List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2024

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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 2024.

Acts passed since 1963 are cited by calendar year,[1] as opposed to the convention used for earlier acts of citing the regnal year(s) in which the relevant parliamentary session was held.[2] 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.[3]

9 acts of Parliament have so far been passed in 2024: 8 public general acts and 1 local act.

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Public general acts

Short title, or popular nameCitationRoyal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Act 2024
2024 c. 1
25 January 2024
An Act to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under, or in connection with, schemes or other arrangements to compensate persons affected by the Horizon system and in respect of other matters identified in legal proceedings relating to the Horizon system.
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2024
2024 c. 2
25 January 2024
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.
Finance Act 2024
2024 c. 3
22 February 2024
An Act to make provision in connection with finance.
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2024
2024 c. 4
20 March 2024
An Act to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2023, 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2023 and 31 March 2024.
National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Act 2024
2024 c. 5
20 March 2024
An Act to make provision for and in connection with reducing the main rates of primary Class 1 national insurance contributions and Class 4 national insurance contributions.
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024
2024 c. 6
20 March 2024
An Act to enable the implementation of, and the making of other provision in connection with, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Pedicabs (London) Act 2024
2024 c. 7
25 April 2024
An Act to make provision for regulating pedicabs in public places in Greater London; and for connected purposes.
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024
2024 c. 8
25 April 2024
An Act to make provision about the removal of certain migrants to the Republic of Rwanda.
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024
2024 c. 9
25 April 2024
An Act to amend the Investigatory Powers Act 2016;[a] to make provision about information supplied by, or relating to, the Judicial Commissioners; and for connected purposes.

Local acts

Short title, or popular nameCitationRoyal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Act 2024
2024 c. i
20 March 2024
An Act to confer powers upon Bishop's Stortford Town Council to extinguish rights of burial and disturb human remains in Bishop's Stortford New Cemetery and Old Cemetery for the purpose of increasing the space for interments; and for connected purposes.

References

  1. ^ Acts of Parliament Numbering and Citation Act 1962, 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 34, s. 1.
  2. ^ 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.).
  3. ^ Erskine May, para. 30.75, archived from the original on 9 September 2021, retrieved 9 September 2021.
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