Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL]

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Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL]

Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL]
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A
Bill
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.
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:—
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Repeals and associated provisions
(1)
The enactments referred to in Schedule 1 are repealed to the extent specified in
the second column of that Schedule.
(2)
Schedule 2 (consequential and connected provisions) has effect.
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Extent
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(1)
This Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(2)
This Act also extends to the Isle of Man.
(3)
Subject to subsection (5), the repeals and amendments in Schedules 1 and 2
have the same extent as the enactments repealed or amended, except as
mentioned in the relevant entry.
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(4)
Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide—
(a)
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 or any
British overseas territory, and
(b)
that any provision of Schedule 2 specified in the Order shall on a date
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so specified extend to any of the Channel Islands or any British
overseas territory subject to any modification so specified.

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Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL]
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(5)
Except as provided by an order under subsection (4), this Act does not repeal
or amend any enactment so far as the enactment forms part of the law of a
country outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.
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Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008.
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Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL]
Schedule 1 — Repeals
Part 1 — Armed Forces
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Schedules
Schedule 1
Section 1(1)

Repeals
Part 1
Armed Forces
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group 1 - royal naval school

Reference
Extent of repeal

3 & 4 Vict. c.lxxxvi (1840) (Royal
The whole Act.

Naval School Act)

8 & 9 Vict. c.xxii (1845) (Royal
The whole Act.

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Naval School Act)

Royal Naval School
The whole Act.

Amendment Act 1851 (14 &

15 Vict. c.xxix)

23 & 24 Vict. c.civ (1860) (Royal
The whole Act.

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Naval School Act)

Royal Naval School (New
The whole Act.

Cross) Disused Chapel Site

Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c.viii)

group 2 - greenwich hospital
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Reference
Extent of repeal

Greenwich Hospital Act 1883
In section 3, the words “and Royal Naval

(46 & 47 Vict. c.32)
Artillery Volunteer Force”.

Greenwich Hospital Act 1942 (5
Section 1(3).

& 6 Geo.6 c.35)

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Greenwich Hospital Act 1947
The whole Act.

(10 & 11 Geo.6 c.5)

Greenwich Hospital Act 1967
Section 1(2).

(c.74)
Section 2.

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Schedule 1 — Repeals
Part 1 — Armed Forces
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group 3 - military lands

Reference
Extent of repeal

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Orders Confirmation Act

1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c.xxxvii)

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Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Orders Confirmation Act

1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c.xxv)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Order Confirmation (No.2)

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Act 1895 Session 2 (59 Vict.

Sess.2 c.xv)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Orders Confirmation Act

1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c.lxxxix)

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Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Orders Confirmation (No.2)

Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict.

c.ccxiv)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

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Order Confirmation Act 1899

(62 & 63 Vict. c.cxxxiii)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Order Confirmation Act 1900

(63 & 64 Vict. c.i)

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Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Orders Confirmation Act

1901 (1 Edw.7 c.xxxii)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Orders Confirmation (No.2)

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Act 1901 (1 Edw.7 c.clvii)

Naval Works Provisional Order
The whole Act.

Confirmation Act 1901 (1

Edw.7 c.clx)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

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Orders Confirmation (No.1)

Act 1902 (2 Edw.7 c.i)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Order Confirmation (No.2)

Act 1902 (2 Edw.7 c.lxxiii)

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Naval Works Provisional Order
The whole Act.

Confirmation Act 1903 (3

Edw.7 c.lxvii)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Orders Confirmation Act

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1903 (3 Edw.7 c.lxxxiv)

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Schedule 1 — Repeals
Part 1 — Armed Forces
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Reference
Extent of repeal

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

Order (1910) Confirmation

Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo.5 c.iv)

Military Lands Provisional
The whole Act.

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Order Confirmation Act 1912

(2 & 3 Geo.5 c.cxvii)

group 4 - general repeals

Reference
Extent of repeal

Chelsea and Kilmainham
Section 3.

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Hospitals Act 1826 (7 Geo.4
Sections 10 and 11.

c.16)
Section 13.

Section 23.

Section 27.

Section 31.

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Section 34.

In section 46, the words “, in case the same shall

amount to or exceed the sum of two hundred

pounds,”.

Sections 47 and 48.

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Army (Artillery, etc.) Pensions
The whole Act.

Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will.4 c.29)

Drouly Fund Act 1838 (1 & 2
The whole Act.

Vict. c.89)

Army Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict.
The whole Act.

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c.58)

Barracks Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict.
The whole Act.

c.25)

Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False
The whole Act.

Characters Act 1906 (6 Edw.7

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c.5)

Injuries in War (Compensation)
The whole Act.

Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo.5 c.30)

Injuries in War (Compensation)
The whole Act.

Act 1914 (Session 2) (5 & 6

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Geo.5 c.18)

Naval and Military War
The whole Act (except as it extends to the Isle of

Pensions &c. Act 1915 (5 & 6
Man).

Geo.5 c.83)

Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for
The whole Act.

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Land Settlement) Act 1916 (6

& 7 Geo.5 c.60)

War Pensions (Administrative
Section 1.

Provisions) Act 1919 (9 & 10

Geo.5 c.53)

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Admiralty Pensions Act 1921
Section 2(3).

(11 & 12 Geo.5 c.39)

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Schedule 1 — Repeals
Part 2 — County Gaols
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Reference
Extent of repeal

Finance Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo.6
Section 46.

c.23)

Polish Resettlement Act 1947
Section 7.

(10 & 11 Geo.6 c.19)

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Pensions (Increase) Act 1971
In Schedule 2, in Part 1, paragraph 36.

(c.56)

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981
In Schedule 2, paragraph 4.

(c.19)

Income Tax (Earnings and
Section 641(1)(e).

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Pensions) Act 2003 (c.1)

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44)
In Schedule 25, paragraph 14.

In Schedule 32, paragraph 152.

Part 2
County Gaols
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group 1 - buckinghamshire

Reference
Extent of repeal

10 Geo.2 c.10 (1736) (Aylesbury
The whole Act.

Gaol and Shire Hall: Rate in

Bucks Act)

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group 2 - cambridgeshire

Reference
Extent of repeal

1 Geo.4 c.lxxvii (1820) (Ely
The whole Act.

Sessions House and House of

Correction Act)

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7 & 8 Geo.4 c.cxi (1827)
The whole Act.

(Cambridge Gaol Act)

2 & 3 Vict. c.ix (1839)
The whole Act.

(Cambridge Gaol Act)

group 3 - cheshire
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Reference
Extent of repeal

28 Geo.3 c.82 (1788) (Chester
The whole Act.

Improvement Act)

47 Geo.3 Sess.2 c.vi (1807)
The whole Act.

(Chester Castle Gaol and

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other Buildings Act)

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Schedule 1 — Repeals
Part 2 — County Gaols
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group 4 - cumbria

Reference
Extent of repeal

17 Geo.3 c.54 (1776)
The whole Act.

(Westmorland Gaol, etc Act)

group 5 - devon
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Reference
Extent of repeal

26 Geo.2 c.57 (1753) (Debtors’
The whole Act.

Prison, Devonshire Act)

27 Geo.3 c.59 (1787) (Devon
The whole Act.

Gaol Act)

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50 Geo.3 c.lxxxv (1810) (Devon
The whole Act.

County Gaol Act)

58 Geo.3 c.li (1818) (Exeter Gaol
The whole Act.

Act)

Exeter Gaol Act 1863 (26 & 27
The whole Act.

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Vict. c.lxxiii)

group 6 - essex

Reference
Extent of repeal

13 Geo.3 c.35 (1772) (Essex Gaol
The whole Act.

Act)

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1 & 2 Geo.4 c.cii (1821) (Essex
The whole Act.

Gaols Act)

7 & 8 Geo.4 c.x (1827) (Essex
The whole Act.

Prisons Act)

group 7 - gloucestershire
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Reference
Extent of repeal

21 Geo.3 c.74 (1781) (Gloucester
Sections 1 to 40.

Gaol Act)
Sections 64 to 75.

Schedule.

25 Geo.3 c.10 (1785) (Gloucester
The whole Act.

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Gaol Act)

53 Geo.3 c.clxxx (1813)
The whole Act.

(Tewkesbury Gaol Act)

group 8 - greater london

Reference
Extent of repeal

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7 Geo.3 c.37 (1766) (Thames
Sections 4 to 10.

Embankment Act)