Acts of Parliament

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Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal instrument
primary legislation
source of law
statute
appliesToJurisdiction England and Wales
Northern Ireland
Scotland
canBeAmendedBy later Act of Parliament
canBeChallengedOnGroundsOf incompatibility with human rights (under the Human Rights Act 1998)
canBeRepealedBy later Act of Parliament
canCreate civil rights and obligations
criminal offences
canDelegatePowerTo secondary legislation
canImplement international obligations
canOverride common law
country United Kingdom
createdByProcess legislative process
enactedBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
finalStep Royal Assent
governedBy constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom
historicallyRecordedSince medieval period
interpretedBy courts of the United Kingdom
language English
legalHierarchyRank primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom
legalSystem legal system of the United Kingdom
madePublicThrough official publication
mayContain long title
preamble
schedules
sections
short title
maySpecify commencement date
territorial extent
precededBy Bill
publishedBy His Majesty's Stationery Office
surface form: The Stationery Office
publishedIn The Law Reports Statutes
The Statutes of the Realm
relatedConcept Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Acts of the Scottish Parliament
Acts of the Senedd
devolution legislation
requiresAssentFrom monarch of the United Kingdom
subjectTo rules of statutory interpretation
subjectToDoctrine parliamentary sovereignty
usedIn administrative law of the United Kingdom
civil law of the United Kingdom
constitutional law of the United Kingdom
criminal law of the United Kingdom

Referenced by (23)

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this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to Scottish peerage
First Continental Congress cause Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Administration of Justice Act
British Library createdBy Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: British Library Act 1972
Greater Manchester createdBy Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Local Government Act 1972
Intolerable Acts describedBySource Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain
Manchester City Council foundedBy Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Local Government Act 1972
British monarch furtherDefinedBy Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Royal Marriages Act 1772
British monarch furtherDefinedBy Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Succession to the Crown Act 2013
English law hasSource Acts of Parliament
Scots law (to a limited extent) hasSource Acts of Parliament
subject surface form: Scots law
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Acts of Parliament of New Zealand
this entity surface form: Acts of Parliament of India
Constitution of the United Kingdom includes Acts of Parliament
courts of the United Kingdom interprets Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
British Indian law legalBasis Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Acts of the British Parliament
Great Officer of State legalBasis Acts of Parliament
Statute of Labourers 1351 legalStatus Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Act of Parliament of England
Acts of the Scottish Parliament precededBy Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to Scotland
British Post Office regulatedBy Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Paymaster of the Forces regulatedBy Acts of Parliament
Manchester City Council reorganizedUnder Acts of Parliament
this entity surface form: Local Government Act 1972