Short Titles Act 1896

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The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 14) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 10).

Section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the act authorised the citation of 2,095 earlier acts by short titles.[2] The acts given short titles were passed between 1351 and 1893.[3] This act gave short titles to all public general acts passed since the Union of England and Scotland and then in force, which had not already been given short titles, except for those omitted from the Revised Edition of the Statutes by reason of their local or personal character.[4][5]

Subsequent developments

Section 4 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 49), which came into force on 21 December 1908. The 1908 act also repealed the following entries in schedule 1 to the act.[6]

The 1908 act also repealed the following entries in schedule 2 to the act.[6]

Section 3 of the act was repealed by section 25(1) of, and schedule 3 to, the Interpretation Act 1978, which came into force on 1 January 1979.[7]

In column 3 of schedule 1 to the act, against the act Clerk of Parliaments Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 82), the words "The Clerk of the Parliaments Act 1824" were substituted for the words "The Clerk of Parliaments Act 1824" by section 2 of, and paragraph 2(1) of schedule 3 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978, which came into force on 31 July 1978.[8] Paragraph 2(2) of schedule 3 to the 1978 act provided that a corresponding change was to be made in any existing citation of the 1824 act, but without prejudice to the validity of any citation not so amended.

In 1995, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that section 1 and schedule 1 be repealed and recommended the repeal of a further 74 collective titles.[9]

Section 1 of, and the schedule to, the act were repealed by section 1(1) of, and group X of part X of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995, which came into force on 8 November 1995.[10] Notwithstanding these repeals, such citations are still authorized by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978. The 1995 act also repealed the following entries in schedule 2 to the act.

The act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and part 4 of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007, which came into force on 8 May 2007.[11] The 2007 act amended schedule 1 to the act. In that country, this act is one of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007.[12] .

Provisions

Section 4 of the act repealed the Short Titles Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 10).[13]

Section 2(1) of, and schedule 2 to, the act originally authorised the citation of 132 groups of acts by collective titles.[14]

The entries relating to the following groups of acts were not repealed by either the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 10) or the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 (c. 44):[13]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑HL Deb vol 34, col 198
  2. ↑The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.2 at page 76.
  3. ↑Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 705.
  4. ↑Ilbert, C P. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901. Reprinted by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2008. Page 76. Digitized copy from Google Books.
  5. ↑HL Deb vol 34, col 1364
  6. 12"Statute Law Revision Act 1908", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Edw7/8 c. 49
  7. ↑The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.3 at page 77.
  8. ↑"Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1978 c. 45
  9. ↑The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. March 1995. Pages 37 and 77.
  10. ↑"Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1995 c. 44
  11. ↑"Statute Law Revision Act 2007".
  12. ↑The Statute Law Revision Act 2007, section 10(2)
  13. 12"Short Titles Act 1896", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/59-60 c. 14
  14. ↑The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report, Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill. Law Com 233. Scot Law Com 150. Cm 2784. HMSO. Paragraph 4.4 at page 77.