Statute Law Revision Act 2009

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The Statute Law Revision Act 2009 is an Irish law that cleans up old legislation. It focuses on local and personal acts passed before 1850 and private acts passed before 1750. The act repeals many pre-1922 local, personal, and private acts from Ireland, England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom that are now considered unnecessary, while preserving a smaller list of acts that are still regarded as relevant.

This act follows the Statute Law Revision Act 2007, which reviewed Public General Acts affecting Ireland that were enacted before the Irish Free State was established in 1922. In the 2009 revision, 1,347 acts of a private, local, or personal nature were repealed (listed in Schedule 2), and 138 such acts were kept (listed in Schedule 1).

A commentator, Dr Eoin O’Dell, described the work as technical and laborious with few obvious results, but necessary, and noted that progress has been effectively made. He referenced Brian Hunt of the Dublin law firm Mason Hayes & Curran.

In short, the 2009 Act removed many obsolete local, personal, and private laws while preserving a small number deemed still useful.