Continuance of Laws Act 1774

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 Colonial Trade Act 1729 (3 Geo. 2. c. 28), as continued by the Colonial Trade Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 19), the Starr and Bent Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2. c. 33) , the Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 47), the Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (27 Geo. 2. c. 18), the Continuance of Laws Act 1759 (33 Geo. 2. c. 16) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1766 (7 Geo. 3. c. 35), from the expiration of the act to the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1781. Section 2 of the act continued the Colonial Trade Act 1763 (4 Geo. 3. c. 27) and a clause in the Customs, etc. Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 29) "which gave liberty to export rice from North Carolina, in the same manner, and under the like duties, securities, restrictions, regulations, limitations, duties, penalties, and forfeitures, as the Colonial Trade Act 1763 (4 Geo. 3. c. 27) with respect to carrying rice to South Carolina and Georgia from the expiration of those enactments to the end of the next session of parliament after 24 June 1781. Section 3 of the act continued the Exportation (No. 3) Act 1770 (10 Geo. 3. c. 31), as amended by the Exportation (No. 2) Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3. c. 39), from the expiration of the act to the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1781. == 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. The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116). == Notes ==