Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022

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The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 is a UK law that restored the monarch’s prerogative powers to dissolve Parliament and call general elections, effectively returning to the pre-2011 system.

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
affectsOffice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
appliesToBody House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
cameIntoForce 2022-03-24 ⓘ
category United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
United Kingdom election law ⓘ
citation 2022 c. 11 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
givesPowerToRequestDissolution Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governingDocumentFor procedure for calling a new UK Parliament ⓘ
procedure for dissolving the UK Parliament ⓘ
hasEffectOn length of a Parliament ⓘ
timing of United Kingdom general elections ⓘ
headOfStateExercisingPrerogative Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
introducedBy Boris Johnson government ⓘ
linked to: Boris Johnson
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
legalForm public general Act ⓘ
legislativeDomain public law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act to make provision about the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of a new Parliament; and for connected purposes ⓘ
parliamentarySession 2019–21 UK Parliament ⓘ
primaryPurpose to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 ⓘ
to restore the monarch’s prerogative power to call a new Parliament ⓘ
to restore the monarch’s prerogative power to dissolve Parliament ⓘ
provides that dissolution is effected by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ
that the timing of general elections is determined by dissolution of Parliament ⓘ
repeals Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 ⓘ
replacesRegime fixed five-year parliamentary terms with limited early-election mechanisms ⓘ
restores pre-2011 system of dissolving Parliament ⓘ
royal prerogative of dissolution ⓘ
royal prerogative of summoning a new Parliament ⓘ
restoresPractice discretionary early general elections requested by the Prime Minister ⓘ
reverses statutory fixed-term election schedule created by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 2022-03-24 ⓘ
shortTitle Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter UK constitutional law ⓘ
calling of general elections ⓘ
dissolution of Parliament ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ
territorialExtent England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
typeOfChange constitutional reform ⓘ
yearEnacted 2022 ⓘ

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Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 → repealedBy → Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 ⓘ
Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 → relatedLegislation → Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 ⓘ
United Kingdom general elections → regulatedBy → Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 ⓘ
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 → shortTitle → Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 ⓘ