Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008

Infobox UK Legislation
short_title=Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom
long_title=An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and to make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments.
statute_book_chapter=2008 c. 12
introduced_by=Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and Michael Wills cite web
url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80227-0002.htm#08022765000002
title=House of Lords Hansard for 27 Feb 2008 (pt 1)
date=2008-02-27
work=Hansard
publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom
accessdate=2008-08-31 ]
territorial_extent=England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland, Isle of Man
royal_assent=21 July 2008 cite web
url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80721-0012.htm#08072139000002
title=House of Lords Hansard for 21 Jul 2008 (pt 1)
date=2008-07-21
work=Hansard
publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom
accessdate=2008-08-31 ]
commencement=
repeal_date=
amendments=
related_legislation=
repealing_legislation=
status=Current
original_text=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080012_en_1
activeTextDocId=3503604
legislation_history=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/statuelawrepeals.html|

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (2008 c. 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repeals more than 250 Acts of Parliament in full, and more than 50 in part.

In January 2008 the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission jointly published their eighteenth Statute Law Repeals Report, which consisted largely of a draft bill which became this Act. The report recommended the repeal of statute law which the commissions considered "spent, obsolete, unnecessary or otherwise not now of practical utility." [cite web
url=http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/lc308.pdf
title=Statute Law Repeals: Eighteenth Report
date=2008-01
publisher=the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission
accessdate=2008-08-31]

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External links

* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=Statute+Law+(Repeals)+Act+2008 records of Parliamentary debate relating to the Act] - from Hansard, at TheyWorkForYou