Statute_Law_(Repeals)_Act_1998

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998^[1]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments.
Citation	1998 c. 43
Dates
Royal assent	19 November 1998
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998

United Kingdom legislation

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided reform to the statute law in the areas of administration of justice, ecclesiastical law, education, finance, Hereford and Worcester, Inclosure Acts, Scottish Local Acts, Slave Trade Acts, as well as other miscellaneous items.

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This Act implemented^[2] recommendations contained in the sixteenth report on statute law revision,^[3] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

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The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act.

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Scottish Law Commission

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The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Sixteenth Report. Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill. Law Com 252. SLC 166. Digitised copy from the Law Commission.

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"Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998". 19 November 1998.

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"Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (repealed 19.11.1998) (c.73)".

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"Slave Trade Act 1824". 24 June 1824.

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"Slave Trade Act 1843". 24 August 1843.

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"Slave Trade Act 1873". 5 August 1873.

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"Human Rights Act 1998". 11 September 1998.

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Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
50 & 51 Vict. c. 55	Sheriffs Act 1887	In section 6(1), the words “the Lord High Treasurer, or if there is no Lord High Treasurer,”.
		Section 11.
		Section 16(2).
		Section 20(1).
		In section 20(3), the words “or is given to an officer of the sheriff by the sheriff,”.
		Section 20(4).
		Section 21.
		Section 22.
		Section 23(2).
		In section 27(1) the words “let, or take to ferm”.
		Section 28.
		In section 29(1) the words, “(c) lets go at large a prisoner who is not bailable; or”.
		In section 29(2) the words, “(a) withholds a prisoner bailable after he has offered sufficient security; or”.
		Section 30(2).
		Section 31.
		In section 33(4) the words “and save as regards the maintenance of men servants and the duration of office,”.
		Section 39 except paragraph (formerly proviso) (1)(c) and (d).
		Section 40(2).

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
37 Geo. 3. c. 70	Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797	The whole Act.
37 Geo. 3 c. 40 (Ir.)	Incitement to Disaffection Act (Ireland) 1797	The whole Act.
7 Geo. 4. c. 64	Criminal Law Act 1826	In section 28, the proviso.
7 Geo. 4. c. 64	Criminal Law Act 1826	In section 29, the words “, upon being paid for the same the sum of 25p and no more”.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 47	Metropolitan Police Act 1839	In section 76, the words from “on” onwards.
3 & 4 Vict. c. 84	Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1840	Section 6.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 30	Northern Ireland Act 1962	Section 25.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 30	Northern Ireland Act 1962	Schedule 2.
1967 c. 18 (N.I.)	Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967	In Schedule 1, paragraph 4.
1984 c. 27	Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984	Schedule 12.
1992 c. 53	Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992	In Schedule 2, paragraph 5.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
13 Eliz. 1. c. 10	Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1571	The whole Act.
14 Eliz. 1. c. 11	Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1572	The whole Act.
18 Eliz. 1. c. 11	Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1575	The whole Act.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 41	Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1800	The whole Act.
1964 c. 51	Universities and College Estates Act 1964	In section 1(1), from the beginning to “and”.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
1 & 2 Vict. c. 64	Tithe Act 1838	The whole Act.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 62	Tithe Act 1839	The whole Act except sections 1 and 37.
3 & 4 Vict. c. 15	Tithe Act 1840	The whole Act.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 54	Tithe Act 1842	The whole Act.
9 & 10 Vict. c. 73	Tithe Act 1846	The whole Act.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 104	Tithe Act 1847	The whole Act.
23 & 24 Vict. c. 93	Tithe Act 1860	The whole Act except section 24.
41 & 42 Vict. c. 42	Tithe Act 1878	The whole Act.
48 & 49 Vict. c. 32	Tithe Rentcharge Redemption Act 1885	The whole Act.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 54	Tithe Act 1918	The whole Act.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 18	Settled Land Act 1925	Section 73(1)(xvi).
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 24	Universities and College Estates Act 1925	Section 26(1)(xiv).
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 87	Tithe Act 1925	The whole Act.
18 & 19 Geo. 5 No. 2	Tithe (Administration of Trusts) Measure 1928	The whole Measure.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. 43	Tithe Act 1936	Section 30 and Schedule 6.
1963 c. 14	Corn Rents Act 1963	Section 2.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
31 & 32 Vict. c. 118	Public Schools Act 1868	In section 5,the words “shall be a body corporate, with perpetual succession and a common seal, and”.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 58	Public Schools Act 1869	The whole Act.
34 & 35 Vict. c. 60	Public Schools Act 1871	The whole Act.
36 & 37 Vict. c. 41	Public Schools (Shrewsbury and Harrow Schools Property) Act 1873	The whole Act.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
24 & 25 Vict. c. 82	Durham University Act 1861	The whole Act.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 48	Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1877	Sections 52 to 55.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 45	Victoria University Act 1888	The whole Act.
2 Edw. 7. c. 14	University of Wales Act 1902	The whole Act.
4 Edw. 7. c. 11	University of Liverpool Act 1904	The whole Act.
4 Edw. 7. c. 12	Leeds University Act 1904	The whole Act.
9 Edw. 7. c. xlii	University of Bristol Act 1909	Section 9.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 4	Sheffield University Act 1914	The whole Act.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 33	Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923	In section 7(1), the words “After the cesser of the powers of the Commissioners,”.
		In section 7(2), the words “After the cesser of the powers of the Commissioners,”.
		In section 7(3), the words “other than the section numbered thirty-five therein”.
		In section 8(2), the words “, whether by the Commissioners or”.
		In the Schedule, paragraphs 6 to 11, 33, 35 and 56.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiv	University of Reading Act 1926	Section 7.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. xi	University of Nottingham Act 1949	Section 7.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. iv	University of Southampton Act 1953	Section 7.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
40 & 41 Vict. c. 59	Colonial Stock Act 1877	The whole Act.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 43	Forged Transfers Act 1891	Section 5.
55 & 56 Vict. c. 35	Colonial Stock Act 1892	The whole Act.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 5	Colonial Development Act 1929	The whole Act.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 100	Government and other Stocks (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939	In section 1(1), the words “in a register kept in Great Britain under the Colonial Stock Act 1877,”.
		In section 1(2), the words “the registrar under the Colonial Stock Act 1877,”.
		In section 1(4), the words “the registrar under the Colonial Stock Act 1877,”.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 1	Colonial Stock Act 1948	The whole Act.
SI 1953/1199	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Constitution) Order in Council 1953	Section 13(2)(f).
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 41	Ghana (Consequential Provision) Act 1960	Section 1(3).
SI 1960/969	Ghana (Consequential Provision) (Colonial Stock Acts) Order in Council 1960	The whole Order.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 52	Cyprus Act 1960	In the Schedule, paragraph 9.
SI 1963/2085	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963	Section 16(8).
1973 c. 27	Bahamas Independence Act 1973	In Schedule 2, paragraph 9.
1978 c. 15	Solomon Islands Act 1978	In the Schedule, paragraph 7.
1978 c. 20	Tuvalu Act 1978	In Schedule 2, paragraph 7.
1979 c. 27	Kiribati Act 1979	In the Schedule, paragraph 8.
1980 c. 2	Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980	In the Schedule, paragraph 2.
SI 1980/701	Zimbabwe (Independence and Membership of the Commonwealth) (Consequential Provisions) Order 1980	Article 5.
1981 c. 52	Belize Act 1981	In Schedule 2, paragraph 7.
1982 c. 41	Stock Transfer Act 1982	In Schedule 2, paragraph 6.
1983 c. 20	Mental Health Act 1983	In Schedule 3, the reference to the Colonial Stock Act 1877.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 28	Finance Act 1931	Section 28(6).
1967 c. 1	Land Commission Act 1967	The whole Act.
1967 c. 86	Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967	Section 72.
1967 c. 88	Leasehold Reform Act 1967	Section 24(2).
1968 c. 13	National Loans Act 1968	In Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Land Commission Act 1967.
1968 c. 44	Finance Act 1968	Section 40.
1969 c. 32	Finance Act 1969	Sections 43 to 49.
1969 c. 48	Post Office Act 1969	In Schedule 4, in Part II, paragraphs 84, 93(1)(xxvi), 93(3) and 93(4)(f).
1969 c. 48	Post Office Act 1969	In Schedule 9, paragraph 27(10).
1971 c. 18	Land Commission (Dissolution) Act 1971	The whole Act.
1988 c. 50	Housing Act 1988	In Schedule 17, in Part II, paragraph 91.
1990 c. 11	Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990	In Schedule 2, paragraph 1.
1994 c. 21	Coal Industry Act 1994	Section 68(2)(d)(iii).
1994 c. 21	Coal Industry Act 1994	In Schedule 9, paragraph 11.
1994 c. 36	Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994	In Schedule 1, paragraph 4.
1995 c. 25	Environment Act 1995	In Schedule 10, paragraph 1.
1997 c. 11	Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997	In Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 12.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
1969 c. 51	Development of Tourism Act 1969	Part II.
		In section 19(2), the words “and to the provisions of Part II” and the words “or that Part” wherever they occur.
		Schedules 3 and 4.
1973 c. 65	Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973	In Part II of Schedule 27, paragraph 194.
1982 c. 52	Industrial Development Act 1982	In Part II of Schedule 2, paragraph 5.
1985 c. 9	Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985	In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Development of Tourism Act 1969.
SI 1990/776	Local Government Finance (Repeals, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 1990	In Part I of Schedule 3, paragraph 13.
1992 c. 14	Local Government Finance Act 1992	In Schedule 13, paragraph 29.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
3 & 4 Vict. c. 110	Loan Societies Act 1840	The whole Act.
1965 c. 32	Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965	In Part I of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Loan Societies Act 1840.
1965 c. 32	Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965	In Schedule 3, the entry relating to the Loan Societies Act 1840.
1985 c. 51	Local Government Act 1985	In Schedule 8, the entry relating to the Loan Societies Act 1840.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
42 & 43 Vict. c. 58	Public Offices Fees Act 1879	Section 8(2).
1965 c. 74	Superannuation Act 1965	In section 38(2)(a) and (b), the words “or of the Isle of Man”.
1977 c. 3	Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977	Section 3(5).
1995 c. 4	Finance Act 1995	Section 160.
1997 c. 16	Finance Act 1997	Section 111.

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
14 Cha. 2. c. 34 (1662)	An Act for the repairing of Bengeworth bridge in the county of Worcester.	The whole Act.
11 Geo. 2. c. 5 (1737)	An Act for taking down and rebuilding the church of the parish of All Saints in the city of Worcester.	The whole Act.
12 Geo. 2. c. 4 (1738)	An Act to enable the inhabitants of the parish of Saint Nicholas in the city of Worcester to raise money for discharging the debts they have contracted in rebuilding their parish church.	The whole Act.
9 Geo. 3. c. 84 (1769)	An Act for building a bridge at Worcester over the river Severn, and for opening convenient avenues to the said bridge.	The whole Act.
19 Geo. 3. c. 42 (1779)	An Act to enable the trustees for putting in execution an Act [9 Geo. 3. c. 84] to finish and complete the said bridge, and to carry the purposes of the said Act into execution.	The whole Act except section 9.
19 Geo. 3. c. 42 (1779)		Section 9 from “shall hereafter wilfully or negligently deface” to “The Bargeman’s Arch), or”; and from “or shall wilfully or negligently drive” to “leading to the same;”.
22 Geo. 3. c. 112 (1782)	An Act for repairing and widening the roads from a place called The Hardwicke, in the parish of Clifford, to Windmill Hill, and from Vowchurch to Pontrilas, in the county of Hereford.	The whole Act.
25 Geo. 3. c. 94 (1785)	An Act for repairing, new pewing, seating, and erecting galleries, and making other alterations and additions in and to the parish church of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester.	The whole Act.
35 Geo. 3. c. 78 (1795)	An Act for building a bridge over the river Severn, at Bewdley, in the County of Worcester, and for opening convenient avenues thereto.	The whole Act except section 27.
35 Geo. 3. c. 78 (1795)		Section 27 from “shall negligently deface,” to “arches of the said bridge, or”; and from “or shall drive” to “avenues leading thereto,”.
35 Geo. 3. c. 133 (1795)	An Act to amend and render effectual so much of an Act of the twenty-eighth year of His present Majesty, as relates to improving the entrance into the city of Worcester, from the London and Upton roads.	The whole Act.
48 Geo. 3. c. cxlviii (1808)	An Act for inclosing lands in the borough of Leominster, in the county of Hereford, and in the township of Luston, in the parish of Eye, in the said county; and for paving and otherwise improving the streets and other public places within the town of Leominster, in the said county.	The whole Act.
54 Geo. 3. c. ccxviii (1814)	An Act for taking down the old church, tower and steeple of the parish of Ombersley, in the county of Worcester, and erecting a new church, and enlarging the church yard; and also, for building a workhouse for the poor of the said parish.	The whole Act except section 32.
54 Geo. 3. c. ccxviii (1814)		Section 32 from “and that until” to “the said old church;”.
55 Geo. 3. c. ix (1815)	An Act for erecting a shire hall, courts of justice, and other buildings, for public purposes, and for providing suitable accommodations for His Majesty’s justices of assize, in and for the county of Hereford.	The whole Act.
4 Geo. 4. c. xxxii (1823)	An Act for altering and enlarging the powers of two Acts [9 Geo.3 c.84 and 19 Geo.3 c.42], for building and completing a bridge at Worcester over the river Severn, and for opening convenient avenues thereto.	The whole Act except sections 35, 39 and 40.
5 Geo. 4. c. lxvii	Evesham Improvement Act 1824	The whole Act except sections 66, 95 and 96 and Schedules A, B and C.
6 Geo. 4. c. lx (1825)	An Act for building a bridge over the river Wye, at a place called The Kerne, in the county of Hereford, and for making convenient roads, avenues and approaches thereto.	The whole Act except sections 2 and 3.
7 Geo. 4. c. lix (1826)	An Act for building a bridge over the river Severn, at or near Holt Fleet, in the parishes of Holt and Ombersley in the county of Worcester; and for making approaches to such bridge.	The whole Act except sections 48, 49 and 107.
7 Geo. 4. c. lix (1826)		Section 107 from “if any person shall ride upon any footpath” to “rails, or fences thereof; or”; and from “or shall haul or draw” to “setting down of any passenger,”.
10 Geo. 4. c. cii (1829)	An Act for lighting, watching, paving, cleansing, and improving the streets, highways, and places within the town and borough of Kington in the county of Hereford.	The whole Act.
1 & 2 Will. 4. c. xlviii (1831)	An Act for erecting a county hall and courts of justice, and also for providing accommodation for His Majesty’s justices of assize, in and for the county of Worcester.	The whole Act.
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. i (1835)	An Act for the improvement of the high street in the borough of Ledbury in the county of Hereford.	The whole Act.
7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. iii (1837)	An Act to amend and enlarge the powers of an Act [1 & 2 Will. 4 c. xlviii].	The whole Act.
1 & 2 Vict. c. xiv (1838)	An Act to amend an Act [48 Geo. 3. c. cxlviii].	The whole Act.
3 & 4 Vict. c. cxxv (1840)	An Act to amend and render more effectual, so far as relates to the Lord Scudamore’s charity monies, the provisions of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, for improving the city of Hereford, and for other purposes connected with the said city.	Section 29.
4 & 5 Vict. c. lxxii (1841)	An Act for better assessing and collecting the poor rates in the borough of Kidderminster in the county of Worcester.	The whole Act.
9 & 10 Vict. c. cxxiv (1846)	An Act for paving, cleansing, draining and improving the town of Bromsgrove, for opening a new street therein and in the parish of Stoke Prior, both in the county of Worcester, and for the better assessing and collecting the poor, church and highway rates within the parish of Bromsgrove.	The whole Act.
12 & 13 Vict. c. xii	Kidderminster Union Small Tenements Rating Act 1849	The whole Act.
14 & 15 Vict. c. xcvi	Malvern Improvement Act 1851	The whole Act except sections 2, 14, 36, 50 and 62 and the Schedule.
16 & 17 Vict. c. xvi	Evesham Bridge Act 1853	The whole Act.
16 & 17 Vict. c. lxxvii	Leominster Markets and Fairs Act 1853	The whole Act except sections 1 to 3, 5, 24 to 26, 28, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 49, 50 and 51.
17 & 18 Vict. c. xxxi	Hereford Improvement Act 1854	The whole Act except sections 1, 3 to 5, 7, 12, 20, 21, 28 to 31, 43, 47, 48, 51, 52, 66, 67 and 103 and Schedule A.
18 & 19 Vict. c. v	Hoarwithy Bridge Act 1855	The whole Act except sections 2 and 25 to 28.
18 & 19 Vict. c. clxxix	Hereford Improvement Act 1854 (Correction of Oversight) Act 1855	The whole Act.
20 & 21 Vict. c. xlviii	Fownhope and Holme Lacy Bridge Act 1857	The whole Act except sections 1 and 34.
21 & 22 Vict. c. xxxi	Malvern Improvement Amendment Act 1858	The whole Act except sections 1 and 9 to 13.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 39	Local Government Supplemental Act 1861	Section 4.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 39	Local Government Supplemental Act 1861	In the Schedule, the order relating to Bromsgrove.
26 & 27 Vict. c. 32	Local Government Supplemental Act 1863	In the Schedule, the order relating to Bromsgrove.

Statute_Law_(Repeals)_Act_1998

Schedule 2

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

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)

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