Continuance of Laws Act 1695
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for continuing several Acts of Parliament, therein mentioned. |
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| Citation | 7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 36 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 April 1696 |
| Commencement | 22 November 1695[a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Relates to | See Expiring laws continuance acts |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Continuance of Laws Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 36) was an act of the Parliament of England that continued and made perpetual various older acts.
In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 1667 (19 & 20 Cha. 2. c. 10), as revived by the Trade Act 1685 (1 Ja. 2. c. 13) and revived and continued by the Exportation (Leather) Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 23), until the end of the first session of the next parliament after 7 years from 1 March 1696.[2]
Section 2 of the made the Coal Trade, London Act 1664 (16 & 17 Cha. 2. c. 2), as revived and continued by the Coals Act 1690 (2 Will. & Mar. Sess. 2. c. 7), perpetual.[2]
Section 3 of the act made the Judgment Act 1692 (4 Will. & Mar. c. 20), as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1694 (6 & 7 Will. 3. c. 14), perpetual.[2]
Section 4 of the act made the Crown Office Procedure Act 1692 (4 Will. & Mar. c. 22) perpetual.[2]