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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976

1976 CHAPTER 16

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.

[27th May 1976]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Repeals and associated amendments. U.K.

F1(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)The enactments mentioned in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified (which are consequential on or otherwise made in connection with certain of the repeals in Part II (Alcoholism) of Schedule 1 to this Act) and the enactments mentioned in Part II of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified (which are consequential on other repeals made by this Act).

Textual Amendments

F1S. 1(1) repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of s. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

2 Savings.U.K.

(1)Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act (Schedule 1 Part XIII) of the M1Irish Free State Land Purchase (Loan Guarantee) Act 1924 and the M2East Africa Loans Act 1926—

(a)there shall continue to be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund any sums required by the Treasury for fulfilling the guarantees given under the said Acts and there shall continue to be paid into the Consolidated Fund any sums received by way of repayment of any sums so issued; and

(b)the Treasury shall continue to be under a duty to lay before both Houses of Parliament an account of any sums issued out of the Consolidated Fund for the purpose of the guarantee given under the said Act of 1924 as soon as may be after any sum is so issued.

(2)Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act (Schedule 1 Part XIII) of the M3Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1959—

(a)any schemes under that Act in force at the commencement of this Act shall, so far as then in force (that is to say, by virtue of section 1(3) of the M4Overseas Development and Service Act 1965, so far as they make provision for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of pensions, allowances or other benefits in respect of injuries of diseases, or aggravation of diseases, incurred by persons engaged in activities carried on for the purposes of such schemes) continue in force; and

(b)there shall continue to be paid into the Consolidated Fund any sums received by way of interest on, or in repayment of, any outstanding loans under that Act.

F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2S. 2(3) repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 2

Marginal Citations

3 Extent.U.K.

(1)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

(2)This Act does not repeal any enactment so far as the enactment forms part of the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, but Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that the repeal by this Act of any enactment specified in the Order shall on a date so specified extend to any of the Channel Islands F3. . ...

Textual Amendments

F3Words in s. 3(2) repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 2

4 Short title.U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976.

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

F4SCHEDULE 1U.K. Enactments Repealed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4Sch. 1 (Pt. I - Pt. XXI) repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX grp. 2

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C2The text of Sch. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

SCHEDULE 2U.K. Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3The text of Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Part IU.K. Alcoholism Amendments

M5The Inebriates Act 1898U.K.

Marginal Citations

In section 30 of the Inebriates Act 1898, for the words from “shall be” onwards substitute—

“the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

  • the Licensing Act 1902, section 6,

  • the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1903, section 71, . . . F5

  • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6,

(being enactments which operate by reference to the list of offences set out in the Schedule).”.

Textual Amendments

M6The Licensing Act 1902U.K.

Marginal Citations

In section 6(1) of the Licensing Act 1902, for the words from the beginning to “shall” substitute—

“Where a person is convicted of an offence mentioned in the First Schedule to the Inebriates Act 1898 and such person has, during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of the offence, been convicted on three occasions of an offence mentioned in the said Schedule, the court may”. . . . F7

Textual Amendments

Part IIU.K. Other Amendments

M7F8 The Civil Defence Act 1939U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8Sch. 2 Pt. II entry repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)

Marginal Citations

F9...

Textual Amendments

F9Sch. 2 Pt. II entry repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)

M8 The Enemy Property Act 1953U.K.

Marginal Citations

In section 4(1) of the Enemy Property Act 1953 after “custodian” in the first place where it occurs insert “of enemy property appointed under section 7 of the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act of 1939”)”. . . . F10 . . . F11

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