Uniformity in Laws Act 2022

Uniformity in Laws Act, 2022
Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland
An Act to ensure uniformity across Legal Instruments.
Citation	Original Text
Enacted by	House of Lords
Date enacted	09 November, 2022
Enacted by	House of Commons
Date enacted	14 November, 2022
Date of Royal Assent	15 November, 2022
Signed by	HM Queen Elizabeth III
Introduced by	Matthew Somerset (BRP)
Amends
None
Status: In force

Article I || Titles

1.00 || This Act may be cited and referred to in short as the Uniformity in Laws Act 2022. 1.01 || This Act may be referred to in full as An Act to ensure uniformity across Legal Instruments.

Article II || Amendments to The Executive Act 2021

2.00 || Article 3.04a of The Executive Act 2021 shall be amended as follows:

3.04a - The Power to issue Executive Orders, creating and abolishing Government Ministries and enacting Government Policy. These Executive Orders shall only impact the Cabinet and Internal Government Policy. As decided by the Supreme Court, any and all Executive Orders that go beyond this scope shall be rendered null and void. be considered law but below a Standard Act of Parliament.

Article III || Amendments to the Statutory Interpretations Act 2022

3.00 || Article II Statutory Interpretations Act 2022 is hereby amended as follows:

2.00 - Legal instruments shall be defined as follows: 2.00a - Acts of Union shall be defined as the foundational instruments of law that require execution in the classification of Organic Acts under the authority of Parliament requiring a two-thirds (2/3) majority of both Houses of Parliament and assent by the Sovereign or other authority as established in the Monarchy Act 2021 to be amended, created, or repealed; 2.00b - Organic Acts of Parliament shall be defined as higher instruments of law that require execution under the authority of Parliament requiring a two-thirds (2/3) majority of both Houses of Parliament and assent by the Sovereign or other authority as established in the Monarchy Act 2021 to be amended, created, or repealed; 2.00c - Organic Acts via Order-in-Council shall be defined as higher instruments of law that require execution under the authority of the Sovereign to be created, amended, or repealed and can be overturned by a three-fifths (3/5) absolute majority of each House of Parliament; 2.00d - Standard Acts of Parliament shall be defined as lesser instruments of law that require execution under the authority of Parliament requiring a fifty percent plus one (50%+1) simple majority of both Houses of Parliament and assent by the Sovereign or other authority as established in the Monarchy Act 2021 to be amended, created, or repealed; 2.00e - Orders-in-Council shall be defined as lesser instruments of law that require execution under the authority of the Sovereign to be amended, created, or repealed and can be overturned by a three-fifths (3/5) absolute majority of each House of Parliament; 2.00f - Non-Standard Acts of Parliament shall be defined as lesser instruments of law that do not require execution under the authority of Parliament requiring a simple fifty percent plus one (50%+1) majority of both Houses of Parliament and assent by the Sovereign or other authority as established in the Monarchy Act 2021 to be amended, created, or repealed; 2.00g - Treaties shall be defined as binding instruments of law that require execution under the authority of Parliament requiring an absolute two-thirds (2/3) simple majority of both Houses of Parliament and assent by the Sovereign or other authority as established in the Monarchy Act 2021 to be amended, created, or repealed; 2.00h - Resolutions shall be defined as operational Administrative instruments of law Parliamentary Authority that require execution under the authority of a respective House of Parliament, or Parliament as a whole, and such legal Administrative instruments have only the jurisdiction of the respective House of Parliament's, or Parliament as a whole's, powers requiring a simple fifty percent plus one (50%+1) majority to amend, create, or repeal. 2.00i - Executive Orders shall be defined as operational  Administrative instruments of law Executive Authority that require execution under the authority of the Prime Minister to amend, create, or repeal and such legal  Administrative instruments have only the jurisdiction of the Government's powers, such legal instruments can be overturned by a three-fifths (3/5) absolute majority of each House of Parliament; 2.00j - Orders-of-Council shall be defined as operational Administrative instruments of law Royal Authority that require execution under the authority of the Privy Council to amend, create, or repeal and such legal instruments have only the jurisdiction of the Sovereign's powers, such legal instruments can be overturned by the Sovereign at-will such Administrative instruments require the consent of the Sovereign to be issued and may be overturned by the Sovereign at anytime or by a three-fifths (3/5) absolute majority of each House of Parliament;

3.01 || Article III of the Statutory Interpretations Act 2022 shall be amended as follows:

Article III - Hierarchy of Laws 3.00 - The Hierarchy of Laws shall be as follows: 3.00a - The Acts of Union; 3.00b - Organic Acts of Parliament and Organic Acts via Order-in-Council; 3.00c - Standard Acts of Parliament and Orders-in-Council; 3.00d - Non-Standard Acts of Parliament; 3.00e - Treaties; 3.00f - Administrative Implements Administrative Instruments such as: Resolutions, Executive Orders, and Orders-of-Council;

Article IV || Ratification

4.00 || This Act Amendment shall come into effect upon passage by both Houses of Parliament with two-thirds majority and assent by the Sovereign or other authority as established under the Monarchy Act of 2021