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 (b) As respects Acts of a public nature wholly or partly in force

(i) the short title (or, if necessary, in the absence of a short title, the general subject in square brackets) is printed in heavy type;

(ii) references are added in ordinary type to subsequent enactments by which the Act has been partially repealed or amended, extended, explained or otherwise affected. These subsequent enactments sometimes include Church Assembly Measures or Statutory Rules and Orders or Statutory Instruments: the Orders in Council which adapted legislation in giving effect to constitutional changes in Ireland are not noted here, but are mentioned in the Index to the Statutes in Force under the headings

6. (1) The particulars of the effect of subsequent legislation are stated in accordance with the following general practice as regards repeals:

(a) In a few instances, Acts have been repealed in part after having been wholly repealed; in such cases the later partial repeal is disregarded.

(b) In other instances, Acts have been repealed more than once; in such cases a discretion has been exercised as to which repealing Act should be entered, and in some cases more tha one are entered.

(c) A repeal made nugatory by an express or implied revival is not always noticed.

(d) Where a temporary Act has been repealed by an Act also temporary but lasting longer than the original Act would have lasted if not repealed, the repeal is treated as final.

(e) Where an Act has been partially repealed, and afterwards wholly repealed, the total repeal only is entered, except in the case of a partial repeal more extensive territorially than the total repeal.

(f) In like manner, partial repeals, covered by later partial repeals, are frequently omitted.

(g) The partial determination, otherwise than by express repeal, of an Act which has not wholly ceased to be in force is not always noticed.

(2) Reference has already been made to Acts extended to Ireland in 1495 by Poynings Act. Some Acts passed after Poynings Act by the Parliament of England or of Great Britain purport to extend beyond England or Great Britain; repeals of these Acts affected by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1863 (ending with the reign of King James the Second), are entered as unrestricted, though the repealing Act is in terms limited to England; repeals of these Acts effected