Statute Law Revision Act 1883

Statute Law Revision Act 1878^[a]

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	46 & 47 Vict. c. 39
Introduced by	Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne (Lords)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	25 August 1883
Commencement	25 August 1883[b]
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed acts
Amended by	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 Promissory Oaths Act 1871 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 1873 Statute Law Revision Act 1874 Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) Statute Law Revision Act 1875 Statute Law Revision (Substituted Enactments) Act 1876 Statute Law Revision Act 1878 Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878 Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879 Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881 Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883 Statute Law Revision Act 1887 Statute Law Revision Act 1888 Statute Law Revision Act 1890 Statute Law Revision Act 1891 Statute Law Revision Act 1892 Statute Law Revision Act 1893 Statute Law Revision Act 1894 Statute Law Revision Act 1898
Status: Partially repealed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Text of statute as originally enacted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 Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom statutes from 1707 to 1868 which had ceased to be in force or had become necessary.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.
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