Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964
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The Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964 (c.80) was an Act
of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
It was prepared by the Statute Law Committee. It further revised the Pre-Union Acts of the Parliament of Scotland
which had previously revised by the Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1906. Its purpose was to repeal
obsolete enactments, to take into account changes in the law, and to facilitate the indexing of those Acts in the Chronological Table of the Statutes
and the Index to the Statutes.
The Bill
that became this Act was introduced into the House of Lords
.
This section repealed a number of Pre-Union Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, which were declared to be obsolete, spent or unnecessary, or to have been superseded by other enactments, either in full or in part. Those Acts were listed in Schedule 1.
The repeal of this section and Schedule 1 did not revive the Acts that they repealed.
Section 2 - Citation of Acts
This section conferred short title
s on the 164 Pre-Union Acts of the Parliament of Scotland which were not repealed by section 1. The short titles were listed in Schedule 2.
It was expressly provided that those Acts could be cited by those short titles "without prejudice to any other mode of citation".
Those Acts may continue to be cited by those short titles notwithstanding the repeal of this section and Schedule 2.
Section 3 - Construction of Schedules
This section provided that (the citation of the Acts in) the Schedules were to be construed as referring to the Revised Edition of the Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, prepared by the Statute Law Committee, printed in 1908.
Section 4
This section provided the Act's short title.
Act of Parliament
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of the Parliament
Parliament
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of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
It was prepared by the Statute Law Committee. It further revised the Pre-Union Acts of the Parliament of Scotland
Parliament of Scotland
The Parliament of Scotland, officially the Estates of Parliament, was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland. The unicameral parliament of Scotland is first found on record during the early 13th century, with the first meeting for which a primary source survives at...
which had previously revised by the Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1906. Its purpose was to repeal
Repeal
A repeal is the amendment, removal or reversal of a law. This is generally done when a law is no longer effective, or it is shown that a law is having far more negative consequences than were originally envisioned....
obsolete enactments, to take into account changes in the law, and to facilitate the indexing of those Acts in the Chronological Table of the Statutes
Chronological Table of the Statutes
The Chronological Table of the Statutes is a chronological list of the public Acts passed by the Parliament of England , the Parliament of Great Britain , and the Parliament of the United Kingdom , as well as the Acts of the old Parliament of Scotland and of the modern Scottish Parliament , and...
and the Index to the Statutes.
The Bill
Bill (proposed law)
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that became this Act was introduced into the House of Lords
House of Lords
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.
Provisions
Section 1 - Repeals of ActsThis section repealed a number of Pre-Union Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, which were declared to be obsolete, spent or unnecessary, or to have been superseded by other enactments, either in full or in part. Those Acts were listed in Schedule 1.
The repeal of this section and Schedule 1 did not revive the Acts that they repealed.
Section 2 - Citation of Acts
This section conferred short title
Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
s on the 164 Pre-Union Acts of the Parliament of Scotland which were not repealed by section 1. The short titles were listed in Schedule 2.
It was expressly provided that those Acts could be cited by those short titles "without prejudice to any other mode of citation".
Those Acts may continue to be cited by those short titles notwithstanding the repeal of this section and Schedule 2.
Section 3 - Construction of Schedules
This section provided that (the citation of the Acts in) the Schedules were to be construed as referring to the Revised Edition of the Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, prepared by the Statute Law Committee, printed in 1908.
Section 4
This section provided the Act's short title.