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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 CHAPTER 50 LONDON:HMSO Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 CHAPTER 50 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Repeals and associated provisions. 2. 17 Geo.3 c.17 deemed not to have been repealed by 1978 c.45. 3. Extent. 4. Short title and commencement. SCHEDULES: Schedule 1—Repeals. Part I—Administration of Justice. Part IT—Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Part Ill—Allotment Law. Part TV—Commons and Open Spaces. Part V—Companies. Part VI—Ecciesiastical Law. Part Vu—Explosives. Part VIlI—Family Law. Part TX—Finance. Part X—Local Government. Part XI—Parliamentary and Constitutional Provisions. Part XII—Pharmacy. Part XIII—Property Law. Part XI V—Statutory Interpretation Provisions. Part XV—Transport. Part XVI—Miscellaneous. Schedule 2—Consequential and Connected Provisions. Part I—Amendments Relating to Summary Jurisdiction. Part Il—Other Provisions. Job No. I 30657 A ELIZABETH II c. 50 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 1993 CHAPTER 50 An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments; and to correct a mistake in the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978. [5th November 1993] E IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and B Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1.—( 1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act are hereby Repeals and repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. associated provisions. (2) Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect. 2.—(l) The Act of the 17th year of King George the third entitled "An 17 Geo.3 c.17 Act for dividing the Chase of Enfield in the County of Middlesex; and for deemed not to other Purposes therein mentioned" shall be deemed not to have been have been repealed by 1978 repealed by Part XIV of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed— (a) as affirming the legal effect of any provision of the Act which was not of legal effect immediately before the repeal, or of anything done or purportedly done under the Act, or (b) as imposing any liability in respect of anything done between the date of the repeal and the commencement of this section. 3.—( 1) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Extent. Ireland. 2 c. 50 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (2) Any repeal by this Act of an enactment which extends to the Isle of Man also extends there; and Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that the repeal by this Act of any enactment specified in the Order shall on a date so specified extend to any of the Channel Islands or any colony. (3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that the amendment made by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to this Act shall on a date specified in the Order extend to the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands or any colony subject to such modifications as may be so specified. Except as mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) above, this Act does not repeal or amend any enactment so far as the enactment forms part of the law of a country outside the United Kingdom. Short title and 4.—(l) This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993. commencement. (2) The repeal by this Act of— 1939 c.l 17 (a) paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the National Loans Act 1939, 1946 c.27 (b) paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Bank of England Act 1946, and 1946 c.59 (c) section 33(8) of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, shall have effect, so far as relating to stock registered in the National Savings Stock Register, on the coming into force of the first regulations 1972 c.65 made by virtue of section 3(1) (bb) of the National Debt Act 1972. 1978 c.l 1 (3) The repeal by this Act of the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) 1985 c.14 Act 1978 and section 1 of the Shipbuilding Act 1985 shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint. Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 c. 50 3 SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 REPEALS PART I ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE Chapter or Short title Extent of repeal Number Group 1 - General Repeals 20 Geo. 2 c.43. Heritable Jurisdictions Sections 1, 2, 24, 26 and 27. (Scotland) Act 1746. 12 Geo. 3 c.24. Dockyards, etc. Protection The whole Act as it applies Act 1772. to the Isle of Man. 32 Geo. 3 c.56. Servants' Characters Act The whole Act as it applies 1792. to Scotland. Section 6 as it applies to England and Wales. 41 Geo. 3 c.79. Public Notaries Act 1801. Section 16. 1 &2Will.4 Game Act 1831. Section 42. c.32. 3 & 4 Will. 4 Judicial Committee Act Section 9 from "and every c.41. 1833. such witness" onwards. 6 & 7 Vict. c.30. Pound-breach Act 1843. The whole Act. 6 & 7 Vict. c.40. Hosiery Act 1843. The whole Act. lOll Vict. Commissioners Clauses Act Section 11. c.16. 1847. l4& l5Vict. Summary Jurisdiction In section 16, paragraph 3. c.92. (Ireland) Act 1851. l8& l9Vict. Crown Suits Act 1855. The whole Act. c.90. 20&21 Vict. Summary Jurisdiction Act The whole Act. c.43. 1857. 20&21 Vict. Crown Suits (Scotland) Act Section 5 from the c.44. 1857. beginning to "Act; and". 27 & 28 Vict. Naval Prize Act 1864. Section 50. c.25. 29 & 30 Vict. Constabulary (Ireland) Act The whole Act. c.103. 1866. 31 &32Vict. Documentary Evidence Act Section 4 except as it c.37. 1868. applies to Scotland. 33&34Vict. Forfeiture Act 1870. Section 1. c.23. In section 2, the words "Provided nevertheless, that". Section 5. 4 c. 50 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 SCH. 1 Chapter or Short title Extent of repeal Number 34&35Vict. Pedlars Act 1871. In section 3, the definition c.96. of "court of summary jurisdiction". Section 20 from "Provided as follows" onwards. 34&35Vict. Prevention of Crimes Act Section 17 as it applies to c.112. 1871. Scotland. 37 & 38 Vict. Births and Deaths Section 45. c.88. Registration Act 1874. 38&39Vict. Public Stores Act 1875. In section 2, the definition c.25. of "court of summary jurisdiction". In section 4, the words "therein described". In section 13, as it applies to Great Britain, the words "or to the having in possession or keeping Her Majesty's stores". Sections 14, 15, 16 and 18. Schedule 1 except the entry in column 2 beginning "The name". 39 & 40 Vict. An Act to alter the The whole Act. c.clii (1876). Justiciary District of the County of Peebles. 44 & 45 Vict. Summary Jurisdiction Section 1 from "This Act c.24. (Process) Act 1881. shall" onwards. 45&46Vict. Documentary Evidence Act Section 3 except as it c.9. 1882. applies to Scotland. 49 & 50 Vict. Riot (Damages) Act 1886. Section 4(2). c.38. In section 9, the definition of "borough". Section 10. 50&51 Vict. Sheriffs Act 1887. Section 14. c.55. 55 & 56 Vict. Witnesses (Public Inquiries) The following provisions as c.64. Protection Act 1892. they apply to England and Wales— Section 4 from "to condemn" to "convicted and" and from "provided that" onwards. Section 5 from "together" to "court". 2Edw.7c.8. Cremation Act 1902. Section 8(1) from "Provided that" onwards. 7 Edw. 7 c.l6. Evidence (Colonial Section 1(2) except as it Statutes) Act 1907. applies to Scotland. Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 c. 50 5 SCH. 1 Chapter or Short title Extent of repeal Number 9 Edw. 7 c.40. Police Act 1909. Section 6 from "and" (where first occurring) onwards. 4 & 5 Geo.5 Criminal Justice Section 38. c.58. Administration Act 1914. 10 & 11 Geo. 5 Official Secrets Act 1920. Section 1 1(l)(a). c.75. Section 11(3). 23 & 24 Geo. 5 Administration of Justice In section 2(2)(ii), the c.36. (Miscellaneous words "or of being a Provisions) Act 1933. habitual criminal or a habitual drunkard". Section 2(7) from the beginning to "aforesaid". Section 7(3). 8 & 9 Geo. 6 Limitation (Enemies and In sections 2(1) and 4(a), c.16. War Prisoners) Act 1945. the reference to section 4 of the Employers' Liability Act 1880. In section 4(a), the reference to section 1 of the Public Authorities Protection Act 1893. 10 & 11 Geo. 6 Crown Proceedings Act Section 24(4). c.44. 1947. Section 25(5). Section 26(1) from "This subsection" onwards. Section 36. Section 51(1). 14 & 15 Geo. 6 Fraudulent Mediums Act Section 2. c.33. 1951. 14 & 15 Geo. 6 Common Informers Act In the Schedule, the entry c.39. 1951. relating to the Public Notaries Act 1843. 15 & 16 Geo. 6 Prison Act 1952. Section 54(1). & I Eliz. 2 Section 55(3). c.52. In section 55(4) the words "the last preceding subsection or". Schedule 3. 1954 c. 11. (N.J.) Common Informers Act In the Schedule, the entries (Northern Ireland) 1954. relating to the Expiring Laws Act (Ireland) 1761, the Recognisances (Ireland) Act 1817, the Public Notaries (Ireland) Act 1821, and the Clerk of Assize (Ireland) Act 1821.