Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998^[1]

Act of 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.
Citation	1998 c. 43
Dates
Royal assent	19 November 1998
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided reform to the statute law in the areas of administration of justice, ecclesiastical law, education, finance, Hereford and Worcester, Inclosure Acts, Scottish Local Acts, Slave Trade Acts, as well as other miscellaneous items.

This Act implemented^[2] recommendations contained in the sixteenth report on statute law revision,^[3] by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.