| Act of Parliament | |
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| 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. |
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| Citation | 1989 c. 43 |
| Introduced by | Lord Mackay of Clashfern LC[2] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 16 November 1989 |
| Commencement | 16 November 1989,[3] except that the repeal by this Act of section 3 of the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 and of section 5 of the Malaysia Act 1963 came into force on 1 June 1992.[4] |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[5]
It implemented recommendations contained in the thirteenth report on statute law revision,[6] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3(1) of this Act.
- ^ HL Deb vol 508 col 945
- ^ The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)
- ^ The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, section 3(2); the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (Commencement) Order 1992 (SI 1992/1275), article 2
- ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part III. Page 1948, read with pages viii and x of Part I.
- ^ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Thirteenth Report. Law Com 179. SLC 117. Cm 671. HMSO. London. May 1989.