Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998

The Statute Law Act 1998 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided reform to the statute law in the areas of administration of justice, ecclesiastical law, education, finance, Hereford and Worcester, inclosure acts, Scottish Local Acts, Slave Trade Acts, as well as other miscellaneous items.
The act implemented recommendations contained in the sixteenth report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

Schedule 2

Paragraph 3 was repealed by of, and to the Courts Act 2003.

Repeals

Ecclesiastical Law

Group 1 – Ecclesiastical Leases

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
13 Eliz. 1. c. 10	Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1571	The whole act.
14 Eliz. 1. c. 11	Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1572	The whole act.
18 Eliz. 1. c. 11	Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1575	The whole act.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 41	Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1800	The whole act.
1964 c. 51	Universities and College Estates Act 1964	In section 1, from the beginning to "and".

Inclosure acts

The Inclosure Commissioners Act 1851 was entirely repealed.

Scottish local acts

Aid to the poor, charities and private pensions

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
	Edinburgh Poor Relief Act 1800	The whole act.
43 Geo. 3. c. cvii	Writers to the Signet Widows' Fund Act 1803	The whole act.
45 Geo. 3. c. xxxi	Excise Incorporation in Scotland Act 1805	The whole act.
58 Geo. 3. c. lxxiv	Writers to the Signet Widows' Fund Act 1818	The whole act.
3 & 4 Will. 4. c. lxiv	Faculty of Procurators of Glasgow Widows Fund Act 1833	The whole act.
3 & 4 Vict. c. xciii	Glasgow Poor Act 1840	The whole act.
7 & 8 Vict. c. vi	Edinburgh Charity Workhouse Act 1844	The whole act.
23 & 24 Vict. c. clxxvi	Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Widows Fund) Act 1860	The whole act.
38 & 39 Vict. c. vi	Glasgow Faculty of Procurators Widows Fund Act 1875	The whole act.
43 & 44 Vict. c. xxxii	Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Widows Fund Act 1880	The whole act.
58 & 59 Vict. c. xxx	Ayr Faculty of Solicitors Widows' Fund Society Act 1895	The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. xxxiii	St Andrew’s Ambulance Association Order Confirmation Act 1911	The whole Act
1989 c. xviii	Scottish Episcopal Clergy Widows' and Orphans' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1989	The whole act.
1990 c. xxix	Zetland Masonic Sick and Widows and Orphans Fund Order Confirmation Act 1990	The whole act.

Dog wardens

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
1976 c. v	City of Aberdeen District Council Order Confirmation Act 1976	The whole act.
1978 c. xviii	Cunninghame District Council Order Confirmation Act 1978	The whole act.
1978 c. xx	District Council of Renfrew Order Confirmation Act 1978	The whole act.
1979 c. ii	Inverclyde District Council Order Confirmation Act 1979	The whole act.
1979 c. xviii	Dumbarton District Council Order Confirmation Act 1979	The whole act.
1981 c. i	Bearsden and Milngavie District Council Order Confirmation Act 1981	The whole act.

Education

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
47 & 48 Vict. c. ccl	Scotch Education Department Provisional Order Confirmation (Ardchattan and Muckairn) Act 1884	The whole act.
4 Edw. 7. c. cxlviii	Scotch Education Department Provisional Order Confirmation (Edinburgh) Act 1904	The whole act.
8 Edw. 7. c. i	Transfer of Training Colleges (Scotland) Order Confirmation Act 1908	The whole act.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. xxxvii	Glasgow Education Authority (Juvenile Delinquency) Order Confirmation Act 1926	The whole act.

Insurance companies

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
4 & 5 Vict. c. xcvi	Scottish Marine Insurance Company Act 1841	The whole act.
6 & 7 Vict. c. cvii	Glasgow Marine Insurance Company Act 1843	The whole act.
10 & 11 Vict. c. xxxiv	Scottish Union Insurance Company Act 1847	The whole act.
22 & 23 Vict. c. xlix	Scottish National Insurance Company's Incorporation Act 1859	The whole act.
24 & 25 Vict. c. cxlv	City of Glasgow Life Assurance Company's Act 1861	The whole act.
47 & 48 Vict. c. xxiii	Scottish Imperial Insurance Company's Act 1884	The whole act.
55 & 56 Vict. c. iii	City of Glasgow Life Assurance Company Act 1892	The whole act.
6 Edw. 7. c. xxx	Norwich Union Life Insurance Society (Scottish Imperial Fusion) Act 1906	The whole act.

Local authority finance

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. i	Dunoon Burgh (Pavilion Expenditure) Order Confirmation Act 1954	The whole act.
1970 c. xxxvi	Midlothian County Council Order Confirmation Act 1970	The whole act.
1970 c. xxxvii	West Lothian County Council Order Confirmation Act 1970	The whole act.
1970 c. lvi	Aberdeen Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1970	The whole act.
1970 c. lix	Dundee Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1970	The whole act.
1971 c. xxxviii	Lanarkshire County Council Order Confirmation Act 1971	The whole act.
1974 c. iv	Renfrew County Council Order Confirmation Act 1974	The whole act.

Order confirmation acts

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
3 Edw. 7. c. cxlix	Scottish Episcopal Clergy Widows' and Orphans' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1903	The whole act.
7 Edw. 7. c. cl	Dumbarton Burgh Order Confirmation Act 1907	The whole act.
9 Edw. 7. c. i	Zetland Masonic Sick and Widows and Orphans Fund Order Confirmation Act 1909	The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. cxxix	Partick Burgh Order Confirmation Act 1911	The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. clix	Pier and Harbour Order Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1911	The whole act.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. cxlvii	Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1913	The whole act.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. lxviii	Lanarkshire Gas Order Confirmation Act 1914	The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. lxxi	Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Act 1919	The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. cx	Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society’s Order Confirmation Act 1919	The whole act.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. xii	Dundee Gas Order Confirmation Act 1921	The whole act.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. iv	Leith Harbour and Docks Order Confirmation Act 1924	The whole act.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. xi	Leith Harbour and Docks Order Confirmation Act 1929	The whole act.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. xxii	St Andrews Links Order Confirmation Act 1932	The whole act.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. xix	Clyde Navigation Order Confirmation Act 1953	The whole act.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. ii	Writers to the Signet Widows' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1955	The whole act.
1965 c. xii	Writers to the Signet Widows' Fund Order Confirmation Act 1965	The whole act.
1973 c. vi	Mallaig Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1973	The whole act.
1975 c. xiii	Fraserburgh Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1975	The whole act.

Oyster and mussel fisheries

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
32 & 33 Vict. c. lxx	Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Order Confirmation Act 1869	The whole act.
33 & 34 Vict. c. xxvii	Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Orders Confirmation Act 1870 No. 2	The whole act.
34 & 35 Vict. c. ii	Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Order Confirmation Act 1871	The whole act.
35 & 36 Vict. c. i	Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Orders Confirmation Act 1872	Greshernish Fishery Order 1872.
51 & 52 Vict. c. clxvi	Oyster and Mussel Fisheries (West Loch Tarbert) Order Confirmation Act 1888	The whole act.
54 & 55 Vict. c. xxvii	Oyster and Mussel Fishery (Loch Sween) Order Confirmation Act 1891	The whole act.
56 & 57 Vict. c. cv	Oyster and Mussel Fishery (Loch Creran) Order Confirmation Act 1893	The whole act.
57 & 58 Vict. c. li	Mussel Fishery (Cockenzie) Order Confirmation Act 1894	The whole act.
10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxxxii	Oyster and Mussel Fishery (Bay of Firth) Order Confirmation Act 1910	The whole act.

Other repeals

Number	Short title or title	Extent of repeal or revocation
46 & 47 Vict. c. xxxvii	Faculty of Procurators in Paisley Act 1883	The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. iv	Empire Exhibition (Scotland) Order Confirmation Act 1937	The whole act.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. ix	Church of Scotland Trust (Amendment) Order Confirmation Act 1948	The whole act.
14 Geo. 6. c. xxvi	Merchants House of Glasgow (Crematorium) Order Confirmation Act 1950	The whole act.
1968 c. i	Airdrie Court House Commissioners (Dissolution) Order Confirmation Act 1968	The whole act.
1974 c. vii	Greenock Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1974	The whole act.
1977 c. xxi	Aberdeen Shoemakers Incorporation Order Confirmation Act 1977	The whole act.
1979 c. iii	Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Order Confirmation Act 1979	The whole act.
1979 c. xxi	Scots Episcopal Fund Order Confirmation Act 1979	The whole act.
1985 c. xxxvi	Church of Scotland Trust (Amendment) Order Confirmation Act 1985	The whole act.

Slave Trade Acts

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was repealed in its entirety. Despite this repeal, slavery remains illegal because the act only applied to the British Empire, slavery having already been illegal in Britain itself due to the effects of cases like Somerset v Stewart and Knight v Wedderburn. Sections of the Slave Trade Act 1824, Slave Trade Act 1843 and Slave Trade Act 1873 also remain in force, and the Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates into British law Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits holding people as slaves.