Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn 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.
Citation2013 c. 2
Introduced byLord McNally[1]
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent31 January 2013[2]
Commencement31 January 2013
Other legislation
Relates toStatute Law (Repeals) Acts
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed the whole of 817 Acts of Parliament, and portions of more than 50 others. It is the largest Statute Law (Repeals) Act which has been recommended by the Law Commission.[3]

The enactments repealed included:

Benevolant societies

Acts relating to benevolent societies, courts and lotteries that no longer existed (plus the Philanthropic Society, whose successor Catch22 is now regulated by charity law).

  • Addenbrooke's Hospital
    • Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Act 1767
    • Addenbrooke's Hospital Scheme Confirmation Act 1903
  • Magdalen Hospital
    • Magdalen Hospital, London Act 1769
    • Magdalen Hospital Amendment Act 1848
    • Magdalen Hospital Amendment Act 1866
    • Magdalen Hospital Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1937
  • Female Orphan Asylum
    • Female Orphan Asylum Act 1800
    • Asylum for Female Orphans Act 1824
    • Female Orphan Asylum Amendment Act 1870
    • Board of Education Scheme (Female Orphan Asylum &c.) Confirmation Act 1924
  • Durham County Schools
    • Durham County Schools Act 1801
    • Durham County Schools Amendment Act 1822
  • Philanthropic Society
    • Philanthropic Society's Act 1806
    • Philanthropic Society's Act 1823
    • Philanthropic Society's Act 1848
  • Lord Leycester Hospital
    • Earl of Leicester's Hospital, Warwick Act 1813
    • Robert Earl of Leicester's Hospital Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1926
  • Bristol School for the Blind
    • Bristol Asylum or School of Industry for the Blind Act 1832
    • Bristol Blind Asylum Act 1905
  • Newcastle Hospital
    • Holy Jesus Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Act 1847
    • Saint Mary Magdalene Hospital (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Act 1940
  • Ireland
    • Maynooth Academy Act
    • Kilkenny City Asylum Act
    • Kildare County Infirmary Act
    • Barrington's Hospital, Limerick Act 1830
    • Cork General Hospital Act 1832
    • Maynooth College Act 1845
    • Mungret Agricultural School, &c. Act 1879
    • Barrington's Hospital Amendment Act 1885
    • Galway Hospital Act 1892
    • Waterford Infirmary Act 1896
    • Waterford and Bishop Foy Endowed Schools Act 1902
  • General
    • Hospital for Poor French Protestants Act 1808
    • Wigan Free Grammar School Act 1812
    • Troopers Fund (or St. George's Fund Society) Act 1833
    • St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner Act 1834
    • Westminster Hospital Act 1836
    • Refuge for the Destitute Act 1838
    • Lord Scudamore's Charity Act 1840
    • Imprisoned Debtors Discharge Society's Act 1856
    • Mason's Orphanage Act 1897
    • Infant Orphan Asylum Act 1899
    • Alton Military Hospital Act 1907
    • Whittington Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1909
    • Haberdashers' Company Loan Fund Bearing Interest Scheme Confirmation Act 1912
    • Bournemouth Hospitals Scheme Confirmation Act 1913
    • Lucas's Hospital Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1923
    • French Protestant Episcopal Church of the Savoy Act 1925
    • Passmore Edwards (Tilbury) Cottage Hospital Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1926
    • Feltwell Fuel Allotment Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1927
    • Richmond Parish Charity Lands Scheme Confirmation Act 1928
    • Goldsmiths' Consolidated Charities Scheme Confirmation Act 1932
    • Ford Street Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1932
    • Jesus Hospital (Chipping Barnet) Scheme Charity Confirmation Act 1933
    • Cancer Hospital (Free) Act 1933
    • Samaritan Free Hospital for Women Act 1933
    • Prince of Wales's Hospital Plymouth Act 1934
    • Buckingham's Charity (Dunstable) Scheme Confirmation Act 1936
    • Reading Almshouse and Municipal Charities Scheme Confirmation Act 1958
    • St James's Dwellings Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1958

Poor law and turnpike trusts

Acts relating to long-since reformed aspects of poor law and turnpike trusts.

General

  • Crediton Workhouse Act 1697
  • Tiverton Workhouse Act 1697
  • Exeter Workhouse Act 1697
  • Hereford Workhouse Act 1697
  • Colchester Workhouse Act 1697
  • Shaftesbury Workhouse Act 1697
  • St Botolph, Aldgate Poor Relief Act 1742
  • Bethnal Green, Church Completion and Poor Relief Act 1745
  • Loddon and Clavering (Norfolk) Poor Relief Act 1764
  • St Botolph, Aldgate Poor Relief Act 1766
  • Queensborough Poor Relief Act 1767
  • East and West Flegg Poor Relief Act 1775
  • Mitford and Launditch (Norfolk) Poor Relief Act 1775
  • Forehoe Poor Relief Act 1776
  • Hartsmere, etc (Suffolk) Poor Relief Act 1779
  • Romford Poor Relief Act 1786
  • Manchester Poor Relief Act 1790
  • Oswestry Poor Relief Act 1791
  • Ellesmere Poor Relief Act 1791
  • Stone Poor Relief Act 1792
  • Tewkesbury Poor Relief Act 1792
  • Whitchurch (Salop) Poor Relief Act 1792
  • Salop Poor Relief Act 1792
  • Bishopsgate Poor Relief Act 1795
  • Lincoln Poor Relief Act 1796
  • Samford Poor Relief Act 1799
  • Aldbourne Workhouse and Overseers Act 1800
  • Mitford and Launditch (Norfolk) Poor Relief Act 1801
  • Norfolk Poor Relief Act 1806
  • Cosford and Polstead Poor Relief Act 1807
  • Wangford (Suffolk) Poor Relief Act 1812
  • Westfirle, Beddingham and Glynde Poor Relief Act 1812
  • Colneis and Carlford Poor Relief Act 1813
  • Forehoe Poor Relief Act 1814
  • Mitcham Parish Rates Act 1816
  • Shardlow and Wilne Poor Relief Act 1816
  • Blything Poor Relief Act 1820
  • Hull Poor Relief Act 1824
  • Stow Poor Relief Act 1824
  • South Lynn Poor Relief Act 1824
  • Montgomery and Pool Poor Relief Act 1825
  • Loes and Wilford Poor Relief Act 1826
  • Shrewsbury Poor Relief Act 1826
  • Bristol Poor Relief Act 1831
  • Leicester Rates and Poor Relief Act 1832
  • Bosmere and Claydon Poor Relief Act 1833
  • Wangford (Suffolk) Poor Relief Act 1833
  • Forehoe Poor Relief Act 1833
  • Manchester Overseers Act 1858

Provision Orders Confirmation Acts

  • Salisbury Poor Relief Act 1868
  • Poor Law Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation Act 1869
  • Local Government Board's Poor Law Provisional Orders Confirmation (Oxford, &c.) Act 1875
  • Local Government Board's (Poor Law) Provisional Orders Confirmation (Birmingham, &c.) Act 1878
  • Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (Poor Law) Act 1879
  • Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (Poor Law) (No.7) Act 1888
  • Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (Poor Law) Act 1889

Other

Gas lights

Acts regulating London gas lights, which had been replaced with electric lights.

  • London Gaslight Act 1852
  • London Gaslight Act 1857
  • London Gaslight Act 1866
  • London Gaslight Act 1880

Lotteries

Lotteries from past centuries.

General taxation

  • National Insurance Surcharge Act 1976

Other

  • Acts approving railways which failed to materialize;
  • Scottish local taxation acts; which were transferred following the Scotland Act 1998
  • a provision of Scots law relating to capital punishment, moot since its abolition following the Crime and Disorder Act 1998
  • the Police Act 1969, which was still in force despite all of its sections having been repealed since 1994
  • many Acts relating to territory that was no longer under British sovereignty, including the government of Dublin and railway companies in India.

References

  1. ↑ "House of Lords Hansard for 10 October 2012". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "House of Lords Hansard for 31 January 2013". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "19th Statute Law Repeals Report - Law Commission". Law Commission. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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