Constitutional Reform Act 2005

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The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 is a major UK statute that restructured the country's judicial and constitutional framework, including creating the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and reforming the role of the Lord Chancellor.

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom constitutional statute ⓘ
amended Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 ⓘ
cameIntoForcePartially 2005 ⓘ
2006 ⓘ
2007 ⓘ
2009 ⓘ
citation 2005 c. 4 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales ⓘ
Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman ⓘ
Lord Chancellor’s duty to uphold the independence of the judiciary ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice as head of the judiciary of England and Wales ⓘ
abolition of the Lord Chancellor’s judicial functions ⓘ
creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
judicial discipline ⓘ
judicial tenure ⓘ
selection of judges ⓘ
transfer of appellate jurisdiction from the House of Lords to the Supreme Court ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
createdOffice Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
designatedHeadOfJudiciary Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
fullyImplementedBy 2009 ⓘ
introduced new system for judicial appointments in England and Wales ⓘ
statutory guarantee of judicial independence ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
longTitle An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to make provision for and in connection with a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the transfer to that Court of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the selection of judges, their terms of office and discipline; and for connected purposes. ⓘ
modifiedRoleOf Lord Chancellor ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partNumber Part 1 ⓘ
Part 2 ⓘ
Part 3 ⓘ
Part 4 ⓘ
Part 5 ⓘ
Part 6 ⓘ
providedFor Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
reallocatedResponsibilityFrom Lord Chancellor ⓘ
reallocatedResponsibilityTo Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
reformedOffice Lord Chancellor ⓘ
relatedTo Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
royalAssentDate 2005-03-24 ⓘ
shortTitle Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional reform ⓘ
judicial appointments ⓘ
judicial independence ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
transferredAppellateJurisdictionFrom Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
transferredDevolutionJurisdictionFrom Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
yearEnacted 2005 ⓘ

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House of Lords → governingDocument → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Secretary of State for Justice → createdBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (as part of wider reforms) ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → createdBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → legalBasis → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Lord Speaker → createdBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 → shortTitle → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → officeCreatedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → reformedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Judicial Appointments Commission → legalBasis → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Judicial Appointments Commission → establishedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → officeCreatedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
judiciary of England and Wales → regulatedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
High Court of Justice of England and Wales → governingLaw → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → createdBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
subject linked to: The Supreme Court
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → abolishedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
House of Lords Reform → historicalPhase → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Public Records Act 1958 → amendedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Senior Courts of England and Wales → renamedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Senior Courts of England and Wales → alsoRegulatedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Senior Courts Act 1981 → renamedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Senior Courts Act 1981 → amendedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office → legalBasis → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → establishedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
subject linked to: UKSC
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → governingStatute → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
subject linked to: UKSC
Chief Executive of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → legalBasis → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (implementation context) ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Recorder (judge) → governingLaw → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (as relevant) ⓘ
subject linked to: Recorder
linked to: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 → partlySupersededBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → createdBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Senior Law Lord → abolishedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
County Courts Act 1984 → amendedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman → legalBasis → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Crime and Courts Act 2013 → amendedAct → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
law lord → relatedLegislation → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the House of Lords → governingStatute → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
High Court judge of England and Wales → governedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Supreme Court Act 1981 → amendedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Supreme Court Act 1981 → renamedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission → legalBasis → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Heads of Division of the High Court → governedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
UK SC → establishedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
UK SC → subjectTo → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom → legalBasis → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom → reformedBy → Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ