Continuation of Laws Act 1541


The Continuation of Laws Act 1541 was an act of the Parliament of England that continued various older enactments.

Background

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Vagabonds Act 1530, the Exportation Act 1530, the Assaults by Welshmen Act 1534, the Manufacture of Cables, etc. Act 1529, the Winding of Wool Act 1531, the Killing Weanlings Act 1532, the Attaints Act 1531, the Pewterers Act 1533, the Flax and Hemp Act 1532 and the Gaols Act 1531, as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1536, the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1536 and the Continuance of Laws (No. 3) Act 1536, and as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1539, and the Mispleadings, Jeofails, etc. Act 1540, until the end of the next parliament.

Subsequent developments

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all temporary laws, observing irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws.
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.