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For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the lists of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
This category is for public acts of the Parliament of the Kingdom of England, or provisions thereof, that are in force today. The English Parliament sat until 1707, when it was merged with the Parliament of the Kingdom of Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain. This category should not include acts of the UK parliament.
An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council). [1] In most countries with a parliamentary system of government, acts of parliament begin as a bill , which the legislature votes on.
For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see the list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 , the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly , and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; see also ...
Without consent of the Lords, under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949: BE IT ENACTED by The King's [Queen's] most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
25 acts of Parliament were passed in 2024: 24 public general acts and 1 local act. indicates that an act is available to view at legislation.gov.uk, and indicates the location of the original act in the Parliamentary Archives.
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 2021. Acts passed since 1963 are cited by calendar year, [ 1 ] as opposed to the convention used for earlier acts of citing the regnal year(s) in which the relevant parliamentary session was held. [ 2 ]
Acts of Parliament can afford relief from another law; grant a unique benefit or, grant powers not available under the general law; or, relieve someone from legal responsibility for some allegedly wrongful act. Acts for the benefit of individuals were before 1948 known as private acts, and are now called personal acts.