Statute Law Revision Act 1959

The Statute Law Revision Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The effect of this act is set out in the Report of the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills dated 24 June 1959.John Burke (General editor). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1959. Sweet & Maxwell, Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1959.

Provisions Repealed enactments Sections 1 and 2 of the act repealed 105 enactments, listed in the first and second schedules to the act, respectively.

First schedule: Obsolete, &c., acts repealed +First schedule — Obsolete, &c., acts repealedCitationShort titleExtent of repeal7 Geo. 2. c. 19Adulteration of Hops Act 1733The whole act.17 Geo. 2. c. 30Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1743The whole act.18 Geo. 2. c. 24Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1744The whole act.13 Geo. 3. c. 32Stealing of Vegetables Act 1772The whole act.6 Geo. 4. c. 59British North America (Seignorial Rights) Act 1825The whole act.7 Geo. 4. c. 67Bankers (Scotland) Act 1826The whole act.5 & 6 Vict. c. 120Newfoundland Act 1842The whole act.7 & 8 Vict. c. 68Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1844The whole act.8 & 9 Vict. c. 77Hosiery Act 1845The whole act.8 & 9 Vict. c. 128Silk Weavers Act 1845The whole act.14 & 15 Vict. c. 63New Brunswick Boundary Act 1851The whole act.27 & 28 Vict. c. 64Public House Closing Act 1864The whole act.37 & 38 Vict. c. 49Licensing Act 1874The whole act.38 & 39 Vict. c. 71Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1875The whole act.38 & 39 Vict. c. 76Ecclesiastical Fees Act 1875The whole act.10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 20Veterinary Surgeons Act (1881) Amendment Act 1920The whole act.12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 21Treaties of Washington Act 1922The whole act.12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 53War Service Canteens (Disposal of Surplus) Act 1922The whole act.21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 2Cunard (Insurance) Agreement Act 1930The whole act.9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 56British Museum Act 1946The whole act.

Second schedule: Repeals of obsolete, &c., provisions in miscellaneous branches of law +Second schedule — Repeals of obsolete, &c., provisions in miscellaneous branches of lawCitationShort titleExtent of repealArmy (Prize and Savings Bank) Provisions2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 53Army Prize Money Act 1832The whole act.11 & 12 Vict. c. 55Paymaster General Act 1848Sections seven, eight and nine.22 & 23 Vict. c. 20Military Savings Bank Act 1859The whole act.26 & 27 Vict. c. 12Secretary at War Abolition Act 1863In the Schedule, the words " the Military Savings Bank Act, 1859 ".27 & 28 Vict. c. 36Army Prize (Shares of Deceased) Act 1864The whole act.29 & 30 Vict. c. 47Indian Prize Money Act 1866The whole act.31 & 32 Vict. c. 38Indian Prize Money Act 1868The whole act.25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 11Regimental Charitable Funds Act 1935In section one, in subsection (1), the words from " and upon " onwards.1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 63Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938In the First Schedule, paragraph 2.Colonial and other Loans Provisions7 Edw. 7. c. 37Transvaal Loan (Guarantee) Act 1907The whole act.21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 26Mauritius Loan (Guarantee) Act 1931The whole act.22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 17Tanganyika and British Honduras Loans Act 1932Sections three, four and five and the Schedule.23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 5Austrian Loan Guarantee Act 1933The whole act.Legal Procedure Provisions18 Eliz. 1. c. 5Common Informers Act 1575The whole act.31 Eliz. 1. c. 5Common Informers Act 1588The whole act.21 Jas. 1. c. 4Common Informers Act 1623The whole act.10 & 11 Chas. 1. c. 11 (I) Common Informers Act 1634The whole act.11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 36Contempt of Court Act 1830Section two. In section fifteen, rules 15, 19 and 20. Section seventeen.Local Government Provisions4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 76Poor Law Amendment Act 1834The preamble. Sections eighty-five and eighty-six. Section one hundred and nine, with the exception of the definition of " poor rate ".7 & 8 Vict. c. 101Poor Law Amendment Act 1844Section twenty-two. Section sixty, except so far as it relates to perambulations. Sections sixty-two and seventy-four.11 & 12 Vict. c. 91Poor Law Audit Act 1848Sections one and two.62 & 63 Vict. c. 14London Government Act 1899In section eleven, in subsection (1), the words from " the town clerk " (where first occurring) to " the borough, and ", in subsection (2), the words from " and the Local Government Board " onwards, and, in subsection (3), the words " shall be in a form approved by the Local Government Board and ", and the words " in manner provided in that form ".11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 26Local Government Act 1948In section one hundred and twenty, in subsection (2), paragraphs (a) and (c). In section one hundred and twenty-one, in subsection (4), paragraphs (b) and (c).National Debt Provisions51 & 52 Vict. c. 2National Debt (Conversion) Act 1888In section two, in subsection (5), the words " and paid out of the permanent annual charge of the National Debt ". In section twelve, in subsection (2), the words " or the growing produce thereof ". In section thirteen, in subsection (1), the words from " or the growing produce thereof " onwards.8 Edw. 7. c. 16Finance Act 1908Section nine.1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 48Finance Act 1911Section sixteen.10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 18Finance Act 1920Section fifty-eight.12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 17Finance Act 1922Part IV.13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 14Finance Act 1923Section thirty-four.16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 22Finance Act 1926Section forty-one.18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 17Finance Act 1928Sections twenty-four and twenty-five.21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 49Finance (No. 2) Act 1931Section twenty-one.22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 25Finance Act 1932Sections twenty-one and twenty-two.23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 19Finance Act 1933Section thirty-five.24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 32Finance Act 1934Section twenty-three.25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 24Finance Act 1935Section twenty-seven.26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 34Finance Act 1936Section thirty.1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 54Finance Act 1937Section twenty-six.1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 46Finance Act 1938Section fifty-three.2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 41Finance Act 1939Section thirty-four.3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 29Finance Act 1940Section sixty-one.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 35Finance Act 1947Sections sixty-eight, seventy and seventy-one.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 49Finance Act 1948Section eighty.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 47Finance Act 1949Section forty-six and, in section forty-seven, subsection (1).14 Geo. 6. c. 15Finance Act 1950Section forty-nine.14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 43Finance Act 1951Section forty-three.15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 33Finance Act 1952Section seventy-five.1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 34Finance Act 1953Section thirty-four.Purchase Tax Provisions3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 48Finance (No. 2) Act 1940In section twenty-three, in subsection (3), paragraph (a) and, in paragraph (b), the words " after the passing of that Act ". In section twenty-seven, in subsection (1), the words from " after the date " to " of this Act ". Section thirty-seven.5 & 6 Geo. 6. c. 21Finance Act 1942In section seventeen, subsection (2). In section eighteen, subsection (4).6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 28Finance Act 1943In section eleven, subsection (2).7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 23Finance Act 1944In section eleven, in subsection (1), paragraph (a). Part II of the Second Schedule.9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 64Finance Act 1946Section nineteen. In section twenty-two, subsection (3).11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 49Finance Act 1948In section twenty-two, in subsection (1), the words from " but " to the end, and in subsection (2), paragraph (a).1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 34Finance Act 1953In section eleven, subsection (5).4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 17Finance (No. 2) Act 1955Section one. In section five, subsection (2).6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 56Finance Act 1958In section one, subsection (1). The First Schedule.Road and Rail Transport Provisions1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 22London Hackney Carriage Act 1831Section forty-eight.2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 120Stage Carriages Act 1832The whole act except section forty-eight and, in section one hundred and three, the words from " it shall be lawful " (where first occurring) to " this Act ".3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 48London Hackney Carriages Act 1833The whole act.3 & 4 Vict. c. 97Railway Regulation Act 1840Section three.7 & 8 Vict. c. 85Railway Regulation Act 1844Section one. In section two, the words from " provided also " onwards. In section three, the words " revision or ". In section four, the words " revision or ", in the first two places where they occur, the words " whether of revision or purchase ", " the guarantee or " and " as the case may be ", and the words " or either of them " in both places where they occur. In section five, the words " revision or ".8 & 9 Vict. c. 20Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845In section eighty-six, the words from " and to make such reasonable charges " onwards. Sections ninety-one to ninety-three. In section ninety-five, the words from the beginning to " maintained and " and the words " board or ". In section ninety-six, the words " by notice to be annexed to the list of tolls ".8 & 9 Vict. c. 33Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845In section seventy-nine, the words from " and to make such reasonable charges " onwards. Sections eighty-four to eighty-six. In section eighty-eight, the words from the beginning to " maintained and " and the words " board or ". In section eighty-nine, the words " by notice to be annexed to the list of tolls ".9 & 10 Vict. c. 57Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846The whole act.27 & 28 Vict. c. 121Railways Construction Facilities Act 1864Sections forty-nine and fifty. In section fifty-three, the words from " or from any revision " onwards. Part (iii) of the Schedule.31 & 32 Vict. c. 119Regulation of Railways Act 1868Sections seventeen, eighteen, twenty and twenty-one.46 & 47 Vict. c. 34Cheap Trains Act 1883Sections three and five. In section eight, the definitions of " fare " and " minimum fare " and the words from " Provided that " onwards.51 & 52 Vict. c. 25Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888Sections thirteen, twenty-four and twenty-nine. In section thirty-five, in subsection (1), paragraph (a). Section thirty-eight. Except so far as they relate to charges of an independent inland waterway undertaking which are not charges with respect to which a Provisional Order was made and confirmed by Parliament in pursuance of sections twenty-four and thirty-six of the Act, section twenty-five from " Provided that " onwards, sections twenty-six, thirty-one and thirty-six, and subsections (2), (3) and (5) of section thirty-seven.54 & 55 Vict. c. 12Railway and Canal Traffic (Provisional Orders) Amendment Act 1891The whole act.55 & 56 Vict. c. 44Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1892The whole act.59 & 60 Vict. c. 48Light Railways Act 1896So much of the Second Schedule as relates to the Cheap Trains Act, 1883.9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 50Ministry of Transport Act 1919Section three, with the exception of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) so far as applied by subsequent enactments. Section thirteen. In section fourteen, in subsection (1), the words " or for the purchase of privately owned railway wagons ", the words from " (a) in the case " to " other securities " and the words " or the growing produce thereof ", and subsection (2).11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 32Finance Act 1921Section six.11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 55Railways Act 1921Section eleven. Sections twenty-eight to thirty-eight. Sections forty to fifty-five. Section fifty-seven. Section sixty-one. Section seventy-two. The Fourth and Fifth Schedules.14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 34London Traffic Act 1924Section thirteen. In section sixteen, the definitions of " omnibus ", " trolley vehicle ", " tramway car ", " licensing authority " and " proprietor ".20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43Road Traffic Act 1930Section sixty-six. In section sixty-eight, subsection (6). Section ninety-six.23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 14London Passenger Transport Act 1933In section fifty-one, subsection (8). Section fifty-five. In section sixty-one, subsections (10) and (11). In section sixty-two, subsection (7). Sections sixty-five and sixty-six.