Meeting of Parliament Act 1694
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1694 c. 2 |
(6 & 7 Will. & Mar.) C A P. II.
'WHEREAS by the antient Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom, frequent Parliaments ought to be held; and whereas frequent and new Parliaments tend very much to the happy Union and good Agreement of the King and People;' we your Majesties most loyal and obedient Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, do most humbly beseech Your most ExcellentMajesties, that it may be declared and enacted in this present Parliament; and it is hereby declared and enacted by the King's and Queen's most Excellent Majesties, by and with the Advice and Consent of the LordsSpiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from henceforth a Parliament shall be holden once in Three Years at the least.
II Writs to be issued out once in 3 Years.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That within three Years at the farthest, from and after the Dissolution of this present Parliament, and so from time to time for ever hereafter, within three Years at the farthest, from and after the Determination of every other Parliament, legal Writs under the Great Seal shall be issued by Directions of Your Majesties, Your Heirs and Successors, for calling, assembling and holding another new Parliament.
III No Parliament to last longer than 3 Years.
III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that from henceforth no Parliament whatsoever, that shall at any Time hereafter be called, assembled or held, shall have any Continuance longer than for three Years only at the farthest, to be accounted from the Day on which by the Writs of Summons the said Parliament shall be appointed to meet.
IV Present Parliament to cease 1 November 1696.
IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That this present Parliament shall cease and determine on the first Day ofNovember , which shall be in the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety-six, unless their Majestiesshall think fit to dissolve it sooner.
Note : this act is listed in the Chronological Table of Statutes as theMeeting of Parliament Act, 1694
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