Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
1Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
2Revival of prerogative powers to dissolve Parliament and to call a new Parliament
3Non-justiciability of revived prerogative powers
4Automatic dissolution of Parliament after five years
5Minor and consequential amendments and savings
6Extent, commencement and short title
SCHEDULEMinor and consequential amendments
1Succession to the Crown Act 1707 (c. 41)
2Representation of the People Act 1867 (c. 102)
3Regency Act 1937 (c. 16)
4Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)
5In section 28 (discharge of returning officer’s functions in England...
6In section 76ZA (limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses for certain...
7In section 95 (schools and rooms for parliamentary election meetings),...
8(1) Schedule 1 (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows....
9Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50)
10Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)>
11In section 2 (ordinary general elections), in subsection (2A)(a), omit...
12In section 12A (power of the Secretary of State to...
13Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)
14In section 63 (weekly donation reports during general election period),...
15(1) Section 95A (quarterly donation reports) is amended as follows....
16In Schedule 9 (limits on campaign expenditure)—
17In Schedule 10 (limits on controlled expenditure)—
18Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
19In section 3 (ordinary general elections), in subsection (1A)(a), omit...
20In section 13A (power of the Secretary of State to...
21Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5)
22Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6)
23Wales Act 2014 (c. 29)
24Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25)
25(1) Section 5 (Speaker’s notice that a recall condition has...
26(1) Section 13 (early termination of recall petition process) is...
27Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26)
28In section 21 (duty on Secretary of State to publish...
29In section 23 (duty of Secretary of State to publish...
30In section 24A (duty on relevant regulators to assess economic...
31In section 25 (appointment of body to verify assessments and...
32Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 (c. 29)
33Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 2)
34Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341)
35Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/497)

Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022

2022 Chapter 11

An Act to make provision about the dissolution and calling of Parliament, including provision for the repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—