Succession to the Crown Act 1707 which is not about treason. Succession to the Crown Act 1707 The Succession to the Crown Act 1707 (6 Ann c 41) is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is still partly in force in Great Britain. The Act was passed at a time when Parliament was anxious to ensure the succession of a Protestant on the death of Queen Anne. It replaced the Regency Act 1705. The Act required privy counsellors and other officers, in the event of Anne's death, to proclaim as her successor the next Protestant in the line of succession to
Act of Parliament (UK) year or years of the reigning Monarch and his name, which is usually abbreviated. So, for example, the Treason Act 1945 may be cited: All Acts passed on or after 1 January 1963 are cited by calendar year and chapter. All recent Acts have a short title, or citation (e.g. Local Government Act 2003, National Health Service Act 1974). Many Acts of a private, personal or local character often have not ever been printed, surviving only in a single manuscript copy in the Victoria Tower. The UK's Ministry of Justice publishes most Acts of Parliament in an online statute law