Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to provide for 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 so far as their effect is preserved, are no longer of practical utility.
Citation	1973 c. 39
Dates
Royal assent	18 July 1973
Commencement	18 July 1973[b]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Fully revoked acts Suing in Forma Pauperis Act 1495 London Butchers Act 1532 Translation of Bible, etc. into Welsh Act 1562 Bridges Act 1670 Bank of England Act 1696 Riot Act 1714 Bank of England Act 1741 Treason Act 1746 Murder Act 1751 Quebec Finance Act 1774 Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 Bank of England Act 1800 Hop Trade Act 1800 Malicious Damage Act 1812 Prisoners of War (Escape) Act 1812 Bridges (Scotland) Act 1813 Bank of England (Advance) Act 1816 Malicious Damage (Scotland) Act 1816 Pillory Abolition Act 1816 Fees for Pardons Act 1818 Commissariat Accounts Act 1821 Additional Places of Worship in the Highlands Act 1823 Church of Scotland Act 1824 Leasing-making (Scotland) Act 1825 Consular Advances Act 1825 Fraudulent Bankrupts (Scotland) Act 1827 Criminal Law (Scotland) Act 1829 Colonial Offices Act 1830 Bank of England Act 1833 Demise of the Crown Act 1837 West Indian Prisons Act 1838 Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1847 Colonial Bishops Act 1852 Joint Stock Banks Act 1856 Foreign Law Ascertainment Act 1861 Tramways (Scotland) Act 1861 Annoyance Jurors, Westminster Act 1861 South Africa Offences Act 1863 Colonial Letters Patent Act 1863 Isle of Man Harbours Amendment Act 1864 Westminster Bridge Act 1864 Isle of Man Disafforestation (Compensation Payment) Act 1865 Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Orders Confirmation Act 1869 (No. 2) Australian Colonies Duties Act 1873 Public Schools (Eton College Property) Act 1873 Straits Settlements Offences Act 1874 Public Entertainments Act 1875 Bishopric of St. Albans Act 1875 Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1875 Canada Copyright Act 1875 Bishopric of Truro Act 1876 South Africa Act 1877 Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1878 Roads Amendment Act 1880 Highway Rate Assessment and Expenditure Act 1882 Metropolitan Police Act 1884 Taxes (Regulation of Remuneration) Act 1891 Appeal (Forma Pauperis) Act 1893 Colonial Officers (Leave of Absence) Act 1894 Bishopric of Bristol Amendment Act 1894 Australian Colonies Duties Act 1895 Bishopric of Bristol Amendment Act 1896 Metropolis Water Act 1899 Labour Bureaux (London) Act 1902 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1904 Bishoprics of Southwark and Birmingham Act 1904 London Institution (Transfer) Act 1912 Bishoprics of Sheffield, Chelmsford, and for the County of Suffolk Act 1913 Bishoprics of Bradford and Coventry Act 1918 Canals (Continuance of Charging Powers) Act 1924 Anglo-Italian Treaty (East African Territories) Act 1925 Wireless Telegraphy (Explanation) Act 1925 Wireless Telegraphy (Blind Persons Facilities) Act 1926 Straits Settlements and Johore Territorial Waters (Agreement) Act 1928 Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act 1929 Dindings Agreement (Approval) Act 1934 Coal (Registration of Ownership) Act 1937 Prevention of Violence (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 Isle of Man (War Legislation) Act 1939 Execution of Trusts (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 Treachery Act 1940 Confirmation of Executors (War Service) (Scotland) Act 1940 Diplomatic Privileges (Extension) Act 1941 Colonial War Risks Insurance (Guarantees) Act 1941 Financial Powers (U.S.A. Securities) Act 1941 Coal (Concurrent Leases) Act 1942 Guardianship (Refugee Children) Act 1944 Camps Act 1945 Malta (Reconstruction) Act 1947 Cotton (Centralised Buying) Act 1947 Agriculture (Emergency Payments) Act 1947 Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1948 Coal-Mining (Subsidence) Act 1950 Coal Industry Act 1951 Cotton Act 1954 Wireless Telegraphy (Validation of Charges) Act 1954 Republic of South Africa (Temporary Provisions) Act 1961 Control of Liquid Fuel Act 1967
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973^[a] (c. 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which implemented recommendations contained in the fourth report on statute law revision,^[1] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.^[2]

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[3]

The Act

Section 2

Amendments

In section 2(1), the words from "but nothing" onwards were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XIII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977. In that section, the words ", except as provided by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to this Act" were repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

In section 2(2), the words from "or the Isle of Man" to the end were repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Orders under this section

The power conferred by section 2(2) was exercised by

• The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (Colonies) Order 1976 (SI 1976/54)
• The Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1692).

The Orders in Council made under section 2(2) have lapsed because of the repeal made to that section by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.^[4]

Schedule 1

This Schedule, except for Parts II, VI and XI and the savings specified at the end of those Parts, was repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule 2

In paragraph 2(2), the words from "but nothing" onwards were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part XIII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977. Paragraph 2 was repealed by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Paragraph 3 was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.

Paragraph 4 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Group 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004.