Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969^[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, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and by making other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments.
Citation	1969 c. 52
Dates
Royal assent	22 October 1969
Commencement	1 January 1970[2]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Articuli super Cartas Queen Regent's Prerogative Act 1554 Lord Keeper Act 1562 Ship Money Act 1640 Parliament Act 1660 Attainder of the Regicides, etc. Act 1660 Articuli Cleri An Ordinance for the Clergy Privileges of Clergy Act 1492 Payment of Annates Act 1531 Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532 Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 Suppression of Monasteries Act 1540 Dissolution of Colleges Act 1545 Clergy Marriage Act 1548 Act of Uniformity 1551 Holy Days and Fasting Days Act 1551 Bulls, etc., from Rome Act 1571 Ordination of Ministers Act 1571 Confirmation of Grants (Explanation) Act 1592 Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1661 Act of Uniformity (Explanation) Act 1663 Toleration Act 1688 Quakers Act 1695 Advowsons Act 1708 Tithes and Church Rates Recovery Act 1714 Nonconformist Relief Act 1779 Lord Chancellor's Augmentation Act 1863 Cestui que vie Act 1540 Queen Consort Act 1540 Feigned Recoveries Act 1542 Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857 Copyhold Act 1894 Postponement of Enactments (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1939 Sunday Fairs Act 1448 Sunday Observance Act 1625 Sunday Observance Act 1627 Sunday Observance Act 1677 Sunday Observation Prosecution Act 1871 Marking Plate Act 1575 Distress Act 1275 Distress Act 1285 Keeping of Fairs Act 1328 Sales in Gross (London) Act 1405 Dating of Letters Patent Act 1439 Apprentices Act 1536 Distress Act 1554 Shop-books Evidence Act 1609 Crown Debts Act 1609 Crown Pre-emption of Lead Ore Act 1815 Naval Enlistment Act 1835 Admiralty Court Act 1840 St. Briavels Small Debts Court Act 1842 Naval Enlistment Act 1853 Public Health Act 1896 Finance Act 1897 Finance Act 1904 Public Health Act 1904 Finance Act 1929 Price Control and other Orders (Indemnity) Act 1951 Validation of Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1956 Warrants and Patents Act (Ireland) 1459
Amended by	Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974 (No. 3) Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969^[1] (c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It implemented recommendations contained in the first report on statute law revision^[3] made by the Law Commission.

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man^[4] on 25 July 1991.^[5]

Section 1 - Repeal of enactments

Refers to the schedules for the complete list of repealed laws and the extent of repeals.

This section was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Section 2 - Advowsons

Amends the Statute of Westminster 1285 to clarify the proceedings of Advowsons in case of Quare impedit.

Section 2(3) was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Section 3 - Rentcharges, etc., under Copyhold Act 1894

Defines the owner's rights for rent charges that survive the repeal of the Copyhold Act 1894.

Section 4 - Savings

Lists specific provisions that survive the repeals of the Sunday Fairs Act 1448, the Clergy Act 1533, the Appointment of Bishops Act 1533, the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533, the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534, and selected sections of the Act of Supremacy.

Section 4(3) was repealed by section 6(3) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974 (No. 3).

Section 5 - Provisions relating to Northern Ireland

Defines sections and schedules which do not apply to Northern Ireland unless confirmed by its Parliament, and which sections of Irish Church Act 1869 should survive the repeals.

The words "and so much of this Act as repeals the enactments mentioned in Parts III and IV of the Schedule", in section 5(1), were repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

The words from "but" onwards in section 5(1), and the words from "and" onwards in section 5(2), were repealed by section 41(1)(a) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

Section 6 - Application to Channel Island and Isle of Man

Defines that only the repeal of Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1940 applies to Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

This section was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule - Enactments repealed

The schedule was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Part I. Constitutional Enactments

Repeals most of Magna Carta (1297) except articles 1, 9, 29, and 37; also repeals the Lord Keeper Act 1562, the Ship Money Act 1640, and the Parliament Act 1660, among others.

Part II. Ecclesiastical Enactments

Repeals the Act of Supremacy (1558) except section 8, the Act of Uniformity 1548 except section 7, the Act of Uniformity 1558 except section 13, and various other enactments.

Part III. Law of Property Enactments

Repeals the Copyhold Act 1894 and various other enactments.

Part IV. Enactments relating to Sunday Observance

Repeals the Sunday Fairs Act 1448, the Sunday Observance Acts 1625 and 1677, and various other enactments.

Part V. Hallmarking Enactments

Part VI. Enactments relating to the Commonwealth

Part VII. Miscellaneous Enactments

Part VIII. Acts of the Parliament of Ireland

Part IX. Church Assembly Measures