First Statute of Repeal

The First Statute of Repeal was an act of the Parliament of England (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 2), passed in 1553 in the first Parliament of Mary I's reign, that nullified all religious legislation passed under the previous monarch, the boy-king Edward VI, and the de facto rulers of that time, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland.

Section 1 of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in that section, namely:

Section 2 of the act provided that from and after 20 December 1553, divine services and administration of sacraments would be performed as used in the last year of the reign of Henry VIII (1547).

Section 3 of the act provided that divine services may be performed under the repealed acts before 20 December 1553.

The act was nullified by Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 2), which stated that:

at the death of our late sovereign lord King Edward VI there remained one uniform order of common service and prayer, and of the administration of sacraments, rites, and ceremonies in the Church of England, which was set forth in one book, intituled: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of Sacraments [...] the said statute of repeal, and everything therein contained, only concerning the said book, and the service, administration of sacraments, rites, and ceremonies contained or appointed in or by the said book, shall be void and of none effect.

The whole act was repealed by section 8 of Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 25).