Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1723

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 Moss Troopers Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 2), as continued by the Moss Troopers Act 1712 (12 Ann. c. 10) for 11 years from the expiration of the act. Section 2 of the act continued the Pilotage Act 1716 (3 Geo. 1. c. 23), as continued by the Trade to East Indies, etc. Act 1720 (7 Geo. 1. St. 1. c. 21), until the end of the next session of parliament after 11 years from the expiration of the act. Section 3 of the act continued the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18), as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26) and the Continuance of Laws Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 25), until the end of the next session of parliament after 7 years from the expiration of the act. Section 4 of the act continued the Sail Cloth Manufacture Act 1712 (12 Ann. St. 1. c. 16), as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 25), until the end of the next session of parliament after 7 years from the expiration of the act. == 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 The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict.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 ==