Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2)

Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2)[1][2]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation35 & 36 Vict. c. 97
Introduced by[[John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge |John Coleridge]] MP (Commons)
William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent10 August 1872
Commencement10 August 1872[3]
Repealed19 November 1998
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed acts
Amended by
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
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Status: Repealed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Text of statute as originally enacted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 Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2),[1] also known as the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1872,[2] (35 & 36 Vict. c. 97) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom statutes from 1807 to 1810 which had ceased to be in force or had become necessary.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 statutes, then in progress.

  1. ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 2 of this act.
  2. ^ a b The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991 and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 refer to 35 & 36 Vict. c. 97 as the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1872.
  3. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793