Projects

Statute Law Repeals 17th Report

Project status: Complete

Joint report with the Scottish Law Commission. Repeals included in this report Administration of Justice Agriculture Allotments and Smallholdings Aviation Defunct Bodies Ecclesiastical Education Employment Finance Local Government Pensions Property Public Health Road Traffic Scottish Acts Trade and Industry Miscellaneous

Statute Law Repeals 18th Report

Project status: Complete

Joint report with the Scottish Law Commission. Repeals included in this report Armed Forces County Gaols East India Company London Police Rating Tax and Duties Town and Country Planning Turnpikes Miscellaneous

Statute Law Repeals 19th Report

Project status: Complete

The Statute Law (Repeals) Bill, which originated in the 19th Statute Law Repeals report, became the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 when it received Royal Assent on 31 January 2013. The Bill was introduced into Parliament on 10 October 2012 (details below). The Notes on the Bill and the text of the report are available at the links … Read more >

Statute Law Repeals 20th Report

Project status: Complete

The 20th Statute Law Repeals Report recommends the repeal of more than 200 Acts. The Bill accompanying the report covers a wide range of topics from agriculture and churches to trade and industry and taxation. The earliest repeal is from the Statute of Marlborough 1267. Passed during the reign of Henry III, the Statute is one of … Read more >

Surrogacy

Project status: Analysis of responses

Download the full consultation paper here. Download a summary of the consultation paper here. Download a Welsh summary of the consultation paper here. Download an easy read summary of the consultation paper here. The problem Becoming a parent is the greatest day in many people’s lives. But sometimes surrogacy can be the only way for … Read more >

Taking, making and sharing intimate images without consent

Project status: Analysis of responses

Download the consultation paper here. Download a summary of the consultation paper here. Download a Welsh version of the summary here. Download our Q&A and mythbuster on the project here. Our project The origins of this project are rooted in our Abusive and Offensive Online Communications Scoping Report which was published in November 2018. The … Read more >

Tax

Project status: Pre-project

In the 18th Statute Law Repeals report, which was published in January 2008, we made several recommendations for the repeal of laws relating to taxes or duties, including stamp and customs duties. In most cases, the Acts were obsolete because the tax or duty that they imposed was abolished without the legislation itself being wholly repealed. Several … Read more >

Taxation

Project status: Pre-project

In our consultation paper we propose the repeal of a series of statutory provisions relating to taxation law which span the years 1952 to 2010, and which have become obsolete or spent through the passage of time, or because of subsequent statutory intervention.  In all, we recommend the repeal of portions of some 32 Acts … Read more >