Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977^[1]

Act of Parliament
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 facilitate the citation of statutes.
Citation	1977 c. 18
Introduced by	Lord Elwyn-Jones LC[2] (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent	16 June 1977
Commencement	16 June 1977[3]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	19 Hen. 7. c. 28 14 & 15 Hen. 8. c. 21 25 Hen. 8. c. 32 32 Geo. 2. c. 38 Scottish Episcopalians Relief Act 1792 Treason Outlawries (Scotland) Act 1748 Cinque Ports Act 1811 Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 56 Geo. 3. c. lxxxiii 58 Geo. 3. c. 44 Spiritual Duties Act 1839 Welsh Cathedrals Act 1843 Metropolis Gas Act 1860 Metropolis Gas Act 1861 Incumbents Act 1868 Washington Treaty (Claims) Act 1875 Greek Loan Act 1898 Colonial Stock Act 1900 Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1908 Civil List Act 1910 Coroners Act 1921 Trade Facilities Act 1924 Criminal Appeal (Scotland) Act 1927 Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act 1930 Children and Young Persons Act 1932 National Service Act 1950 National Service Act 1955 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Act 1958 Indus Basin Development Fun Act 1960 Forth and Clyde Canal (Extinguishment of Rights of Navigation) Act 1962
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977^[1] (c. 18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[4]

It implemented recommendations contained in the eighth report on statute law revision,^[5] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Section 1(1) was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

This section was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.

Section 4(2) was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

In section 4(3), the words from "or the Isle of Man" to the end were repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Orders under this section

The power conferred by section 4(3) was exercised by the Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1692).

The Orders in Council made under section 4(3) have lapsed because of the repeal made to that section by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.^[6]

This schedule lists acts to be repealed wholly or in parts. Acts wholly repealed are listed below.

This schedule was repealed by group 2 of part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

• National Service Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 30)
• National Service Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 11)

• Civil List Act 1910 (10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. 28)

• Cinque Ports Act 1811 (51 Geo. 3. c. 36)
• Coroners Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 30)

• Power of the King to Reverse Attainders Act 1503 (19 Hen. 7. c. 28)
• Act of Auctorite 1523 (14 & 15 Hen. 8)
• Pardon of Richard Southwell and others Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 32)
• Treason Outlawries (Scotland) Act 1748 (22 Geo. 2. c. 48)
• Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 65)
• Criminal Appeal (Scotland) Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 26)
• Various acts of attainder or restitution

• Scottish Episcopalians Relief Act 1792 (32 Geo. 3. c. 63)
• Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 155)
• Spiritual Duties Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 30)
• Welsh Cathedrals Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 77)
• Incumbents Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 117)

• Metropolis Gas Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 125)
• Metropolis Gas Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 79)

• Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 37)
• Children and Young Persons Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 46)

• Washington Treaty (Claims) Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 52)
• Greek Loan Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 4)
• Colonial Stock Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 62)
• Trade Facilities and Loans Guarantee Act 1922 (13 Geo. 5 Sess. 2. c. 4)
• Trade Facilities Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 8)
• Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 2)
• Indus Basin Development Fund Act 1960 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 1)

• Montrose Bridge Act 1792 (32 Geo. 3. c. 38)
• Glasgow and Carlisle Road Improvement Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. lxxxiii)
• Glasgow-Carlisle Road Act 1818 (58 Geo. 3. c. 44)
• Forth and Clyde Canal (Extinguishment of Rights of Navigation) Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 16)

• Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 55)
• Spirits (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 89)
• Spirits (Ireland) Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 103)
• Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 40)
• Revenue (No. 2) Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 91)
• Revenue Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 90)

• River Thames Act 1488 (4 Hen. 7. c. 15)
• Lordships of Wales Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8. c. 13)
• Brokers (Bristol) Act 1729 (3 Geo. 2. c. 31)
• Mile End Night Watch Act 1777 (17 Geo. 3. c. 66)
• Aberdeen Improvements Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 76)
• Gunpowder in Mersey Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 67)
• Nuisances Removal (Scotland) Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 103)
• General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 7)
• General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 79)
• Galashiels Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 85)
• Galashiels and Selkirk Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 47)
• Berwickshire County Town Act 1903 (3 Edw. 7. c. 5)
• Housing (Rosyth Dockyard) Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 49)
• Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 66)

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No acts were wholly repealed in this section.

• Demise of the Crown Act 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 43)
• Quakers and Moravians Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 49)
• Quakers and Moravians Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 77)

• Canada Company Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 75)
• Canada Company Amendment Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 51)
• Alderney Harbour (Transfer) Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 92)
• Elementary School Teachers Superannuation (Isle of Man) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 38)
• Canada Company Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. xiv)

• Crown Lands Act 1488 (4 Hen. 7. c. 14)
• Prior of Christchurch Act 1491 (7 Hen. 7. c. 19)
• Queen's Jointure Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 25)
• Queen Katherine Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 28)
• Jointure of Queen Jane Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 45)
• Richard Norton's Will Act 1732 (6 Geo. 2. c. 32)
• Richard Norton's Will Act 1736 (10 Geo. 2. c. 37)
• Lord Blessington's Will Act 1772 (13 Geo. 3. c. 17)
• Duchy of Cornwall Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3. c. 10)
• Windsor Forest Act 1806 (46 Geo. 3. c. 143)
• Claremont Estate Purchase (Grant of Life Interest) Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. 115)
• Apportionment Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 22)
• Marlborough House Settlement Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 78)
• Duchy of Cornwall Lands Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 49)
• Lease of College of Physicians Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 60)
• Courts of Justice Concentration (Site) Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 49)

• University of London Medical Graduates Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 114)
• Medical Act (University of London) 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 55)
• University of London Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 62)
• University of London Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 24)

No acts were wholly repealed in this section.

• Aberdeen Commissary Court Records Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 28)
• Aberdeen Records Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 25)
• Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 39)
• Naturalization of Prince Albert (No. 2) Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 2)
• Customs Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 75)
• Master and Servant Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 24)
• Expiring Laws Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 50)
• Expiring Laws Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 76)
• Ships and Aircraft (Transfer Restriction) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 70)
• Coastal Flooding (Emergency Provisions) Act 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 18)
• Cotton Industry Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 48)

This schedule dealt with amendments to five acts; the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951, the City of London (Guild Churches) Act 1952, the Highways Act 1959, the Army Reserve Act 1962, and the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963.

The entry relating to the Army Reserve Act 1962 was repealed by section 157(1)(b) of, and part II of schedule 10 to, the Reserve Forces Act 1980.

The entries relating to the Highways Act 1959 and the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963 were repealed by group 2 of part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

This schedule authorised the citation by short titles of eight acts passed between 1808 and 1868. This schedule was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part IV of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.

Citation	Short title
48 Geo. 3. c. 73	Duchy of Lancaster Act 1808
57 Geo. 3. c. 97	Duchy of Lancaster Act 1817
59 Geo. 3. c. 86	Dean Forest Act 1819
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 52	Duchy of Lancaster Act 1821
6 & 7 Vict. c. 31	Chelsea Hospital Act 1843
22 & 23 Vict. c. 19	Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1859
24 & 25 Vict. c. 40	Dean Forest Act 1861
31 & 32 Vict. c. 35	Duchy of Cornwall Management Act 1868

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• Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 794.
• Peter Allsop (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1977. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & sons. London. W Green & son. Edinburgh. 1977.
• The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1977. HMSO. London. 1978. Part I. Pages 241 to 278.
• HL Deb vol 379, cols 629 and 1036 to 1039, vol 382, col 695, HC Deb vol 932, col 1746.