Statute law repeals
Subtitle: eighteenth report :draft Statute Law (repeals) bill
By: the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Contributors: Scottish Law Commission.
Series: Joint Report Law Com -- no. 308; Scot Law Com -- no. 210
Publisher: Stationery Office
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780101730327
Subjects: Repeal of legislation -- Great Britain.
Description: This report recommends the repeal of enactments which have been identified, after detailed research and consultation, as being spent, obsolete, unnecessary or otherwise not now of practical utility. The draft bill contains schedules covering the following areas of law: armed forces; county gaols; criminal law; East India Company; London; police; rating; tax and duties; town and country planning; turnpikes; miscellaneous and consequential provisions. Explanatory notes on the draft bill detail the reasoning behind the listing for repeal of each enactment, and an appendix lists those organisations consulted about the repeal proposals in the report.