Statute Law Revision Act 1890

The Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Statute Law Revision Act 1890^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing Enactments which are superfluous or have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation	53 & 54 Vict c 33
Dates
Royal assent	4 August 1890
Commencement	4 August 1890[2]
Status: Amended

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[3]

This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

Section 2 - Enactments in Second Schedule to be local and personal

This section was repealed section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

Section 4 - Application of repealed enactments in local courts

The words "to the court of the county palatine of Lancaster or" in this section were repealed by section 56(4) of, and Part II of Schedule 11 to, the Courts Act 1971. This section was repealed by section 32(4) of, and Part V of Schedule 5 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1977.

Section 5 - Amendment of 51 & 52 Vict c 57 (SLR)

This section provided that the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888 was to be read and construed as if, in the entry in the Schedule to that Act relating to the 5 & 6 Will 4 c 26, the reference to sections 1 and 2 and 3 of the 5 & 6 Will 4 c 26 was replaced by a reference to sections 2 and 3 and 4 of the 5 & 6 Will 4 c 26.

This section was repealed section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

Schedules

Both Schedules to this Act were repealed section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

See also

• Statute Law Revision Act

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,
• The Public General Acts passed in the fifty-third and fifty-fourth years of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. HMSO. London. 1890. Pages 219 to 278.

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 6 of this Act.
2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
3. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part 1. Page 549, read with pages viii and x.

External links

• List of amendments and repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book
• Statute Law Revision Bill [as amended by the Select Committee]. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 1890 viii (251) 479. 5 May 1890. ["Note" and "Schedule" of the bill (unlike the schedule of the act as passed) gives commentary on each scheduled act, noting any earlier repeals and the reason for the new repeal]