Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879

The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 24), sometimes called the Irish Statute Law Revision Act,[2] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was the Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Bill.[3]

Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879[1]
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law of Ireland.
Citation42 & 43 Vict. c. 24
Dates
Royal assent3 July 1879
Status: Amended

This Act was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of a revised edition of the Irish statutes.[4]

This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

As to savings in this Act, see Queen v Justices of Meath.[5] As to amendments by this Act, see The State (O'Connor) v O'Caomh-Anaigh.[6]

Preamble

The Preamble to this Act was repealed by section 1 of, and First Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 56).[7]

Schedule

The Schedule to this Act was repealed by section 1 of, and First Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

See also

References

Sources
  • The Public General Statutes passed in the forty-second & forty-third years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1879. East Harding Street, London: Queen's Printer. 1879. pp. 47–94.
  • "Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act, 1879". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  • Halsbury's Statutes of England. Second Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 1950. Volume 24. Page 182.
  • The Statutes: Second Revised Edition. 1899. Volume 14: . Page 937.
  • "The Revision and Repealing Statute of 1879" (1880) 24 The Journal of Jurisprudence 31
  • "1879: Ante-Union Statute Law Revision" (1881) 8 Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland 152
  • "Ante-Union Statutes Affecting Ireland - II" (1894) 28 Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal 389
  • Hunt, Brian. The Irish Statute Book: A Guide to Irish Legislation. First Law Limited. 2007. Page 296.
  • Quekett, Arthur Scott. The Constitution of Northern Ireland. 1928. p 100.
  • "Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Bill 1962", Seanad Eireann, Parliamentary Debates, Official Report, vol 55, col 1395

Citations
  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 2 of this Act.
  2. Queen v Justices of Meath
  3. "Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Bill. Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Sixth Session of the Twenty-First Parliament of the United Kingdom. 42° & 43° Victoria. 1879. Charles Ross (ed). "Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Bill". Ross's Parliamentary Record, 1878-9. Jas Wade. Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. 1879. Pages 51 and 184.
  4. The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879, preamble
  5. Queen v Justices of Meath (1897) 2 Irish Reports 619; 32 Irish Law Times Reports 98
  6. The State (O'Connor) v O'Caomh-Anaigh [1963] Irish Reports 117
  7. The Statute Law Revision Act 1894, section 1 and First Schedule.
  • Attorney-General for Ireland; Lowther, James (23 April 1879). Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Bill. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 1878-9 vi (132) 121. ["Note" and "Schedule" of the bill (unlike the schedule of the act as passed) gives commentary on each scheduled act, noting any earlier repeals and the reason for the new repeal]
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