Statute Law Revision Act 1870

Statute Law Revision Act 1870
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for further promoting the revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain enactments that have ceased to be in force or are consolidated by certain Acts of the present Session.
Citation33 & 34 Vict. c. 69
Introduced by (Commons)
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (Lords)
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent9 August 1870
Commencement9 August 1870
Repealed2 May 1986
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended byStatute Law Revision Act 1894
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1986
Relates to
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 69) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom enactments relating to the National Debt and to forgery which had ceased to be in force or had become necessary. The act was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the statutes, then in progress.