Statute Law Revision Act 1960

This article is about the act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the act of the Parliament of Victoria, see Statute Law Revision Act § Victoria.

Statute Law Revision Act 1960 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent or unnecessary enactments.
Citation	8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56
Territorial extent	United Kingdom [b]
Dates
Royal assent	29 July 1960
Commencement	29 July 1960 [c]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Cheap Trains and Canal Carriers Act 1858 Railway Companies' Powers Act 1864 Railways Construction Facilities Act 1864 Railway Returns (Continuous Brakes) Act 1878 Railway Regulation Act 1893
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. ^[1]

Section 1 – Repeal of obsolete, spent or unnecessary enactments

Section 1(1) of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and Part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.

Section 2 – Saving for powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland

Section 2 of the act was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I of schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

Schedule

The schedule to the act was repealed by section 1 of, and Part XI of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.

See also

• Statute Law Revision Act

Notes

1. Section 3.
2. Section 2.
3. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,
• John Burke (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1960. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1960.
• The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measure 1960. HMSO. London. 1961. Page 647.
• HL Deb vol 225, col 319, HC Deb vol 627, cols 1032 to 1034.

1. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN   978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 919, read with pages viii and x of Part I.