Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993

Provisions

See section 6(1) of the Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997.

The Enfield Chase Act 1777 (17 Geo. 3. c. 17) had been repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978. Section 2 reversed this, stating the act was "deemed not to have been repealed".

2 17 Geo.3 c.17 deemed not to have been repealed by 1978 c. 45

(1) The Act of the 17th year of King George the third entitled “An Act for dividing the Chase of Enfield in the County of Middlesex; and for other Purposes therein mentioned” shall be deemed not to have been repealed by Part XIV of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978.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.

The majority of the act commenced upon royal assent.

The power conferred by section 4(3) (in relation to the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 and the Shipbuilding Act 1985) was fully exercised by article 2 of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1996 (SI 1996/509).

4 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993.

(2) The repeal by this Act of—

(a) paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the [1939 c. 117] National Loans Act 1939,

(b) paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the [1946 c. 27] Bank of England Act 1946, and

(c) section 33(8) of the [1946 c. 59] 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 made by virtue of section 3(1) (bb) of the [1972 c. 65] National Debt Act 1972.

(3) The repeal by this Act of the [1978 c. 11] Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 and section 1 of the [1985 c. 14] Shipbuilding Act 1985 shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

Repealed enactments

Section 1(1) of the act repealed 617 enactments, listed in parts I to XVI of schedule 1 to the act.

Part I: Administration of Justice

Part II: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Part III: Allotment Law

Part IV: Commons and Open Spaces

Part V: Companies

Part VI: Ecclesiastical Law

Part VII: Explosives

Part VIII: Family Law

Part IX: Finance

Part X: Local Government

Part XI: Parliamentary and Constitutional Provisions

Part XII: Pharmacy

Part XIII: Property Law

Part XIV: Statutory Interpretation Provisions

Part XV: Transport

Part XVI: Miscellaneous

Subsequent developments

In section 3(3) of the act, the words "the Isle of Man," were repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 2 of part X of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998, which came into force on 19 November 1998.