Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878
WHEREAS, with a view to the revision of the Statute Law, and particularly to the preparation of a Revised Edition of the Irish Statutes, it is expedient that certain enactments of the Parliament of Ireland (mentioned in the schedule to this Act) which may be regarded as spent, or which have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express and specific repeal by Parliament, or which have, by lapse of time and change of circumstances, become unnecessary, should be expressly and specifically repe...