Long title | An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary. |
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Citation | 55 & 56 Vict. c. 19 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 20 June 1892 |
Commencement | 20 June 1892 [2] |
The Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was the Statute Law Revision Bill 1892. [3]
This Act was repealed for the United Kingdom by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.
The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man [4] on 25 July 1991. [5]
This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.
Section 3 of the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 provided that the Second Schedule to that Act was to be substituted for so much of this Act as related to the Cambridge University Act 1856.
Section 3 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 provided that the Second Schedule to that Act was to be substituted for so much of this Act and of the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888 as related to the Small Debt (Scotland) Act 1837 and to the 4 & 5 Vict c 10, and that "the said Statute Law Revision Acts" were to be read and construed accordingly.
As to the effect of this Act, see Morse v Muir, [6] Watkins v Reddy, [7] People (Attorney General) v Murtagh, [8] Smith v Smith, [9] Robins v Robins, [10] In re M'Naul's Estate, [11] Morrison v Stubbs [12] and Huffam v North Staffordshire Railway Company. [13]
The words "to the court of the county palatine of Lancaster or" in this section were repealed by section 56(4) of, and Part II of Schedule 11 to, the Courts Act 1971. This section was repealed by section 32(4) of, and Part V of Schedule 5 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1977.
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