Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977


The Statute Law Act 1977 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.
The act implemented recommendations contained in the eighth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Section 1

Section 1 of the act was repealed by Group 2 of of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Section 3

Section of the act was repealed by of, and of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.

Section 4

Section 4 of the act was repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law Act 1998.
In section 4 of the act, the words from "or the Isle of Man" to the end were repealed by Group 2 of Part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law Act 1998.
Orders under this section
The power conferred by section 4 was exercised by the Statute Law Repeals (Isle of Man) Order 1984.
The Orders in Council made under section 4 have lapsed because of the repeal made to that section by the Statute Law Act 1998.

Schedule 1

Schedule 1 to the act lists acts to be repealed wholly or in parts. Acts wholly repealed are listed below.
Schedule 1 to the act was repealed by group 2 of part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Part 1 – Armed Forces

Part 2 – Civil List

Part 3 – Coroners

Part 4 – Criminal Justice

Part 5 – Ecclesiastical Law

Part 6 – Electricity and Gas

Part 7 – Family Law

Part 8 – Finance

Part 9 – Highways

Part 10 – Illicit Distillation

  • Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act 1831
  • Spirits (Ireland) Act 1854
  • Spirits (Ireland) Act 1855
  • Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act 1857
  • Revenue (No. 2) Act 1861
  • Revenue Act 1867

Part 11 – Local Government

  • River Thames Act 1488
  • Lordships of Wales Act 1541
  • Brokers (Bristol) Act 1729
  • Mile End Night Watch Act 1777
  • Aberdeen Improvements Act 1795
  • Gunpowder in Mersey Act 1851
  • Nuisances Removal (Scotland) Act 1856
  • General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Act 1865
  • General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Act 1867
  • Galashiels Act 1867
  • Galashiels and Selkirk Act 1872
  • Berwickshire County Town Act 1903
  • Housing (Rosyth Dockyard) Act 1915
  • Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation) Act 1956

Part 13 – Northern Ireland Constitutional Provisions

''No acts were wholly repealed in this section.''

Part 14 – Oaths and Declarations

Part 15 – Overseas Territories

Part 16 – Property

Part 17 – University of London

  • University of London Medical Graduates Act 1854
  • Medical Act (University of London) 1873
  • University of London Act 1898
  • University of London Act 1899

Part 18 – Weights and Measures

''No acts were wholly repealed in this section.''

Part 19 – Miscellaneous

  • Aberdeen Commissary Court Records Act 1721
  • Aberdeen Records Act 1722
  • Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1828
  • Naturalization of Prince Albert (No. 2) Act 1840
  • Customs Act 1856
  • Master and Servant Act 1889
  • Expiring Laws Act 1922
  • Expiring Laws Act 1925
  • Ships and Aircraft (Transfer Restriction) Act 1939
  • Coastal Flooding (Emergency Provisions) Act 1953
  • Cotton Industry Act 1959

Schedule 2

Schedule 2 to the act dealt with amendments to five acts; the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951, the City of London (Guild Churches) Act 1952, the Highways Act 1959, the Army Reserve Act 1962, and the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963.
The entry relating to the Army Reserve Act 1962 was repealed by section 157 of, and part II of schedule 10 to, the Reserve Forces Act 1980.
The entries relating to the Highways Act 1959 and the Criminal Justice Act 1963 were repealed by group 2 of part IX of schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998.

Schedule 3

Schedule 3 to the act authorised the citation by short titles of eight acts passed between 1808 and 1868. This schedule was repealed by section 1 of, and part IV of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995.
CitationShort title
48 Geo. 3. c. 73Duchy of Lancaster Act 1808
57 Geo. 3. c. 97Duchy of Lancaster Act 1817
59 Geo. 3. c. 86Dean Forest Act 1819
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 52Duchy of Lancaster Act 1821
6 & 7 Vict. c. 31Chelsea Hospital Act 1843
22 & 23 Vict. c. 19Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1859
24 & 25 Vict. c. 40Dean Forest Act 1861
31 & 32 Vict. c. 35Duchy of Cornwall Management Act 1868