Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to repeal certain Statutes which are not in use. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64 |
| Introduced by | Peter Locke King MP (Commons) Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue (Lords) |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 July 1856 |
| Commencement | 21 July 1856 |
| Repealed | 11 August 1875 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
| Relates to | See Statute Law Revision Acts |
Status: Repealed | |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 64), also known as the Statute Law Revision Act 1856, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom enactments from 1285 to 1777 which had ceased to be in force or had become unnecessary.
Halsbury's Laws labelled this act as the first act for statute law revision (in the sense of repealing enactments which are obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded, or which no longer serve a useful purpose). Courtenay Ilbert described this act as the first Statute Law Revision Act.