The court looked at the question of the implied repeal of legislation.
Avory J said: ‘I should certainly hold . . that no Act of Parliament can effectively provide that no future Act shall interfere with its provisions . . [I]f they [the two statutes] are inconsistent to that extent [viz. so that they cannot stand together], then the earlier Act is impliedly repealed by the later in accordance with the maxim ‘Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant’.’
Avory J
[1932] 1 KB 733
Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 2, Housing Act 1925 46
England and Wales
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Considered – Ellen Street Estates Limited v Minister for Health CA 1934
S.2 of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 provided for the assessment of compensation in respect of land acquired compulsorily for public purposes according to certain rules. Then by s.7(1): ‘The provisions of the Act or . .
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