Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded enactments. |
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Citation | 1964 c. 79 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 31 July 1964 |
Commencement | 31 July 1964 [2] |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 |
Status: Repealed |
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This act was repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.
The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man [3] on 25 July 1991. [4]
This section was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
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