Press release
Minister Howlin announces repeal of almost 300 obsolete Acts
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD, today (19 January 2016) approved the publication of the Statute Law Revision Bill 2016.
This Bill is the culmination of the first comprehensive review of Acts enacted by the Oireachtas and will repeal almost 300 Public General Acts enacted between 1922 and 1950 which are now spent or obsolete.
The minister said:
“Statute law revision is the process by which spent or obsolete legislation is removed from the statute book.
“The legislation of this period shows a nation in its infancy developing its own legislative framework.
“It is appropriate that we are removing some of the earliest legislation of the Oireachtas that has long since served its purpose, and in doing so we pave the way for future legislative growth.”
The obsolete Acts listed for repeal include:
This Bill follows on from the Statute Law Revision Acts of 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2015 which completed the review of all pre-independence primary legislation and secondary legislation up to and including 1820.
In total 1,124 Acts were examined during the preparation of this Bill and of the 707 identified as remaining in force in whole or in part, 294 were identified as suitable for repeal and have been listed for repeal in this Bill.
Further examples of Acts for repeal: