Poynings' Law (confirmation of English statutes)

This article is about the act adopting English statutes. For the act regulating summoning of the Irish parliament and pre-approval of its legislation, see Poynings' Law (on certification of acts). For other laws, see Poynings' Parliament.

Poynings' Law[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Ireland
Long titleAn Act confirming all the Statutes made in England.
Citation10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I) (The Irish Statutes numbering)
10 Hen.7 c.39 (Analecta Hibernica numbering)
Introduced byProbably Sir Edward Poynings, Lord Deputy of Ireland
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Commencement1 December 1494
Repealed8 May 2007 (Republic of Ireland)
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 2007 (Republic of Ireland)
Status
Republic of IrelandRepealed
Northern IrelandStill in force
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Poynings' Law 1495 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

An Act confirming all the Statutes made in England (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I); short title Poynings' Law in Northern Ireland[1] and Poynings' Act 1495 in the Republic of Ireland[2]) is an act passed by the Parliament of Ireland which gave all statutes "late made" by the Parliament of England the force of law in the Lordship of Ireland. It was passed by Poynings' Parliament, along with other acts strengthening English law in Ireland, one of which was commonly called "Poynings' Law" until its virtual repeal by the Constitution of 1782.

Many of the English acts adopted by Poynings' Law were repealed with respect to Ireland by the Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872, having already been repealed with respect to England by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 and others. Poynings' Law itself remains in force in Northern Ireland.[3] In the republic, it was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007, without thereby repealing the English statutes it referred to, a few of which remain in force.[4]


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  1. ^ Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951
  2. ^ Short Titles Act 1962
  3. ^ Text of the Poynings' Law 1495 (c.22) as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
  4. ^ "Seanad debates". 1 May 2007. p. 7.