Consolidating statute law helps make it less confusing, more accessible and up to date. This offers practical benefits to a range of people who interact with the law, including:
- legal practitioners and the courts
- individuals and businesses
- Parliament and Government
Since the Law Commission was established in 1965, we have been responsible for over 200 consolidation Bills that have become Acts of Parliament.
How consolidation projects works
We aim to bring together different enactments on a topic into a single Act. This then replaces provisions in different Acts (and often statutory instruments) that were made into law previously.
As consolidation work can require a long-term commitment, we always gauge:
- the strength of the case
- any challenges or risks to completion
Find out more about the factors we consider and the Parliamentary procedure we follow for this kind of work in our approach to consolidation.