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... which expressly repeals the old law or state the certain amendments to the old law. Alternatively, they can repeal the Act impliedly by passing an Act which is completely inconsistent with the previous one they wish to repeal. When courts are faced with 2 acts that are completely inconsistent with each other, the courts will apply the doctrine of implied repeal, which obeys the later Act instead of the earlier one. This doctrine of implied repeal is applied in Vauxhall Estates Ltd v Liverpool Corp. [1932] 1 KB 733 and Ellen Streets Estate Ltd v Minister of Health [1934] 1 KB 590 where it was held that the provisions of the later Act must prevail over the earlier one so far as they were inconsistent with it. Therefore, in order for the Conservative Prime Minister to secure the immediate repeal of the Lancashire Parliament Act on the basis of the term ...
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