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Originally Posted by SMHarman
And how often do we repeal legislation? There are laws on the books going back 400+ years. The only legislation I can think of as being repealed is law that is consolidated (all Company Law into CA85), and Hanging.
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It does actually happen every now and again, eg in the passage of the various Criminal Justice Acts assorted old laws get quietly swept up and dropped in the bin, we just don't usually hear about it.