Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993^[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; and to correct a mistake in the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978.
Citation	1993 c. 50
Dates
Royal assent	5 November 1993
Commencement	5 November 1993
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Wholly repealed Acts Pound-breach Act 1843 Hosiery Act 1843 Crown Suits Act 1855 Summary Jurisdiction Act 1857 Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1866 Piracy Act 1698 Piracy Act 1721 Piracy Act 1744 Limited Penalties Act 1864 Land Settlement (Facilities) Amendment Act 1925 Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940 Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) (No.2) Act 1940 Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 Allotments Act 1832 Poor Allotments Management Act 1873 Allotments Extension Act 1882 Statute Law Revision (Substituted Enactments) Act 1876 Open Spaces Act 1887 Ordinances of Corporations Act 1503 Chartered Companies Act 1837 Chartered Companies Act 1884 Insurance Companies Act 1974 Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1859 Tithe Act 1891 Notification of Births (Extension) Act 1915 Adoption of Children Act 1949 Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1952 Public Health (Notification of Births) Act 1965 Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1765 46 Geo. 3. c. 79 1806 55 Geo. 3. c. 56 1815 Excise Permit Act 1832 Suez Canal (Shares) Act 1876 Inland Revenue Act 1880 Paymaster General Act 1889 Finance Act 1926 Military Aircraft (Loans) Act 1966 Rolls-Royce (Purchase) Act 1971 British Leyland Act 1975 Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 Shipbuilding Act 1982 Shipbuilding Act 1985 Industrial Development Act 1966 Industrial Development (Ships) Act 1970 Investment and Building Grants Act 1971 National Film Finance Corporation Act 1981 Film Levy Finance Act 1981 India Stock Transfer Act 1862 India Stock Certificate Act 1863 East India Unclaimed Stock Act 1885 Government of India (Amendment) Act 1916 East India Loans Act 1937 Indian Independence Act 1947 26 Hen. 8. c. 8 (1534) 26 Hen. 8. c. 9 (1534) 27 Hen. 8. c. 1 (1535) 29 Cha. 2. c. 4 (1677) London Wharves Act 1821 Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 18) Act 1914 6 Hen. 8. c. 16 (1514) Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782 Parliamentary Elections Act 1868 Ministry of Pensions Act 1916 Civil List Act 1936 Northern Ireland (Financial Provisions) Act 1972 Therapeutic Substances Act 1956 Forfeited Estates (Scotland) Act 1789 Beerhouse Act 1830 Crown Land (Windsor) Act 1839 Colewort Barracks Act 1860 Netley Hospital Act 1862 Crown Land (Windsor) Act 1862 Windsor Barracks Act 1867 Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company’s Act 1860 (Mistake Rectifying) Act 1860 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1866 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1866, No.2 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1868 No.2 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1871 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1873 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1875 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1880 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1882 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1883 Land Drainage Supplemental (No.2) Act 1883 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1892 Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1898 Land Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1911 Land Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1911 Land Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1911 Land Drainage (Lincoln West) (South District) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1912 ...
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It implemented recommendations contained in the fourteenth report on statute law revision,^[2] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

It repealed the whole of 159 Acts or Orders and portions of 462 others, passed from and after the year 1503.^[3]

Section 1 - Repeals and associated provisions

See section 6(1) of the Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997.

Section 4 - Short title and commencement

The majority of the act commenced upon royal assent.

The power conferred by section 4(3) (in relation to the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 and the Shipbuilding Act 1985) was fully exercised by article 2 of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1996 (SI 1996/509) (C 9)^[4]