Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom statute

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 is a UK statute that formed part of a periodic programme to modernise and simplify the law by repealing obsolete or spent enactments.

Aliases (3)

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 recommended by the Commissions. ×1
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 ×1
Statute Law (Repeals) Acts ×1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom → statute →
aim	to reduce the size and complexity of the statute book →
appliesTo	England → Northern Ireland → Scotland → Wales →
basedOnRecommendationsOf	Law Commission → Scottish Law Commission →
category	public general act →
characteristic	does not generally create new substantive law → primarily removes spent or unnecessary provisions →
country	United Kingdom →
effect	preserves the effect of certain provisions where necessary → streamlines the UK statute book →
function	repeals enactments listed in its Schedules →
hasComponent	Schedules listing repealed enactments →
isPartOfProgramme	periodic statute law repeal programme →
jurisdiction	England and Wales → Northern Ireland → Scotland →
language	English →
legalCitationJurisdiction	UK statute law →
legalSystem	common law →
legislature	British Parliament → surface form: "Parliament of the United Kingdom"
longTitle	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 → surface form: "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 recommended by the Commissions."
motivation	to remove obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded enactments →
partOf	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 → surface form: "Statute Law (Repeals) Acts"
purpose	to modernise and simplify statute law → to promote the reform of the statute law → to repeal enactments that are obsolete or no longer of practical utility →
region	Great Britain →
relatedBody	Law Commission → surface form: "Law Commission for England and Wales" Scottish Law Commission →
relatedConcept	law reform in the United Kingdom → repeal of legislation → statute law revision →
shortTitle	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 →
status	in force →
subjectMatter	law reform → repeal of obsolete enactments → statute law revision →
typeOfRepealAct	consolidating repeal act →

Referenced by (5)

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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 → longTitle → Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 →

this entity surface form: "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 recommended by the Commissions."

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 → partOf → Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 →

this entity surface form: "Statute Law (Repeals) Acts"

Life Peerages Act 1958 → relatedTo → Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 →

this entity surface form: "Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876"

Indian Independence Act 1947 → repealedBy → Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 →

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 → shortTitle → Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 →