Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878

Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for the Revision of the Statute Law of Ireland.
Citation	41 & 42 Vict. c. 79
Introduced by	James Lowther MP (Commons); Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (Lords)
Territorial extent	Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	13 August 1878
Commencement	13 August 1878
Other legislation
Amends	§ Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1894
Relates to	Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856; Statute Law Revision Act 1861; Statute Law Revision Act 1863; Statute Law Revision Act 1867; Statute Law Revision Act 1870; Promissory Oaths Act 1871; Statute Law Revision Act 1871; Statute Law Revision Act 1872; Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2); Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872; Statute Law Revision Act 1873; Statute Law Revision Act 1874; Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2); Statute Law Revision Act 1875; Statute Law Revision (Substituted Enactments) Act 1876; Statute Law Revision Act 1878; Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879; Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879; Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881; Statute Law Revision Act 1883; Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883; Statute Law Revision Act 1887; Statute Law Revision Act 1888; Statute Law Revision Act 1890; Statute Law Revision Act 1891; Statute Law Revision Act 1892; Statute Law Revision Act 1893; Statute Law Revision Act 1894; Statute Law Revision Act 1898;
Status: Partially repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 57) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for Ireland enactments of the Parliament of Ireland from 1310 to 1747 which had ceased to be in force or had become necessary. The act was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the Irish statutes, then in progress.