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However, in 1663, the House of Lords decided that peers who inherited a title did not need to be introduced. This applies to hereditary peers joining the House by virtue of by-elections under the House of Lords Act 1999. However, if hereditary peers receive life peerages, they must be introduced like any other life peer, unless they sat in the ...
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the House of Lords Act 1999, Section 1. 1 Exclusion of hereditary peers. No-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. An Act to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; to make related provision about disqualifications ...
The labour government recognised this needed to be reformed to better balance the scales of decision making and law-making. The decision to abolish hereditary peers from the House of Lords was rigorously debated and staunchly opposed by the House of Lords. However, the Act was passed by a majority vote of 340 to 132 in 1999.
The Act allows members of the House of Lords to retire or resign – actions previously constitutionally impossible for life peers. (Under the provisions of the Peerage Act 1963 , hereditary peers can effectively resign from the House of Lords by disclaiming their peerage, but this procedure has only been used once since the House of Lords Act 1999 removed automatic membership of hereditary ...
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Fram til iverksettelsen av House of Lords Act 1999 hadde mange adelspersoner automatisk rett til å sitte i overhuset. Da ble denne retten fjernet, samtidig som en rekke peers, som var medlemmer på grunn av sine arvede adelstitler, mistet sin plass. House of Lords Act 1999 fastsetter antallet arvelorder til 92.
10. At 1 November 1999, the House of Lords was composed of 758 hereditary peers, 542 life peers and 26 Archbishops and Bishops. The Act does not affect the position of members of the House of Lords who do not sit by virtue of a hereditary peerage: the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England; retired and existing Law Lords (who are ...
