Statute Law Revision Act 1873

Statute Law Revision Act 1873^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation	36 & 37 Vict. c. 91
Introduced by	John Coleridge MP (Commons) William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (Lords)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	5 August 1873
Commencement	5 August 1873[2]
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed acts
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1878 Statute Law Revision Act 1898
Relates to	Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856 Statute Law Revision Act 1861 Statute Law Revision Act 1863 Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Statute Law Revision Act 1870 Statute Law Revision Act 1871 Statute Law Revision Act 1872 Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2) Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872 Statute Law Revision Act 1874 Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) Statute Law Revision Act 1875
Status: Amended
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Text of statute as originally enacted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 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 91) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom statutes from 1742 to 1830.The Act was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the statutes, then in progress.

Section 2 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1874 provided that the Criminal Costs (Dublin) Act 1815 (55 Geo. 3. c. 91), which had been repealed by the Act, was revived, so far as it related to the county of the city of Dublin.

Section 3 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 provided that section 25 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c 58), which had been repealed by the Act, was revived, as from the repeal thereof, and that all proceedings taken thereunder since that repeal were as valid and effectual as if that section had not been repealed.