Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879

Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879[a]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the Revision of the Statute Law of Ireland.
Citation42 & 43 Vict. c. 24
Introduced byEdward Gibson MP (Commons)
Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (Lords)
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Royal assent3 July 1879
Commencement3 July 1879[b]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed acts
Amended byStatute Law Revision Act 1894
Relates to
Status: Partially repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 24), sometimes called the Irish Statute Law Revision Act,[1] is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for Ireland statutes of the Parliament of Ireland from 1537 to 1800 which had ceased to be in force or had become necessary. The act was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the Irish statutes, then in progress.


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  1. ^ Queen v Justices of Meath