Acts of Parliament

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Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.

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Generate an image of Acts of Parliament (Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.)

All labels observed (23)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal instrument ⓘ
primary legislation ⓘ
source of law ⓘ
statute ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
canBeAmendedBy later Act of Parliament ⓘ
canBeChallengedOnGroundsOf incompatibility with human rights (under the Human Rights Act 1998) ⓘ
canBeRepealedBy later Act of Parliament ⓘ
canCreate civil rights and obligations ⓘ
criminal offences ⓘ
canDelegatePowerTo secondary legislation ⓘ
canImplement international obligations ⓘ
canOverride common law ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdByProcess legislative process ⓘ
enactedBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
finalStep Royal Assent ⓘ
governedBy constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicallyRecordedSince medieval period ⓘ
interpretedBy courts of the United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalHierarchyRank primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom ⓘ
legalSystem legal system of the United Kingdom ⓘ
madePublicThrough official publication ⓘ
mayContain long title ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
schedules ⓘ
sections ⓘ
short title ⓘ
maySpecify commencement date ⓘ
territorial extent ⓘ
precededBy Bill ⓘ
publishedBy The Stationery Office ⓘ
publishedIn The Law Reports Statutes ⓘ
The Statutes of the Realm ⓘ
relatedConcept Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Acts of the Senedd ⓘ
devolution legislation ⓘ
requiresAssentFrom monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectTo rules of statutory interpretation ⓘ
subjectToDoctrine parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
usedIn administrative law of the United Kingdom ⓘ
civil law of the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutional law of the United Kingdom ⓘ
criminal law of the United Kingdom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (55)

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

First Continental Congress → cause → Administration of Justice Act ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
British monarch → furtherDefinedBy → Royal Marriages Act 1772 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
British monarch → furtherDefinedBy → Succession to the Crown Act 2013 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Manchester City Council → foundedBy → Local Government Act 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Manchester City Council → reorganizedUnder → Local Government Act 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Greater Manchester → createdBy → Local Government Act 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Paymaster of the Forces → regulatedBy → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Scots law → hasSource → Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: Scots law (to a limited extent)
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Intolerable Acts → describedBySource → Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
British Library → createdBy → British Library Act 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Court of Session (in peerage matters) → appliesLaw → Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to Scottish peerage ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
English law → hasSource → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → interprets → Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
British Post Office → regulatedBy → Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Acts of the Scottish Parliament → precededBy → Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
British Indian law → legalBasis → Acts of the British Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Statute of Labourers 1351 → legalStatus → Act of Parliament of England ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament → historicalPrecedentFor → Acts of Parliament of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament → historicalPrecedentFor → Acts of Parliament of India ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Constitution of the United Kingdom → includes → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Great Officer of State → legalBasis → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Northern Ireland legal system → hasPrimaryLegislation → Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Measures of the Church of England → relatedTo → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Measures (Church of England) → hasLegalEffect → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
subject linked to: Measures
Parliament of Ghana → canPass → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
England and Wales → hasStatuteLaw → Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
John Raithby → notableWork → Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Dress Act 1746 → repealedBy → Act of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Quia Emptores → category → Acts of the Parliament of England before 1707 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Local Government Act 1992 → legalCitationType → UK Public General Act ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
later Treason Acts → category → Acts of the Parliament of England ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
British Crown in the Colony of Antigua → legalBasis → Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
British order of precedence → isInfluencedBy → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Bunge → passes → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
UK Government → legalBasis → Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
British peerage system → governedBy → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
United Kingdom defence legislation → basedOn → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Statute Law Database → covers → Acts of the UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Westminster parliamentary constituency → governingLaw → Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Part 7 – Pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services → containedIn → Primary legislation of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Great Seal of Scotland → regulatedBy → Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Statute of Proclamations 1539 → category → Acts of the Parliament of England concerning the monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
Admiralty instructions → basedOn → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
The Statutes at Large → compilationOf → Acts of Parliament ⓘ
7th UK Parliament → hasLegalBasis → Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament