Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox UK legislation
|short_title=Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008{{efn|Section 3.}}
|type=Act
|year=2008
|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 (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments.
|statute_book_chapter=2008 c. 12
|introduced_by=Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and Michael Wills
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|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80227-0002.htm#08022765000002
|title=House of Lords Hansard for 27 Feb 2008 (pt 1)
|date=2008-02-27
|work=Hansard
|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom
|accessdate=2008-08-31}}
|territorial_extent={{ubli|England and Wales|Scotland|Northern Ireland|Isle of Man}}{{efn|Section 2.}}
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|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80721-0012.htm#08072139000002
|title=House of Lords Hansard for 21 Jul 2008 (pt 1)
|date=2008-07-21
|work=Hansard
|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom
|accessdate=2008-08-31}}
|commencement=21 July 2008{{efn|The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.}}
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|status=Current
|original_text=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/12/contents/enacted
|legislation_history=https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/287
|revised_text=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/12/contents
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The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed more than 250 acts of Parliament in full, and more than 50 in part.
History
In January 2008 the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission jointly published their eighteenth Statute Law Repeals Report, which consisted largely of a draft bill which became this act. The report recommended the repeal of statute law which the commissions considered "spent, obsolete, unnecessary or otherwise not now of practical utility".{{cite web
|url=http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/lc308.pdf
|title=Statute Law Repeals: Eighteenth Report
|date=January 2008
|publisher=the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission
|accessdate=2008-08-31}}
This repeal act was notable in particular as it repealed (except as it extends to Northern Ireland) the last remaining portion of the Six Acts, the Unlawful Drilling Act 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4. c. 1), which was introduced after the Peterloo Massacre to prevent assemblies.
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/03/19/190308_peterloo_law_feature.shtml
|title=History Features: Peterloo law set to be repealed
|date=19 March 2008
|publisher=BBC Manchester
|accessdate=16 April 2017}}
See also
Notes
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References
- Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 1186.
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External links
- [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=Statute+Law+(Repeals)+Act+2008 Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the Act] - from Hansard, at TheyWorkForYou
- [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/12/contents The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008], as amended from the National Archives.
- [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/12/contents/enacted The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008], as originally enacted from the National Archives.
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