Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977

An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility; and to facilitate the citation of statutes. [16th June 1977]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Repeals and associated amendments.

1.-(1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act are, in consequence of certain of the repeals made by this Act, hereby amended as provided by that Schedule.

Saving as to evidence of marriage.

2. The repeal by this Act of the enactments specified in Part XII of Schedule 1 to this Act does not affect the admissibility of any register of marriage, or copy, as evidence of marriage.

Citation of Acts.

3. The Acts mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act (none of which has hitherto had a short title) may be cited by the short titles respectively assigned to those Acts in the third column of that Schedule.

Extent.

4.-(1) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

(2) As respects the repeal of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855 (Part XV of Schedule 1 to this Act), this Act extends to Hong Kong.

(3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that the repeal by this Act of any enactment specified in the Order shall on a date so specified extend to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man; and (so far as material in consequence of any repeal extended by the Order to the Isle of Man) an Order under this subsection may provide that the amendment made by this Act to the Army Reserve Act 1962 shall extend to the Isle of Man.

Short title.

5. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977.

SCHEDULE 2

AMENDMENTS

Reserve and Auxilliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951

In section 64(1) of the Reserve and Auxilliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951, in the definition of "short period of training", for "paragraph 7 thereof" substitute "paragraph 7 of the First Schedule to this Act".

City of London (Guild Churches) Act 1952

In proviso (c) to section 12(8) of the City of London (Guild Churches) Act 1952, for the words "any emoluments paid to him pursuant to section 12 of the Welsh Cathedrals Act 1843" substitute "the annuity, now charged on certain property of the University of Wales, paid to him".

Highways Act 1959

In the Highways Act 1959 -
 * (a) in section 222(9), for the words "any such right", in the second place where they occur, substitute "any right pursuant to the said subsection (3) (whether by the owners of a bridge or by a highway authority)"; and
 * (b) in section 223(1), for the words "nor shall anything in the said Part III" substitute "nothing in Part III of the First Schedule to that Act shall".

Army Reserve Act 1962

In section 4 of the Army Reserve Act 1962 -
 * (a) in subsection (2), after "1955, shall" insert "subject to subsection (2A) below" and omit the words from "but, in the case of" onwards;
 * (b) after subsection (2) insert:-
 * "(2A) In the case of a person who does not for the time being hold a commission-
 * (a) the provisions of the Army Act 1955 applied by subsection (2) above shall not include section 13, 15, 17 or 18(2), or the proviso to section 3(3); and
 * (b) section 9(1) of that Act (circumstances in which discharge or transfer to reserve is to be postponed) shall have effect, as so applied, with the omission of the words 'or he is serving outside the United kingdom'.".

Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963

In section 26(2) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963, for "that Schedule" substitute "Schedule 3 to this Act".

SCHEDULE 3

SHORT TITLES