House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026
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4 Consequential amendments
(1) In the Peerage Act 1963— (a) in section 1(2) (disclaimer of certain hereditary peerages), omit the words from “; and no such instrument” to the end; (b) omit section 4 (Scottish peerages) and the italic heading before it; (c) omit section 6 (peeresses in own right). (2) In the House of Lords Act 1999— (a) omit section 3(2) (disqualifications in relation to House of Commons applicable to hereditary peers); (b) omit paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (amendment of Peerage Act 1963). (3) In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, in section 42 (tax status of members of House of Lords: transitional provision)— (a) omit subsections (3) and (4); (b) in subsection (5), omit “If M is not such a person,”; (c) in subsection (8)— (i) omit “or M succeeds to a peerage”; (ii) omit the words from “If subsection (3)(a)” to the end; (d) omit subsection (9). (4) In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, in section 4 (effect of ceasing to be a member)— (a) in subsection (3), omit “, by virtue of a hereditary peerage”; (b) omit subsection (4); (c) in subsection (5), omit “other than a hereditary peer”; (d) omit subsection (7).
4 Consequential amendments
(1) In the Peerage Act 1963— (a) in section 1(2) (disclaimer of certain hereditary peerages), omit the words from “; and no such instrument” to the end; (b) omit section 4 (Scottish peerages) and the italic heading before it; (c) omit section 6 (peeresses in own right). (2) In the House of Lords Act 1999— (a) omit section 3(2) (disqualifications in relation to House of Commons applicable to hereditary peers); (b) omit paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (amendment of Peerage Act 1963). (3) In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, in section 42 (tax status of members of House of Lords: transitional provision)— (a) omit subsections (3) and (4); (b) in subsection (5), omit “If M is not such a person,”; (c) in subsection (8)— (i) omit “or M succeeds to a peerage”; (ii) omit the words from “If subsection (3)(a)” to the end; (d) omit subsection (9). (4) In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, in section 4 (effect of ceasing to be a member)— (a) in subsection (3), omit “, by virtue of a hereditary peerage”; (b) omit subsection (4); (c) in subsection (5), omit “other than a hereditary peer”; (d) omit subsection (7).
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