Continuance of Laws (No. 3) Act 1800
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to revive and continue until the Expiration of six Weeks after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, and amend so much of an Act of the last Session of Parliament, as relates to the reducing and better collecting the Duties payable on the Importation of Starch; and to continue for the same Time several Laws relating to the enabling his Majesty to permit Goods to be imported into this Kingdom in Neutral Ships; to the authorizing his Majesty to make Regulations respecting the Trade to the Cape of Good Hope; and to the preventing Offences in obstructing, destroying, or damaging Ships, and in obstructing Seamen and others from pursuing their lawful Occupations. |
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| Citation | 41 Geo. 3. (G.B.) c. 20 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 December 1800 |
| Commencement | 29 September 1800[a] |
| Repealed | 21 August 1871 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Revived and continued enactments |
| Amended by | Merchant Shipping Act 1801 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1871 |
| Relates to | See Expiring laws continuance legislation |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Continuance of Laws (No. 3) Act 1800 (41 Geo. 3. (G.B.) c. 20) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that revived and continued various older acts.
Background
In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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
Revived and continued enactments
Section 1 of the act revived and continued so much of the Duties on Spirits Act 1799 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 8) "as relates to the reducing and better collecting the Duties payable on the Importation of Starch" from 29 September 1800 until 6 weeks after the start of the next session of parliament.[2]
Section 1 of the act also provided that any foreign starch imported under the authority of the revived act, for which duties had not been actually paid, would be subject to a duty of threepence farthing per pound weight avoirdupois.[2]
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).
Notes
- ^ Section 1.
References
- ^ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
- ^ a b Britain, Great (1800). The Statutes at Large: From Magna Carta, to the End of the Last Parliament, [1800]. Vol. 18. Mark Baskett, and by the assigns of Robert Baskett, and by Henry Woodfall and William Strahan. p. 577.