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relating to

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. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Law Reform Bill during its passage through

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. Law Reform Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to law reform.

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Australia

New South Wales *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 Western Australia *The Law Reform (Property, Perpetuities and Succession) Act 1962

Malaysia

*The

Law Reform (Eradication of Illicit Samsu) Act 1976 Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

*The

Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

New Zealand

*The Law Reform Act 1936 (No 31) *The Law Reform Act 1944 (No 18) *The Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 (No 33) *The

Law Reform Amendment Act 1996 Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

(No 130) *The Insurance Law Reform Act 1977 (No 14) *The

Insurance Law Reform Act 1985 Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

(No 117) *The Company Law Reform (Transitional Provisions) Act 1994 (No 16) *The Animals Law Reform Act 1989 (No 97) *The

Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 The Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 is a New Zealand law that broadly legalised consensual sex between men as well as anal sex between any parties including opposite-sex partners. It removed the provisions of the Crimes Act 1961 that criminalise ...

(No 33)

United Kingdom

England & Wales *The

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

(24 & 25 Geo 5 c 41) *The

Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act 1935 Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

(25 & 26 Geo 5 c 30) *The

Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 The Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which establishes the rights and liabilities of parties involved in frustrated contracts. It amends previous common law rules on the complete or par ...

(6 & 7 Geo 6 c 40) *The

Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 The Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which allows a judge to apportion liability for compensatory damages as he feels to be "just and equitable" between a tortfeasor and an injured pers ...

(8 & 9 Geo 6 c 28) *The

Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 The Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed during the Labour Attlee ministry, government of Clement Attlee. It improved the legal position of employees suffering f ...

(11 & 12 Geo 6 c 41) *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo 6 c 100) *The Law Reform (Enforcement of Contracts) Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz 2 c 34) *The

Law Reform (Limitation of Actions, etc.) Act 1954 Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

(2 & 3 Eliz 2 c 36) *The

Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1962 The Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1962 (c.48) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allows husbands and wives to sue each other under tort law. Originally covering both England and Wales and Scotland, the Scottish provisions ...

(10 & 11 Eliz 2 c 48) *The

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970 Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

(c 33) *The

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1971 Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

(c 43) *The Law Reform (Succession) Act 1995 (c 41) *The

Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996 The Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996 is a short Act of Parliament which abolished the year and a day rule in English law and Northern Irish law. The year and a day rule was an ancient rule of the common law which created a conclusive pre ...

(c 19) *The

Family Law Reform Act 1969 The Family Law Reform Act 1969 is an Act of Parliament amending various aspects of Family Law in English Law. The Act is in four parts. PART I – Reduction of Age of Majority and Related Provisions Part I deals with the reduction of the Age ...

(c 46) *The Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c 42) Scotland *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo 6 c 42) *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1949 *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966 (c 19) *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c 70) *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c 55) *The Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland) Act 1984 (c 15) *The

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

(c 73) *The Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c 9) *The

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990c 40 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom dealing with a variety of matters relating to Scottish law. Overview Amongst other things the legislation addresses: * regulation of ...

(c 40) Northern Ireland *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1937 (c 9) *The

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

(c 23) *The Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c 23) Northern Ireland Orders in Council The following

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are considered to be primary legislation: *The Family Law Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1250 (N.I.17)) *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order2005 (S.I. 2005/1452 (N.I.7)) *The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1945 (N.I.14))

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