Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997

E649550

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997 was UK legislation that authorized and set the rules for holding devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales, paving the way for the creation of the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997 canonical	2

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesTo	Scottish electorate ⓘ Welsh electorate ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ electoral law ⓘ
constitutionalImpact	contributed to the decentralization of political power within the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
enabledCreationOf	National Assembly for Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Government of Wales Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentResponsible	Labour government of Tony Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	paved the way for establishment of devolved institutions in Scotland and Wales ⓘ
implementedPolicy	Labour Party manifesto commitment on devolution referendums ⓘ
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	provided statutory authority for holding devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales ⓘ specified rules and procedures for the conduct of the referendums ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	UK devolution settlement of the late 1990s ⓘ
politicalContext	United Kingdom devolution in the late 1990s NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to authorize devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales ⓘ to set rules for the conduct of devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales ⓘ
region	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Government of Wales Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Wales Act 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Scottish devolution referendum, 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ Welsh devolution referendum, 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	narrow approval of Welsh devolution in 1997 referendum ⓘ popular endorsement of Scottish devolution in 1997 referendum ⓘ
shortTitle	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	devolution ⓘ referendums ⓘ
timePeriod	post-1997 UK constitutional reform era ⓘ
typeOfReferendum	pre-legislative referendum ⓘ
yearOfAct	1997 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

1997 Welsh devolution referendum → legislativeBasis → Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997 ⓘ

Scottish devolution referendum 1997 → legislativeBasis → Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997 ⓘ

subject surface form: Scottish devolution referendum, 1997