The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c 16) is an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...

. This Act was partly in force in

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at the end of 2010. It implemented recommendations contained in the seventh report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Section 1 - Repeals and associated amendments

Section 1(1) was repealed by Group 2 o
Part IX
of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Section 2 - Savings

Section 2(3) was repealed by Group 2 o
Part IX
of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Section 3 - Extent

In section 3(2), the words from "or Isle of Man" to the end were repealed by Group 2 o
Part IX
of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998. The power conferred by section 3(2) was exercised by *The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (Colonies) Order 1979 (SI 1979/111) *The Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1692). The Orders in Council made under section 3(2) have lapsed because of the repeal made to that section by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 793.

Schedule 1 - Enactments repealed

This Schedule was repealed by Group 2 o
Part IX
of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule 2 - Amendments

Part I

In the entry relating to the

Inebriates Act 1898 The Inebriates Act 1898 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which came into force in 1898. The Inebriates Act 1898 was directly due to the Jane Cakebread case. It allowed non-criminal inebriates to be admitted to reformatories f ...

, the words "and the

Licensing (Scotland) Act 1959 A license (or licence) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit). A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...

, section 160" were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XVII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978. The entry relating to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1903 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XIX of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977.

Part II

The entry relating to the

Civil Defence Act 1939 Civil may refer to: * Civic virtue, or civility *Civil action, or lawsuit * Civil affairs *Civil and political rights * Civil disobedience *Civil engineering * Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism *Civilian, someone not a m ...

was repealed by section 32(2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the

Civil Contingencies Act 2004 The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes provision about civil contingencies. It also replaces former Civil Defence and Emergency Powers legislation of the 20th century. Background to ...

. The entry relating to the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1955 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XIX of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977. The entry relating to the Protection of Birds Act 1967 was repealed by section 73(1) of, and Part II of Schedule 17 to, the

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom implemented to comply with European Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds. In short, the act gives protection to native species (especia ...

References

Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Measur ...

. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 792. *The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1976. HMSO. London. 1977. Part I. Page 155. *Peter Allsop (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1976. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & sons. London. W Green & son. Edinburgh. 1976. Volume 1. * HL Deb vol 366, co
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External links

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976
as amended from the National Archives.
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976
as originally enacted from the National Archives. {{UK legislation United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1976