United Kingdom Acts of Parliament

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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament are laws formally enacted by the UK Parliament that have historically served as a primary legislative model and legal framework for many Commonwealth and former British territories.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf primary legislation
statute
type of legislation
appliesIn England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
canBe local Act
private Act
public general Act
country United Kingdom
enactmentRequires Royal Assent
passage in House of Commons
passage in House of Lords
governs administrative law
constitutional arrangements
criminal law
private law matters
public law matters
taxation
hasComponent House of Commons
House of Lords
historicalPrecedentFor Acts of Parliament of Australia
Acts of Parliament of Canada
Acts of Parliament of India
Acts of Parliament of New Zealand
Acts of Parliament of South Africa
includesNotableExample Act of Union 1707
Bill of Rights 1689
European Communities Act 1972
Government of Wales Act 1998
Human Rights Act 1998
Magna Carta 1297
Northern Ireland Act 1998
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
Scotland Act 1998
influenced Commonwealth legal systems
Westminster system jurisdictions
legal systems of former British colonies
interpretedBy courts of the United Kingdom
language English
legalSystem English law
Northern Ireland law
Scots law
legislatedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
mayBe amended by later Acts of Parliament
repealed by later Acts of Parliament
publicationForm chapter number in statute book
recordedIn United Kingdom statute law database
requiresAssentFrom monarch of the United Kingdom
subjectTo doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Act of the Imperial Legislative Council ("Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom")
basedOn
Crown in right of the Isle of Man ("Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom")
basisIn
Act of Union 1840 ("United Kingdom Acts of Parliament concerning Canada")
category
Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly ("Acts of the UK Parliament")
coexistsWith
Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland ("Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom")
governedBy
Acts of the Legislature of Bermuda
influencedBy
Scots civil law ("Acts of the UK Parliament")
primarySource

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