Continuance of Laws Act 1536

Continuance of Laws Act 1536
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Long title	An Act made for continuing of the Statutes for Beggars and Vagabonds; and against Conveyance of Horses and Mares out of this Realm; against Welshmen making Affrays in the Counties of Hereford, Gloucester and Salop; and against the Vice of Buggery.
Citation	28 Hen. 8. c. 6
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	18 July 1536
Commencement	8 June 1536
Repealed	28 July 1863
Other legislation
Amends	See § Continued enactments
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Relates to	Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1536; Continuance of Laws (No. 3) Act 1537; Continuance of Laws Act 1539; Continuation of Laws Act 1541; Continuance of Laws Act 1545; Continuance of Laws Act 1551; Continuance of Acts Act 1553; Continuance of Laws Act 1553; Continuance of Laws Act 1554; Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1554; Continuance of Laws Act 1555; Continuance of Laws Act 1557; Continuance of Laws Act 1558; See Expiring laws continuance acts;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 6) was an act of the Parliament of England that continued various older enactments.

Background

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.^[1]

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Vagabonds Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 12), the Exportation Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 7), the Assaults by Welshmen Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8. c. 11) and the Buggery Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 6) until the end of the next parliament.

Subsequent developments

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all temporary laws, observing irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws.^[2]

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).

Notes

^ Start of session.

References

^ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.

[1] Start of session.

[2] Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.

[:022-3] Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.

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