List of acts of the 3rd session of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of acts of the 3rd session of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which began on 10 May 2022[1] and has not yet concluded.

Acts passed since 1963 are cited by calendar year,[2] as opposed to the convention used for earlier acts of citing the regnal year(s) in which the relevant parliamentary session was held.[3] Each act passed in a respective year is given a chapter number (abbreviated "c."), denoted by Arabic numerals in the case of public general acts, lowercase Roman numerals in the case of local acts, or italicised Arabic numerals in the case of personal acts. These run as separate series.[4]

67 acts of Parliament have so far been passed by the 58th Parliament in its 3rd session; all are public general acts.

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Public general acts[edit]

Short title, or popular nameCitationRoyal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
2022 c. 38
28 June 2022
An Act to make provision about additional payments to recipients of means-tested benefits, tax credits and disability benefits.
2022 c. 39
14 July 2022
An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2023; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2022.
2022 c. 40
14 July 2022
An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, imposing a charge on ring fence profits of companies.
2022 c. 41
25 October 2022
An Act to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2023; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for that year.
2022 c. 42
25 October 2022
An Act to provide for certain social security rules which apply where life expectancy is 6 months or less to apply instead where life expectancy is 12 months or less.
2022 c. 43
25 October 2022
An Act to make provision for and in connection with the repeal of the Health and Social Care Levy Act 2021.
2022 c. 44
25 October 2022
An Act to make provision for controlling energy prices; to encourage the efficient use and supply of energy; and for other purposes connected to the energy crisis.
2022 c. 45
6 December 2022
An Act to make provision about national and cultural identity and language in Northern Ireland.
2022 c. 46
6 December 2022
An Act to make provision about the security of internet-connectable products and products capable of connecting to such products; to make provision about electronic communications infrastructure; and for connected purposes.
2022 c. 47
6 December 2022
An Act to add His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to the persons to whom royal functions may be delegated as Counsellors of State.
2022 c. 48
6 December 2022
An Act to make provision to extend the period following the Northern Ireland Assembly election of 5 May 2022 during which Ministers may be appointed and after which the Secretary of State must propose a date for another election; about the exercise of functions in the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers; to confer powers on the Secretary of State to determine salaries and other benefits for Members of the Assembly in respect of periods in which the Assembly is not functioning; and to confer powers on the Secretary of State to set the regional rate in Northern Ireland.
2023 c. 1
10 January 2023
An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
2023 c. 2
8 February 2023
An Act to reduce, for a temporary period, the amount of stamp duty land tax chargeable on the acquisition of residential property.
2023 c. 3
8 February 2023
An Act to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for the years ending 31 March 2023 and 2024 (including, for the year ending 31 March 2023, income); to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of those years; to authorise the use of those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of those sums; and to repeal provisions superseded by this Act.
2023 c. 4
28 February 2023
An Act to make provision to extend the period following the Northern Ireland Assembly election of 5 May 2022 during which Ministers may be appointed and after which the Secretary of State must propose a date for another election; to allow the Secretary of State to propose a date for another election before Ministers have been appointed; and to amend the procedure for making regulations defining permitted material for transplantation in Northern Ireland under section 3 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 in the period until the Presiding Officer and deputies of the Assembly are elected.
2023 c. 5
23 March 2023
An Act to make provision to extend the period following the Northern Ireland Assembly election of 5 May 2022 during which Ministers may be appointed and after which the Secretary of State must propose a date for another election; to allow the Secretary of State to propose a date for another election before Ministers have been appointed; and to amend the procedure for making regulations defining permitted material for transplantation in Northern Ireland under section 3 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 in the period until the Presiding Officer and deputies of the Assembly are elected.
2023 c. 6
23 March 2023
An Act to make provision about the release and marketing of, and risk assessments relating to, precision bred plants and animals, and the marketing of food and feed produced from such plants and animals; and for connected purposes.
2023 c. 7
23 March 2023
An Act to make provision about additional payments to recipients of means-tested benefits, tax credits and disability benefits.
2023 c. 8
23 March 2023
An Act to make provision in relation to the remuneration of seafarers who do not qualify for the national minimum wage.
2023 c. 9
23 March 2023
An Act to enable the implementation of, and the making of other provision in connection with, the government procurement Chapters of the United Kingdom’s free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.
2023 c. 10
23 March 2023
An Act to make provision about the UK Infrastructure Bank.
2023 c. 11
2 May 2023
An Act to amend the provisions about pitch fees in the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
2023 c. 12
2 May 2023
An Act to make provision for ensuring the secrecy of ballots cast in polling stations at elections; and for connected purposes.
2023 c. 13
2 May 2023
An Act to ensure that tips, gratuities and service charges paid by customers are allocated to workers.
2023 c. 14
2 May 2023
An Act to make provision about prohibiting the trustees and managers of pension schemes from being indemnified in respect of penalties imposed under pensions dashboards regulations.
2023 c. 15
2 May 2023
An Act to make provision for new offences relating to public order; to make provision about stop and search powers; to make provision about the exercise of police functions relating to public order; to make provision about proceedings by the Secretary of State relating to protest-related activities; to make provision about serious disruption prevention orders; and for connected purposes.
2023 c. 16
11 May 2023
An Act to make provision in relation to freedom of speech and academic freedom in higher education institutions and in students’ unions; and for connected purposes.
2023 c. 17
24 May 2023
An Act to make provision about protection from redundancy during or after pregnancy or after periods of maternity, adoption or shared parental leave.
2023 c. 18
24 May 2023
An Act to make provision about unpaid leave for employees with caring responsibilities.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Parliament of the United Kingdom, Hansard, 6th Series, vol. 714, col. 4.
  2. ^ Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 1.
  3. ^ Law Commission; Scottish Law Commission, Report on the Interpretation Act 1889 and certain other enactments relating to the construction and operation of Acts of Parliament and other instruments (PDF), (Cmnd. 7235; Law Com. No. 90; Scot Law Com. No. 53, 1978) para. 7A; cf. An Act for shortening the Language used in Acts of Parliament, 13 & 14 Vict. c. 21, s. 3 (now rep.) and the Interpretation Act 1889, 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63, s. 35(1) (now rep.).
  4. ^ Erskine May, para. 30.75, archived from the original on 9 September 2021, retrieved 9 September 2021.