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Continuance of Laws Act 1718
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn Act for continuing the Act made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne,[c] to regulate the Price and Assize of Bread; and for continuing the Act made in the Twelfth Year of Her said late Majesty's Reign,[d] for the better Encouragement of the making Sail Cloth in Great Britain.
Citation5 Geo. 1. c. 25
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent18 April 1719
Commencement11 November 1718[a]
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Continued enactments
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 25) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued various older acts.

Provisions

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Continued enactments

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Section 1 of the act continued the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18)[b], as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26), until the end of the next session of parliament after 5 years.[1]

Section 2 of the act continued the Sail Cloth Manufacture Act 1712 (12 Ann. St. 1 c. 16)[c], as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26), until the end of the next session of parliament after 7 years.[1]

Legacy

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The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

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  1. ^ Start of session.
  2. ^ This is the citation in The Statutes at Large.
  3. ^ This is the citation in The Statutes at Large.

References

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  1. ^ a b Britain, Great (1765). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 14. J. Bentham. p. 111.
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