Editing Repeal (section)

=={{anchor|Reenactment}}<!-- [[Repeal with reenactment]] redirects here -->Repeal with or without re-enactment==

A typical situation where an Act is '''repealed and re-enacted''' is where the law in the area is being updated but the law being repealed needs to be replaced with one suitable for the modern era.  Re-enactment can be with or without amendment, although repeal and re-enactment without amendment normally occurs only in the context of a [[consolidation bill]] (a bill to consolidate the law in a particular area).

For example, the repeal of the [[Poor Law]]s in England in 1948 reflected their replacement by modern social welfare legislation.

A '''repeal without replacement''' is generally done when a law is no longer effective, or it is shown that a law is having far more negative consequences than were originally envisioned.

If a campaign for the repeal of a particular law gains particular momentum, an advocate of the repeal might become known as a "repealer". The [[Repeal Association]] in 19th-century Ireland advocated Irish independence through repeal of the [[Acts of Union 1800]].

Many repeals without replacement are the result of significant changes in [[society]].  Major examples include:
*The old [[Jim Crow law]]s or [[blue law]]s in the US
*The [[Corn Laws]] in [[England]], repealed in 1846 after a passionate campaign.
*[[Repeal of Prohibition in the United States]]. Enacted by the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition of alcoholic beverages]] was repealed by the [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-first Amendment]]. This is the only [[constitutional amendment]] to have ever been repealed in the [[United States]].
*The massive [[Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (Ireland)|Statute Law Revision Act 2007]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]], through which 3,225 Acts were repealed, dating back over eight centuries to 1171 and the earliest laws enacted by [[England]] when it began its invasion of [[Ireland]]. The statutes repealed include a number of Acts of significant historical interest, including an Act of 1542 providing that the Kings of England shall be Kings of Ireland. This Act is the largest single repealing statute in the history of Ireland.