Statute Law Revision

Thousands of pieces of obsolete legislation have been repealed in the latest milestone for the modernisation of the State's statute book. The Statute Law Revision Act 2024 repeals more than 3,000 instruments enacted between 1821 and 1861, as well as all secondary legislation enacted before 1821 that

A bill to repeal "outdated and unnecessary" secondary legislation passed up to 1860 is now being drafted, the government has announced. The latest Statute Law Revision Bill will see the assessment of further pre-independence secondary legislation, building upon the clarity brought by the Statute Law