The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act repealed 54 acts in full and another 310 acts in part, passed between 1581 and 1972.Peter Allsop (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1974. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & sons. London. W Green & son. Edinburgh. 1974.
, the act remains partly in the United KingdomThe Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. . Part II. Page 1275, read with pages viii and x of Part I.
Background The act implemented recommendations contained in the fifth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Provisions Section 2 of the act inserted section 17A of the Industrial and Friendly Societies Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 39).
The power conferred by section 3(2) of the act has been exercised by: The Church Building Act 1831 (Repeal) (Jersey) Order 1983 (SI 1983/763) The Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1692)
Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 364 enactments, listed in parts I to XI of the schedule to the act.
Part I: Enactments relating to security required from public officers +Part I — Enactments Relating to Security Required from Public OfficersCitationShort titleExtent of repeal50 Geo. 3. c. 85Government Offices Security Act 1810The whole act.52 Geo. 3. c. 66Security of Public Officers Act 1812The whole act.6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 28Government Offices Security Act 1836The whole act.1 & 2 Vict. c. 61Government Offices Security Act 1838The whole act.38 & 39 Vict. c. 64Government Officers (Security) Act 1875The whole act.53 & 54 Vict. c. 21Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890Section 5.5 & 6 Geo. 6. c. 21Finance Act 1942In Schedule 11, in Part II, the entry relating to the Government Offices Security Act 1836.15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 44Customs and Excise Act 1952Section 292(3).
Part II: Financial enactments +Part II — Financial EnactmentsCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal30 & 31 Vict. c. 39Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1867The Metropolitan Police (Receiver) Act 1867.In section 1, the words from " and shall " onwards.32 & 33 Vict. c. 3Lord Napier's Salary Act 1869An Act to enable Lord Napier of Magdala to receive the full benefit of the salary of Member of Council for the Presidency of Bombay, or as holding any other office in India, notwithstanding his being in receipt of an annuity granted to him under the Act 31 & 32 Victoria, chapter 91.The whole act.53 & 54 Vict. c. 21Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890The Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890.In section 39, the definitions of " Goods ", " Plaintiff " and " defendant ".5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 89Finance (No. 2) Act 1915The Finance (No. 2) Act 1915.Section 45(8).11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 65Trade Facilities Act 1921The Trade Facilities Act 1921.The whole act.13 Geo. 5. Sess. 2. c. 4Trade Facilities and Loans Guarantee Act 1922The Trade Facilities and Loans Guarantee Act 1922 (Session 2).Sections 1 and 3(2).15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 36Finance Act 1925The Finance Act 1925.In section 25(3), paragraph (b) and the word " or " immediately preceding that paragraph.16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 3Trade Facilities Act 1926The Trade Facilities Act 1926.The whole act.19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 29Government Annuities Act 1929The Government Annuities Act 1929.Sections 30 and 65.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 92India (Consequential Provision) Act 1949The India (Consequential Provision) Act 1949.In section 1(4), the words " or the growing produce thereof ", in both places.14 Geo. 6. c. 12Foreign Compensation Act 1950The Foreign Compensation Act 1950.In section 1(2), the words " without licence in mortmain ".10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 44Finance Act 1962The Finance Act 1962.In section 33(1), the words from " other than " onwards. In Schedule 11, Part VI.1965 c. 25Finance Act 1965The Finance Act 1965.In section 94(1), the words from " and of " to " Schedule D) ".1969 c. 32Finance Act 1969The Finance Act 1969.Sections 3(8) and 5. In Schedule 19, in paragraph 16(2), the words " and short-term ".1970 c. 24Finance Act 1970The Finance Act 1970.Section 1. In Schedule 1, paragraph 14.1972 c. 25Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972The Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972.In Schedule 5, paragraph 6.
Part III: Enactments relating to land acquisition powers +Part III — Enactments Relating to Land Acquisition PowersCitationShort titleExtent of repeal8 & 9 Vict. c. 18Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845Sections 59 and 60. In section 61, the words from the beginning to " annexed to ", the word " and " (following the word " surveyor "), the words " together therewith " and the words " and other documents ". Sections 135 and 140.1965 c. 56Compulsory Purchase Act 1965Sections 24(5) and 29(2). In section 30, subsections (1) and (2), in subsection (3) the words " section 11(1) of " and the words from " and notwithstanding " to the end of the subsection, and subsection (4). In section 33, in subsection (2)(b) the words " section 8(1) and " and the words from " but no person " to the end of the paragraph, in subsection (3), paragraph (a), in paragraph (b) the words " and 30(3) ", and paragraphs (c) and (d), and subsection (4). In section 34, subsections (2) to (5). In Schedule 1, paragraph 6(5). In Schedule 2, paragraph 1(2) and in paragraph 1(3), the words from the beginning to the first " valuation, and " and the words " and declaration together ". In Schedule 6, in the amendment of the Civil Aviation Act 1949 the words from " together with " to " superfluous land) ".1967 c. 10Forestry Act 1967In Schedule 5, in paragraph 11(3) paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (e), and paragraph 11(4).
Part IV: Enactments relating to legal proceedings and the legal profession +Part IV — Enactments Relating to Legal Proceedings and the Legal ProfessionCitationShort titleExtent of repeal25 & 26 Vict. c. 53Land Registry Act 1862Section 135.32 & 33 Vict. c. 68Evidence Further Amendment Act 1869Section 3.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 21Solicitors, Public Notaries, &c. Act 1949Section 1(1) and (5). In section 2(2), the proviso. Schedule 2.2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 41Juries Act 1954The whole act.7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 56Rights of Light Act 1959Section 1.Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 13 (N.I.)Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland) 1939Section 25(1).
Part V: Enactments relating only to Scotland +Part V — Enactments Relating Only to ScotlandCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal5 Geo. 1. c. 29Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1718The Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1718.The whole act.21 Geo. 2. c. 34Cattle Theft (Scotland) Act 1747The Cattle Theft (Scotland) Act 1747.The whole act.6 Geo. 4. c. 22Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825The Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825.In section 7, the words " or judge admiral " and the words " or to the judge admiral ". In section 20, the words " and in the court of the judge admiral ".7 Geo. 4. c. 38Admiralty Offences Act 1826The Admiralty Offences Act 1826.The whole act.11 & 12 Vict. c. 36Entail Amendment Act 1848The Entail Amendment Act 1848.In section 26, the words " or in redemption of the land tax affecting such entailed estate,". Section 41.18 & 19 Vict. c. 113Inverness Bridge (Treasury Grant) Act 1855An Act to extend the provisions of an Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her present Majesty, for rebuilding the bridge over the River Ness at Inverness.The whole act.4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 43Entail (Scotland) Act 1914The Entail (Scotland) Act 1914.Section 9.12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 52Allotments (Scotland) Act 1922The Allotments (Scotland) Act 1922.Section 2(10).16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 50Burgh Registers (Scotland) Act 1926The Burgh Registers (Scotland) Act 1926.In section 1(1), the words from " Provided that " onwards. Sections 1(2) and 4. Schedule 2.2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 31Civil Defence Act 1939The Civil Defence Act 1939.Section 74(2) and (4).9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 80Atomic Energy Act 1946The Atomic Energy Act 1946.In Schedule 1, paragraph 9 from " and rules " onwards.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 53Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947.In section 57(2)(a), the words from the second " and " onwards. In section 105(1), the word " one " and the words " six and eight ". Section 106.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 61Housing (Scotland) Act 1949The Housing (Scotland) Act 1949.Section 40.14 Geo. 6. c. 38Allotments (Scotland) Act 1950The Allotments (Scotland) Act 1950.Sections 1(2), 2(2), 3(4), 4(4) and 14. The Schedule.5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 38Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act 1957The Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act 1957.Section 9(8). In section 13, in subsection (1), paragraph (b) and the word " and " immediately preceding that paragraph, and in subsection (3) the words " subsection (1) of section thirty-six,". Section 28(2). Schedule 3.9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 58Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961.In section 2(6), the words from " and section four " onwards. Sections 4(4), 6(6), 9(12), 10, 11( ) and 18(2). In Schedule 1, paragraph 6, and in paragraph 10, sub-paragraphs (a), (c) and (d). Schedule 3.1966 c. 49Housing (Scotland) Act 1966The Housing (Scotland) Act 1966.In section 208(1), the definition of " agricultural population ". In section 212(1), the words from " in the case of ", where they first occur, to " Act, and ". In Schedule 10, Part I.1968 c. 31Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968.Section 53(2). In section 53(3), the words " or where assistance is given under section 44 of this Act ," and the words " or that assistance has been so given, as the case may be,". In section 53(4), the words " or by section 45 of this Act " and the words from " or by way of assistance " to the words " may be,". In section 53(5), the words " or of section 45 of this Act," and the words from " or by way of assistance " onwards.1969 c. 34Housing (Scotland) Act 1969The Housing (Scotland) Act 1969.Section 65. In Schedule 6, paragraphs 33 and 34.Acts of the Parliament of Scotland1581 (c. 2)Stipends Act 1581The Stipends Act 1581.The whole act.1592 (c. 9)Deposition of Ministers Act 1592The Deposition of Ministers Act 1592.The whole act.1617 (c. 19)Dovecotes Act 1617The Dovecotes Act 1617.The whole act.1663 (c. 31)Manses Act 1663The Manses Act 1663.The whole act.1695 (c. 54)Soil Preservation Act 1695The Soil Preservation Act 1695.The whole act.
Part VI: Transport enactments +Part VI — Transport EnactmentsCitationShort titleExtent of repeal10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 49Transport Act 1947Sections 12 to 14, 28, 69, 125, 126 and 128. Schedule 3.10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 46Transport Act 1962In section 22, subsections (1) and (4), and in subsection (5) the words from the beginning to " with the vesting date ". Sections 23, 33 and 34(1) to (7). In section 36, in subsection (5), the words from the beginning to " of the Bank of England " and subsection (8). Sections 38, 43(9), 56(19), 60, 76 to 78, 80, 84(1), 86(7) and 95(1), (2) and (5). Schedules 3 to 5. In Schedule 6, in paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs (2) and (4), in sub-paragraph (5) the words from " Until a scheme " to the end of the sub-paragraph, and in sub-paragraph (6) the words from " in sub-paragraph (2) " to " ' assurance ' and ". In Schedule 7, paragraphs 3 and 4, paragraphs 18 to 22, and in paragraph 23 sub-paragraphs (1) and (3). Schedule 12.1966 c. 17Transport Finances Act 1966The whole act.1968 c. 73Transport Act 1968Sections 38(4), 43(4), 49(6), 54(8) and 55(5). In section 94(8), paragraph (b) and the word " and " immediately preceding that paragraph. Sections 107(4), 112(7), 133 and 165. Schedule 18.
Part VII: Ecclesiastical enactments +Part VII — Ecclesiastical EnactmentsCitationShort titleExtent of repeal58 Geo. 3. c. 45Church Building Act 1818The whole act.59 Geo. 3. c. 134Church Building Act 1819The whole act.3 Geo. 4. c. 72Church Building Act 1822The whole act except sections 13 and 28.