Short Titles Act 1896

Short Titles Act 1896[1]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to facilitate the Citation of sundry Acts of Parliament.
Citation59 & 60 Vict. c. 14
Introduced byThe Lord Chancellor[2] (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent20 July 1896
Commencement20 July 1896[3]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokesShort Titles Act 1892
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 14) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892.

This act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a)[4] of, and part 4 of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. In that country, this act is one of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007.[5]

Section 1 and schedule 1 authorised the citation of 2,095 earlier acts by short titles.[6] The acts given short titles were passed between 1351 and 1893.[7] This act gave short titles to all public general acts passed since the Union of England and Scotland and then in force, which had not already been given short titles, except for those omitted from the Revised Edition of the Statutes by reason of their local or personal character.[8][9]

In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that section 1 and schedule 1 be repealed.[10]

Section 1 and schedule 1 were repealed by section 1(1)[11] of, and part IV[12] of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995. Notwithstanding these repeals, such citations are still authorized by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

  1. ^ The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 5 of this act.
  2. ^ HL Deb vol 34, col 198
  3. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  4. ^ (eISB), electronic Irish Statute Book. "electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)". www.irishstatutebook.ie.
  5. ^ The Statute Law Revision Act 2007, section 10(2)
  6. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.2 at page 76.
  7. ^ Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 705.
  8. ^ Ilbert, C P. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901. Reprinted by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2008. Page 76. Digitized copy from Google Books.
  9. ^ HL Deb vol 34, col 1364
  10. ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. March 1995. Pages 37 and 77.
  11. ^ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk.
  12. ^ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk.