Peerage Act 1963

Peerage Act 1963

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to authorise the disclaimer for life of certain hereditary peerages; to include among the peers qualified to sit in the House of Lords all peers in the peerage of Scotland and peeresses in their own right in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom; to remove certain disqualifications of peers in the peerage of Ireland in relation to the House of Commons and elections thereto; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation	1963 c. 48
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	31 July 1963
Commencement	31 July 1963
Other legislation
Amends	Union with Scotland Act 1706 Union with England Act 1707 Election Act 1707 Union with Ireland Act 1800 Representation of the People Act 1918 Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928
Repeals/revokes	Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707 Representative Peers (Scotland) Act 1847 Representative Peers (Scotland) Act 1851
Amended by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 House of Lords Act 1999
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Peerage Act 1963 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Peerage Act 1963 (c. 48) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permits women peeresses and all Scottish hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and allows newly inherited hereditary peerages to be disclaimed.

A disclaimed peerage remains without a holder until the death of the disclaimer, and his heir succeeds to the peerage.