[4] In 1861 the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the first of a long series of Statute Law Revision Acts.
(2) An omission made under the authority of this Act shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any statute.Section 3(1) of the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 now provides: From any revised edition of the statutes published by authority there may be omitted enactments or words in respect of matters exclusively relating to territory within the jurisdiction of any one or more of the following, that is to say, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, .
and, so far as relates to matters within the powers of the Parliament thereof, Northern Ireland.Without prejudice to any other saving contained in the Statute Law Revision Act 1950, an omission made under the authority of section 3 of that Act does not affect the construction or interpretation of any statute.
[11] Where any Act cites or refers to another Act otherwise than by its short title, the short title may, in any revised edition of the statutes printed by authority, be printed in substitution for such citation or reference.
The Second Revised Edition of The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland 1424-1707 was published by authority in 1966.
The text of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland in Statutes in Force was taken from the Second Revised Edition.