Continuance of Laws Act 1740

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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

Continued enactments Section 1 of the act continued the Insolvent Debtors Relief (No. 2) Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 22), the Insolvent Debtors Relief Act 1729 (3 Geo. 2. c. 27) and the Set-off Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 24), except the clause in the Set-off Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 24) for setting mutual debts one against the other, from the expiration of those acts until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 June 1747. Section 2 of the act continued the Importation Act 1733 (7 Geo. 2. c. 18) from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 June 1747. == Legacy ==

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. The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59). == Notes ==