The Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) ( 37 & 38 Vict. c. 96) is an Act of the

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. It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the

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then in progress. This Act was repealed for the

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by Group 1 o
Part IX
of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the

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on 25 July 1991.The

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, section 4(b) This Act was retained for the

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b
section 2(2)(a)
of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the

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Section 2

This section provided that the Statute Law Revision Act 1874 was to be read and construed as if, in the entry in the Schedule to that Act relating to the

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(7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 88), the words "Section Six" and "Section Seven" had been substituted for the words "Section Four" and "Section Five" respectively. This section was repealed by the

Statute Law Revision Act 1894 The Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 56) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This Act was repealed for the United Kingdom by Group 1 oPart XVIof Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993. The enactments which ...

(57 & 58 Vict c 56).

Schedule

The Schedule to this Act was repealed by the

(57 & 58 Vict c 56).

References

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, *Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. ''The Law Reports: The Public General Statutes passed in the Thirty-Seventh and Thirty-Eighth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1874.'' London. 1874. Pages 584 et seq
Digitised copy
from

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*List of amendments and repeals in the Republic of Ireland from th
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Section 2

Schedule

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References

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