c. 125) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for England and Wales enactments from 1235 to 1685 which had ceased to be in force or had become unnecessary.

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.

[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."

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

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Wood to expurgate the statute book of all acts which, though not expressly repealed, were not in force, working backwards from the present time.

[2] passed The Statute Law Revision Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 12 June 1863.

[5] In his speech introducing the bill, Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, explained that the bill aimed at revising and "expurgating" (removing outdated or redundant sections) of English statute law from its inception to the 18th century.

[12] The bill was criticised by John Pope Hennessy MP and Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp MP for repealing some statutes relating to Ireland, which were not in the Irish Statute Book and for repealing the Magna Carta.

Section 1 of the Act also ensured that repealed enactments that have been incorporated into other laws would continue to have legal effect in those contexts.

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.

§ 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.