Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010

The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 is an Act on the Parliament of the United Kingdom which reformed the Royal Prerogative and made other significant changes.

The Act put the civil service on a statutory footing for the first time. Among other provisions, it requires members of the House of Lords to be domiciled in the United Kingdom for tax purposes, failing which they lose their seats in parliament. Five members of the House lost their seats under this provision, namely:

With regard to Parliamentary approval for the ratification of treaties, it gave the Ponsonby Rule a statutory footing, but did not place the declaration of war and the deployment of the British armed forces onto a similar statutory footing, as was first intended when the bill came to Parliament, leaving them instead to the Royal Prerogative, as before.

The Act exempts some members of the Royal Family from the Freedom of Information Act^[1] (having been enacted in 2011).^[2]

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↑ "Schedule 7". Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. The National Archives. 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Article 3". The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4 and Saving Provision) Order 2011. The National Archives. 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

United Kingdom legislation

Pre-Parliamentary legislation	List of English statutes Charter of Liberties Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding the Kingdom of Great Britain	Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 1700–1706 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland Acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700 1701–1800

Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain	1707–1719 1720–1739 1740–1759 1760–1779 1780–1800

Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1801–1819 1820–1839 1840–1859 1860–1879 1880–1899 1900–1919 1920–1939 1940–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000 to date Halsbury's Statutes UK Statute Law Database Short titles

Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Legislation of devolved institutions	Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland Orders in Council for Northern Ireland

Orders-in-Council	Order in Council

Secondary legislation	United Kingdom Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Act of Sederunt, Act of Adjournal

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Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010

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