The laws and observances abolished were specified by various Acts of the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, or Parliament of Ireland. These acts were repealed in full where they had no other purpose than establishing the relevant observance, and otherwise repealed only in relation to the observance.
After some delay for legal advice,[11] on 17 January 1859 the queen issued a new warrant removing the prayers.[12] However, the observances which the prayers fulfilled were mandated by various Acts of Parliament; so a bill, initially called the Occasional Forms of Prayer Bill, was introduced in February 1859 to repeal the provisions which were no longer being enforced.[11][13] Whereas the 1858 petitions had related only to observances in the English Book of Common Prayer, the 1859 bill additionally deleted the 23 October prayer from the Irish Book of Common Prayer.[11] In the House of Lords the bill was renamed the Anniversary Days Observance Bill.[14][15] It received royal assent on 25 March.[16]
Hefling, Charles (1 July 2006). "The State Services". In Hefling, Charles; Shattuck, Cynthia (eds.). The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey. Oxford University Press. pp. 73–75. ISBN9780199723898. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
^Prior, David (July 2005). "Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November". History Today. 55 (7): 4–5. Retrieved 5 November 2016. In 1859, in an atmosphere of growing religious toleration, the 1606 Act was abolished.
^"Minutes". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 11 March 1859. HL Deb vol 153 c1. Retrieved 5 November 2016. Public bills.— [...] 3a Anniversary Days Observance, formerly Occasional Forms of Prayer
^"Minutes". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 25 March 1859. HL Deb vol 153 c792. Retrieved 5 November 2016. Public bills.— [...] Royal Assent.— [...] Anniversary Days Observance