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29 April 2017

27th April ~ Bills receiving Royal Assent



The Dissolution of the 2015-2017 Parliament is on 3rd May.  The General Election on 8th June.  The following Bills received Royal Assent on 27th April.  This is the result of the so-called "Wash Up" process.




  • Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill
  • Bus Services Bill
  • Children and Social Work Bill
  • Criminal Finances Bill
  • Digital Economy Bill
  • Farriers (Registration) Bill
  • Faversham Oyster Fishery Company Bill
  • Finance (No. 2) Bill
  • Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill
  • Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill
  • Higher Education and Research Bill
  • Homelessness Reduction Bill
  • Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill
  • Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill
  • Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill
  • National Citizen Service Bill
  • Neighbourhood Planning Bill
  • Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointments and Regional Rates) Bill
  • Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill
  • Pension Schemes Bill
  • Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill
  • Technical and Further Education Bill
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