Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2)
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary. |
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| Citation | 35 & 36 Vict. c. 97 |
| Introduced by | John Coleridge MP (Commons) William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (Lords) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 10 August 1872 |
| Commencement | 10 August 1872 |
| Repealed | 19 November 1998 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 |
| 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Status: Repealed | |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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |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 1872 (No. 2), also known as the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1872, (35 & 36 Vict. c. 97) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom enactments from 1807 to 1810 which had ceased to be in force or had become necessary.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.