The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided reform to the

statute law Statutory law or statute law is written law passed by a body of legislature. This is opposed to oral or customary law; or regulatory law promulgated by the executive or common law of the judiciary. Statutes may originate with national, state legi ...

in the areas of

administration of justice The administration of justice is the process by which the legal system of a government is executed. The presumed goal of such an administration is to provide justice for all those accessing the legal system. The phrase is also commonly used to d ...

ecclesiastical law Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is t ...

, education, finance,

Hereford and Worcester Hereford and Worcester was an English non-metropolitan county created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from the areas of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen, Stourbridge a ...

Inclosure Acts The Inclosure Acts, which use an archaic spelling of the word now usually spelt "enclosure", cover enclosure of open fields and common land in England and Wales, creating legal property rights to land previously held in common. Between 1604 and 1 ...

, Scottish Local Acts,

Slave Trade Act Slave Trade Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States that relates to the slave trade. The "See also" section lists other Slave Acts, laws, and international conventions which developed the c ...

s, as well as other miscellaneous items. This Act implemented recommendations contained in the sixteenth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Schedule 2

Paragraph 3 was repealed b
section 109(3)
of, an
Schedule 10
to the

Courts Act 2003 The Courts Act 2003 (c.39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom implementing many of the recommendations in Sir Robin Auld's (a Court of Appeal judgeReview of the Criminal Courtsin England and Wales (also known as the "Auld Review" ...

Repeals

Administration of Justice

Group 1 – Sheriffs

Group 2 - General Repeals

Ecclesiastical Law

Group 1 – Ecclesiastical Leases

Group 2 – Tithes

Education

Group 1 – Public Schools

Group 2 – Universities

Finance

Group 1 – Colonial Stock

Group 2 – Land Commission

Group 3 – Development of Tourism

Group 4 – Loan Societies

Group 5 – General Repeals

Hereford and Worcester

Inclosure Acts

Scottish Local Acts

Slave Trade Acts

* The

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire. It was passed by Earl Grey's reforming administrat ...

was

repeal A repeal (O.F. ''rapel'', modern ''rappel'', from ''rapeler'', ''rappeler'', revoke, ''re'' and ''appeler'', appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal; a repeal with a re-enactment is used to replace the law ...

ed in its entirety. (The repeal did not make slavery legal since it only applied to the British Empire, slavery having been illegal in Britain long before. Moreover, sections of the

Slave Trade Act 1824 The Slave Trade Act 1824 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to "amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade". Section 9 of this Act created a capital offence. The sentence was reduced to transportat ...

Slave Trade Act 1843 The Slave Trade Act 1843The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretati ...

and

Slave Trade Act 1873 The Slave Trade Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict c 88) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom "for consolidating with Amendments the Acts for carrying into effect Treaties for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade, and for other pu ...

continued in force and the

Human Rights Act 1998 The Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received royal assent on 9 November 1998, and came into force on 2 October 2000. Its aim was to incorporate into UK law the rights contained in the European Con ...

incorporates into British law Article 4 of the

European Convention on Human Rights The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by t ...

which prohibits holding people as slaves.

Statutes

Miscellaneous

Consequential and connected provisions

Slave Trade Act 1824 (c. 113)

Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (c. 47)

Public Schools Act 1868 (c. 118)

Slave Trade Act 1873 (c. 88)

Colonial Stock Acts 1877 (c. 59) and 1892 (c. 35)

Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (c. 22)

Fisheries Act 1891 (c. 37)

Finance Act 1931 (c. 28)

Science and Technology Act 1965 (c. 4)

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)

Clean Air Act 1993 (c. 11)

References

* Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 1050.

External links

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
as amended from the National Archives.
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
as originally enacted from the National Archives. {{Use dmy dates, date=February 2018 United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1998