Editing Repeal (section)

{{Short description|Removal or reversal of a law}}
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A '''repeal''' (O.F. ''rapel'', modern ''rappel'', from ''rapeler'', ''rappeler'', revoke, ''re'' and ''appeler'', appeal)<ref>{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Repeal}}</ref> is the removal or reversal of a [[law]]. There are two basic types of repeal; a repeal with a re-enactment is used to replace the law with an updated, amended, or otherwise related law, or a repeal without replacement so as to abolish its provisions altogether.

Removal of [[primary and secondary legislation|secondary legislation]] is normally referred to as revocation rather than repeal in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]. Under the [[common law]] of [[England and Wales]], the effect of repealing a statute was "to obliterate it completely from the records of Parliament as though it had never been passed."<ref>Kay v. Goodwin (1830) 6 Bing. 576, per Tindal C.J.</ref> This, however, is now subject to savings provisions within the [[Interpretation Act 1978]].

In [[parliamentary procedure]], the [[Motion (parliamentary procedure)|motion]] to rescind, repeal, or annul is used to cancel or countermand an action or order previously adopted by the [[Deliberative assembly|assembly]].