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| Chapter | Short Title | Extent of Repeal |
| 3 Edw. 1. | The Statute of Westminster the First. | Chapter 25. |
| (Statutes of uncertain date — 20 Edw. 1). | Statutum de Conspiratoribus. | The whole Act. |
| 28 Edw. 1. c. 11. | (Champerty). | The whole Chapter. |
| 1 Edw. 3. Stat. 2 c. 14. | (Maintenance). | The whole Chapter. |
| 1 Ric. 2. c. 4. | (Maintenance) | The whole Chapter. |
| 16 Ric. 2. c. 5. | The Statute of Praemunire | The whole Chapter (this repeal extending to Northern Ireland). |
| 24 Hen. 8. c. 12. | The Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532. | Section 2. |
| Section 4, so far as unrepealed. | ||
| 25 Hen. 8. c. 19. | The Submission of the Clergy Act 1533. | Section 5. |
| The Appointment of Bishops Act 1533. | Section 6. | |
| 25 Hen. 8. c. 21. | The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533. | Section 16. |
| 26 Hen. 8. c. 14. | The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534. | Section 4, from “And that no such suffragan” onwards. |
| 28 Hen. 8 c. 16. | The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536. | Section 1, from “and shall never” onwards. |
| 32 Hen. 8. c. 9. | The Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540. | The whole Act. |
| 1 Mary Sess. 2. c. 3. | The Brawling Act 1553. | The whole Act. |
| 21 Jas. 1. c. 3. | The Statute of Monopolies. | Section 4, from “and if any person or persons shall after notice given” onwards. |
| 12 Chas. 2. c. 24. | The Tenures Abolition Act 1660. | Section 12, from “and if any person or persons shall after notice given” onwards. |
| 13 Chas. 2. Stat. 1. c. 1. | The Sedition Act 1661. | The whole Act, so far as unrepealed. |
| 9 Will. 3. c. 35. | The Blasphemy Act 1697. | The whole Act. |
| 6 Anne c. 41. | The Succession to the Crown Act 1707. | The preamble and sections 1, 2 and 3. |
| 19 Geo. 2. c. 21. | The Profane Oaths Act 1745. | The whole Act. |
| 12 Geo. 3. c. 11. | The Royal Marriages Act 1772. | Section 3 (this repeal extending to Northern Ireland). |
| 25 Geo. 3. c. 77. | The Fires Prevention Act 1785. | The whole Act, so far as unrepealed. |
| 39 Geo. 3. c. 79. | The Unlawful Societies Act 1799. | The whole Act, so far as unrepealed. |
| 57 Geo. 3. c. 19. | The Seditious Meetings Act 1817. | Sections 25 to 28. |
| In section 29, the words “any meeting of any society or club hereby declared to be an unlawful combination and confederacy or”. | ||
| Sections 30 and 31. | ||
| Sections 34 to 38. | ||
| The Schedule. | ||
Prospective
| 40 Geo. 3. c. 29 (Ir.). | The Parliamentary Representation Act (Ireland) 1800. | Section 3 from “and every person” onwards. |
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