Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707

Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
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.
Citation	6 Ann. c. 78[b] 6 Ann. c. 23[c]
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	1 April 1708
Commencement	23 October 1707 [d]
Repealed	31 July 1963
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Promissory Oaths Act 1871 Statute Law Revision Act 1888 Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Repealed by	Peerage Act 1963
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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.

In the title, the words from "and for the further" were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62).

The whole act was repealed by sections 4 and 7(2) of, and schedule 2 to, the Peerage Act 1963.

• Representative peer

• Halsbury's Statutes