United Kingdom Law/Great Repeal Bill 2008/Old

This page is for out of date proposals formerly included in Great Repeal Bill.

Local government deregulation

Short title	Extent of repeal	Reasoning
Regional Development Agencies Act 1998	The whole Act	This Act created the apparatus of regional government in England and Wales. Agree: These are just useless quangos that contribute nothing. Re-distribute their powers between central and local government. Comment: The Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 is prospectively repealed by the Localism Act 2011 and by Schedule 6 to the Public Bodies Act 2011.

Constitutional deregulation

Short title	Extent of repeal	Reasoning
Septennial Act 1715	The whole Act	This Act lengthens the maximum duration of a Parliament from three to seven years, and was amended by the Parliament Act 1911 to change this to five years. It should be repealed and replaced with an Act establishing fixed-term Parliaments. Comment: The Septennial Act 1715 was repealed by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.
Royal Marriages Act 1772	The whole Act	This Act prevents members of the Royal Family from marriage without either the consent of the monarch or both Houses of Parliament and notification of the Privy Council. In this day and age it is unacceptable that the monarch should be able to agree and disagree to marriages in his/her family. Disagree: Royal family is not a typical family. It represents the country, its people, and all its members have a duty of public service. Further, many are in the line of succession. Therefore, the reigning monarch has a right to ensure all marriages are to persons suitable for exercising their public duty, and who will not embarrass the monarchy and the country. In practice, it only applies to those very close to the monarch anyway. I doubt very much the queen worries herself about the marriages of those twentieth in line to the throne. Comment: The Royal Marriages Act 1772 is prospectively repealed by section 3(4) of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013.

Obsolete and spent provisions

Short title	Extent of repeal	Reasoning
Parliamentary Elections Act 1695	The whole Act	There is nothing left in this Act since all of its provisions have since been repealed. Comment: Although legislation.gov.uk appears to say that the title and preamble of this Act are still in force, they were in fact repealed by Schedule 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1948 (assuming that Queen's Printer copies of the Act of 1948 are accurate).