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GBR-1998-L-57666
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Title_of_text
Human Rights Act, 1998 (c. 42).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Kingdom
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
1998-11-09
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Deals with various aspects of human rights. Sections 3-5 make provision for interpretation of legislation, declaration of incompatibility, and right of the Crown to intervene. Sections 6-9 deal with acts of public authorities, proceedings, judicial remedies and judicial acts. Subsequent sections provide for remedial action, rights and proceedings, derogations and reservations, appointment of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights, and parliamentary procedure.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2013-04-25 (GBR-2013-L-95027)
Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (2013 c. 25).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2010-01-07 (GBR-2010-L-86352)
English Law (Human Rights Act) Order, 2010 (L.N. No. 1 of 2010).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
The UK Statute Law Database
URL
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=Human+rights+act&Year=1998&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1851003&ActiveTextDocId
Monograph region
Monograph title
Constitutions of the Countries of the World
Author
Gisbert H. Flans (Ed.)
Publisher
Oceana Publications
Place of publication
New York
Date
2009-06
Page range
pp. 81-112
ISBN
978-0-139-00467-0