Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008^[1]

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.
Citation	2008 c. 12
Introduced by	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and Michael Wills[2]
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Isle of Man
Dates
Royal assent	21 July 2008[3]
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed more than 250 Acts of Parliament in full, and more than 50 in part.

In January 2008 the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission jointly published their eighteenth Statute Law Repeals Report, which consisted largely of a draft bill which became this Act. The report recommended the repeal of statute law which the commissions considered "spent, obsolete, unnecessary or otherwise not now of practical utility".^[4] This Repeal Act was notable in particular as it repealed (except as it extends to Northern Ireland) the last remaining portion of the Six Acts, the Unlawful Drilling Act 1819, which was introduced after the Peterloo Massacre to prevent assemblies. ^[5]

See also[]

• Statute Law (Repeals) Act
• Statute Law Revision Act

References[]

• Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 1186.

External links[]

• Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the Act - from Hansard, at TheyWorkForYou