Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1536
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Long titleAn Act for Continuance of the Statutes against the Carriage of Brass, Laten and Copper out of this Realm; and for making of Cables and Ropes; for the Winding of Wools, and against killing of weanlings under the age of two years.
Territorial extentEngland and Wales
Royal assent18 July 1536
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The Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 8) was an act of the Parliament of England that continued various older enactments.
In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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
Continued enactments
Section 1 of the act continued the Exportation Act 1529 (21 Hen. 8. c. 10), the Manufacture of Cables, etc. Act 1529 (21 Hen. 8. c. 12), the Winding of Wool Act 1531 (23 Hen. 8. c. 17) and the Killing Weanlings Act 1532 (24 Hen. 8. c. 9) until the end of the next parliament.