The Statute Law Revision Act 2009 is a Statute Law Revision Act

Statute Law Revision Act

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 enacted by the Oireachtas

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 in Ireland

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 to review Local and Personal Acts passed prior to 1850 and Private Acts passed prior to 1750. The Act which repealed a large number of pre-1922 Local and Personal, and Private Acts of Ireland

Ireland

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, England

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, Great Britain

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 and the United Kingdom

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 while preserving a shorter list of statutes that were deemed suitable for retention.

Scope

The Statute Law Revision Act 2009 followed on from the Statute Law Revision Act 2007

Statute Law Revision Act 2007

The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 was an Act of the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland which repealed a large amount of pre-1922 legislation of Ireland, England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom while preserving a shorter list of statutes.-Scope:...

 which reviewed Public General Acts applying to Ireland that were enacted before the establishment of the Irish Free State

Irish Free State

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 in 1922. The 2009 Act involved a review of Local and Personal legislation pre-1850 and Private legislation pre-1750. It repealed 1347 Acts of a Private or Local and Personal nature listed in schedule 2 to the Act. It retains 138 Local and Personal, or Private, Acts, which are listed in Schedule 1 to the Act.

Acts Repealed

Among the Acts repealed as being obsolete were the following:

• An Act of 1726 for the naturalisation of George Friedrich Handel and others.
• An Act of 1826 regarding the American and Colonial Steam Navigation Company for the removal of "the surplus population of Ireland"
• An Act of 1714 Act to enable the Prince of Wales to qualify as Chancellor of the University of Dublin.