Continuance of Laws Act 1795
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An act to continue several laws relating to the granting a bounty on certain species of British and Irish linens exported, and taking off the duties on the importation of foreign raw linen yarns made of flax; to the discontinuing the duties payable on the importation of tallow, hogs lard, and grease; and to the prohibiting the importation of foreign wrought silks and velvets; and for making perpetual an act, made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his present Majesty, to prohibit the exportation of tools and utensils made use of in the iron and steel manufactures of this kingdom; and to prevent the seducing of artificers or workmen employed in those manufactures to go into parts beyond the seas. |
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| Citation | 35 Geo. 3. c. 38 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 April 1795 |
| Commencement | 28 April 1795[a] |
| Repealed | 21 August 1871 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Continued enactments |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1871 |
| Relates to | See Expiring laws continuance acts |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Continuance of Laws Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 38) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain 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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 1756 (29 Geo. 2. c. 15), as continued by the Exportation (No. 4) Act 1770 (10 Geo. 3. c. 38), the Bounties Act 1779 (19 Geo. 3. c. 27), the Continuance of Laws Act 1787 (27 Geo. 3. c. 36), the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 24), the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1791 (31 Geo. 3. c. 43) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 40), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 24 June 1796.[2]
Section 2 of the act continued the Importation (No. 6) Act 1766 (7 Geo. 3. c. 12), as continued by the Discontinuance of Duties Act 1770 (10 Geo. 3. c. 8), the Importation and Exportation (No. 5) Act 1772 (13 Geo. 3. c. 5) the Customs Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3. c. 12), the Customs Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 20), the Continuance of Laws Act 1786 (26 Geo. 3. c. 53), the Continuance of Laws Act 1789 (29 Geo. 3. c. 55) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1792 (32 Geo. 3. c. 36), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 25 March 1799.[2]
Section 3 of the act continued the Importation, etc. Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 28) "as relates to the prohibiting the Importation of foreign-wrought Silks and Velvets", as continued by the Importation (No. 3) Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3. c. 49), the Importation (No. 3) Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 35), the Importation Act (No. 4) 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 72) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1789 (29 Geo. 3. c. 55), from the expiration of those enactments until the end of the next session of parliament after 14 June 1802.[2]
Section 4 of the act made the Exportation (No. 4) Act 1786 (26 Geo. 3. c. 89), as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1787 (27 Geo. 3. c. 36), 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 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1791 (31 Geo. 3. c. 43), the Continuance of Laws Act 1792 (32 Geo. 3. c. 36) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 40), perpetual.[2]