Short Titles Act
Short Titles Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Ireland and the United Kingdom which retroactively confers short titles on a large number of earlier pieces of legislation. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Short Titles Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Halsbury's Laws said that Short Titles Acts are law reform Acts.
In modern times, an Act will authorize a short title to refer to itself, and occasionally additional or alternative short titles are provided, as for example the Senior Courts Act 1981.
List
Ireland
- The Short Titles Act 1962
- The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 is the collective title of the Short Titles Act 1896, the Short Titles Act 1962, and sections 4 to 7 and 10 of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.
- The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2009 is the collective title of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2007 and sections 4 and 5 and 7 of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2009.
- The Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2012 is the collective title of the Short Titles Acts 1896 to 2009 and sections 4 and 5 and 8 of, and in so far as it relates to section 4, Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2012.
United Kingdom
- The Short Titles Act 1892
- The Short Titles Act 1896
- The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 under section 5 and the Second Schedule
- The Short Titles Act 1951
- The Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964 under section 2 and Schedule 2
- The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 under section 3 and Schedule 3
- The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 under section 2 and Schedule 3