Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision recommended by the commissions in connection with those repeals.
Citation	1975 c. 10
Introduced by	The Lord Chancellor[1]
Territorial extent	United Kingdom[b]
Dates
Royal assent	13 March 1975
Commencement	13 March 1975[c]
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[2]

It implemented recommendations contained in the sixth report on statute law revision,^[3] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Section 1

Sections 1(1) and (3) of the act were repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Section 2

Section 2(2) of the act was repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule

The schedule to the act was repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

See also

• Statute Law (Repeals) Act

Notes

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

References

• Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 791.
• Peter Allsop (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1975. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & sons. London. W Green & son. Edinburgh. 1975. Volume 1.
• The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1975. HMSO. London. 1976. Part I. Page 249.
• HL Deb vol 354, col 1500, vol 355, cols 540 to 541, vol 357, col 996, HC Deb vol 888, cols 462 to 467.

1. HL Deb vol 354 col 1500
2. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 1313, read with pages viii and x of Part I.
3. The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Sixth Report. Law Com 63. SLC 36. Cmnd 5792. HMSO. London. December 1974.