Statute Law Revision Act 2007

Statute Law Revision Act 2007
Oireachtas
  • AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE REVISION OF STATUTE LAW BY REPEALING CERTAIN STATUTES THAT WERE ENACTED BEFORE 6 DECEMBER 1922 AND WHICH HAVE CEASED TO HAVE EFFECT OR HAVE BECOME UNNECESSARY, BY IDENTIFYING THOSE STATUTES PRIMARILY OF A PUBLIC AND GENERAL NATURE THAT WERE SO ENACTED BUT ARE NOT BEING REPEALED BY THIS ACT, BY ASSIGNING SHORT TITLES TO CERTAIN STATUTES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THEIR CITATION AND BY AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTES IN SO FAR AS THEY RELATE TO SHORT TITLES, TO PROVIDE FOR PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE TO BE GIVEN OF CERTAIN STATUTES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
CitationNo. 28 of 2007
Enacted byDáil Éireann
Signed8 May 2007
Commenced8 May 2007
Status: Amended

The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 is an Act of the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland which repealed a large amount of pre-1922 legislation of Ireland, England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom while preserving a shorter list of statutes. The Act was the largest single Statute Law Revision Act or repealing measure ever enacted internationally.[1]

  1. ^ "Seanad Éireann (23rd Seanad) – Thursday, 10 Dec 2009 – Houses of the Oireachtas". 10 December 2009.