Excerpt from Laws of Barbados, Vol. 1
The total number of Acts contained in the seven volumes that make up the current edition of the statute law is nine hundred and thirty seven. Of these, two hundred and and ninety two have been wholly repealed, and three have been disallowed. Of the remaining six hundred and forty two, sixty five entire Acts are obsolete, spent, or otherwise inoperative. Thus the effective statute law of the Island at the time of writing consists - subject to partial repeals - of five hundred and seventy seven Acts; and these, after the omission of their inoperative portions, are here presented in the form of three hundred and ten Acts in four volumes, embracing the legislation up to 16 Jan. 1912.
We have carried the work of consolidation as far as possible; in a few instances even seeking the sanction of the Legislature where we felt some doubt as to the extent of our power under the Statute Laws (New Edition) Act 1909. One Act, however, viz, the Intestates Estates Act, 1910-7 herein, was passed too late to be consolidated with the Guardians Executors Administrators and Trustees Act, 1891-25, in which it ought properly to have found its place.
Correction of errors and remedying of obvious defects have been effected by two Statute Law Revision Acts, which will be included as an appendix in the Index volume to be shortly issued.
In the same volume will appear also the two appendices required by the (New Edition) Act viz. one, of the consolidated Acts appearing in the new edition, and the other of the Acts and parts of Acts omitted under the power conferred on us. Consolidation Acts may be constructed by putting together, either totally independent, or else principal and amending enactments. Amending enactments may either prescribe specifically the alterations to be made in the principal Act in language and form, or simply enact additional matter without pointing out any particular manner of alteration. Where we have incorporated an Act or Acts of the last-mentioned class with a principal Act, we have entitled the new Act "an Act to consolidate etc." (where it did not previously bear the title), and have affixed the date of the latest of the amending enactments.
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