Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
The Statute Law Act 1969 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act implemented recommendations contained in the first report on statute law revision made by the Law Commission.
The enactments which were repealed by the act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man on 25 July 1991.
Section 1 - Repeal of enactments
Refers to the schedules for the complete list of repealed laws and the extent of repeals.Section 1 of the act was repealed by Group 2 of of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.
Section 2 - Advowsons
Section 2 of the act amends the Statute of Westminster 1285 to clarify the proceedings of Advowsons in case of Quare impedit.Section 2 of the act was repealed by Group 2 of of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.
Section 3 - Rentcharges, etc., under Copyhold Act 1894
Section 3 of the act defined the owner's rights for rent charges that survive the repeal of the Copyhold Act 1894.Section 4 - Savings
Section 4 of the act lists specific provisions that survive the repeals of the Sunday Fairs Act 1448, the Clergy Act 1533, the Appointment of Bishops Act 1533, the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533, the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534, and selected sections of the Act of Supremacy.Section 4 of the act was repealed by section 6 of, and to, the Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974.
Section 5 - Provisions relating to Northern Ireland
Section 5 of the act provided that sections and schedules which do not apply to Northern Ireland unless confirmed by its Parliament, and which sections of Irish Church Act 1869 should survive the repeals.The words "and so much of this Act as repeals the enactments mentioned in Parts III and IV of the Schedule", in section 5 of the act, were repealed by Group 2 of of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.
The words from "but" onwards in section 5, and the words from "and" onwards in section 5 of the act, were repealed by section 41 of, and Part I of schedule to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
Section 6 - Application to Channel Island and Isle of Man
Section 6 of the act provided that only the repeal of Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1940 applies to Channel Islands and Isle of Man.Section 6 of the act was repealed by Group 2 of of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.