Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

C2534
concept

An Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is a formal law enacted by the UK Parliament, comprising the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the monarch, which has legal force throughout its applicable jurisdictions.

All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 554
United Kingdom legislation 81
UK statute 8

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Generated description
An Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is a formal law enacted by the UK Parliament, comprising the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the monarch, which has legal force throughout its applicable jurisdictions.

Instances (581)

Instance Via concept surface
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 —
Obscene Publications Act 1959 —
National Heritage Act 1983 —
Titles Deprivation Act 1917 —
Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913 —
National Heritage Act 2002 —
Ancient Monuments Act 1931 —
Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 —
Ancient Monuments Act 1953 —
Joint Stock Companies Act 1825 —
National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 —
Treason Act 1945 —
Local Government Act 1929 —
Court of Session Act 1988 —
Protection of Animals Act 1911 —
Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 —
Local Government Finance Act 2012 —
Treason Act 1790 United Kingdom legislation
Security Service Act 1989 —
Treason Act 1814 —
Treason Act 1842 —
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 —
Treason Felony Act 1848 —
Forster Act —
Elementary Education Act 1880 —
Fisher Act —
Scotland Act 1998 —
Elementary Education Act 1891 —
Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1940 —
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 —
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 —
Third Home Rule Bill —
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 —
Family Allowances Act 1945 —
Education Act 2002 —
Children Act 2004 —
Education Act 2011 —
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 —
Slave Trade Act 1807 —
National Health Service Act 1977 —
National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 —
Queen's Colleges (Ireland) Act 1845 —
Public Records Act 1958 —
Freedom of Information Act 2000 —
Irish Universities Act 1908 —
Slavery Abolition Act 1838 —
Slavery Abolition Act 1843 —
parliamentary enclosure acts British parliamentary acts
Investigatory Powers Act 2016 —
Railways Act 1993 —