Interpretation Act 1889

Interpretation Act 1889[a]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for consolidating enactments relating to the Construction of Acts of Parliament and for further shortening the Language used in Acts of Parliament.
Citation52 & 53 Vict. c. 63
Introduced byHardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury (Lords)
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent30 August 1889
Commencement1 January 1890[b]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed acts
Amended by
Relates to
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Interpretation Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to statutory construction and provided definitions to shorten the language used in acts of Parliament.

In Northern Ireland, Section 48(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 provided that without prejudice to 48(1) of that act, the Interpretation Act 1889 was to cease to apply to the interpretation of enactments. The whole Act, except paragraphs (4), (5) and (14) of section 13 in their application to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 25(1) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Interpretation Act 1978.

In the Republic of Ireland, the application of the Interpretation Act 1889 was restricted to pre-1924 legislation by the Interpretation Act 1923,[1] and repealed by the Interpretation Act 2005.[2]


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  1. ^ Section 18 of the Interpretation Act 1923.
  2. ^ Section 3(1)(a) of the Interpretation Act 2005.