United Kingdom Acts of Parliament

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primary legislation statute type of legislation

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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 7
Acts of the UK Parliament 3
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament canonical 2

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 of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords ⓘ
historicalPrecedentFor Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
surface form: Acts of Parliament of Australia

Acts of Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Acts of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Acts of Parliament of India

Acts of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Acts of Parliament of New Zealand

Acts of Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
includesNotableExample Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
surface form: Act of Union 1707

English Bill of Rights ⓘ
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689

European Communities Act 1972 ⓘ
Government of Wales Act 1998 ⓘ
Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ
Magna Carta ⓘ
surface form: 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 legal system ⓘ
surface form: Northern Ireland law

Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
legislatedBy British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
mayBe amended by later Acts of Parliament ⓘ
repealed by later Acts of Parliament ⓘ
publicationForm chapter number in statute book ⓘ
recordedIn The Law Reports Statutes ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom statute law database
requiresAssentFrom monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectTo doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Acts of the Legislature of Bermuda → influencedBy → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly → coexistsWith → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the UK Parliament
Scots civil law → primarySource → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the UK Parliament
Crown in right of the Isle of Man → basisIn → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Act of Union 1840 → category → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Acts of Parliament concerning Canada
Act of the Imperial Legislative Council → basedOn → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → governedBy → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 → legalCitationSystem → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Public General Acts
Acts of Tynwald → influencedBy → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → establishedBy → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Welsh law → basedOn → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the UK Parliament
Acts of the Oireachtas → precededBy → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Northern Ireland Act 1974 → category → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1974
later Treason Acts → category → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 → category → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2015
Acts of the Central Legislative Assembly of India → influencedBy → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: British parliamentary statutes
British Crown in the Colony of Antigua → legalBasis → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
British Crown in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → legalBasisOfAuthority → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Acts of Parliament applicable to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Lord Clerk Register → legalBasis → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Trade Union Act 1913 → isPartOf → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1913