Meeting of Parliament Act 1797
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1797 c. 127 |
| Year | 1797 |
(37 Geo. 3) C A P. CXXVII.
[19th July 1797]
'WHEREAS it is expedient to shorten the Time now required for giving Notice of the Royal Intention of his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, that the Parliament shall meet and be holden for the Dispatch of Business;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authorityof the same, That whenever his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, shall be pleased, by and with the Advice of the Privy Council of his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, to issue his or their Royal Proclamation, giving Notice of his or their Royal Intention that Parliament shall meet and be holden for the Dispatch of Business on any Day being not less than fourteen Days from the Date of such Proclamation, the same shall be a full and sufficient Notice to all Persons whatever of such the Royal Intention of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and the Parliament shall thereby stand prorogued to the Day and Place therein declared, notwithstanding any previous Prorogation of the Parliament to any longer Day, and notwithstanding any former Law, Usage, or Practice to the contrary.
II Ann, Cap. 7, ∥ 6. recited, and repealed.
II. 'And whereas by an Act, made in the sixth Year of QueenAnne , intituled, An Act for the Security of her Majesty's Person and Government, and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the Protestant Line , it is amongst other Things enacted, that in case there is no Parliament in being at the Time of the Demise of her said Majesty, her Heirs or Successors, that hath met and sat, then the last preceding Parliament shall immediately convene and sit at Westminster , and be a Parliament to continue as therein mentioned, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same Parliament had never been dissolved, but subject to be prorogued and dissolved as therein provided: And whereas great Inconvenience may arise from the said Provision,' be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That so much...
To continue reading
Request your trial