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Line 1: A '''repeal''' is the [[Administrative removal\|removal]] or [[Reversal (law)\|reversal]] of a [[law]]. There are two basic types of repeal, a repeal with a re-enactment (or replacement) of the repealed law, or a repeal without any replacement. Removal ofwrong Removal of [[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]].

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