Human Rights Act 1998

Question 1

What sections are contained in the human rights act?

Answer 1

S3
S4
S6
S7
S19

Question 2

S3

Answer 2

Requires that domestic legislation is compatible with human rights

Question 3

S4

Answer 3

Allows a court to make a declaration about incompatibility

Bellinger - regards to a transgender woman being denied marriage. Courts opposed the initial judgment and made a declaration against it

Question 4

S6 and S7

Answer 4

Prevent public authorities from disregarding human rights and limiting when a case can be brought to court

Question 5

S19

Answer 5

Requires government and ministers to tell parliament whether or not the new legislation they want to input complies with human rights

Intended to bring laws into close alignment with ECHR but not entrenched with BoR, since we only have an unwritten constitution

Are human rights properly protected in the UK?