List of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom
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- This article is a list of legislation. For a detailed discussion of acts of Parliament, including stages of a bill, see Acts of Parliament in the United KingdomActs of Parliament in the United KingdomAn Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom is a type of legislation called primary legislation. These Acts are passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster, or by the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh....
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Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
grouped by period. It also contains information on series of acts of similar purpose.
For Acts passed before 1707 see List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament to 1601, List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament, 1603 to 1641, List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament to 1707, List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700, and List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1701 to 1800.
For Acts of the Scottish Parliament passed since the establishment of the modern version in 1999, see also the List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999. For Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
(2000-2002) see List of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly and for Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Parliament of Northern Ireland
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...
(1921-1972) see List of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
The original Acts of Parliament are held by the Parliamentary Archives
Parliamentary Archives
The Parliamentary Archives of the United Kingdom preserves and makes available to public the records of the House of Lords and House of Commons back to 1497, as well as some 200 other collections of Parliamentary interest...
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Series
- Inclosure ActInclosure ActThe Inclosure or Enclosure Acts were a series of United Kingdom Acts of Parliament which enclosed open fields and common land in the country. They removed previously existing rights of local people to carry out activities in these areas, such as cultivation, cutting hay, grazing animals or using...
s (various, mainly 1750 to 1860) - Factory ActsFactory ActsThe Factory Acts were a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to limit the number of hours worked by women and children first in the textile industry, then later in all industries....
(1802, 1833, 1844, 1847, 1850, 1867, 1874, 1891) - Firearms ActFirearms ActFirearms Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Canada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom.-United Kingdom:*The Firearms Act 1920 *The Firearms and Imitation Firearms Act 1933...
, various Acts from 1968 until 1997 - Regency ActsRegency ActsThe Regency Acts are Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed at various times, to provide a regent if the reigning monarch were to be incapacitated or a minor . Prior to 1937, Regency Acts were passed only when necessary to deal with a specific situation...
- Representation of the People ActRepresentation of the People ActRepresentation of the People Act is a short title for legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom dealing with the electoral system.-List:*The Representation of the People Act 1832*The Representation of the People Act 1832...
(1867, 1884Representation of the People Act 1884In the United Kingdom, the Representation of the People Act 1884 and the Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which further extended the suffrage in Britain after the Disraeli Government's Reform Act 1867...
, 1918Representation of the People Act 1918The Representation of the People Act 1918 was an Act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in the United Kingdom. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act...
, 1928Representation of the People Act 1928The Representation of the People Act 1928 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act expanded on the Representation of the People Act 1918 which had given some women the vote in Parliamentary elections for the first time after World War I. It widened suffrage by giving women...
, 1949Representation of the People Act 1949The Representation of the People Act 1949 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act consolidated previous electoral law, but also made some changes to administration....
, 1969Representation of the People Act 1969The Representation of the People Act 1969 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It extended suffrage to 18-20 year olds. Previously, only those 21 or over were permitted to vote...
, 1983Representation of the People Act 1983The Representation of the People Act 1983 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following ways:* Amended the Representation of the People Act 1969....
, 1985Representation of the People Act 1985The Representation of the People Act 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British electoral law.The Act allows British citizens who are resident outside the United Kingdom to qualify as "overseas electors" in the constituency for which they were last registered for a...
, 1989Representation of the People Act 1989The Representation of the People Act 1989 is an act by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It extended the time that a British citizen could have lived abroad and still vote from 5 years to 20 years, and extended this right to people who were too young to vote at the time of leaving Britain....
, 1990Representation of the People Act 1990The Representation of the People Act 1990 added a minor amendment to previous Acts. The act allowed a person no longer resident at their qualifying address or at any other address in the same area to be eligible for an absentee vote for an indefinite period at Parliamentary elections in the...
, 2000Representation of the People Act 2000The Representation of the People Act 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following ways:* It amended the Representation of the People Act 1983....
) - Witchcraft Acts (various)
Statute Law Database
The UK Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online.See also
- Acts of Parliament in the United KingdomActs of Parliament in the United KingdomAn Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom is a type of legislation called primary legislation. These Acts are passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster, or by the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh....
- Halsbury's StatutesHalsbury's StatutesHalsbury’s Statutes of England and Wales is the authoritative source for statute law in England and Wales...