Life Peerages Act 1958

Life Peerages Act 1958
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make provision for the creation of life peerages carrying the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords.
Citation6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 21
Dates
Royal assent30 April 1958
Other legislation
Amended byConstitutional Reform Act 2005
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Life Peerages Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 21) established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.


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