Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

C2534
concept

An Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is a formal law enacted by the UK Parliament, comprising the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the monarch, which has legal force throughout its applicable jurisdictions.

All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 554
United Kingdom legislation 81
UK statute 8

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Generated description
An Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is a formal law enacted by the UK Parliament, comprising the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the monarch, which has legal force throughout its applicable jurisdictions.

Instances (581)

Instance Via concept surface
Family Law Act 1996
Justices of the Peace Act 1997
Royal Titles Act 1901
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
Theatres Act 1968
Michael Ryan
surface form: Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988
United Kingdom Act of Parliament
Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988
Offender Management Act 2007
Sentencing Act 2020
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (repealed but historically related)
surface form: Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
International Development Act 2002
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015
Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997
Unemployment Insurance Act 1920
Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019
Part III – Control over Development part of an Act of Parliament
Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013
Housing and Planning Act 2016
Army Act 1881
Frame Breaking Act 1812
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1817
Trade Boards Act 1918
Minimum Wage Act 1998
Children Act 1948
Duchy of Cornwall Act 1844
Army Act 1911
Fire Services Act 1947
Civil Defence Act 1948
Army Act 1955
Human Rights Act 1998
Police Act 1997
Charter Acts of the British Parliament
surface form: Charter Act 1813
Parliamentary Papers Act 1840
Act of Parliament 1782
Duchy of Cornwall Act 1863
Reform Act 1832
Law Commissions Act 1965
Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927
Coercion Act 1881
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883
Married Women’s Property Act 1882
Burials Act 1880
Bankruptcy Act 1883
Agricultural Holdings (England) Act 1883
Railways Act 1921
Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013
Promissory Oaths Act 1868
Promissory Oaths Act 1871
Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802