Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022

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The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 is a UK law that restored the monarch’s prerogative powers to dissolve Parliament and call general elections, effectively returning to the pre-2011 system.

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
affectsOffice Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
appliesToBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords
cameIntoForce 2022-03-24
category United Kingdom constitutional law
United Kingdom election law
citation 2022 c. 11
country United Kingdom
givesPowerToRequestDissolution Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
governingDocumentFor procedure for calling a new UK Parliament
procedure for dissolving the UK Parliament
hasEffectOn length of a Parliament
timing of United Kingdom general elections
headOfStateExercisingPrerogative British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
introducedBy Boris Johnson
surface form: Boris Johnson government
jurisdiction United Kingdom
languageOfText English
legalForm public general Act
legislativeDomain public law
legislature British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle An Act to make provision about the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of a new Parliament; and for connected purposes
parliamentarySession UK Parliament 2019–present
surface form: 2019–21 UK Parliament
primaryPurpose to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
to restore the monarch’s prerogative power to call a new Parliament
to restore the monarch’s prerogative power to dissolve Parliament
provides that dissolution is effected by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister
that the timing of general elections is determined by dissolution of Parliament
repeals Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (repealed but historically related)
surface form: Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
replacesRegime fixed five-year parliamentary terms with limited early-election mechanisms
restores pre-2011 system of dissolving Parliament
royal prerogative of dissolution
royal prerogative of summoning a new Parliament
restoresPractice discretionary early general elections requested by the Prime Minister
reverses statutory fixed-term election schedule created by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
royalAssentDate 2022-03-24
shortTitle Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 self-link
status in force
subjectMatter UK constitutional law
calling of general elections
dissolution of Parliament
royal prerogative
territorialExtent England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
typeOfChange constitutional reform
yearEnacted 2022

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Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (repealed but historically related) repealedBy Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
subject surface form: Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (repealed but historically related) relatedLegislation Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
subject surface form: Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
United Kingdom general elections regulatedBy Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 shortTitle Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 self-link