STATUTE LAW REVISION: SIXTEENTH ... - Law Commission

APPENDIX 2
Explanatory Note on the Draft Bill
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(Report, paragraph 1)
1 CLAUSES 1 – 3
1. Clause 1 repeals the enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 and introduces the
consequential and connected provisions in Schedule 2.
Clause 2
2. Subsection (1) has the effect of extending the Bill throughout the United Kingdom
(i.e. England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
3. Subsection (2) has the effect of extending the Bill to the Isle of Man. This has
been agreed to by the authorities in the Isle of Man. The repeals in Schedule 1
which affect the Isle of Man include those relating to the following Acts:
Superannuation Act 1965 (Part IV)
Slave Trade Acts 1824 and 1873 (Part VIII)
Public Notaries Act 1843 (Part X)
Act of Attainder 1533 (Part X)
Pains and Penalties Act 1722 (Part X)
4. Subsection (3) has the effect of providing that two of the repeals listed in
Schedule 1 will come into force only once an Order in Council has been made to
that effect. (All the other repeals in Schedule 1 come into force automatically
upon Royal Assent). This arrangement is at the request of the Isle of Man
authorities.
5. Subsection (4) provides power by Order in Council to extend the Bill’s effect to
the Channel Islands and any colony.
6. Subsection (5) makes it clear that, subject as already provided in clause 2, the
Bill once enacted has no effect outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.
7. Subsection (6) ensures that the provisions in subsections (4) and (5) have effect
in relation to statutory instruments as well as enactments.
8. Clause 3 provides the short title. Subject to subsection (3) of clause 2, the Bill
will come into force upon Royal Assent.