Statute Law Revision Act 1888

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Statute Law Revision Act 1888 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing superfluous expressions of enactment, and enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation 51 & 52 Vict c 3
Territorial extent United Kingdom

After 1922:
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Dates
Royal assent 27 March 1888
Repealed16 November 1989 (UK only)
Other legislation
Amended by Statute Law Revision Act 1908
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (UK only)
Relates to Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (Republic of Ireland)
Status
England and WalesRepealed
ScotlandRepealed
Republic of Irelandin force
Northern IrelandRepealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 3) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, a Statute Law Revision Act repealing all or part of various earlier acts of Parliament.

Contents

Provisions

The act included a Schedule in three Parts listing earlier acts of Parliament:

Later history

Parts I and II of the Schedule were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1908. [3]

No order was made under the 1888 act which would have repealed the Schedule Part III statutes; instead they were all repealed in the UK by the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938, which abolished all outlawry proceedings. [4] [5]

The rest of the act was repealed in the UK by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, [6] but retained in the Republic of Ireland by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. [7]

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 2 of this Act.
  2. HL Deb 15 March 1888 vol 323 c1255
  3. Statute Law Revision Act 1908, section 1 and Schedule
  4. White, E. Wyndham (1939). "Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1938". The Modern Law Review. 2 (4): 309. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2230.1938.tb00418.x . ISSN   0026-7961. JSTOR   1090123.
  5. Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938 [1 & 2 Geo. 6 c. 63] ss. 12 and 20 (3) (5) and Schedule 4
  6. Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, section 1(1) and Part XI of Schedule 1
  7. "British Public Statutes Affected: 1888". Irish Statute Book . 13 February 2021.