Statute of Westminster 1931

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional statute

The Statute of Westminster 1931 is a landmark British law that granted full legislative independence to the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, laying the constitutional foundation for the modern Commonwealth realms and redefining the role of the British monarch within them.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Statute of Westminster 1931 canonical	21
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947	3
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942	2
Statute of Westminster 1931 (evolution of separate Crown)	1
Statute of Westminster 1931 (regarding dominion autonomy)	1
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (Australia)	1
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947 (New Zealand)	1
Statute of Westminster, 1931	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional statute ⓘ
appliesTo	Australia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Dominion of Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Dominion of New Zealand Irish Free State ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
basedOn	Balfour Declaration of 1926 ⓘ
citation	22 Geo. 5 c. 4 ⓘ
commencementInAustralia	1942-10-09 ⓘ
commencementInCanada	1931-12-11 ⓘ
commencementInIrishFreeState	1931-12-11 ⓘ
commencementInNewfoundland	1931-12-11 ⓘ
commencementInNewZealand	1947-11-25 ⓘ
commencementInSouthAfrica	1931-12-11 ⓘ
contains	Preamble affirming equality of status of the Dominions and the United Kingdom ⓘ Section 10 providing for commencement in each Dominion ⓘ Section 2 removing repugnancy to UK law as a ground of invalidity for Dominion laws ⓘ Section 3 granting Dominion parliaments full power to make extraterritorial laws ⓘ Section 4 restricting UK legislation for Dominions to cases with Dominion request and consent ⓘ Section 7 concerning succession to the Crown and Royal Style and Titles ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateEnacted	1931-12-11 ⓘ
dateOfRoyalAssent	1931-12-11 ⓘ
effect	ended British Parliament’s power to legislate for Dominions without their consent ⓘ established that Dominion laws could not be invalidated for repugnancy to UK law ⓘ laid constitutional foundations of the modern Commonwealth realms ⓘ recognized the Dominions as autonomous communities within the British Empire ⓘ redefined the role of the British monarch in the Dominions ⓘ
follows	Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ surface form: Imperial Conference of 1930
grants	full legislative autonomy to the Dominions ⓘ legislative equality between the Dominions and the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key step in the constitutional evolution from British Empire to Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
introducedBy	James Henry Thomas ⓘ
legalStatusInAustralia	in force ⓘ
legalStatusInCanada	in force ⓘ
legalStatusInIrishFreeState	superseded ⓘ
legalStatusInNewZealand	in force ⓘ
legalStatusInSouthAfrica	repealed ⓘ
legalStatusInUK	partly in force ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to give effect to certain resolutions passed by Imperial Conferences held in the years 1926 and 1930 ⓘ
parliament	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
relatedTo	Australia Act 1986 ⓘ Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ surface form: Canada Act 1982 New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 ⓘ
shortTitle	Statute of Westminster 1931 self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

British monarch → furtherDefinedBy → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

South Africa → independenceEvent → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Statute of Westminster 1931 → shortTitle → Statute of Westminster 1931 self-link ⓘ

Irish Free State → signed → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Dominions of the British Empire → statusDefinedBy → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

British Dominions → hasLegalBasis → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Dominion of Australia → significantEvent → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942

Anglo-Irish Treaty → legalSuccessor → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster 1931 (regarding dominion autonomy)

Dominion of Canada → fullAutonomyInstrument → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Imperial Conference of 1926 → followedBy → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Australia Act 1986 → relatedTo → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 → relatedTo → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947 (New Zealand)

British monarchy → keyEvent → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Ceylon Independence Act 1947 → relatedTo → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Treaties of New Zealand → includes → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 → relatedLegislation → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

New Zealand (until creation of VC for New Zealand and then in its own form) → hasIndependenceProcess → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

subject surface form: New Zealand

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947

the Crown in right of Australia → affectedBy → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown in right of Australia

the Crown in right of Australia → affectedBy → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown in right of Australia

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (Australia)

Government of the Dominion of Canada → gainedIncreasedAutonomyThrough → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Letters Patent, 1947 → relatedTo → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster, 1931

Commonwealth of Australia → independenceEvent → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942

Imperial Conference of 1923 → relatedTo → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Imperial Conference of 1930 → influenced → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

South Africa Act 1909 → partiallySupersededBy → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Union era of South Africa → keyEvent → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

Queen of Canada → establishedBy → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster 1931 (evolution of separate Crown)

Constitution Act 1986 → repealedAct → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947