Statute Law Revision Act 2007
General statute law revision repeal and saver. |
2.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), all statutes enacted before 6 December 1922 that are in force in the State immediately before the passing of this Act are repealed. | |
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to— | ||
(a) the statutes specified in Schedule 1 , | ||
(b) any statute enacted before 6 December 1922, and in force in the State immediately before the passing of this Act that was— | ||
(i) enacted as a private Act, or published in any official series of private Acts (however described), or | ||
(ii) enacted as a local or personal Act, or published in any official series of local or personal Acts (however described), | ||
other than where such statute is set out in Schedule 2 , or | ||
(c) without prejudice to section 27 of the Interpretation Act 2005 and to section 9 , any saving, or any transitional or continuing matter, provided for in respect of a statute repealed by or under any enactment passed prior to the passing of this Act. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a), the following provisions of the Bill of Rights 1688 are repealed: | ||
(a) all of the Preamble down to “Upon which Letters Elections haveing beene accordingly made.”; | ||
(b) the seventh paragraph after the words “for the Vindicating and Asserting their auntient Rights and Liberties, Declare”; | ||
(c) all words from “And they doe Claime Demand and Insist” down to, but not including, section 2. |