Continuance of Laws Act 1779

Continuance of Laws Act 1779
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to continue several Laws relating to the giving further Encouragement for the Importation of Naval Stores from the British Colonies in America; to the landing of Rum or Spirits of the British Sugar Plantations, before Payment of the Duties of Excise; to the discontinuing the Duties payable upon the Importation of Tallow, Hogs Lard and Grease; to the regulating the Fees of Officers of the Customs and Naval Officers in America; to the allowing the Exportation of certain Quantities of Wheat, and other Articles, to His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America; and to the allowing a Drawback of the Duties on Rum, shipped as Stores, to be consumed on board Merchant Ships on their Voyages.
Citation19 Geo. 3. c. 22
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent1 April 1779
Commencement26 November 1778
Repealed5 July 1825
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Revived and continued enactments
Amended by
Repealed byCustoms Law Repeal Act 1825
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws Act 1779 (19 Geo. 3. c. 22) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that revived and continued various older acts.