Militia (Ireland) Act 1809
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Militia (Ireland) Act 1809 (49 Geo. 3. c. 120) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the militia in Ireland.[1]
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| Long title | An Act for amending and reducing into One Act of Parliament the several Laws for raising and training the Militia of Ireland. | ||||||||||
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| Citation | 49 Geo. 3. c. 120 | ||||||||||
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom | ||||||||||
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| Royal assent | 19 June 1809 | ||||||||||
| Commencement | 19 July 1809[b] | ||||||||||
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Status: Repealed | |||||||||||
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Repealed enactments
Section 1 of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in that section. The repeal did not affect the operation of any of the repealed acts so far as they repealed a former act or acts of Parliament, any proceeding for the punishment of an offence committed against any of the repealed acts before the commencement of this act, or the validity of any commission, deputation, appointment or enrolment of an officer, non-commissioned officer, drummer or private made under the repealed acts, all of which continued in full force and effect, with every person so commissioned or enrolled continuing to serve in the militia, as if this act had not been passed.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Description | Extent of repeal |
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| 33 Geo. 3. c. 22 (I) | Militia Act (Ireland) 1793 | An Act for amending and reducing into one Act of Parliament, the Laws relating to the Militia in Ireland. | The whole act. |
| 35 Geo. 3. c. 8 (I) | Militia (No. 2) Act (Ireland) 1795 | An Act to explain and amend an Act, passed in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, entitled, "An Act for amending and reducing into one Act of Parliament, the Laws relating to the Militia of Ireland." | The whole act. |
| 36 Geo. 3. c. 33 (I) | Militia (No. 2) Act (Ireland) 1796 | An Act to further explain and amend an act passed in the 33rd year of his majesty's reign, entitled, "An Act for amending and reducing into one act of parliament the laws relating to the militia of Ireland," and also an act passed in the 35th year of his majesty's reign, entitled, "An Act to explain and amend an act passed in the 33rd year of his majesty's reign." | The whole act. |
| 37 Geo. 3. c. 19 (I) | Militia (No. 2) Act (Ireland) 1797 | An Act to explain and amend the laws now in force relating to the militia of this kingdom. | The whole act. |
| 38 Geo. 3. c. 62 (I) | Militia (No. 2) Act (Ireland) 1798 | An Act to further explain and amend the laws now in force relating to the militia of this kingdom. | The whole act. |
| 40 Geo. 3. c. 1 (I) | Militia Act (Ireland) 1800 | An Act for enabling his Majesty to accept the Services of Volunteers from the Militia under certain Restrictions, and for amending the Law relative to the Militia of Ireland. | So much as remained in force immediately before the passing of this act. |
| 40 Geo. 3. c. 92 (I) | Militia (No. 3) Act (Ireland) 1800 | An Act for amending an Act passed in this Kingdom in the Thirty-third Year of his Majesty's Reign, entitled, "An Act for amending and reducing into one Act of Parliament, the Laws relating to the Militia in Ireland." | The whole act. |
| 41 Geo. 3. c. 6 | Militia (Ireland) Act 1801 | An Act for increasing the number of field officers of the several regiments of militia in Ireland. | The whole act. |
| 42 Geo. 3. c. 109 | Militia (Ireland) (No. 1) Act 1802 | An Act for authorizing and rendering valid the Discharge of certain Militia Men in Ireland, and for giving Indemnity to the several Counties and Places in Ireland, which may incur any Expence in consequence of the Discharge of certain Militia Men. | The whole act, except so much as relates to militia men discharged before the passing of this act. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act, except so much of section 74 as prescribed the appointment of clerks to general meetings, was repealed by section 4 of, and the second schedule to, the Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 37), which came into operation on 1 October 1921.[3]
The surviving part of section 74 was in turn repealed, in Northern Ireland only, by article 7(2) of, and the schedule to, the Northern Ireland (Lieutenancy) Order 1975 (SI 1975/156), which came into operation on 6 March 1975.[4] The act was also amended by the Militia (Ireland) Act 1814, the Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2), the Statute Law Revision Act 1873, the Militia (Voluntary Enlistment) Act 1875 and the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.
Notes
- The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- Section 149.