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The Statute Law Revision Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 101) is an Act of the
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History

Whereas James Williams called this the first of the
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 ...
s, it was predated by the Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856. It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of a
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. This Act was repealed for the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 The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the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 Statute Law Revision Act 2007.


See also

*
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 ...


References


Further reading

*A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1861. Queen's Printer. East Harding Street, London. 1861. Page 582 et seq
Digitised copy
from
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External links


List of amendments and repeals in the Republic of Ireland
from the Irish Statute Book.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1861
as applicable to New Zealand, from the Parliamentary Counsel Office. United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1861 {{UK-statute-stub