Law Commissions Act 1965

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The Law Commissions Act 1965 is a UK statute that established the Law Commission and set out its powers and duties to review and recommend reform of the law.

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Law Commissions Act 1965 canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
administeredBy Lord Chancellor ⓘ
Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ
appliesTo England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
law reform ⓘ
citation 1965 c. 22 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBody Law Commission ⓘ
Scottish Law Commission ⓘ
definesFunction codification of the law ⓘ
consolidation of statute law ⓘ
repeal of obsolete enactments ⓘ
simplification and modernisation of the law ⓘ
systematic development and reform of the law ⓘ
establishes Law Commission for England and Wales ⓘ
linked to: Law Commission

Scottish Law Commission ⓘ
grantsPower to consult with judges, lawyers and others on law reform ⓘ
to prepare draft Bills ⓘ
to undertake research for law reform ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativeSubject organisation of law reform bodies ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the constitution of Commissions for the reform of the law ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
providesFor appointment of Law Commissioners ⓘ
remuneration of Law Commissioners ⓘ
terms of office of Law Commissioners ⓘ
purpose to establish permanent law reform bodies ⓘ
to keep the law under review ⓘ
to recommend reform of the law ⓘ
relatedBody Law Commission ⓘ
Scottish Law Commission ⓘ
requires consultation with the Lord Chancellor on law reform programmes ⓘ
programmes of law reform to be prepared ⓘ
royalAssent 15 June 1965 ⓘ
section section 1 ⓘ
section 3 ⓘ
section 5 ⓘ
section 6 ⓘ
section 7 ⓘ
shortTitle Law Commissions Act 1965 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
year 1965 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Law Commission → legalBasis → Law Commissions Act 1965 ⓘ
Scottish Law Commission → legalBasis → Law Commissions Act 1965 ⓘ
Law Commissions Act 1965 → shortTitle → Law Commissions Act 1965 ⓘ
Law Commission → establishedBy → Law Commissions Act 1965 ⓘ
subject linked to: Law Com