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Statute Law Revision Act 1927

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1927 c. 42
Year1927


Statute Law Revision Act, 1927

(17 & 18 Geo. 5.) 42.

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.

[22nd December 1927]

W HEREAS it is expedient that certain enactments which may be regarded as spent, or have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express specific repeal by Parliament, or have, by lapse of time or otherwise, become unnecessary, should be expressly and specifically repealed:

Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

S-1 Enactments in schedule repealed.

1 Enactments in schedule repealed.

1. The enactments described in Parts I and II of the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed, subject to the provisions of this Act and subject to the exceptions and qualifications in the said schedule mentioned; and every part of a title, preamble, or recital specified after the words ‘in part, namely,’ in connexion with an Act mentioned in the said schedule may be omitted from any revised edition of the statutes published by authority after the passing of this Act, and there may be added in the said edition such brief statement of the Acts, officers, persons, and things mentioned in the title, preamble, or recital, as may in consequence of such omission appear necessary:

Provided as follows:—

The repeal of any words or expressions of enactment described in the said schedule shall not affect the binding force, operation, or construction of any statute, or of any part of a statute, whether as respects the past or the future;

and where any enactment not comprised in the said schedule has been repealed, confirmed, revived, or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such repeal, confirmation, revivor, or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal effected by this Act;

and the repeal by this Act of any enactment or schedule shall not affect any enactment in which such enactment or schedule has been applied, incorporated, or referred to;

nor shall such repeal of any enactment affect any right to any hereditary revenues of the Crown, or affect any charges thereupon or prevent any such enactment from being put in force for the collection of any such revenues, or otherwise in relation thereto;

and this Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect, or consequences of anything already done or suffered,—or any existing status or capacity,—or any right, title, obligation, or liability, already acquired, accrued, or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof,—or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim, or demand,—or any indemnity,—or the proof of any past act or thing;

nor shall this Act affect any principle or rule of law or equity, or established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice, or procedure, or the general or public nature of any statute, or any existing usage, franchise, liberty, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office, appointment, payment, allowance, emolument, or benefit, or any prospective right, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed, recognised, or derived by, in, or from any enactment hereby repealed;

nor shall this Act revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, duty, drawback, fee, payment, franchise, liberty, custom, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure, form of punishment, or other matter or thing not now existing or in force;

and this Act shall not extend to repeal any enactment so far as the same may be in force in any part of His Majesty's dominions out of the United Kingdom, except where otherwise expressed in the said schedule.

S-2 Application of repealed enactments in local courts.

2 Application of repealed enactments in local courts.

2. If and so far as any enactment repealed by this Act applies or may have been by Order in Council applied to the court of the county palatine of Lancaster or to any inferior court of civil jurisdiction, such enactment shall be construed as if it were contained in a local and personal Act specially relating to such court and shall have effect accordingly.

S-3 Omission of matters solely relating to the Irish Free State.

3 Omission of matters solely relating to the Irish Free State.

3. Enactments or words in respect of matters exclusively relating to the portion of Ireland within the jurisdiction of the Irish Free State or to any part thereof may be omitted from any revised edition of the statutes published by authority.

S-4 Short title and extent.

4 Short title and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act, 1927 .

(2) In its application to Northern Ireland this Act shall, as respects matters within the powers of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, be subject to alteration by that Parliament as if it had been an Act passed before the appointed day within the meaning of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 .

S C H E D U L E.

Repeals.

I

Part I.

Reign and Chapter. Short Title.
1 Edw. 7:
c. 1. The Consolidated Fund Act (No. 1), 1901.
c. 2.

The Army (Annual) Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Preamble.

Sections two and three.

Schedule.

c. 3.

The Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Title from ‘and subsection (2).’
c. 4.

The Civil List Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Section five.

First and Second Schedules.

c. 6. The Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act, 1901.
c. 7.

The Finance Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Title, the words from ‘and the National Debt.’

Preamble.

Section one.

Section two, subsection (1).

Section four.

Section five, subsection (1) the words from ‘as from’ where first occurring to ‘hundred and one’ where secondly occurring, the words from ‘On glucose made in Great Britain’ to ‘any less quantity’ where secondly occurring, and the words from ‘and there shall be allowed’ to the end of the subsection.

Section six.

Section ten, subsection (4), from ‘and section twenty’ to the end of the subsection.

Sections twelve and fourteen.

First, Second and Third Schedules.

Reign and Chapter. Short Title.
1 Edw. 7.:
c. 8.

The Isolation Hospitals Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Section four, subsection (2).

c. 9.

The Education (Scotland) Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Section two, from ‘Provided that.’

Sections four and five.

Schedule.

c. 12. The Loan Act, 1901.
c. 16.

The National Gallery (Purchase of Adjacent Land) Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Sections two and three.

Section four, subsection (2).

Sections six and seven.

Section eight, subsection (2).

c. 17.

The Lunacy (Ireland) Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Section three, subsection (3),

c. 19.

The Public Libraries Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Title from ‘and to regulate.’

Section fourteen.

Schedule.

c. 21. The Appropriation Act, 1901.
c. 22.

The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Section sixty-two, from ‘unless lawfully’ to the end of the section.

Section one hundred and sixty-one and one hundred and sixty-two.

Fifth Schedule.

Seventh Schedule, Part I.

As from the date when the repeal of Part III of the Act takes effect as to Scotland, section one hundred and fifty-nine, subsections (1), (6) and (7).

c. 23.

The Marriages Legalization Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Preamble.

Reign and Chapter. Short Title.
1 Edw. 7.:
c. 26.

The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Section one, subsection (1) from ‘provided that’, and subsection (3).

Schedule.

c. 27.

The Intoxicating Liquors (Sale to Children) Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Sections one and seven.

c. 28.

The Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Section one, subsection (1) from ‘and subsection (3)’ to the end of the subsection, and subsection (2).

Section three.

c. 29.

The Colonial Acts Confirmation Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Schedule, so far as it relates to Acts of the Colony of New South Wales.

c. 32. The Isle of Man (Customs) Act, 1901.
c. 33. The Expiring Laws Continuance Act, 1901.
c. 35. The Public Works Loans Act, 1901.
c. 37. The Valuation (Ireland) Act, 1901.
c. 38.

The Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1901.

In part, namely,—

Section one, subsection (6).

c. 39. The Naval Works Act, 1901.
c. 40. The Military Works Act, 1901.
2 Edw. 7.:
c. 1. The Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act, 1902.
c. 2. The Army (Annual) Act, 1902.
c. 4. The Loan Act, 1902.
Reign and Chapter. Short Title.
2 Edw. 7. :
c. 5.

The Royal Naval Reserve Act, 1902.

In part, namely,—

Section one, from ‘shall have effect’ to ‘section as amended.’
c. 7.

The Finance Act, 1902.

In part, namely,—

Preamble.

Sections two to four.

Section ten.

c. 8.

The Cremation Act, 1902.

In part, namely,—

Section three from ‘The expression Secretary of State.’

Section fifteen.

c. 9. The Prison Officers (Pensions) Act, 1902.
c. 15.

The Musical (Summary Proceedings) Copyright Act, 1902.

In part, namely,—

Section four from ‘and shall come’ to ‘hundred and two.’
c. 17.

The Midwives Act, 1902.

In part, namely,—

Section one, subsection (1) to ‘hundred and five.’

Section two.

Section three from ‘which shall consist of’ to ‘for a like period.’

Section eight the words ‘on the commencement of this Act.’

Section nineteen, except the short title.

c. 20.

The Public Libraries (Ireland) Act, 1902.

In part, namely,—

Section eight, subsection (2).

c. 21.

The Shop Clubs Act, 1902.

In part, namely,—

Section eight.

c. 22. The Public Works Loans Act, 1902.
c. 23. The Isle of Man (Customs) Act, 1902.
Reign and Chapter. Short Title.
2 Edw. 7.:
c. 27. The Appropriation Act, 1902.
c. 28.

The Licensing Act, 1902.

In part, namely,—

Title from ‘and to provide’.

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