The term refers to the Home Secretary who sponsored them, Sir Robert Peel.
In the United Kingdom, Acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.
[5] In 1806, the Commission on Public Records passed a resolution requesting the production of a report on the best mode of reducing the volume of the statute book.
[6] From 1810 to 1825, The Statutes of the Realm was published, providing for the first time the authoritative collection of acts.
[6] In 1816, both Houses of Parliament, passed resolutions that an eminent lawyer with 20 clerks be commissioned to make a digest of the statutes, which was declared "very expedient to be done."