Continuance of Laws Act 1766 (1767 act)
The Continuance of Laws Act 1766 (7 Geo. 3. c. 35) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that continued various older acts.
Background
[edit]In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.[1]
Provisions
[edit]Continued enactments
[edit]Section 1 of the act continued certain clauses of the Adulteration of Coffee Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 11), as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 8), the Unlawful Games Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 28), the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 21), the Starr and Bent Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2. c. 33), the Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 47), the Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (27 Geo. 2. c. 18) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1759 (33 Geo. 2. c. 16), from the expiration of those enactments to the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1774.[2]
Section 2 of the act continued the Customs, etc. Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 18) "except the Clauses obliging all Ships and Vessels to perform Quarantine", as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 47), corrected by the Insolvent Debtors Relief, etc. Act 1747 (21 Geo. 2. c. 33) and continued by the Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (27 Geo. 2. c. 18) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1759 (33 Geo. 2. c. 16), from the expiration of those enactments until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1774.[2]
Section 3 of the act continued the Colonial Trade Act 1729 (3 Geo. 2. c. 28), as continued by the Colonial Trade Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 19), the Starr and Bent Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2. c. 33) , the Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 47), the Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (27 Geo. 2. c. 18) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1759 (33 Geo. 2. c. 16), from the expiration of the act to the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1774.[2]
Section 4 of the act continued the Importation Act 1738 (12 Geo. 2. c. 36) "as relates to the prohibiting the importation of books reprinted abroad, and first composed or written and printed in Great Britain", as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 47), the Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (27 Geo. 2. c. 18) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1759 (33 Geo. 2. c. 16), from the expiration of those enactments until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1774.[2]
Legacy
[edit]The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all temporary laws, observing irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws.[3]
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).
Notes
[edit]- ^ Start of session.
References
[edit]- ^ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
- ^ a b c d Britain, Great (1767). The Statutes at Large: From Magna Charta to ... 1869 ... Vol. 97. Joseph Bentham. pp. 376–378.
- ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.