Acts of constitutional importance
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Important Acts in UK constitutional history include:
- Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 - united England and Wales
- Bill of Rights 1689 - placed (or restated) limits on the monarch's power
- Act of Settlement 1701 - established a line of succession for the monarchy
- Act of Union 1707 - united England and Scotland into Great Britain
- Act of Union 1800 - united Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom
- Reform Act 1832 - with later Reform Acts and Representation of the People Acts, extended the franchise and removed rotten boroughs
- Parliament Act 1911 (amended 1949) - allowed the House of Commons to overrule the House of Lords after a delay
- Statute of Westminster 1931 - gave constitutional independence to the British dominions overseas
- European Communities Act 1972 - made the UK part of what is now the European Union providing for the application of European Law
- Human Rights Act 1998 - Enshrined Convention rights in domestic law
- Scotland Act 1998 - established an autonomous Scottish Parliament
- Government of Wales Act 1998 - created a National Assembly For Wales
- Government of Wales Act 2006 Conferring additional law making powers to the National Assembly for Wales
