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Interpretation Act 1889

Act of the Parliament of the United KingdomStatus: RepealedHistory of passage through ParliamentRecords of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from HansardText of statute as originally enactedThe Interpretation Act 1889 ( c. 63) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to statutory construction and provided definitions to shorten the language used in acts of Parliament.In Northern Ireland, Section 48(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 provided that without prejudice to 48(1) of that act, the Interpretation Act 1889 was to cease to apply to the interpretation of enactments.

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