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. It also prepared the bills for

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s up to, and including, the Statute Law Revision Act 1966. The committee was appointed in 1868 by

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LC. In autumn 1947, the Committee was reconstituted by the

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LC and given the following terms of reference: :To consider the steps necessary to bring the

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up to date by consolidation, revision, and otherwise, and to superintend the publication and indexing of statutes, revised statutes, and statutory instruments. The committee was replaced in 1991 by the Advisory Committee on Statute Law.'' Halsbury's Laws of England'' Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Note 1 to paragraph 1251 at page 741.

References

* Ilbert, Sir Courtney Peregrine.

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External links

Parliamentary Archives, Statute Law Committee Papers
Law of the United Kingdom