WK 4 - Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2011 (FTPA) Flashcards
1
Q
What did the 2022 Act repeal?
A
Repealed the fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
2
Q
What did FTPA state?
A
- 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]
3
Q
Which powers did DCPA bring back?
A
Reinstated the constitutional situation before the FTPA by reviving the prerogative powers of the monarch to:
- Dissolve Parliament
- Summon Parliament
4
Q
(s 2) Dissolution and Calling Parliament Act 2022
A
Prerogative power to dissolve Parliament and call on an early general election
5
Q
Section 4 - 5 years
A
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
6
Q
Section 3
A
- Outer clause
- Makes the exercise of this prerogative power non-justiciable ~ a response to the Miller II case (prorogation case)