Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707
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Long titleAn Act to make further Provision for electing and summoning Sixteen Peers of Scotland, to sit in the House of Peers in the Parliament of Great Britain; and for trying Peers for Offences committed in Scotland; and for the further regulating of Voters in Elections of Members to serve in Parliament.
Territorial extentGreat Britain
Royal assent1 April 1708
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| Long title | An Act to make further Provision for electing and summoning Sixteen Peers of Scotland, to sit in the House of Peers in the Parliament of Great Britain; and for trying Peers for Offences committed in Scotland; and for the further regulating of Voters in Elections of Members to serve in Parliament. |
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| Citation | |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 1 April 1708 |
| Commencement | 23 October 1707 [d] |
| Repealed | 31 July 1963 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Peerage Act 1963 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 78)[b] was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
Section 3 as to the Forms of the Oaths therein mentioned and as to the Declaration thereby required, and sections 13 and 14, of the were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 30 July 1948.[1]
In the title, the words from "and for the further" were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 30 July 1948.[2]
The whole act was repealed by sections 4 and 7(2) of, and schedule 2 to, the Peerage Act 1963.
