The Statute Law Revision Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz 2 c 68) was an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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This Act was repealed by section 1 of, and Part XI of the Schedule to the
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It implemented recommendations contained in the fifth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. It repealed 54 Ac ...
.
The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the
Isle of Man
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on 25 July 1991.
The effect of this Act is set out in the Report of the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills dated 24 June 1959.
[John Burke (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1959. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1959.]
Section 3 - Saving for powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland
This section was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I o
Schedule 6to, the
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
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Acts of Parliament repealed by this Act
Miscellaneous
Army prize and savings bank
Colonial and other loans
Legal procedure
Road and rail transport
See also
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Statute Law Revision Act
Statute Law Revision Act (with its variations) is a stock short title which has been used in Antigua, Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Ghana, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom, for Acts with the purpose of statute l ...
.
References
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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 ...
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*The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures 1959. HMSO. London. 1959. Page 1128.
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HC Deb vol 609, col
1719 to 1720
External links
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1959
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