Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 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. Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect. This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Any repeal by this Act of an enactment which extends to the Isle of Man shall also extend there. Subject to subsection (2) above, this Act does not repeal any enactment so far as the enactment forms part of the law of a country outside the United Kingdom; but Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that the repeal by this Act of any enactment specified in the Order shall on a date so specified extend to any of the Channel Islands or any colony. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995. Sections 2 to 4. In the Schedule, the order relating to Luton. Sections 23, 25, 30 and 38. Section 40(1) to (3). Section 40(4) from “All works” to “Provided always that”. Section 40(6), (8) and (9). Section 41(2), (3), (6) and (7). Section 84. Sections 9, 23, 27, 28, 36 to 62 and 64 to 77. The Schedule. Sections 3, 5 to 7, 9 to 34 and 40. Section 41(1) and (2). Section 42(1) to (3). Sections 43, 50, 53, 55, 56, 70, 73(3), 79 to 96, 114 to 130 and 132. Section 133(1) and (4) to (6). Section 134(2) to (9), (10)(b) and (12). Sections 135, 136, 138 to 142, 145 and 147. Schedules 1 to 4. Articles 3 to 13, 15 to 18, 20(2) to (6) and 21 to 44. Part II of Schedule 1. Schedules 2, 3, 5 and 6. Articles 8 to 13, 17, 18, 20 to 29, and 34 to 36. Articles 15(b) and 16. In Part I of Schedule 3, the references to sections 6, 7, 14, 20 and 82 of the Great Ouse Water Act 1961. Part II of Schedule 3. The whole Act except— (a) section 1; (b) section 88 from “The Markets and Fairs Clauses Act” to “limits of the borough”; (c) sections 89 to 93 and 110. Section 2. In the Schedule, the Basford (Selston) Order 1896. (a) sections 1 and 3; (b) section 101(1) to (7), (10) and (15); (c) section 102(1), (2), (4), (5), (10) and (13); (d) section 104(1), (3), (13), (15), (17) and (18). (a) sections 1, 2 and 46; (b) section 52(1), (3), (5), (6), (9), (10) and (13) to (16). (a) sections 1 and 4; (b) section 22(2) and (3); (c) section 23(1) to (5) and (9); (d) section 26(1), (2), (4), (5) and (7). Sections 4, 6, 7, 11, 18 to 21, 23, 25 to 27, 29 to 31 and 34. Section 28 except as it applies to the Trent Navigation Act 1906. (b) section 16(1), (2), (4), (5), (8) and (10). (a) sections 1, 3 and 4; (b) section 15(2), (3), (5), (7) and (8); (c) section 16; (d) section 26(1) to (7) and (11); (d) section 28(1) to (7) and (11) In the Schedule, the Nottingham Corporation (Waterworks) Scheme 1931 except— (a) Articles 1, 3 and 4; (b) Article 8 from “Provided that” to “may require.”; (c) Articles 9, 10, 16 and 17(5) and (6). Sections 2, 5 to 16, 18, 20 to 22, 23(1), 25, 26, 31, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43, 45 to 59, 61 to 69, 71 to 78, 80, 82, 83, 86, 88. Th e Schedule. (a) sections 1, 3, 4, 13, 15(2), 16, 17, 24 and 25; (b) section 47 as it extends, applies and amends section 32(2) of the Nottingham Corporation Act 1929 and sections 29, 44 and 81 of the Nottingham Corporation Act 193 8; (c) sections 48, 51 and 53. Articles 3, 4 and 5. Articles 3, 4 and 7. Articles 4, 5, 7 and 11. Schedule 1 except so far as it refers to paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Water Act 1945. Schedul e 2. Section 6. Section 8 so far as it repeals the Mansfield Woodhouse Electric Lighting Order 1904. In the Schedule, the Mansfield (Extension to Mansfield Woodhouse) Electric Lighting Order 1907. Section 14. The whole Order except— (a) Articles 1, 3, 8(1), 30(1), (4) and (5) and 31(1), (5) and (6); (b) Schedule 1. The whole Order except Articles 1 and 10 and Schedule 2. Schedule 2 so far as it saves— (a) section 38 of the Newark Gas Act 1866; (b) Articles 30 and 41 of the Newark Gas Order 1895; (c) sections 53, 54, 58, 63 and 65 of the Newark Gas Act 1919; (d) the Newark Gas (Charges) Order 1921. Articles 3 to 5. Article 7. Articles 6 and 7. In the Schedule, the order relating to Hillmorton. Sections 2 to 29, 31, 32, 34 to 53, 55 to 77, 80, 81, 87 to 90, 93 to 95, 97 and 98. Schedules 2 and 3. Sections 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10, 43 to 61, 65, 68, 69, 71, 72, 75 to 78, 80, 81, 83 to 85, 87, 88, 90 to 112, 115 to 128, 134 to 144, 147 to 150, 155 to 168 and 170 to 179. Schedules 1 and 2. In the Schedule, the Stratford-upon-Avon Electric Lighting Order 1901 (Amendment) Order 1905. Sections 2 to 7, 9, 11, 15, 22, 28 to 30, 32 and 34 to 52. Sections 2, 3, 5 to 23, 28, 32 to 36, 38 to 44, 48, 49, 51, 56, 57, 61, 63, 77 to 80, 83, 89, 94, 96, 97, 101, 107, 111 to 114, 116, 117 and 119. Section 121 from “Incorporation of Acts;” to “county council;”. Section 129. Sections 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 31, 33 to 35, 37 to 40, 43, 44, 46, 47 and 49. Articles 3, 4, 5(2) and 6 to 9. Articles 3, 7 to 9, 11 and 12(2). The Schedule except so far as it refers to paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Water Act 1945. In section 3(1)(a), the words “or an associated state”. Section 7(3). In section 7, the words “or associated state”. In Schedule 3, in Part I, paragraph 1, the words “or associated state”. Section 1(1). Section 2(2). Section 4(5). In section 5(2), the words “or an associated state”. Section 53(6). In section 53(7), the words “and (6)”. In section 64(2) and (6)(b), the words “or an associated state”. In section 65(3)(b), the words “or an associated state”. In section 69A(7)(c), the words “or of an associated state”. In section 70, the words “or (b) between the United Kingdom and any associated state,” and “or state”. In section 84(2)(a) and (4), the words “or an associated state”. In the Schedule— (a) Article 73 of the Order; (b) Article 74 of the Order; (c) Article 79 of the Order, so far as relating to (i) the Glasgow Police Act 1866, (ii) the Glasgow Corporation and Police Act 1882, (iii) the Glasgow Police Act 1885, (iv) the Glasgow Police (Amendment) Act 1890 and (v) the Glasgow Police (Sewage &c.) Act 1891. Section 1. Schedule 1. In Schedule 2, the entries relating to the following groups of Acts:— Bank Notes Acts 1826 to 1852. Bankruptcy Acts 1883 to 1890. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Acts 1856 to 1881. Baths and Washhouses Acts 1846 to 1882. Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Acts 1854 to 1860. Births and Deaths Registration (Ireland) Acts 1863 to 1880. Bridges Acts 1740 to 1815. Bridges (Ireland) Acts 1813 to 1875. British Subjects Acts 1708 to 1772. Building Societies Acts 1874 to 1894. Burial Grounds (Scotland) Acts 1855 to 1886. Charitable Trusts Acts 1853 to 1894. Companies Acts 1862 to 1893. Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts. Copyright Acts 1734 to 1888. Coroners (Ireland) Acts 1829 to 1881. County Courts (Ireland) Acts 1851 to 1889. County Infirmaries (Ireland) Acts 1805 to 1833. Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Acts 1863 to 1892. Drainage and Navigation (Ireland) Acts 1842 to 1857. Durham County Palatine Acts 1836 to 1889. East India Company (Money) Acts 1786 to 1858. East India Loans Acts 1859 to 1893. Education (Scotland) Acts 1872 to 1893. Elementary Education Acts 1870 to 1893. Endowed Schools Acts 1869 to 1889. Fisheries (Ireland) Acts 1842 to 1895. Government Annuities Acts 1829 to 1888. Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1821 to 1890. Highway Acts 1835 to 1885. International Copyright Acts. Judicature (Ireland) Acts 1877 to 1888. Juries Acts 1825 to 1870. Justiciary Court (Scotland) Acts 1783 to 1892. Labourers (Ireland) Acts 1883 to 1892. Lancaster County Palatine Acts 1794 to 1871. Licensing (Ireland) Acts 1833 to 1886. Life Assurance Companies Acts 1870 to 1872. Lunacy (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1887. Lunacy (Ireland) Acts 1821 to 1890. Matrimonial Causes Acts 1857 to 1878. Medical Acts. Merchandise Marks Acts 1887 to 1894. Metropolis Management Acts 1855 to 1893. Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Acts 1840 to 1888. Naval Enlistment Acts 1835 to 1884. Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Acts 1883 to 1888. Petroleum Acts 1871 to 1881. Police Acts 1839 to 1893. Police (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1890. Post Office Acts 1837 to 1895. Post Office (Duties) Acts 1840 to 1891. Post Office (Management) Acts 1837 to 1884. Post Office (Money Orders) Acts 1848 to 1883. Post Office (Offences) Acts 1837 and 1884. Post Office Savings Bank Acts 1861 to 1893. Prison Acts 1865 to 1893. Prisons (Scotland) Acts 1860 to 1887. Prisons (Ireland) Acts 1826 to 1884. Public Libraries Acts 1892 and 1893. Public Libraries (Ireland) Acts 1855 to 1894. Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts 1887 and 1894. Public Money Drainage Acts 1846 to 1856. Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1828 to 1868. Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Acts 1861 to 1892. Small Debt (Scotland) Acts 1837 to 1889. Solicitors Acts 1839 to 1894. Solicitors (Ireland) Acts 1849 to 1881. Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1892. Trustee Savings Banks Acts 1863 to 1893. Trusts (Scotland) Acts 1861 to 1891. Universities and College Estates Acts 1858 to 1880. Weights and Measures Acts 1878 to 1893. Yeomanry Acts 1802 to 1826. Section 5. Schedule 2. Section 3. Schedule 3. In section 48(7)(a), the words from “and” to “a council”. Section 60(3)(k). In Schedule 14, paragraph 11. In Schedule 15, paragraph 20. In section 35(4)(a), the words from “, not being a licence” to “suspension”. Section 39(4) from “(not being” onwards. Section 89(6)(a)(i). Section 4 from “There shall be paid” to the end. Section 7. In section 9, the proviso. Section 309(4). Section 315. In section 326(6), the words “isolation hospital committee”. In section 6(1), the words “or a notice of retention”. In section 6(4), the words “in respect of a notice of disclaimer or a notice to elect”. In section 6(5), the words “a notice of retention”. In section 15, the words “, a notice of retention”, “or retention”, and “, notice of retention”, wherever occurring. In section 1(2), the words from “or has at any time” to “been,”. In section 2(1)(a), the words from “or has at any time” to “been,”. Section 1(9). Section 2(1) to (4). In section 2(5), from the beginning to “Act, and” and the word “said”. Section 2(6) to (8). Sections 3 to 9. In section 10(1), from “, and” to the end. Section 10(2) and (3). In section 11, from “, and any proceedings” to the end. Section 16. Section 17(5). The Schedule, so far as it relates to modifications of section 6 of the Landlord and Tenant (War Damage) Act 1939. In section 6(5), the words “a notice of retention or”. In section 14, the words “, a notice of retention”, “or retention” and “, notice of retention”, wherever occurring. Part III. Section 36. Section 38(3). In Schedule 7, paragraph 27. In Schedule 8, paragraph 12(3) and (4). In section 252(12), the word “rural”. In Schedule 14, in paragraph 1(2)(b)(ii), the word “rural” wherever it appears. In section 1 of the Unlawful Drilling Act 1819 (prohibition on unauthorised meetings of persons for the purpose of being trained, or of practising military exercise)— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (in its application to Northern Ireland) for the words “the lieutenant, or two justices of the peace for any county or riding” substitute “ a Secretary of State ”; (in its application to ... Northern Ireland) for the words “be transported” substitute “ imprisonment ”. In section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874, after “1948” there shall be inserted or the Supreme Court of Aden before 30th November 1967, The repeal by this Act of the Aden, Perim and Kuria Muria Islands Act 1967 shall not affect the continued operation of— section 4 of that Act (Aden Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Fund), and any regulations under that section, in accordance with section 2(3) of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973 (certain repealed provisions to have effect as schemes under section 2 of that Act). Act extends to U.K. but see s. 2(2)(3) for extension outside U.K. Act wholly in force at Royal Assent Sch. 2 para. 1(a) repealed (21.7.2008) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(c) repealed (21.7.2008) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 3