Statute Law Revision Act 1863

Statute Law Revision Act 1863 ^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation	26 & 27 Vict. c. 125
Territorial extent	England [2] (including Wales and Berwick) [3]
Dates
Royal assent	28 July 1863
Commencement	28 July 1863 [4]
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of a revised edition of the statutes. ^[5]

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man ^[6] on 25 July 1991. ^[7]

See also

• Statute Law Revision Act

Further reading

• Digital reproduction of the Original Act on the Parliamentary Archives catalogue

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,
• George Kettilby Rickards. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 26 & 27 Victoria, 1863. Queen's Printer. London. 1863. Pages 578 et seq. Digitised copy from Google Books.

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act.
2. The Statute Law Revision Act 1863, section 2
3. The Wales and Berwick Act 1746
4. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
5. The Statute Law Revision Act 1863, preamble
6. The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
7. The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)

External links

• Lord Chancellor (12 June 1863). Statute Law Revision Bill. Sessional papers. Vol. HL 1863 vi (133) 1. ["Note" and "Schedule" of the bill (unlike the schedule of the act as passed) gives commentary on each scheduled act, noting any earlier repeals and the reason for the new repeal]