Statute Law Revision Act 1959

This article is about the act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the act of the Parliament of Victoria, see Statute Law Revision Act § Victoria.

The Statute Law Revision Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Statute Law Revision Act 1959^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded enactments.
Citation	7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68
Dates
Royal assent	29 July 1959
Commencement	29 July 1959[b]
Repealed	27 June 1974
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Common Informers Act 1575 Common Informers Act 1588 Common Informers Act 1623 Adulteration of Hops Act 1733 Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1743 Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1744 Stealing of Vegetables Act 1772 British North America (Seignorial Rights) Act 1825 Bankers (Scotland) Act 1826 Army Prize Money Act 1832 London Hackney Carriages Act 1833 Newfoundland Act 1842 Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1844 Hosiery Act 1845 Silk Weavers Act 1845 Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 New Brunswick Boundary Act 1851 Military Savings Bank Act 1859 Public House Closing Act 1864 Army Prize (Shares of Deceased) Act 1864 Indian Prize Money Act 1866 Indian Prize Money Act 1868 Licensing Act 1874 Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1875 Ecclesiastical Fees Act 1875 Railway and Canal Traffic (Provisional Orders) Amendment Act 1891 Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1892 Veterinary Surgeons Act (1881) Amendment Act 1920 Treaties of Washington Act 1922 War Service Canteens (Disposal of Surplus) Act 1922 Cunard (Insurance) Agreement Act 1930 British Museum Act 1946 Transvaal Loan (Guarantee) Act 1907 Mauritius Loan (Guarantee) Act 1931 Austrian Loan Guarantee Act 1933 London Passenger Transport (Agreement) Act 1935 Railways (Agreement) Act 1935
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974
Status: Repealed

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.

The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man^[1] on 25 July 1991.^[2]

The effect of this act is set out in the Report of the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills dated 24 June 1959.^[3]

Section 3 – Saving for powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland

This section was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

Acts of Parliament repealed by this act

Miscellaneous

Session and chapter	Short title
Adulteration of Hops Act 1733	7 Geo. 2. c. 19
Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1743	17 Geo. 2. c. 30
Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1744	18 Geo. 2. c. 24
Stealing of Vegetables Act 1772	13 Geo. 3. c. 32
British North America (Seigniorial Rights) Act 1825	6 Geo. 4. c. 59
Bankers (Scotland) Act 1826	7 Geo. 4. c. 67
Newfoundland Act 1842	5 & 6 Vict. c. 120
Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1844	7 & 8 Vict. c. 68
Hosiery Act 1845	8 & 9 Vict. c. 77
Silk Weavers Act 1845	8 & 9 Vict. c. 128
New Brunswick Boundary Act 1851	14 & 15 Vict. c. 63
Public House Closing Act 1864	27 & 28 Vict. c. 64
Licensing Act 1874	37 & 38 Vict. c. 49
Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1875	38 & 39 Vict. c. 71
Ecclesiastical Fees Act 1875	38 & 39 Vict. c. 76
Veterinary Surgeons Act (1881) Amendment Act 1920	10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 20
Treaties of Washington Act 1922	12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 21
War Service Canteens (Disposal of Surplus) Act 1922	12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 53
Cunard (Insurance) Agreement Act 1930	21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 2
British Museum Act 1946	9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 56

Army prize and savings bank

Short title	Session and chapter
Army Prize Money Act 1832	2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 53
Military Savings Banks Act 1859	22 & 23 Vict. c. 20
Army Prize (Shares of Deceased) Act 1864	27 & 28 Vict. c. 36
Indian Prize Money Act 1866	29 & 30 Vict. c. 47
Indian Prize Money Act 1868	31 & 32 Vict. c. 38

Colonial and other loans

Short title	Session and chapter
Transvaal Loan (Guarantee) Act 1907	7 Edw. 7. c. 37
Mauritius Loan (Guarantee) Act 1931	21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 26
Austrian Loan Guarantee Act 1933	23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 5

Legal procedure

Short title	Session and chapter
Common Informers Act 1575	18 Eliz. 1. c. 5
Common Informers Act 1588	31 Eliz. 1. c. 5
Common Informers Act 1623	21 Jas. 1. c. 4
Common Informers Act 1634 (Ireland)	10 & 11 Car. 1. (I.) c. 11

Road and rail transport

Short title	Session and chapter
London Hackney Carriages Act 1833	3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 48
Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846	9 & 10 Vict. c. 57
Railway and Canal Traffic (Provisional Orders) Amendment Act 1891	54 & 55 Vict. c. 12
Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1892	55 & 56 Vict. c. 44
London Passenger Transport (Agreement) Act 1935	25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 27
Railways (Agreement) Act 1935	26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 6

See also

• Statute Law Revision Act.

Notes

1. Section 4. Due to the repeal of the act, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.