House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015

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The House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 is a UK law that grants the House of Lords explicit powers to permanently expel or suspend its members for serious misconduct.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesTo House of Lords ⓘ
category Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2015 ⓘ
chamberInvolved House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enables expulsion of members of the House of Lords ⓘ
suspension of members of the House of Lords ⓘ
isPartOf United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legalEffect confers statutory authority for permanent expulsion of members of the House of Lords ⓘ
confers statutory authority for suspension of members of the House of Lords ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
Northern Ireland law ⓘ
Scots law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act to make provision empowering the House of Lords to expel or suspend members ⓘ
purpose to grant the House of Lords explicit powers to expel its members for serious misconduct ⓘ
to grant the House of Lords explicit powers to suspend its members for serious misconduct ⓘ
reasonForSanction serious misconduct ⓘ
regulates disciplinary powers of the House of Lords ⓘ
requires that expulsion or suspension powers be exercised in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Lords ⓘ
scopeOfApplication members of the House of Lords ⓘ
shortTitle House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter parliamentary discipline ⓘ
standards of conduct of members of the House of Lords ⓘ
typeOfSanction permanent expulsion ⓘ
suspension ⓘ
yearOfAct 2015 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lords of Parliament → reformAffectedBy → House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 ⓘ
House of Lords Reform → historicalPhase → House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 ⓘ
House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 → shortTitle → House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 ⓘ
House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 → longTitle → An Act to make provision empowering the House of Lords to expel or suspend members ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015