STATUTE LAW (REPEALS) BILL - Law Commission

naval reserve force. Such payments had to be granted in accordance with
regulations made under section 4 of the 1883 Act.
8. Section 2(2) gave effect to section 2(1) by substituting a new section 2
of the 1883 Act, amended in accordance with section 2(1). The new section 2
was set out in Schedule 1 to the 1947 Act.
9. The 1947 Act now serves no purpose except to keep in force the
amendment made to the 1883 Act by section 2 (and Schedule 1). 5 The effect
of section 2 (and Schedule 1) may conveniently be preserved by the entry in
the attached Schedule of consequential and connected provisions. This will
supersede section 2 (and Schedule 1) and enable the whole of the 1947 Act
to be repealed.
Greenwich Hospital Act 1967
10. The Greenwich Hospital Act 1967 was enacted to amend earlier
enactments relating to the finances of Greenwich Hospital. Sections 1(2) and
2 are repealing provisions 6 and became spent when they came into force at
Royal Assent on 27 July 1967.
Extent
11. None of the provisions proposed for repeal by this note has any
application outside England and Wales.
Consultation
12. HM Treasury, the Ministry of Defence, Greenwich Hospital and the
Seamen’s Hospital Society have been consulted about these repeal
proposals.
(32/195/49) LAW/005/005/06
01 February 2008
5
Section 2(1) has itself been recently amended to include a reference to “surviving civil partners”: Civil
Partnership Act 2004, s 257, Sch 26, para 16. A corresponding amendment has also been made to the
1883 Act, s 2(1): Civil Partnership Act 2004, s 257, Sch 26, para 4.
6
Section 1(2) repealed Greenwich Hospital Act 1865, s 40; section 2 repealed Greenwich Hospital Act
1885, s 3.
6