Statute of Westminster, 1931

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Newfoundland gptkb:Irish_Free_State gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa gptkb:Dominions_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:22_&_23_Geo._5._c._4
gptkbp:dateEnacted	11 December 1931
gptkbp:enables	Dominions to make their own laws without British interference
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Statute of Westminster, 1931
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:longTitle	An Act to give effect to certain resolutions passed by Imperial Conferences held in the years 1926 and 1930.
gptkbp:notFullyAdoptedBy	Australia until 1942 New Zealand until 1947 Newfoundland (never adopted, joined Canada in 1949)
gptkbp:purpose	Establish legislative independence of the Dominions
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	11 December 1931
gptkbp:recognizedBy	Equality of status between the United Kingdom and the Dominions
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Imperial_Conference_1926 gptkb:Imperial_Conference_1930
gptkbp:repealedSectionsOf	gptkb:Colonial_Laws_Validity_Act_1865
gptkbp:resultedIn	Greater legislative autonomy for Dominions
gptkbp:significance	Key step in the constitutional independence of the Dominions
gptkbp:status	Amended
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Constitution_Act,_1867
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4