Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976[1]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn 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.
Citation1976 c. 16
Introduced byLord Elwyn-Jones LC[2]
Dates
Royal assent27 May 1976
Commencement27 May 1976[3]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Wholly repealed acts
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976[1] (c. 16) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[4]

It implemented recommendations contained in the seventh report on statute law revision,[5] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

  1. ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 4 of this Act.
  2. ^ HL Deb vol 366 col 756
  3. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  4. ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 1347, read with pages viii and x of Part I.
  5. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Seventh Report. Law Com 70. SLC 40. Cmnd 6303. HMSO. London. December 1975.