Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872

Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary in Ireland.
Citation35 & 36 Vict. c. 98
Introduced by (Lords)
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Royal assent10 August 1872
Commencement10 August 1872[2]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed acts
Relates to
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed, as to Ireland, certain acts of the Parliament of England which had been extended to the then Lordship of Ireland by royal writs or acts of the Parliament of Ireland from the Magna Carta to Poynings' Law (1495). The Act was intended, in particular, to make the revised edition of the statutes already published applicable to Ireland.

The Act largely mirrored the Statute Law Revision Act 1863, which repealed for England (including Wales and Berwick) statutes from the Magna Carta to King James II.

  1. ^ The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this act.
  2. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793