Meeting of Parliament Act 1694

United Kingdom legislation

Meeting of Parliament Act 1694^[1]
Dates
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for the frequent Meeting and calling of Parliaments.^[2]
Citation	6 & 7 Will. & Mar. c. 2
Royal assent	22 December 1694
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Meeting of Parliament Act 1694 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Meeting of Parliament Act 1694 (6 & 7 Will. & Mar. c. 2), also known as the Triennial Act 1694,^[3] is an Act of the Parliament of England. This Act is Chapter II Rot. Parl. pt. 1. nu. 2.^[4] The sections of the act still in force require that Parliament hold a session at least once every three years.

This Act required Parliament to meet annually and to hold general elections once every three years.

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[5]

The whole Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Electoral Act 1963.

Sections 3 and 4 were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.

References

Halsbury's Statutes,
John Raithby (editor). The Statutes of the Realm. 1819. Volume 6. Page 510. Digitised copy from British History Online.

^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
^ David Oswald Dykes. Source Book of Constitutional History from 1660. Longmans, Green and co. 1930. Page 179.
^ British History Online.
^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 70, read with pages viii and x.

External links

The Meeting of Parliament Act 1694, as amended, from the National Archives.
List of repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book

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