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List of legislation in the United Kingdom; Halsbury's Laws of England – encyclopaedic treatise on the laws of England and Wales; Halsbury's Statutes – standard work of authority on statute law in England and Wales; Church of England measures, which have the same force and effect of acts of Parliament.
Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland. For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland .
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [g] is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. [4] [5] It meets at the Palace of Westminster in London.
Text of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. Private legislation that mainly relates to Scotland is dealt with under a different procedure: that put in place by the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 ( 26 Geo. 5 & 1 ...
This is a list of lists of acts of the several Parliaments and Assemblies that exist or formerly existed in the United Kingdom and the former Kingdoms of Great Britain, England, Scotland and Ireland, grouped by the Parliament or Assembly that passed them. It also contains information on series of acts of similar purpose.
A graphic representation of the legislative procedure in the United Kingdom. A draft piece of legislation is called a bill; when this is passed by Parliament it becomes an act and part of statute law. There are two types of bill and act, public and private. Public acts apply to the whole of the UK or a number of its constituent countries ...
The United Kingdom Legislation may take the form of Acts, passed directly by Parliament, or Statutory Instruments, made under the authority of an Act of Parliament by either a government minister or by the King-in-Council. The latter are generally subject either to parliamentary approval (affirmative procedure) or parliamentary disallowance ...
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1978. 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 ]