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33 ingested laws from United Kingdom in 2014. Walk years back as far as this source still publishes.

Law· Government BillBill 1534enacted

Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make time-limited provision for vacancies among the Lords Spiritual to be filled by bishops who are women.

Law· Government BillBill 1527enacted

Stamp Duty Land Tax Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2015

A Bill to make provision about stamp duty land tax on residential property transactions; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1522enacted

Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2015

A Bill To make provision in relation to terrorism; to make provision about retention of communications data, about information, authority to carry and security in relation to air, sea and rail transport and about reviews by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission against refusals to issue certificates of naturalisation; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1502enacted

Taxation of Pensions Act 2014

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014

A Bill to make provision in connection with the taxation of pensions.

Law· Government BillBill 1501enacted

Recall of MPs Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

To make provision about the recall of members of the House of Commons; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)Bill 1498enacted

Specialist Printing Equipment and Materials (Offences) Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make provision for an offence in respect of specialist printing equipment and related materials; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1481enacted

National Insurance Contributions Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2015

To make provision in relation to national insurance contributions; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1483enacted

Insurance Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015

A Bill To make new provision about insurance contracts; to amend the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 in relation to the insured persons to whom that Act applies; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1473enacted

Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2014

To Make provision, in consequence of a declaration of invalidity made by the Court of Justice of the European Union in relation to Directive 2006/24/EC, about the retention of certain communications data; to amend the grounds for issuing interception warrants, or granting or giving certain authorisations or notices, under Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; to make provision about the extra-territorial application of that Part and about the meaning of “telecommunications service” for the purposes of that Act; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1432enacted

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2014

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2014

To authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2015; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2014.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 1415enacted

Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to place a duty on local authorities to keep a register of individuals and community groups who have expressed an interest in acquiring land to bring forward self-build and custom-build projects and to take account of and make provision for the interests of those on such registers in developing their housing initiatives and their local plans; to allow volume house builders to include self-build and custom-build projects as contributing towards their affordable housing obligations, when in partnership for this purpose with a Registered Social Landlord; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 1429enacted

Local Government (Review of Decisions) Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make provision about the procedure for conducting investigations under Part 3 of the Local Government Act 1974; and to make provision for cases where an authority to which that Part applies takes a decision that affects the holding of an event for a reason relating to health or safety.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 1420enacted

Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make provision about the inclusion at local authority meetings of observances that are, and about powers of local authorities in relation to events that to any extent are, religious or related to a religious or philosophical belief.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 1413enacted

International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make provision about the meeting by the United Kingdom of the target for official development assistance (ODA) to constitute 0.7 per cent of gross national income; to make provision for independent verification that ODA is spent efficiently and effectively; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 1430enacted

Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make provision about the handling of complaints by the Health Service Commissioner for England; to require the Commissioner to notify a complainant of the reason for the delay if the investigation of the complaint is not concluded within a twelve month period; to require the Commissioner to lay before Parliament an annual report giving details of how long investigations of complaints have taken to be concluded and progress towards meeting a target of concluding investigations within a twelve month period; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 1419enacted

Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make provision about the safety of health and social care services in England; to make provision about the integration of information relating to users of health and social care services in England; to make provision about the sharing of information relating to an individual for the purposes of providing that individual with health or social care services in England; to make provision for removing individuals convicted of certain offences from the registers kept by the regulatory bodies for health and social care professions; to make provision about the objectives of the regulatory bodies for health and social care professions and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care; to make provision about the disposal of cases concerning a person’s fitness to practise a health or social care profession; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 1427enacted

Control of Horses Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make provision for the taking of action in relation to horses which are in public places; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1411enacted

Pension Schemes Act

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2015

A Bill to make provision about pension schemes, including provision designed to encourage arrangements that offer people different levels of certainty in retirement or that involve different ways of sharing or pooling risk and provision designed to give people greater flexibility in accessing benefits and to help them make informed decisions about what to do with benefits.

Law· Government BillBill 1410enacted

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 June 2015

To make provision about improved access to finance for businesses and individuals; to make provision about regulatory provisions relating to business and certain voluntary and community bodies; to make provision about the exercise of procurement functions by certain public authorities; to make provision for the creation of a Pubs Code and Adjudicator for the regulation of dealings by pub-owning businesses with their tied pub tenants; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of childcare; to make provision about information relating to the evaluation of education; to make provision about the regulation of companies; to make provision about company filing requirements; to make provision about the disqualification from appointments relating to companies; to make provision about insolvency; to make provision about the law relating to employment; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1406enacted

Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2015

A Bill to make provision as to matters to which a court must have regard in determining a claim in negligence or breach of statutory duty.

Law· Government BillBill 1389enacted

Modern Slavery Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016

To make provision about slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; to make provision about human trafficking; to make provision for an Anti-slavery Commissioner; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1376enacted

Serious Crime Act

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2015

A Bill to Amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Terrorism Act 2006; to make provision about involvement in organised crime groups and about serious crime prevention orders; to make provision for the seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents; to create an offence of communicating sexually with a child; to make it an offence to possess an item that contains advice or guidance about committing sexual offences against children; to create an offence in relation to controlling or coercive behaviour in intimate or family relationships; to make it an offence to possess a knife or offensive weapon inside a prison; to make provision for the prevention or restriction of the use of communication devices by persons detained in custodial institutions; to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union relating to serious crime; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)Bill 1380enacted

Mutuals' Deferred Shares Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill To enable the law relating to societies registered and incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992 and certain mutual insurers to be amended to permit or facilitate the issue of deferred shares; and to restrict the voting rights of members who hold such shares.

Law· Government BillBill 1377enacted

Infrastructure Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2015

A Bill to make provision for strategic highways companies and the funding of transport services by land; to make provision for the control of invasive non-native species; to make provision about nationally significant infrastructure projects; to make provision about town and country planning; to make provision about the Homes and Communities Agency and Mayoral development corporations; to make provision about the Greater London Authority so far as it exercises functions for the purposes of housing and regeneration; to make provision about Her Majesty’s Land Registry and local land charges; to make provision enabling building regulations to provide for off-site carbon abatement measures; to make provision for giving members of communities the right to buy stakes in local renewable electricity generation facilities; to make provision about maximising economic recovery of petroleum in the United Kingdom; to provide for a levy to be charged on holders of certain energy licences; to enable Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to exercise functions in connection with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; to make provision about onshore petroleum and geothermal energy; to make provision about renewable heat incentives; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)Bill 1382enacted

House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 January 2025

A Bill to make provision empowering the House of Lords to expel or suspend members.

Law· Government BillBill 1375enacted

Childcare Payments Act 2014

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2015

A Bill to make provision for and in connection with the making of payments to persons towards the costs of childcare; and to restrict the availability of an exemption from income tax in respect of the provision for an employee of childcare, or vouchers for obtaining childcare, under a scheme operated by or on behalf of the employer.

Law· Government BillBill 1360enacted

Finance Act 2014

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2014

A Bill To grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating tothe National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision inconnection with finance.

Law· Government BillBill 1357enacted

Wales Act 2014

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 January 2015

To make provision about elections to and membership of the National Assembly for Wales; to make provision about the Welsh Assembly Government; to make provision about the setting by the Assembly of a rate of income tax to be paid by Welsh taxpayers and about the devolution of taxation powers to the Assembly; to make related amendments to Part 4A of the Scotland Act 1998; to make provision about borrowing by the Welsh Ministers; to make miscellaneous amendments in the law relating to Wales; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1352enacted

Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2014

To authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2008, 31March 2009, 31 March 2010, 31 March 2011, 31 March 2012, 31 March 2013, 31 March 2014 and 31 March 2015; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending with 31 March 2013, 31 March 2014 and 31 March 2015; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act forthe years ending with 31 March 2008, 31 March 2009, 31 March 2010, 31 March 2011, 31 March 2012, 31 March 2013 and 31 March 2014.

Law· Government BillBill 1343enacted

Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2015

To make provision about how offenders are dealt with before and after conviction; to amend the offence of possession of extreme pornographic images; to make provision about the proceedings and powers of courts and tribunals; to make provision about judicial review; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1338enacted

Deregulation Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2015

A Bill to make provision for the reduction of burdens resulting from legislation for businesses or other organisations or for individuals; make provision for the repeal of legislation which no longer has practical use; make provision about the exercise of regulatory functions; and for connected purposes.

Law· Government BillBill 1337enacted

Consumer Rights Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 July 2016

A Bill to amend the law relating to the rights of consumers and protection of their interests, to make provision about investigatory powers for enforcing the regulation of traders, to make provision about private actions in competition law, and for connected purposes.