Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.

It implemented recommendations contained in the ninth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Section 1
Section 1(1) was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Section 2
This section was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.

Section 3
In section 3(2), the words "or the Isle of Man" were repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Orders under this section

The power conferred by section 3(2) was exercised by the Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984 (SI 1984/1692).

The Orders in Council made under section 3(2) have lapsed because of the repeal made to that section by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule 1
This Schedule was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule 2
Schedule 2 made amendments to the School Sites Act 1841, the School Grants Act 1855, and the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923.

Schedule 3
Paragraph 1 of this schedule authorised the citation by short titles of three acts passed between 1554 and 1854.

The citation of the Clerk of Parliaments Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 82) in the Short Titles Act 1896 was amended to become the Clerk of the Parliaments Act 1824.

This Schedule was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.