Parliament Act 1949
Act of Parliament | |
Other legislation | |
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Amends | Parliament Act 1911 |
Amended by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 |
Status: Amended | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
The Parliament Act 1949 (
After the Labour Party's election in 1945, Attlee's government was worried that the Lords would delay their nationalisation programme. In particular, they feared that peers would reject the Iron and Steel Bill. To resolve the issue, the Commons passed the Parliament Bill in 1947, but it took until December 1949 for the law to be given royal assent under the provisions of the Parliament Act 1911.[1]
This act is interpreted as one with the Parliament Act 1911. This act, and that act, may be cited together as the "Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949".[2]
Parliament Act 1911
The 1911 act placed the relationship between the
Other
Effects of 1949 act
The 1949 act amended the 1911 act, reducing this delay to a single year.[6] Section 2 defined the act's short title as the "Parliament Act 1949" and stated that the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 should be construed together as one under that name.[2]
Legal challenge
In
See also
Further reading
References
Case law
- ^ [2005] UKHL 56, [2005] 4 All ER 1253.
Citations
- ^ "Parliament Act 1949". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Parliament Act 1949: Section 2". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ Bradley, Ewing (2007). p. 27.
- ^ Bradley, Ewing (2007). p. 204.
- ^ Joint Committee (2002). Section 7.
- ^ "Parliament Act 1949: Section 1". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ a b Bradley, Ewing (2007). p. 68.
- ^ a b Barnett, Jago (2011). p. 445.
- ^ Bradley, Ewing (2007). p. 74.
Bibliography
- Barnett, Hilaire; Jago, Robert (2011). Constitutional & Administrative Law (8th ed.). New York: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-57881-3.
- Bradley, A. W.; ISBN 978-1-4058-1207-8.