 33(8) of the [1946 c. 59] Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946,
shall have effect, so far as relating to stock registered in the National Savings Stock Register, on the coming into force of the first regulations made by virtue of section 3(1) (bb) of the [1972 c. 65] National Debt Act 1972.
(3) The repeal by this Act of the [1978 c. 11] Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 and section 1 of the [1985 c. 14] Shipbuilding Act 1985 shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

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References

Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 936.

↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 4(1) of this Act.
↑ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fourteenth Report. Law Com 211. Scot Law Com 140. Cm 2176. HMSO. London. April 1993.
↑ Bedford, Michael (editor). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1994. 175th edition. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. 1994. ISBN 0 905702 21 2. Page xlii.
↑ Legislation.gov.uk

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[1] The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 4(1) of this Act.

[2] The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fourteenth Report. Law Com 211. Scot Law Com 140. Cm 2176. HMSO. London. April 1993.

[3] Bedford, Michael (editor). Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1994. 175th edition. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. 1994. ISBN 0 905702 21 2. Page xlii.

[4] Legislation.gov.uk

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