Statute Law Revision Act 1960[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to revise the statute law by repealing obsolete, spent or unnecessary enactments.
Citation8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56
Dates
Royal assent29 July 1960
Commencement29 July 1960[2]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
  • Cheap Trains and Canal Carriers Act 1858
  • Railway Companies' Powers Act 1864
  • Railways Construction Facilities Act 1864
  • Railway Returns (Continuous Brakes) Act 1878
  • Railway Regulation Act 1893
Status: Amended

The Statute Law Revision Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 56) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[3]

Section 1 – Repeal of obsolete, spent or unnecessary enactments

Section 1(1) was repealed by section 1 of, and Part XI of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.

Section 2 – 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This section was repealed by section 41(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

Schedule

The Schedule was repealed by section 1 of, and Part XI of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974.

See also

References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3 of this Act.
  2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  3. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part II. Page 919, read with pages viii and x of Part I.


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