Statute Law Revision Act 1964

Statute Law Revision Act 1964[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded enactments.
Citation1964 c. 79
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent31 July 1964
Commencement31 July 1964[b]
Repealed27 June 1974
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended byNorthern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1974
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Statute Law Revision Act 1964 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Statute Law Revision Act 1964 (c. 79) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 1 of the act repealed 160 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[1]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
Commonwealth Enactments
6 Geo. 3. c. 12 American Colonies Act 1766 The whole act.
22 Geo. 3. c. 75 Colonial Leave of Absence Act 1782 The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 28 West Africa Act 1821 The whole act.
9 Geo. 4. c. 74 Criminal Law (India) Act 1828 The whole act.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 86 Liberated Africans Act 1853 The whole act.
25 & 26 Vict. c. 55 Jamaica Loan Act 1862 The whole act.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 26 Indian Railway Companies Act 1868 The whole act.
35 & 36 Vict. c. 19 Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1872 The whole act.
36 & 37 Vict. c. 43 Indian Railway Companies Act 1873 The whole act.
38 & 39 Vict. c. 51 Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1875 In section 1, the words from "shall be construed" to "each of them" and the word "separately". Sections 2 to 5 and 8 to 10.
39 & 40 Vict. c. 46 Slave Trade Act 1876 The whole act.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 41 Indian Guaranteed Railways Act 1879 The whole act.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 11 Conversion of India Stock Act 1887 The whole act.
Consolidated Fund and Appropriation Enactments
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 18 Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act 1948 The whole act.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 50 Appropriation Act 1948 The whole act.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 24 Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act 1949 The whole act.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 48 Appropriation Act 1949 The whole act.
14 Geo. 6. c. 1 Consolidated Fund Act 1950 The whole act.
14 Geo. 6. c. 16 Appropriation Act 1950 The whole act.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 12 Consolidated Fund Act 1951 The whole act.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 16 Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1951 The whole act.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 44 Appropriation Act 1951 The whole act.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 1 Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1951 The whole act.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 16 Consolidated Fund Act 1952 The whole act.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 38 Appropriation Act 1952 The whole act.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 6 Consolidated Fund Act 1953 The whole act.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 8 Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1953 The whole act.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 35 Appropriation Act 1953 The whole act.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 2 Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1953 The whole act.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 22 Consolidated Fund Act 1954 The whole act.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 45 Appropriation Act 1954 The whole act.
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 3 Consolidated Fund Act 1955 The whole act.
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 16 Appropriation Act 1955 The whole act.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 3 Appropriation (No. 2) Act 1955 The whole act.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 32 Consolidated Fund Act 1956 The whole act.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 55 Appropriation Act 1956 The whole act.
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 7 Consolidated Fund Act 1957 The whole act.
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 10 Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1957 The whole act.
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 63 Appropriation Act 1957 The whole act except sections 6 and 7.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 7 Consolidated Fund Act 1958 The whole act.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 18 Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1958 The whole act.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 57 Appropriation Act 1958 The whole act.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 15 Consolidated Fund Act 1959 The whole act.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 59 Appropriation Act 1959 The whole act.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 10 Consolidated Fund Act 1960 The whole act.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 45 Appropriation Act 1960 The whole act.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 7 Consolidated Fund Act 1961 The whole act.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 12 Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1961 The whole act.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 59 Appropriation Act 1961 The whole act.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 7 Consolidated Fund Act 1962 The whole act.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 11 Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1962 The whole act.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 45 Appropriation Act 1962 The whole act.
Defence Loans Enactments
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 13 Defence Loans Act 1937 The whole act.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 8 Defence Loans Act 1939 The whole act.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 31 Civil Defence Act 1939 Section 83(2).
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 38 Ministry of Supply Act 1939 Section 16(2).
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 117 National Loans Act 1939 In Schedule 1, the words "Section one of the Defence Loans Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 13)".
Ecclesiastical Enactments
1 Geo. 1. Stat. 2. c. 10 Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1714 The preamble. Sections 1, 3, 10 to 13, 16, 19 and 20.
43 Geo. 3. c. 107 Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1803 The whole act.
45 Geo. 3. c. 84 Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1805 The whole act.
1 & 2 Vict. c. 20 Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1838 The whole act, except sections 20, 21 and 22.
3 & 4 Vict. c. 113 Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840 Sections 75 and 78 to 82.
4 & 5 Vict. c. 39 Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1841 Section 27.
13 & 14 Vict. c. 94 Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1850 In section 1, the words from "and every Church Estates Commissioner shall" onwards. In section 4, the words from "unless" to "mentioned". Sections 5 to 7, 10 to 15, 22, 23 and 26.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 104 Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1851 The whole act.
17 & 18 Vict. c. 116 Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1854 The whole act.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 55 Church Building Commissioners (Transfer of Powers) Act 1856 The whole act.
21 & 22 Vict. c. 57 Ecclesiastical Leasing Act 1858 Section 6.
22 & 23 Vict. c. 46 Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1859 Section 1.
23 & 24 Vict. c. 124 Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1860 The whole act, except sections 12 to 15, and 42.
29 & 30 Vict. c. 111 Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1866 Sections 3 to 5, 12, 13 and 19.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 114 Ecclesiastical Commission Act 1868 Sections 5 to 8, 11 and 15.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 50 Expiring Laws Act 1922 In Schedule 1, the entry numbered (4).
1926 No. 4 Ecclesiastical Commissioners Measure 1926 Sections 3, 7, 8, 9 and the Schedule.
1928 No. 2 Tithe (Administration of Trusts) Measure 1928 The whole measure except sections 6 and 17.
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 43 Tithe Act 1936 Section 46.
1936 No. 5 Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Powers) Measure 1936 In section 3, in subsection (1), the words from the beginning to "and also" and the words "by instrument under their seal", and subsection (2).
1937 No. 1 Queen Anne's Bounty (Powers) Measure 1937 In section 2(2), the words "or to moneys standing to the credit of a benefice in the Tithe Revenue Account of Queen Anne's Bounty by virtue of the Tithe (Administration of Trusts) Measure 1928". Sections 10 to 13.
1939 No. 1 Queen Anne's Bounty (Powers) Measure 1939 Sections 2 and 6.
1942 No. 2 Loans (Postponement of Repayment) Measure 1942 The whole measure.
1944 No. 1 Emergency Legislation Measure 1944 The whole measure.
1960 No. 1 Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 Section 19(3) and (4).
Excess Profits Duty Enactments
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 89 Finance (No. 2) Act 1915 Sections 38 to 44. Section 45(1) to (7). Schedule 4.
6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 24 Finance Act 1916 Part III. In section 69(1), the words from "Part III of this Act" onwards.
7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 31 Finance Act 1917 Part III. In section 34, in subsection (1), the words "or excess profits duty or munitions Exchequer payments" (in both places where they occur) and the words "may specify different securities in respect of different duties and payments, and", and in subsection (4), the proviso. In section 38(1), the words "Part III of this Act shall be construed together with Part III of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1915".
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 15 Finance Act 1918 Part III. In section 45(1), the words from "Part III of this Act" onwards.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 32 Finance Act 1919 Part IV. In section 38(1), the words from "Part IV of this Act" onwards.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 18 Finance Act 1920 Parts IV and V. Section 61, except in so far as it relates to income tax. In section 64(1), the words from "Part IV of this Act" onwards.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 32 Finance Act 1921 Part III. In section 65(1), the words "Part III of this Act shall be construed together with Part III of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1915". Schedules 1 and 2.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 17 Finance Act 1922 Part III.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 21 Finance Act 1924 Section 34.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 22 Finance Act 1926 Part V.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 42 Statute Law Revision Act 1927 The Schedule.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 19 Finance Act 1933 Section 44.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 10 Income Tax Act 1952 Section 530(1)(c).
Land Improvement Enactments
12 & 13 Vict. c. xci General Land Drainage and Improvement Company's Act 1849 The whole act.
23 & 24 Vict. c. clxix Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company's Act 1860 The whole act.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 114 Improvement of Land Act 1864 The words (immediately before section 78) "And with regard to charging lands with money subscribed for the construction of railways, be it enacted as follows", and sections 78 to 89.
34 & 35 Vict. c. clviii Thames Valley Drainage Act 1871 The whole act.
37 & 38 Vict. c. xxii Thames Valley Drainage Act 1874 The whole act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 30 Board of Agriculture Act 1889 In Schedule 1, in Part II, the entries relating to the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company's Act 1849, the Scottish Drainage and Improvement Company's Act 1856, the Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company's Act 1860, the Scottish Drainage and Improvement Company's Amendment Act 1860, the Thames Valley Drainage Act 1871 and the Thames Valley Drainage Act 1874.
Land Tax Enactments
1 & 2 Vict. c. 2 Civil List Act 1837 In section 14, the words "net and clear of all taxes or charges for or in respect of any land tax and".
8 & 9 Vict. c. 124 Leases Act 1845 In Schedule 2, in paragraph 2, in column II, the words "excepting land tax, and".
20 & 21 Vict. c. 31 Inclosure Act 1857 In section 10, the words "land tax".
56 & 57 Vict. c. 27 Land Tax Commissioners Names Act 1893 The whole act.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 25 Land Tax Commissioners' Names Act 1899 The whole act.
8 Edw. 7. c. 36 Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 In section 61(3), the words "land tax, or".
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 18 Land Tax Commissioners Act 1938 The whole act.
Superannuation Enactments
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 24 Superannuation Act 1834 Sections 18, 22, 23, 25 and 26.
22 Vict. c. 26 Superannuation Act 1859 Sections 3, 11 and 15. In section 17, the words from "nor shall any person" to "such allowance". The Schedule.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 67 Superannuation Act 1887 Sections 6 and 10.
55 & 56 Vict. c. 40 Superannuation Act 1892 Sections 2 and 3. In section 4(1), the words from "and includes" to "1877" (where last occurring).
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 40 Retired Officers (Civil Employment) Act 1919 The whole act.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 23 Superannuation Act 1935 Section 15.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 44 Superannuation Act 1949 Sections 37 and 50(2). In Schedule 2, in paragraph 7, the words "Subject to the provisions of the next following paragraph", and paragraph 8.
Miscellaneous Enactments
6 Anne c. 14 (I) Billeting Act (Ireland) 1707 The whole act.
5 Geo. 3. c. 49 Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1765 In section 1, the words "that from and after the fifteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six" and the words from "and that from and after" onwards. In section 3, the words "after the said fifteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six".
7 Geo. 3. c. 9 Justices Oaths Act 1766 The whole act.
7 Geo. 3. c. 48 Public Companies Act 1767 The whole act.
41 Geo. 3. (U.K.) c. 105 Witnesses on Petitions Act 1801 The whole act.
42 Geo. 3. c. 85 Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1802 Sections 2 to 6.
49 Geo. 3. c. 126 Sale of Offices Act 1809 In section 1, the words from "and also to all offices" to "East Indies".
3 & 4 Vict. c. 90 Infant Felons Act 1840 The whole act.
3 & 4 Vict. c. 111 Joint Stock Companies Act 1840 The whole act.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 79 Railway Passenger Duty Act 1842 Section 24.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 42 Indictable Offences Act 1848 Section 31.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 49 Preliminary Inquiries Act 1851 The whole act.
17 & 18 Vict. c. 94 Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Act 1854 Section 8. In Schedule (A), the words "10 & 11 Vict. cap. 47." and the words "Augmentation of stipends to Scotch clergy, under the Acts 50 Geo. 3 cap. 84; 4 Geo. 4 cap. 79; 5 Geo. 4 cap. 72 and cap. 90". In Schedule (B), the words "Salaries and contingencies of the General Register Office of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Ireland ... 7 & 8 Vict. c. 81", the words "expenses in the Court of Chancery in Ireland under the Acts ... 11 & 12 Vict. c. 132" and the words "Pay, superannuations, and all other expenses of the constabulary police in Ireland ... 9 & 10 Vict. c. 97. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 100".
25 & 26 Vict. c. 69 Harbours Transfer Act 1862 Sections 3 and 4.
26 & 27 Vict. c. 33 Revenue Act 1863 Section 14.
29 & 30 Vict. c. 25 Exchequer Bills and Bonds Act 1866 Sections 24 and 25. In section 26, the words from "as well" to "this Act" (in the third place where they occur). In section 30, the words "made out and issued in pursuance of any former Act or Acts, or".
42 & 43 Vict. c. 44 Lord Clerk Register (Scotland) Act 1879 In section 9, the proviso.
43 & 44 Vict. c. 22 Merchant Shipping (Fees and Expenses) Act 1880 The whole act.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 49 Militia Act 1882 Section 54.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 16 National Debt and Local Loans Act 1887 Section 6(3). Sections 9 and 10.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 2 National Debt (Conversion) Act 1888 Part III. In section 32, the definitions of "the Bank" and "financial year".
54 & 55 Vict. c. 72 Coinage Act 1891 Section 1.
55 & 56 Vict. c. 48 Bank Act 1892 In section 5(1), the words "at the rate of two pounds fifteen shillings per cent. per annum, until the fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three, and after that day," and the words from "Provided that" onwards.
55 & 56 Vict. c. 56 Coroners Act 1892 Section 1(8).
6 Edw. 7. c. 55 Public Trustee Act 1906 In section 7(2), the words "or the growing produce thereof."
7 Edw. 7. c. 4 Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1907 Section 1(2).
8 Edw. 7. c. 16 Finance Act 1908 Section 10(1).
10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. 8 Finance (1909–10) Act 1910 Section 88(2). Section 93. In section 96(2), the words "or Part VII".
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 2 Revenue Act 1911 Section 18.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 56 War Loan (Trustees) Act 1915 The whole act.
7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 25 Courts (Emergency Powers) Act 1917 The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 20 Scottish Board of Health Act 1919 In section 4(1), paragraph (f), in paragraph (g) the words "the Vaccination (Scotland) Acts 1863 to 1907", and paragraph (h).
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 50 Ministry of Transport Act 1919 In section 2(1), in the proviso, paragraph (iii). Sections 3, 6, 15 and 29. In section 30(2), the definition of "easement". In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1(1), the words "or any draft Order in Council under section 9 of this Act is submitted to Parliament" and the words "or Order in Council" in both places where they occur; in paragraph 1(3), the words "being in the case of a draft order a person" and the words from "and in the case" to "proposed works"; and in paragraph 1(4), the words "or submitting the draft Order in Council to Parliament" and the words "or submit the draft Order in Council to Parliament" in both places where they occur.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 64 Courts (Emergency Powers) Act 1919 The whole act.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 14 China (Currency Stabilisation) Act 1939 The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 6 Chartered and Other Bodies (Resumption of Elections) Act 1945 The whole act.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 29 National Assistance Act 1948 In Schedule 1, in paragraph 6, the words "or the growing produce thereof".
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 67 Gas Act 1948 In section 45(2), the words "or the growing produce thereof".
14 Geo. 6. c. 17 Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1950 Sections 2 and 3.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 8 European Payments Union (Financial Provisions) Act 1950 In section 3(5), the words "or the growing produce thereof".
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 14 Festival of Britain (Sunday Opening) Act 1951 The whole act.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 39 Common Informers Act 1951 In the Schedule, the entries relating to the Acts 5 Edw. 3 c. 5 and 1 & 2 Jac. 1 c. 5 and to the Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1744 and the Lighting and Watching Act 1833.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 53 Midwives Act 1951 In section 11, in paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection (1), the words from "or exempt" to "nursing homes" and, in subsection (3), the words "one hundred and ninety-two and" and the words "two hundred and forty-six and".
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 13 Festival Pleasure Gardens Act 1952 So much of the Schedule as relates to the Festival of Britain (Sunday Opening) Act 1951.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 62 Agriculture (Calf Subsidies) Act 1952 In section 1(3), the words from "either" to "fifty-one" and the words from "or, if" onwards.

Subsequent developments

Section 2 of the act was repealed by section 41(1) of, and part I of schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, which came into force on 18 July 1973.[2]

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[3]

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by the act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man by section 1(1) of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, which came into force on 25 July 1991.[4]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1964", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1964 c. 79
  2. ↑ "Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 36
  3. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 22
  4. ↑ "Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1991 c. 61
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