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No. 16 of 2016Statute Law Revision Bill 2016
Public bill · Government · Presented
The measure clears out old, unused laws by repealing 297 Public General Acts passed between 1922 and 1950 that have become spent, obsolete, or unnecessary. It also includes a safeguard so that simply being listed for repeal does not mean a law was still fully in force right before repeal. The point is to tidy up the statute book, making the law easier to understand and reducing confusion and unnecessary legal costs.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to promote the revision of statute law by repealing enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary
Last updated 12 April 2018
Sponsor
- Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Primary
Progress
- First StageSeanad
- Second StageSeanad
- Committee StageSeanad
- Report StageSeanad
- Fifth StageSeanad
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Report StageDáil
- Fifth StageDáil Enacted
- EnactedEnacted
Debates
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage Dáil
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016: Committee Stage Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage Dáil
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages Seanad
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage Seanad
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016: Second Stage Seanad
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2016: Restoration to Order Paper Seanad
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