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for this Act was called the Sleeping Statutes Bill. This Act implemented recommendations made by the

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of 1854. This Act repealed 120 statutes, which had been described as "obsolete". Halsbury's Laws said that this Act was the first Act for

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.Ilbert, C P. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901. Reprinted by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2008. Page 57. This Act was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the

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References

*The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 19 & 20 Victoria, 1856. Queen's Printer. London. 1856
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