c. 98) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed for Ireland statutes acts of the Parliament of England which had been extended to the then Lordship of Ireland by royal writs or acts of the Parliament of Ireland from the Magna Carta to Poynings' Law (1495).

The act was intended, in particular, to make the revised edition of the statutes already published applicable to Ireland.

c. 125), which repealed for England and Wales enactments from the Magna Carta to King James II.

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.

Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, published in the late 18th-century, raised questions about the system and structure of the common law and the poor drafting and disorder of the existing statute book.

[1] 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.

[2] From 1810 to 1825, The Statutes of the Realm was published, providing for the first time the authoritative collection of acts.

[2] 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."

[3] At the start of the parliamentary session in 1853, Lord Cranworth announced his intention to the improvement of the statute law and in March 1853, appointed the Board for the Revision of the Statute Law to repeal expired statutes and continue consolidation, with a wider remit that included civil law.

[2] The Board issued three reports, recommending the creation of a permanent body for statute law reform.

In 1854, Lord Cranworth appointed the Royal Commission for Consolidating the Statute Law to consolidate existing statutes and enactments of English law.

An alternative approach, focusing on expunging obsolete laws from the statute book, followed by consolidation, was proposed by Peter Locke King MP, who was heavily critical of the expenditure of the Commission and the lack of results.

Wood to expurgate the statute book of all acts which, though not expressly repealed, were not in force, working backwards from the present time.

[6] The re-introduced Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 16 July 1872, introduced by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan.

[10] The bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 2 August 1872 and passed, without amendments.

[14] The bill had its third reading in the House of Commons on 8 August 1872 and passed, with amendments.

[15] The amended bill was considered and agreed to by the House of Lords on 8 August 1872.

[17] The act was intended, in particular, to make the revised edition of the statutes already published applicable to Ireland.

c. 55) was passed, which repealed for England and Wales enactments included in the act relating to sheriffs.

Section 1 of the act also ensured that repealed enactments that have been incorporated into other laws would continue to have legal effect in those contexts.

§ 3 Liberties, Divisions of Counties, Grants of Incorporation, &c. to any Bodies Corporate.

§ 4 Licences or Pardons of Alienation, or to enter into Lands descended, without Livery.

Licences to found any Spiritual House, &c. or any Fraternity, Guild, &c., or to give or receive any Lands.

Pardons to Corporations, for Purchases; Liveries or Restitutions of Temporalities to Spiritual Persons.

Except Persons attainted; and the King's open Enemies.

§ 14 Feoffments upon Trust by the late Kings, to the Use of others; except Persons attainted in this Parliament.

§ 18 Grant to the Abbot of Byland, of the Manor of Kilbourn in the County of York, by K. Hen.

§ 19 Grants to Convents to choose their Abbots, &c. § 20 Recognizances and Deeds inrolled.

§ 21 Licenses to inclose Parks, &c. or to make Castles &c. § 22 Proviso for Cicily, Duchess of York, Mother to the King.

§ 23 Proviso for Lands forfeited by Attainder in this Parliament § 24 Persons so attainted, excepted from this Act.