Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993

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; and to correct a mistake in the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978.
Citation	1993 c 50
Dates
Royal assent	5 November 1993
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It implemented recommendations contained in the fourteenth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

It repealed the whole of 159 Acts or Orders and portions of 462 others, passed from and after the year 1503.

Section 1 - Repeals and associated provisions

See section 6(1) of the Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997.

Section 4 - Short title and commencement

The power conferred by section 4(3) was fully exercised by article 2 of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1996 (SI 1996/509) (C 9)

See also

• Statute Law (Repeals) Act

References

• Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 936.

External links

• The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, as amended, from the National Archives.
• The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, as originally enacted, from the National Archives.