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The '''Statute Book''' is the surviving body of enacted legislation published by authority in a number of publications.<ref>William Twining and David Miers. How to do Things with Rules. Third Edition. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1991. Page 334.</ref>
In England at the end of 1948, the Statute Book printed by authority consisted of the twenty-four volumes of ''The Statutes: Second Revised Edition'' and the thirty-three volumes of Public General Acts published annually since 1920, making in all fifty-seven volumes.<ref>The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume I. Page ix.</ref>
In ''A First Book of English Law'', Owen Hood Phillips said that there is no Statute Book.<ref>O. Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Fourth Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. 1960. Page 94.</ref> John Baker said that "the statute book" was no closer to being a historical entity than "the" register of writs was.<ref>Baker, J H. An Introduction to English Legal History. Third Edition. Butterworths. 1990. {{ISBN|0406531013}}. Page 234.</ref>
In autumn 1947, the Statute Law Committee was given terms of reference "to consider the steps necessary to bring the Statute Book up to date by consolidation, revision, and otherwise".<ref>The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume I. Page x.</ref>
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