Statute Law Revision Act 1953

Statute Law Revision Act 1953[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary and by correcting certain errors in the First Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act, 1950, and for facilitating the publication of Revised Editions of the Statutes.
Citation2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5
Dates
Royal assent18 December 1953
Commencement18 December 1953[2]
Other legislation
Amends
Status: Amended

The Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[3]

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man[4] on 25 July 1991.[5]

The effect of this act is set out in the Report of the Joint Committee on Consolidation and Statute Law Revision Bills, with the proceedings and minutes of evidence, dated 19 November 1953.[6]

  1. ^ The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 5 of this act.
  2. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  3. ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part 1. Page 866, read with pages viii and x.
  4. ^ The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
  5. ^ The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)
  6. ^ John Burke (General Editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1953. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens and sons. London. 1953. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1953.