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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
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- 1998 c. 43
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(1)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(2)This Act also extends to the Isle of Man.
(3)The repeal by this Act of—
(a)the Public Notaries Act 1843 as it applies to the Isle of Man, and
(b)the words “the Isle of Man,” in section 3(3) of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993,
shall come into force on such day as Her Majesty may appoint by Order in Council.
(4)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide—
(a)that the repeal by this Act of any enactment specified in the Order shall on a date so specified extend to any of the Channel Islands or any colony, and
(b)that any provision of Schedule 2 specified in the Order shall on a date so specified extend to any of the Channel Islands or any colony subject to any modification so specified.
(5)Except as provided by any order under subsection (4), this Act does not repeal or amend any enactment so far as the enactment forms part of the law of a country outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.
(6)Subsections (4) and (5) apply to revocation of the whole or part of an instrument as they apply to repeal of an enactment.
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