The Law Commission does not just propose new laws, we also identify laws that have become obsolete and propose repealing them.
By reducing the size of the statute book, we aim to:
- save the time of lawyers and other people who use it
- avoid unnecessary costs
- prevent people being misled or confused
Find out more information about our statute repeal work.
How repeals work
We present our proposals to Government as Statute Law Repeals reports, published with a draft Bill. Proposals are then implemented by special Statute Law (Repeals) Bills.
There have been 19 of these special Bills since 1965. These have led to more than 3,000 acts being completely repealed. For more detailed information, read this review of statute law repeals work from 1965 to 2010.
Previous reports
View Statute Law Repeals reports up to 2015.