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
Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014
An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales
Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868
Factory Act 1833
Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016
Municipal Corporations Acts United Kingdom legislation
House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944
Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868
Jamaica Independence Act 1962
British Nationality Act 1981
Immigration Act 1971
British Nationality Act 1948
BST Act 1972
Summer Time Act 1925
Government of Wales Act 1998
Public Health Act 1848
Welfare Reform Act 2012
Child Support Act 1991
Health and Care Act 2022
Mutiny Act
Summer Time Act 1947
Public Health Act 1872
Government of Wales Act 2006
Jobseekers Act 1995
Public Health Act 1875
Public Health Act 1936
Public Health (London) Act 1891
Welsh Language Act 1993
New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947
Royal Titles Act 1876
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
Welfare Reform Act 2007
National Portrait Gallery Act 1956
Local Government Finance Act 1992
the Hunting Act 2004 was valid primary legislation
surface form: Hunting Act 2004
Rupert's Land Act 1868
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
Local Government Act 1992
Elementary Education Act 1870
Education Act 1918
Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971
later Treason Acts United Kingdom legislation
Representation of the People Acts United Kingdom legislation
enabled Alec Douglas-Home to sit in the House of Commons as Prime Minister
surface form: Peerage Act 1963
House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015
Police Act 1964
Peel’s Act
New Police Act
LGA 1972