The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Background The act implemented recommendations contained in the third report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 172 enactments, listed in parts I to IX of the schedule to the act.
Part I: Enactments relating to Irish peers +Part I — Enactments relating to Irish peersCitationShort titleExtent of repeal39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67Union with Ireland Act 1800In Article IV of the Treaty of Union as set out in section 1, the first paragraph; the third paragraph; in the fourth paragraph, the words from " unless he " to " United Kingdom " and the words from " nor be " onwards; in the ninth paragraph (that is, the paragraph beginning with the words " That when his Majesty "), the words " lords temporal and ", in both places where they occur; and in the last paragraph, the words from the beginning to the words " Great Britain; and " where those words first occur. Section 2 from the words " Whereas it is agreed " to " the place so vacant " and from the words " For the due election of the persons to be chosen " to " shall be deemed the peer elected " where those words secondly occur.20 & 21 Vict. c. 33Representative Peers (Ireland) Act 1857The whole act.45 & 46 Vict. c. 26Election of Representative Peers (Ireland) Act 1882The whole act.Acts of Parliament of Ireland40 Geo. 3. c. 29 (I)Parliamentary Representation Act (Ireland) 1800The preamble. Sections 1 and 4.40 Geo. 3. c. 38 (I)Act of Union (Ireland) 1800In Article IV of the Treaty of Union as set out in section 1, the first paragraph; the third paragraph; in the fourth paragraph, the words from " unless he " to " united kingdom " and the words from " nor be " onwards; in the ninth paragraph (that is, the paragraph beginning with the words " That when his Majesty "), the words " lords temporal and ", in both places where they occur; and in the last paragraph, the words from the beginning to the words " Great Britain; and " where those words first occur. Section 2 from the words " Whereas it is agreed " to " the place so vacant ". Section 5.
Part II: Ecclesiastical enactments +Part II — Ecclesiastical enactmentsCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal29 Cha. 2. c. 8Augmentation of Benefices Act 1677The Augmentation of Benefices Act 1677.The whole act.13 Ann. c. 11Simony Act 1713The Simony Act 1713.The whole act.24 Geo. 2. c. 23Calendar (New Style) Act 1750The Calendar (New Style) Act 1750.In each of the annexed calendars for the month, the words " with the Table of Lessons " and the Table of Lessons.5 Geo. 3. c. 17Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1765The Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1765.The whole act.17 Geo. 3. c. 53Clergy Residences Repair Act 1776The Clergy Residences Repair Act 1776.Section 14.53 Geo. 3. c. 127Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1813The Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1813.The whole act.54 Geo. 3. c. 170Poor Relief Act 1814The Poor Relief Act 1814.The whole act.6 Geo. 4. c. 8Glebe Exchange Act 1825The Glebe Exchange Act 1825.Section 3.7 Geo. 4. c. 66Clergy Residence Act 1826The Clergy Residence Act 1826.The whole act.1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 45Augmentation of Benefices Act 1831The Augmentation of Benefices Act 1831.The whole act.5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 62Statutory Declarations Act 1835The Statutory Declarations Act 1835.Section 9.1 & 2 Vict. c. 20Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1838The Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1838.Section 21.1 & 2 Vict. c. 23Parsonages Act 1838The Parsonages Act 1838.Section 12.1 & 2 Vict. c. 106Pluralities Act 1838The Pluralities Act 1838.Sections 104 and 105. Schedule 1.5 & 6 Vict. c. 4Bishoprics, etc., in West Indies Act 1842An Act to provide for the increase of the number of bishoprics and archdeaconries in the West Indies, and to amend the several Acts relating thereto.The whole act.17 & 18 Vict. c. 84Augmentation of Benefices Act 1854The Augmentation of Benefices Act 1854.The whole act.26 & 27 Vict. c. 36London Diocese Act 1863The London Diocese Act 1863.The whole act.28 & 29 Vict. c. 68Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Superannuation) Act 1865The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Superannuation) Act 1865.The whole act.28 & 29 Vict. c. 69Parsonages Act 1865The Parsonages Act 1865.Section 5.33 & 34 Vict. c. 89Queen Anne's Bounty (Superannuation) Act 1870The Queen Anne's Bounty (Superannuation) Act 1870.The whole act.44 & 45 Vict. c. 25Incumbents and Benefices Loans Extension Act 1881The Incumbents and Benefices Loans Extension Act 1881.The whole act.4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 5Superannuation (Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Queen Anne's Bounty) Act 1914The Superannuation (Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Queen Anne's Bounty) Act 1914.The whole act.23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 47Superannuation (Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Queen Anne's Bounty) Act 1933The Superannuation (Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Queen Anne's Bounty) Act 1933.The whole act.14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 39Common Informers Act 1951The Common Informers Act 1951.In the Schedule, the entries relating to section 10 of the Act of Uniformity 1662 and section 9 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1813.7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72Mental Health Act 1959The Mental Health Act 1959.In Schedule 5, the entries relating to section 14 of the Clergy Residences Repair Act 1776, sections 1 and 3 of the Clergy Residence Act 1826 and section 12 of the Parsonages Act 1838.Church Assembly Measure1963 No. 2Cathedrals Measure 1963The Cathedrals Measure 1963.In Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1765.
Part III: Enactments relating to banking +Part III — Enactments relating to bankingCitationShort titleExtent of repeal55 Geo. 3. c. 184Stamp Act 1815The following provisions in their application to England and Wales:— Sections 24, 27 and 28. Part I of the Schedule.7 Geo. 4. c. 6Bank Notes Act 1826Section 4. In section 5, the words from " and which " to " Majesty ".7 & 8 Vict. c. 32Bank Charter Act 1844Sections 23 and 24. Schedules (B) and (C).8 & 9 Vict. c. 38Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845Section 19.17 & 18 Vict. c. 83Stamp Act 1854The whole act in its application to England and Wales.19 & 20 Vict. c. 20Bankers' Compositions Act 1856The whole act.26 & 27 Vict. c. 105Promissory Notes Act 1863The whole act.27 & 28 Vict. c. 20Promissory Notes (Ireland) Act 1864The whole act.12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 50Expiring Laws Act 1922In Schedule 1, the entries relating to the Promissory Notes Act 1863 and the Promissory Notes (Ireland) Act 1864.
Part IV: Enactments relating to the payment of annuities, &c. +Part IV — Enactments relating to the payment of annuities, &c.CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal37 & 38 Vict. c. 12East India Annuity Funds Act 1874The East India Annuity Funds Act 1874.The whole act.41 & 42 Vict. c. 46Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn (Establishment) Act 1878The Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn (Establishment) Act 1878.The whole act.41 & 42 Vict. c. 47Elders' Widows' Fund (India) Act 1878The Elders' Widows' Fund (India) Act 1878.The whole act.48 & 49 Vict. c. 24Annuity for Princess Beatrice Act 1885An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice Victoria Feodore.The whole act.58 & 59 Vict. c. 10Mr. Speaker's Retirement Act 1895Mr. Speaker's Retirement Act 1895.The whole act.60 & 61 Vict. c. 11Regular and Elders' Widows' Funds Act 1897The Regular and Elders' Widows' Funds Act 1897.The whole act.26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 2Government of India Act 1935The Government of India Act 1935.In section 274, the words " the East India Annuity Funds Act 1874 ". Section 284.4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 11Sudan (Special Payments) Act 1955The Sudan (Special Payments) Act 1955.In the title, the words from " to provide " to " Parliament of the Sudan; ". Section 1. In section 3, the words from " Any gratuity " to " Act, and ".
Part V: War-time and emergency enactments +Part V — War-time and emergency enactmentsCitationShort titleExtent of repeal6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 63Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act 1916In section 15(c), the words " and the Secretary for Scotland for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries ".8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 59Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act 1918Section 1(2).9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 92Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919Section 2(2). Section 7. Section 14(2). Section 15. Section 16(2).21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 48National Economy Act 1931The whole act.2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 70Ships and Aircraft (Transfer Restriction) Act 1939In the title, the words " and aircraft and parts of aircraft ". In section 4(1)(b)(i), the words from " or any territory " to " United Kingdom ". Section 4(2). In section 6(4), the words " as the case may be ". In section 8(1), the words " or section three ". In section 9(1), the words " respectively ", " his or " and " as the case may be ". In section 10, the words " or aircraft ". Section 11(1)(e). In section 12, the definition of " aircraft ".2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 112Education (Emergency) (Scotland) Act 1939The whole act.2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 119Chartered and Other Bodies (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939The whole act.3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 16Special Enactments (Extension of Time) Act 1940The whole act.3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 55Securities (Validation) Act 1940The whole act.4 & 5 Geo. 6. c. 19Chartered and Other Bodies (Temporary Provisions) Act 1941The whole act.4 & 5 Geo. 6. c. 24Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) Act 1941The whole act.7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 40Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) Act 1944The whole act.8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 29Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) (Scotland) Act 1945The whole act.8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 31Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1945The whole act.8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 43Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945Sections 1 to 14. Sections 26 to 31 except section 28(1) and (3)(a). Sections 35, 51 and 56. Section 60(5) to (8) and (13). Section 61(2), (3) and (5).9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 26Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Food and Drugs Act 1938; paragraph 1 of the entry relating to land drainage enactments; and the entry relating to the Agricultural Returns Act 1925.9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 79Public Notaries (War Service of Articled Clerks) Act 1946The whole act.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 17Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948Section 1(1) and (2)(a). Section 19(6). In the Schedule, in paragraph 1, the words " subsection (2) of section eight and of "; paragraphs 2 to 5; and paragraph 8.1964 c. 60Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964Section 17(2).
Part VI: Expiring Laws Continuance Acts +Part VI — Expiring Laws Continuance ActsCitationShort titleExtent of repeal11 & 12 Eliz. 2. c. 3Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1962The whole act.1963 c. 58Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1963The whole act.1964 c. 94Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1964The whole act.1965 c. 77Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1965The whole act.1966 c. 40Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1966The whole act.1967 c. 89Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1967The whole act.1968 c. 76Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1968The whole act.
Part VII: Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Acts