| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing divers Acts and Parts of Acts which have ceased to be in force. |
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| Citation | 24 & 25 Vict. c. 101 |
| Introduced by | John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell (Lords) |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 August 1861 |
| Commencement | 6 August 1861[b] |
| Repealed | 19 November 1998 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Statute Law Revision Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 101) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first of the series of Statute Law Revision Acts.[1][2] It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of a revised edition of the statutes.[3] It repealed the whole or portions of 884 Acts,[4] passed between 11 Geo 3 (1771)[5] and 16 & 17 Vict (1853).[6]
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- ^ Williams, James (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ The Act 19 & 20 Vict c 64 has also been described the first Statute Law Revision Act: Ilbert, p 57.
- ^ The Statute Law Revision Act 1861, preamble
- ^ (1861) 25 The Justice of the Peace 641 (12 October 1861) [1]
- ^ The first Act in the Schedule is the Militia Act 1771 (11 Geo 3 c 32), passed 29 April 1771: 33 Journals of the House of Commons 357; Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3.
- ^ The final Act in the Schedule is the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance Act (1853) (16 & 17 Vict c 125), passed 20 August 1853: Paterson, Practical Statutes, 1853, p 463.