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Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707

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Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make further Provision for electing and summoning Sixteen Peers of Scotland, to sit in the House of Peers in the Parliament of Great Britain; and for trying Peers for Offences committed in Scotland; and for the further regulating of Voters in Elections of Members to serve in Parliament.
Citation6 Ann. c. 78
(Ruffhead c. 23)
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byPeerage Act 1963
Status: Repealed

The Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 78) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

The whole act was repealed by sections 4 and 7(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Peerage Act 1963.

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In the title, the words from "and for the further" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

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  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.