Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed the whole of 817 acts of Parliament, and portions of more than 50 others.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.

Background The act implemented recommendations contained in the nineteenth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Provisions The act repealed

16 Scottish laws relating to imposing a duty on every pint of ale, beer or porter sold or brewed in certain parts of Scotland

In total, the act repealed 817 acts in full. The act partially repealed 50 other acts.

Section 1 of the act repealed and revoked the enactments and instruments listed in schedule 1 to the act, which is arranged in 11 parts.

Part 1: Benevolent institutions Part 1 listed acts relating to benevolent societies that no longer existed (plus the Philanthropic Society, whose successor Catch22 is now regulated by charity law). + Schedule 1, Part 1 – Benevolent institutions Citation Short title Extent of repealGroup 1 – Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse 8 Geo. 1. c. 29 Charterhouse Governors (Quorum) Act 1721 The whole act. 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. v Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1948 The whole act. 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lvi Sutton's Hospital (Charterhouse) Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1956 The whole act.Group 2 – Addenbrooke's Hospital 7 Geo. 3. c. 99 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Act 1767 The whole act. 3 Edw. 7. c. clv Addenbrooke's Hospital Scheme Confirmation Act 1903 The whole act.Group 3 – Magdalen Hospital 9 Geo. 3. c. 31 Magdalen Hospital, London Act 1769 The whole act. 11 & 12 Vict. c. xvii Magdalen Hospital Amendment Act 1848 The whole act. 29 & 30 Vict. c. cxxx Magdalen Hospital Amendment Act 1866 The whole act. 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. xxiv Magdalen Hospital Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1937 The whole act.Group 4 – Female Orphan Asylum 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. lx Female Orphan Asylum Act 1800 The whole act. 5 Geo. 4. c. v Asylum for Female Orphans Act 1824 The whole act. 33 & 34 Vict. c. xv Female Orphan Asylum Amendment Act 1870 The whole act. 14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. xxi Board of Education Scheme (Female Orphan Asylum &c.) Confirmation Act 1924 The whole act.Group 5 – Durham County Schools 41 Geo. 3. (U.K.) c. cxx Durham County Schools Act 1801 The whole act. 3 Geo. 4. c. 26 Durham County Schools Amendment Act 1822 The whole act.Group 6 – Philanthropic Society 46 Geo. 3. c. cxliv Philanthropic Society's Act 1806 The whole act. 4 Geo. 4. c. 18 Philanthropic Society's Act 1823 The whole act. 11 & 12 Vict. c. cix Philanthropic Society's Act 1848 The whole act.Group 7 – Bethlem Hospital 50 Geo. 3. c. cxcviii Bethlem Hospital Act 1810 The whole act. 2 & 3 Vict. c. 20 Bethlem Hospital Act 1839 The whole act. 34 & 35 Vict. c. cxxii Bethlem Hospital Act 1871 The whole act.Group 8 – Earl of Leicester's Hospital 53 Geo. 3. c. ccxiii Earl of Leicester's Hospital, Warwick Act 1813 The whole act. 16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. xxv Robert Earl of Leicester's Hospital Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1926 The whole act.Group 9 – Bristol School for the Blind 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. xxxix Bristol Asylum or School of Industry for the Blind Act 1832 The whole act. 5 Edw. 7. c. clxxi Bristol Blind Asylum Act 1905 The whole act.Group 10 – Middlesex Hospital 6 & 7 Will. 4. c. vii Middlesex Hospital Act 1836 The whole act. 1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. xii Middlesex Hospital Act 1938 The whole act.Group 11 – Newcastle Hospital 10 & 11 Vict. c. 34 Holy Jesus Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Act 1847 The whole act. 3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. xxxv Saint Mary Magdalene Hospital (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Act 1940 The whole act.Group 12 – London Hospital 47 & 48 Vict. c. xviii London Hospital Act 1884 The whole act. 62 & 63 Vict. c. l London Hospital Act 1899 The whole act.Group 13 – Ireland 48 Geo. 3. c. cxlv Maynooth Academy Act 1808 The whole act. 50 Geo. 3. c. cviii Kilkenny City Asylum Act 1810 The whole act. 50 Geo. 3. c. clii Kildare County Infirmary Act 1810 The whole act. 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. lxxii Barrington's Hospital, Limerick Act 1830 The whole act. 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. ciii Cork General Hospital Act 1832 The whole act. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 25 Maynooth College Act 1845 The whole act. 42 & 43 Vict. c. ccxx Mungret Agricultural School, &c. Act 1879 The whole act. 48 & 49 Vict. c. xlvii Barrington's Hospital Amendment Act 1885 The whole act. 55 & 56 Vict. c. ccxvii Galway Hospital Act 1892 The whole act. 59 & 60 Vict. c. xxii Waterford Infirmary Act 1896 The whole act. 2 Edw. 7. c. xxxv Waterford and Bishop Foy Endowed Schools Act 1902 The whole act.Group 14 – General Repeals 48 Geo. 3. c. lxxvii Hospital for Poor French Protestants Act 1808 The whole act. 52 Geo. 3. c. clvii Wigan Free Grammar School Act 1812 The whole act. 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. cxvii Troopers Fund (or St. George's Fund Society) Act 1833 The whole act. 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. xxxviii St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner Act 1834 The whole act. 6 & 7 Will. 4. c. xx Westminster Hospital Act 1836 The whole act. 1 & 2 Vict. c. lxxi Refuge for the Destitute Act 1838 The whole act. 3 & 4 Vict. c. cxxv Lord Scudamore's Charity Act 1840 The whole act. 19 & 20 Vict. c. cxxxiii Imprisoned Debtors Discharge Society's Act 1856 The whole act. 60 & 61 Vict. c. xix Mason's Orphanage Act 1897 The whole act. 62 & 63 Vict. c. xlix Infant Orphan Asylum Act 1899 The whole act. 7 Edw. 7. c. xc Alton Military Hospital Act 1907 The whole act. 9 Edw. 7. c. cxlviii Whittington Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1909 The whole act. 2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. clxxiii Haberdashers' Company Loan Fund Bearing Interest Scheme Confirmation Act 1912 The whole act. 3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. clxxv Bournemouth Hospitals Scheme Confirmation Act 1913 The whole act. 13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. lvi Lucas's Hospital Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1923 The whole act. 15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. xlvi French Protestant Episcopal Church of the Savoy Act 1925 The whole act. 16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. xxiii Passmore Edwards (Tilbury) Cottage Hospital Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1926 The whole act. 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. xxxii Feltwell Fuel Allotment Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1927 The whole act. 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. xv Richmond Parish Charity Lands Scheme Confirmation Act 1928 The whole act. 22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. xvii Goldsmiths' Consolidated Charities Scheme Confirmation Act 1932 The whole act. 22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. xviii Ford Street Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1932 The whole act. 23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. xiv Jesus Hospital (Chipping Barnet) Scheme Charity Confirmation Act 1933 The whole act. 23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. xxxvi Cancer Hospital (Free) Act 1933 The whole act. 23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. xc Samaritan Free Hospital for Women Act 1933 The whole act. 24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. lii Prince of Wales's Hospital Plymouth Act 1934 The whole act. 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. lxxvi Buckingham's Charity (Dunstable) Scheme Confirmation Act 1936 The whole act. 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. x Reading Almshouse and Municipal Charities Scheme Confirmation Act 1958 The whole act. 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. xii St James's Dwellings Charity Scheme Confirmation Act 1958 The whole act.

Part 2: Civil and criminal justice Part 2 covered enactments relating to criminal law. The Police Act 1969 was technically still in force despite all of its sections having been repealed since 1994. + Schedule 1, Part 2 – Civil and criminal justice Citation Short title Extent of repealGroup 1 – Criminal Process11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 37 Criminal Law (Scotland) Act 1830 Section 2. Section 6.Group 2 – Distress Statutes of the Exchequer (statutes of uncertain date) Les Estatuz del Eschekere Chapter 12 (relating to the Exchequer Court).Group 3 – Extradition 36 & 37 Vict. c. 60 Extradition Act 1873 The whole act.Group 4 – Forgery 43 Geo. 3. c. 139 Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803 The whole act.Group 5 – Fraud 1987 c. 41 Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 Sections 51 to 53. 1988 c. 33 Criminal Justice Act 1988 In Schedule 15, paragraph 111.Group 6 – Police 1969 c. 63 Police Act 1969 The whole act.Group 7 – Sale of Public Offices 5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 16 Sale of Offices Act 1551 The whole act. 49 Geo. 3. c. 126 Sale of Offices Act 1809 The whole act. SR&O 1922/183 Government of Ireland (Adaptation of Enactments) (No.3) Order 1922 Article 41(a). 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 39 Common Informers Act 1951 In the Schedule, the entry relating to section 6 of the Sale of Offices Act 1809.

Part 3: Indian railways Part 3 listed acts relating to railways in India, no longer under British sovereignty.