Royal Assent

E17898

constitutional convention legislative procedure parliamentary process

Royal Assent is the formal approval by the monarch that completes the legislative process and brings a bill passed by Parliament into law in the UK and certain other Commonwealth realms.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Assent canonical	4
Royal Assent ceremony	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional convention ⓘ legislative procedure ⓘ parliamentary process ⓘ
appliesTo	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Commonwealth realms ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ New Zealand Parliament ⓘ Parliament of Australia ⓘ Parliament of Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Parliament
associatedWith	Westminster system ⓘ constitutional monarchy ⓘ
ceremonialName	Royal Assent self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Assent ceremony
currentlyGivenIn	ceremonial form only in rare cases ⓘ writing ⓘ
equivalentConcept	presidential assent ⓘ
follows	passage of bill by both Houses of Parliament ⓘ third reading in each House ⓘ
governedBy	constitutional conventions ⓘ statute law ⓘ
grantedTo	hybrid bills ⓘ private bills ⓘ public bills ⓘ
hasForm	announcement in Parliament ⓘ letters patent ⓘ royal proclamation ⓘ written notification ⓘ
historicallyGivenIn	person by the monarch ⓘ
languageOfFormalPhrase	Anglo-Norman ⓘ surface form: Norman French
lastRefusalInUK	1708 ⓘ
lastRefusedBillInUK	Scottish Militia Bill 1708 ⓘ
legalEffect	brings bill into force as law ⓘ enacts bill as Act of Parliament ⓘ
partOf	law‑making process ⓘ legislative process ⓘ
performedBy	Governor-General ⓘ surface form: Governor General monarch ⓘ sovereign ⓘ viceroy ⓘ
precedes	commencement of Act ⓘ
rarelyRefused	modern practice ⓘ
requiredFor	bill to become law ⓘ
UKFormalPhrase	La Reyne le veult ⓘ Le Roy le veult ⓘ
usedInSystem	bicameral parliaments ⓘ unicameral parliaments in some realms ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Royal Assent
Description of subject: Royal Assent is the formal approval by the monarch that completes the legislative process and brings a bill passed by Parliament into law in the UK and certain other Commonwealth realms.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acts of Parliament → finalStep → Royal Assent ⓘ

Royal Assent → ceremonialName → Royal Assent self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Assent ceremony

Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly → requires → Royal Assent ⓘ

Acts of the Scottish Parliament → requires → Royal Assent ⓘ

canons of the Church of England → requiresAssentFrom → Royal Assent ⓘ