Succession Act 1965 section 8

Repeals

Section 8 provides for the repeal of earlier enactments listed in the Second Schedule to the Act, removing outdated legislation on succession law.

• Section 8 repeals the enactments specified in the Second Schedule to the Succession Act 1965.
• Each repeal applies only to the extent indicated in the third column of that Schedule.
• A total of seventy-four separate enactments are affected, some repealed in whole and others only in part.
• The earliest of the repealed enactments dates from 1226, reflecting a comprehensive modernisation of succession law.