Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1723

The Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1723 (10 Geo. 1. c. 17) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued various older acts.

Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1723

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for continuing Acts for preventing Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders of England; and for better regulating of Pilots, and for regulating the Price and Assize of Bread; and for better Encouragement of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain.
Citation	10 Geo. 1. c. 17
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	24 April 1724
Commencement	9 January 1724[a]
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Amends	See § Continued enactments
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to	See Expiring laws continuance acts
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Background

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.^[1]

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Moss Troopers Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 2), as continued by the Moss Troopers Act 1712 (12 Ann. c. 10) for 11 years from the expiration of the act.^[2]

Section 2 of the act continued the Pilotage Act 1716 (3 Geo. 1. c. 23), as continued by the Trade to East Indies, etc. Act 1720 (7 Geo. 1. St. 1. c. 21), until the end of the next session of parliament after 11 years from the expiration of the act.^[2]

Section 3 of the act continued the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18)^[b], as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 25), until the end of the next session of parliament after 7 years from the expiration of the act.^[2]

Section 4 of the act continued the Sail Cloth Manufacture Act 1712 (12 Ann. St. 1. c. 16)^[c], as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 25), until the end of the next session of parliament after 7 years from the expiration of the act.^[2]

Legacy

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all temporary laws, observing irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws.^[3]

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

1. Start of session.
2. This is the chapter in The Statutes at Large.
3. This is the chapter in The Statutes at Large.