Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980

The Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 59) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 167 enactments and revoked 26 instruments, listed in parts I to XIV of the schedule to the act.

Part I: Administration of Justice +Part I — Administration of JusticeCitationShort titleExtent of repeal21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 11 (I)Habeas Corpus Act (Ireland) 1781In section 1, the words " or lord keeper of the great seal of Ireland for the time being ". In section 2, the words " or lord keeper " (wherever occurring) and the words " lord keeper ".41 Geo. 3. c. 90Crown Debts Act 1801In section 5, the words " lord keeper, or lords commissioners for the custody of the great seal of Ireland " and " lord keeper, or lords commissioners of the great seal of Ireland ". In section 6, the words " lord keeper, or lords commissioners for the custody of the great seal of Ireland for the time being respectively " and " or them respectively ".43 Geo. 3. c. 143Public Officers Protection (Ireland) Act 1803In section 6, the words from " and if the verdict " onwards.53 Geo. 3. c. 107Endowed Schools (Ireland) Act 1813In section 16, the words " or to the commissioners for the custody of the great seal of Ireland for the time being " and " or to the commissioners for the custody of the great seal ", the words " or commissioners for the custody of the great seal " (wherever occurring), the words " or the commissioners for the custody of the great seal ", the words " or them " (after the words " in Ireland of private foundation, as to him "), and the words " or commissioners for the custody of the great seal, and they are hereby empowered " and " or their ".11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 65Infants' Property Act 1830In section 31, the words " or of sane mind ". In section 35, the words " or lord chancellor, intrusted as aforesaid " and " or lord chancellor ".11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 68Carriers Act 1830Section 10.3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 41Judicial Committee Act 1833Sections 10 to 12.4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 92Fines and Recoveries (Ireland) Act 1834In section 31, the words from " or the lord keeper " to " for the time being " (in the second place where they occur). In section 46, the words from " lord keeper " (in the first place where they occur) to " person or persons " (in the first place where they occur) and the words " lord keeper, or lords commissioners, or person or persons so " (wherever occurring). In section 47, the words from " lord keeper " to " person or persons ".5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 55Sheriffs (Ireland) Act 1835Schedule 1.6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 13Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1836In section 50, the words " plead the general issue and ", " who shall try the said issue " and " and such constable shall recover his costs of suit ".1 & 2 Vict. c. 28Bread (Ireland) Act 1838In section 15, the words " or magistrates, justice or justices of the peace ".8 & 9 Vict. c. 16Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845In section 3, the definition of " county " and in the definition of " justice " the words " county, city, borough, liberty or other ". In section 144, the words from " or more " to " service of the summons ", the words " or such two justices, as the case may be, " and the words from " and for that purpose " onwards.8 & 9 Vict. c. 18Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845In section 3, the definition of " county " and in the definition of " justices " the words " county, city, liberty or " and the words " county, city, borough, liberty or " (wherever occurring).8 & 9 Vict. c. 20Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845In section 3, the definition of " county " and in the definition of " justice " the words " county, city, borough, liberty or " (wherever occurring). In section 142, the words from " or more " to " service of the summons ", the words " or such two justices, as the case may be, " and the words from " and for that purpose " onwards.10 & 11 Vict. c. 14Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847In section 3, the definitions of " county " and " quarter sessions ".10 & 11 Vict. c. 16Commissioners Clauses Act 1847In section 3, the definitions of " county " and " quarter sessions " and in the definition of " justice " the words from " and where any matter " onwards.10 & 11 Vict. c. 27Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847In section 3, the definitions of " county " and " quarter sessions ".10 & 11 Vict. c. 65Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847In section 3, the definitions of " county " and " quarter sessions ".10 & 11 Vict. c. 89Town Police Clauses Act 1847In section 3, the definitions of " county " and " quarter sessions " and in the definition of " justice " the words " county, city, borough, liberty or other " and the words from " and where any matter " onwards.14 & 15 Vict. c. 90Fines (Ireland) Act 1851In section 18, the definition of " county ".17 & 18 Vict. c. 17Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1854In section 9, the words from " of the peace " (in the second place where they occur) onwards. In section 16, the words from " and where " to " separate county ".17 & 18 Vict. c. 103Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854In section 41, the words from " for the division or place " (in the first place where they occur) onwards.20 & 21 Vict. c. 83Obscene Publications Act 1857In section 1, the words " or any two justices in petty sessions for the district ", the words " or justices " (in the last three places where they occur) and the words " or they " (wherever occurring). In section 4, the words from " for the county " to " so acted " and from " and entering " to " think proper ".23 & 24 Vict. c. 154Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860In section 1, the definition of " county ". Sections 61 and 62.25 & 26 Vict. c. 114Poaching Prevention Act 1862In section 1, in the definitions of " justice " and " justices " the words " of or " and " county, riding, division, liberty, city, borough, or ".26 & 27 Vict. c. 112Telegraph Act 1863In section 3, the definition of " two justices ".33 & 34 Vict. c. 46Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870In section 70, the definition of " county ".44 & 45 Vict. c. 49Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881In section 57, the definition of " County ".1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 8 (N.I.)Arbitration Act (Northern Ireland) 1937Section 25.1954 c. 11 (N.I.)Common Informers Act (Northern Ireland) 1954In the Schedule, the entries relating to the Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1744, the Collection of Revenue Act (Ireland) 1795, the Plate Assay (Ireland) Act 1807, the Ecclesiastical Proctors (Ireland) Act 1814, the Bankers (Ireland) Act 1825, the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act 1832, the Linen Manufactures (Ireland) Act 1835, the Private Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act 1842, the Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act 1851, the Civil Bill Courts Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1864 and the County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act 1877.1970 c. 16 (N.I.)Maintenance and Affiliation Orders Act (Northern Ireland) 1970Section 1(1) and (3). The Schedule.

Part II: Appeals +Part II — AppealsCitationShort titleExtent of repeal57 Geo. 3. c. 108Tolls (Ireland) Act 1817Section 6.1 & 2 Vict. c. 56Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838Sections 106, 107, 109 and 112.8 & 9 Vict. c. 20Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845Section 60.12 & 13 Vict. c. 104Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1849The whole act, so far as unrepealed.63 & 64 Vict. c. 27Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Act 1900Section 11(2).6 Edw. 7. c. 34Prevention of Corruption Act 1906Section 2(6).6 Edw. 7. c. 43Street Betting Act 1906Section 4.7 Edw. 7. c. 53Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907Section 7(1)(c).8 Edw. 7. c. 24Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act 1908Section 5.9 Edw. 7. c. 12Marine Insurance (Gambling Policies) Act 1909Section 1(7).23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 6 (N.I.)Stormont Regulation and Government Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1933In section 3(1), the words from " and a person " onwards.1946 c. 7 (N.I.)Shops Act (Northern Ireland) 1946In section 9(12), the words from " and the appellant " onwards. Section 37(5).1958 c. 13 (N.I.)Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1958Section 49.

Part III: Constitutional +Part III — ConstitutionalCitationShort titleExtent of repeal6 Anne c. 8 (I)Privilege of Parliament Act (Ireland) 1707Sections 2 and 5.10 & 11 Vict. c. 32Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act 1847In section 3, the words from " and shall " onwards.31 & 32 Vict. c. 72Promissory Oaths Act 1868In section 8, the words from " in the case of the Clerical " to " therein referred to " and the words " each of ". In section 9, the words " and the Clerical Subscription Act 1865 ". In section 12, paragraph 2. In section 14, in paragraph 1, the words " The Clerical Subscription Act 1865 or ".12 Geo. 5. c. 6 (N.I.)Ministries of Northern Ireland Act (Northern Ireland) 1921In the Schedule, the entries in column (2) relating to the Ministry of Home Affairs.1944 c. 14 (N.I.)Ministries Act (Northern Ireland) 1944Section 2.1955 c. 28 (N.I.)Ministerial and Other Offices Act (Northern Ireland) 1955The whole act, so far as unrepealed.SI 1972/1999 (N.I. 22)Local Government &c. (Northern Ireland) Order 1972Article 2(5).SI 1973/1086 (N.I. 14)Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor-General and Others) (Northern Ireland) Order 1973Article 3.

Part IV: Criminal Justice +Part IV — Criminal JusticeCitationShort titleExtent of repeal7 Will. 3. c. 17 (I)Sunday Observance Act (Ireland) 1695In section 3, the words " officer or officers " (in the first place where they occur), the words from " of the county " to " administer ", the words " or chief officer or officers ", the words from " or churchwardens " to " such offence shall be committed " and the words from " and to levy " to " raised thereby ".6 Anne c. 17 (I)Lotteries Act (Ireland) 1707In section 2, the words " two justices of the peace, or chief " and " of any city or town corporate, where the offence shall be committed, ", the words " justices of the peace, or chief " (in the second place where they occur), the words " and required to summon the party complained of, and " and the words from " and by warrant " to " so offending ".26 Geo. 3. c. 24 (I)Forcible Entry Act (Ireland) 1786In section 64, the words from " and be transported " to " Europe " and the words from " in like manner " onwards. In section 65, the words " presented or " (wherever occurring) and " presentment or " (wherever occurring), the words " or clerk of the peace respectively ", " or general quarter sessions " and " presentments or ", the words from " or other chief governor " to " for the time being ", the words " and transported as in cases of felony ", the words from " in like manner " (in the first place where they occur) to " realm " and the words from " in like manner " (in the second place where they occur) onwards. In section 66, the words " presented or " and the words from " and that the justices " onwards.57 Geo. 3. c. 108Tolls (Ireland) Act 1817In section 5, the words from " of the county " onwards.60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4. c. 1Unlawful Drilling Act 1819In section 2, the words from " and it shall be lawful " onwards.4 Geo. 4. c. 48Judgment of Death Act 1823The whole act.7 Geo. 4. c. 16Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals Act 1826In section 35, the words from " and in all indictments " (in the first place where they occur) onwards.6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 116Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1836Sections 169 and 170.1 & 2 Vict. c. 28Bread (Ireland) Act 1838In section 13, the words from " of the city " to " shall be committed ".1 & 2 Vict. c. 56Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838Sections 103 and 105.3 & 4 Vict. c. 97Railway Regulation Act 1840In section 13, the words from " and in default " onwards. In section 16, the words from " and in default " onwards.8 & 9 Vict. c. 16Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845In section 142, the words from " and if the amount " onwards. Section 150. In section 154, the words from " and on nonpayment " onwards.