WK 4 - Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2011 (FTPA) Flashcards

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What did the 2022 Act repeal?

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Repealed the fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

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What did FTPA state?

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  • 5-year fixed parliamentary terms
  • Only call an early general election in exceptional circumstances

[Either HoC passing 2/3 majority or Gov’t losing a confidence vote & no new Gov’t formed within 14 days]

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Which powers did DCPA bring back?

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Reinstated the constitutional situation before the FTPA by reviving the prerogative powers of the monarch to:

  • Dissolve Parliament
  • Summon Parliament
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(s 2) Dissolution and Calling Parliament Act 2022

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Prerogative power to dissolve Parliament and call on an early general election

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Section 4 - 5 years

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If Parliament is not dissolved after 5 years, it is automatically dissolved for a general election on the fifth anniversary of the day Parliament first met

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Section 3

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  • Outer clause
  • Makes the exercise of this prerogative power non-justiciable ~ a response to the Miller II case (prorogation case)
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