Constitutional Reform Act 2005

E17590

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom United Kingdom constitutional statute

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 is a major UK statute that restructured the country's judicial and constitutional framework, including creating the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and reforming the role of the Lord Chancellor.

Aliases (1)

Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (as part of wider reforms) ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom → United Kingdom constitutional statute →
amended	Senior Courts Act 1981 GENERATED → Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 GENERATED →
cameIntoForcePartially	2005 GENERATED → 2006 → 2007 → 2009 →
citation	2005 c. 4 GENERATED →
containsProvisionOn	Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales GENERATED → Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman GENERATED → Lord Chancellor’s duty to uphold the independence of the judiciary GENERATED → Lord Chief Justice as head of the judiciary of England and Wales GENERATED → abolition of the Lord Chancellor’s judicial functions GENERATED → creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom GENERATED → judicial discipline GENERATED → judicial tenure GENERATED → selection of judges GENERATED → transfer of appellate jurisdiction from the House of Lords to the Supreme Court GENERATED →
country	United Kingdom →
created	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom GENERATED →
createdOffice	Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom GENERATED → President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom GENERATED →
designatedHeadOfJudiciary	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales GENERATED →
fullyImplementedBy	2009 GENERATED →
introduced	new system for judicial appointments in England and Wales GENERATED → statutory guarantee of judicial independence GENERATED →
jurisdiction	England and Wales GENERATED → Northern Ireland GENERATED → Scotland GENERATED →
languageOfDocument	English GENERATED →
legalSystem	common law GENERATED →
legislativeBody	House of Commons of the United Kingdom GENERATED → House of Lords GENERATED →
longTitle	An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to make provision for and in connection with a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the transfer to that Court of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the selection of judges, their terms of office and discipline; and for connected purposes. →
modifiedRoleOf	Lord Chancellor GENERATED →
parliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom GENERATED →
partNumber	Part 1 GENERATED → Part 2 → Part 3 → Part 4 → Part 5 → Part 6 →
providedFor	Judicial Appointments Commission GENERATED →
reallocatedResponsibilityFrom	Lord Chancellor GENERATED →
reallocatedResponsibilityTo	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales GENERATED →
reformedOffice	Lord Chancellor GENERATED →
relatedTo	Human Rights Act 1998 GENERATED → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom GENERATED →
royalAssentDate	2005-03-24 GENERATED →
shortTitle	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 GENERATED →
subjectMatter	constitutional reform GENERATED → judicial appointments GENERATED → judicial independence GENERATED → separation of powers GENERATED →
transferredAppellateJurisdictionFrom	Appellate Committee of the House of Lords GENERATED →
transferredDevolutionJurisdictionFrom	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council GENERATED →
yearEnacted	2005 GENERATED →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → Lord Speaker → Secretary of State for Justice ("Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (as part of wider reforms)") → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →	createdBy
Judicial Appointments Commission → President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →	legalBasis
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →	officeCreatedBy
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary →	abolishedBy
Judicial Appointments Commission →	establishedBy
House of Lords →	governingDocument
High Court of Justice of England and Wales →	governingLaw
House of Lords Reform →	historicalPhase
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales →	reformedBy
judiciary of England and Wales →	regulatedBy
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 →	shortTitle