Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1797

Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1797
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn act to continue, until the expiration of six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament, an act passed in the thirty-fifth year of his present Majesty, c. 15. viz on March 16, 1795, and also an act passed in the same year, c. 8o. viz. on May 22, 1795, and also another act, passed in the thirty-sixth year of his present Majesty, c. 76, viz. May 14, 1796, relating to the admission of certain articles of merchandize in neutral ships, and the issuing of orders in council for that purpose; and to continue, for the same period, an act, passed in the session of parliament holden in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of his present Majesty, c. 21, viz. on Dec. 28, 1796, authorising his Majesty to make regulations respecting the trade and commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope.
Citation38 Geo. 3. c. 9
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent30 December 1797
Commencement30 December 1797[a]
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Continued enactments
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1797 (38 Geo. 3. c. 9) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that continued various older acts.

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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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.[1]

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring reported on 12 May 1796, which inspected and considered all the temporary laws, observed irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, made recommendations and emphasised the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws.[2]

Provisions

Continued enactments

The act continued the Courts (Newfoundland) Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 25), the Shipping Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 80), Merchandise in Neutral Ships Act 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 76) "relating to the Admission of certain Articles of Merchandize in Neutral Ships, and the issuing of Orders in Council for that Purpose" and the Merchandise in Neutral Ships Act 1796 (37 Geo. 3. c. 12) "authorizing His Majesty to make Regulations respecting the Trade and Commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope" until 6 weeks after the start of the next session of parliament.[3]

Legacy

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).

Notes

  1. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

  1. ^ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
  2. ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.
  3. ^ Britain, Great (1798). The Statutes at Large. Vol. 17. M. Baskett. p. 685.
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