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Each piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom ("Westminster") is known as an Act of Parliament. Each modern Act of Parliament has a title (also known as a "long title") and a short title. A short title provides a convenient name for referring to an individual Act, such as "Jamaica Independence Act 1962".
An Act of Parliament. An Act of the Scottish Parliament, Measure or Act of the Senedd or Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly; An Order in Council made under the Royal Prerogative; Church of England Measures – the instruments by which changes are made to legislation relating to the administration and organisation of the Church.
Each particular act formed a section, or a chapter, of the complete statute, so that, e.g. the Vagabonds Act 1383 became 7 Ric. 2. c. 5. Enrolment of public acts on manuscript parchment "Parliament Rolls" continued until 1850. [35] The longest Act of Parliament in the form of a scroll is an act regarding taxation passed in 1821.
Some countries were granted independence by an act of the UK parliament (for example, the Statute of Westminster 1931) and have likewise diverged from UK law either under or after British rule. An example at the other end of the spectrum, despite occasional control for geopolitical reasons, British law had little impact on the law of Afghanistan .
In Ireland the term "statutory instrument" is given a much broader meaning than under the UK legislation. Under the Statutory Instruments Act 1947 a statutory instrument is defined as being "an order, regulation, rule, scheme or bye-law made in exercise of a power conferred by statute".
In the Shops Act 1950, save where the context otherwise required, the expression "enactment" included any Act, and any rule, regulation, bye-law or order made under any Act. [8] See section 126(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.
(C n): Commencement and/or Appointed Day orders which bring into force an Act or part of an Act. (L n ): legal series: relating to fees or procedures in courts in England and Wales. (S n ): Scottish series: instruments made by the United Kingdom Government which apply to Scotland only (these are different from Scottish statutory instruments ...
An Act to make provision about threats to national security from espionage, sabotage and persons acting for foreign powers; about the extra-territorial application of Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007; [e] for the registration of certain arrangements with, and activities of, specified persons and foreign powers; about the award of damages in ...
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