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The Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1953

Parliament of Northern Ireland
Long title	An Act to repeal certain enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary, to amend the short title of 2 Anne c.5 (Ir.), and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation	1953 c 1 (NI)
Territorial extent	Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	17 February 1953
Status: Amended
Revised text of statute as amended

The Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 was an important law passed in Northern Ireland. It was created by the Parliament of Northern Ireland. This law was like a big clean-up project for older laws.

Think of it like tidying up a messy room. Over time, some laws become old, not needed anymore, or confusing. This Act helped to clear out those old laws. It made the collection of laws in Northern Ireland easier to understand. This Act is part of a series of similar laws passed between 1952 and 1954. These laws all worked together to update and simplify the legal system.

What Did This Law Do?

This Act had a main goal: to make the laws of Northern Ireland clearer. It did this by getting rid of laws that were no longer useful. It also fixed the names of some older laws. This helped everyone, from lawyers to regular people, understand the laws better.

Changing an Old Law's Name

One important part of this Act was in its second section. This section changed the name of a very old law. The old law was called "2 Anne c 5 (I)". This was a law from the time of Queen Anne, who ruled a long time ago.

Laws often have a long, official name and a shorter, easier-to-use name. This Act changed the short name of "2 Anne c 5 (I)". This made it fit better with other modern laws. It's like giving an old book a new, clearer title so people know what it's about.

The Schedule: A List of Changes

Laws often have a "Schedule." This is like an appendix or a list at the end of the main document. It contains details or lists of things that the law affects. In the case of the 1953 Act, its Schedule listed all the old laws that were being changed or removed.

However, this Schedule itself was later removed. This happened because of another law passed in 1973. That law, called the Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1973, continued the work of tidying up laws. It decided that the list in the 1953 Act's Schedule was no longer needed.