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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statute-law-repeals-act-1998/schedule-1/part-VIII",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/43",
  "legislation_title": "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statute-law-repeals-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/VIII",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "VIII",
  "heading": "Slave Trade Acts",
  "text": "Chapter or Number\nShort title or title\nExtent of repeal or revocation\n5 Geo.4 c.113.\nSlave Trade Act 1824.\nSections 3 to 9.\nSection 12.\nSections 39 and 40.\nSection 47.\n3 & 4 Will.4 c.73.\nSlavery Abolition Act 1833.\nThe whole Act.\n6 & 7 Vict. c.98.\nSlave Trade Act 1843.\nIn section 1, the words “and of this present Act” and “or by this present Act,”.\nSection 4.\n27 & 28 Vict. c.24.\nNaval Agency and Distribution Act 1864.\nIn section 12, the words “In case of any seizure or capture under any Act relating to the abolition of the slave trade:”.\n36 & 37 Vict. c.88.\nSlave Trade Act 1873.\nIn section 2—\n(a) the definitions of “British possession” and “foreign state”;\n(b) from the definition of “Vice-Admiralty Court” onwards.\nIn section 3—\n(a) the words in brackets commencing “subject in the case”;\n(b) in paragraph (a), the words from “and for any commander” to the end;\n(c) in paragraph (b), the words from “and for any commander” to the end;\n(d) the words from “for adjudication” to the end.\nSections 4 to 16.\nSection 17 from “in like manner” onwards.\nSections 18 to 23.\nIn section 24, the words from “and any enactments” to “by this Act;”.\nSection 25.\nIn section 26, the words from “, either in Her Majesty’s dominions” to “has jurisdiction”; and the last paragraph.\nSections 28 and 29.\nSchedule 1.\n53 & 54 Vict. c.27.\nColonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890.\nIn paragraph (b) of the proviso to section 2, the words “and under the Slave Trade Act 1873,” and “or the slave trade”.\nIn paragraph (a) of the proviso to section 9(2), the words “to the slave trade,”.\nSection 13.\n15 & 16 Geo.5 c.86.\nCriminal Justice Act 1925.\nSection 11(3).\n1967 c.18.\nCriminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 7(a).\n1971 c.23.\nCourts Act 1971.\nIn Schedule 8, paragraph 8.\n1978 c.23.\nJudicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.\nIn Part II of Schedule 5, the entry relating to the Slave Trade Act 1843.\n1995 c.21.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1995.\nIn Schedule 13, paragraph 4.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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