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| Long title | An Act for continuing, until the Expiration of Forty Days after the Commencement of the first Session of Parliament that shall be begun and holden after the first Day of September one thousand eight hundred and one, several Laws relating to the prohibiting the Exportation, and permitting the Importation, of Corn and other Articles of Provision without Payment of Duty; to the allowing the Use of Sugar in the brewing of Beer; to the reducing the Duties upon Spirits distilled from Melasses and Sugar; and to the prohibiting the making of Low Wines or Spirits from Wheat and certain other Articles in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. |
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| Citation | 41 Geo. 3. (G.B.) c. 5 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 December 1800 |
| Commencement | 8 December 1800[a] |
| Repealed | 21 August 1871 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See§ Continued enactments |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1871 |
| Relates to | SeeExpiring laws continuance legislation |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
TheContinuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1800 (41 Geo. 3. (G.B.) c. 5) was anact of theParliament of Great Britain that continued various older acts.
In theUnited Kingdom,acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limitedsunset clauses, requiringlegislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.[1]
Section 1 of the act continued theImportation (No. 3) Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 87), as continued by theContinuance of Laws Act 1799 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 9) and as amended and continued by theImportation and Exportation Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 58), theUse of Sugar in Brewing Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 62), theDuties on Spirits Act 1799 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 8), theDuties on Wash Made from Sugar Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 61) "so far as relates to the Duties on Wort or Wash brewed or made from Melasses or Sugar" and theDistillation from Wheat, etc. Act 1799 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 7), as continued by theDistillation From Wheat, etc. Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 21), until 40 days after the start of the first session of parliament after 1 September 1801.[2]
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, theStatute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).