Statute of Westminster 1931

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The Statute of Westminster 1931 is a landmark British law that granted full legislative independence to the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, laying the constitutional foundation for the modern Commonwealth realms and redefining the role of the British monarch within them.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutional statute ⓘ
appliesTo Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Australia

Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Dominion of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand

Irish Free State ⓘ
Newfoundland ⓘ
Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: South Africa
basedOn Balfour Declaration of 1926 ⓘ
citation 22 Geo. 5 c. 4 ⓘ
commencementInAustralia 1942-10-09 ⓘ
commencementInCanada 1931-12-11 ⓘ
commencementInIrishFreeState 1931-12-11 ⓘ
commencementInNewfoundland 1931-12-11 ⓘ
commencementInNewZealand 1947-11-25 ⓘ
commencementInSouthAfrica 1931-12-11 ⓘ
contains Preamble affirming equality of status of the Dominions and the United Kingdom ⓘ
Section 10 providing for commencement in each Dominion ⓘ
Section 2 removing repugnancy to UK law as a ground of invalidity for Dominion laws ⓘ
Section 3 granting Dominion parliaments full power to make extraterritorial laws ⓘ
Section 4 restricting UK legislation for Dominions to cases with Dominion request and consent ⓘ
Section 7 concerning succession to the Crown and Royal Style and Titles ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateEnacted 1931-12-11 ⓘ
dateOfRoyalAssent 1931-12-11 ⓘ
effect ended British Parliament’s power to legislate for Dominions without their consent ⓘ
established that Dominion laws could not be invalidated for repugnancy to UK law ⓘ
laid constitutional foundations of the modern Commonwealth realms ⓘ
recognized the Dominions as autonomous communities within the British Empire ⓘ
redefined the role of the British monarch in the Dominions ⓘ
follows Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ
Imperial Conference of 1930 ⓘ
grants full legislative autonomy to the Dominions ⓘ
legislative equality between the Dominions and the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalSignificance key step in the constitutional evolution from British Empire to Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
introducedBy James Henry Thomas ⓘ
legalStatusInAustralia in force ⓘ
legalStatusInCanada in force ⓘ
legalStatusInIrishFreeState superseded ⓘ
legalStatusInNewZealand in force ⓘ
legalStatusInSouthAfrica repealed ⓘ
legalStatusInUK partly in force ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
longTitle An Act to give effect to certain resolutions passed by Imperial Conferences held in the years 1926 and 1930 ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
relatedTo Australia Act 1986 ⓘ
Canada Act 1982 ⓘ
New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 ⓘ
shortTitle Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ

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Statute of Westminster 1931 → shortTitle → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
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subject linked to: the Crown in right of Australia
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subject linked to: the Crown in right of Australia
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Letters Patent, 1947 → relatedTo → Statute of Westminster, 1931 ⓘ
linked to: Statute of Westminster 1931
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Imperial Conference of 1923 → relatedTo → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
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Canada–United Kingdom relations → legalFramework → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
Dominions Secretary → relatedTo → Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
Westminster II → hasAlternativeName → Statute of Westminster II ⓘ
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