Royal Assent Act 1967

The Royal Assent Act 1967 (c. 23) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amends the law relating to the signification of royal assent to allow laws from the Parliament of the United Kingdom to be enacted through the pronunciation and notification of both Houses of Parliament, and repeals the Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8. c. 21).^[1] It received royal assent on 10 May 1967.

Royal Assent Act 1967

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the law relating to the signification of Her Majesty’s Royal Assent.
Citation	1967 c. 23
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	10 May 1967
Commencement	10 May 1967[a]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

The act does not apply to the royal assent of any legislation that is and has been passed by the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Parliament or the Northern Ireland Assembly (nor its predecessor the Northern Ireland Parliament which did exist at the time the Act was passed) since the establishment of devolution.

Nothing in the Royal Assent Act 1967 affects the power of the monarch to signify their royal assent in person in the House of Lords. Queen Victoria was the last sovereign to do so in 1854.^[2]

Notes

1. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.