Presumably a pre-1868 law would apply if it has not been expressly repealed or superseded . talk ) 03 : 55, 23 October 2008 ( UTC)
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In 2012, in " BH v The Lord Advocate ( Scotland ) ", Scotland Act can only be expressly repealed; it cannot be impliedly repealed; that is because of its fundamental constitutional nature ."
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On September 10, 2012, by Order of Command No . 6583 / 126, it was declared expressly repealed all those rules or provisions of institutional regulations, which contravene the principle of non-discrimination according to the Anti-discrimination law.
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This was the first example of a Commonwealth member country passing legislation to create its own citizenship distinct from the status of " British subject ", and it expressly repealed ( s . 33 ) both the British nationality legislation and common law carried over at independence.
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Besides abolishing the Oath of Allegiance, a requirement of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the act also expressly repealed the provisions both of the constitution proper and of the " Constitution of the Irish Free State ( Saorst�t �ireann ) Act 1922 " that required compliance with the treaty.
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A decade later in 2012, in a case before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, " BH v The Lord Advocate ( Scotland ) ", Scotland Act can only be expressly repealed; it cannot be impliedly repealed; that is because of its fundamental constitutional nature .