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Continuance of Laws Act 1794
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn act to continue several laws relating to the exportation of culm to Lisbon, and to the ascertaining the strength of spirits by Clarke's hydrometer.
Citation34 Geo. 3. c. 36
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent17 April 1794
Commencement17 April 1794[a]
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Continued enactments
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws Act 1794 (34 Geo. 3. c. 36) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that continued various older acts.

Background

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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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

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Continued enactments

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Section 1 of the act continued the Exportation (No. 3) Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2. c. 15) and the Importation and Exportation (No. 7) Act 1772 (13 Geo. 3. c. 70) "for and in respect of all Culm which shall be exported under the Regulations and Restrictions in the said Acts respectively mentioned", from the expiration of those enactments until the end of the next session of parliament after 25 March 1795.[2]

Section 2 of the act continued the Exports Act 1787 (27 Geo. 3. c. 31) "as directs that all Spirits shall be deemed and taken to be of the Degree of Strength as Which the Hydrometer, commonly called Clarke's Hydrometer, shall, upon Trial of any Officer or Officers of Excise, denote any such Spirits to be", as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 23), the Continuance of Laws Act 1789 (29 Geo. 3. c. 55), the Continuance of Laws Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 18), the Ascertaining of Strength of Spirits Act 1791 (31 Geo. 3. c. 44), the Continuance of Laws Act 1792 (32 Geo. 3. c. 36) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 40), until the end of the next session of parliament.[2]

Legacy

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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

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  1. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

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  1. ^ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
  2. ^ a b Britain, Great (1794). The Statutes at Large. M. Baskett. p. 526.
  3. ^ 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.
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