Statute of Westminster 1931

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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
gptkbp:citation gptkb:22_&_23_Geo._5._c._4
gptkbp:dateEnacted 11 December 1931
gptkbp:enables Dominion legislative independence
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Statute of Westminster 1931
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Australia_Act_1986
gptkb:Canada_Act_1982
Constitutional development of Commonwealth realms
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to give effect to certain resolutions passed by Imperial Conferences held in the years 1926 and 1930.
gptkbp:notFullyAdoptedUntil Australia 1942
New Zealand 1947
Newfoundland 1934
gptkbp:purpose Establish legislative independence of the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 11 December 1931
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Imperial_Conference_1926
gptkb:Imperial_Conference_1930
gptkbp:repealedSectionsOf gptkb:Colonial_Laws_Validity_Act_1865
gptkbp:significance Marked the legislative independence of the Dominions from the United Kingdom
gptkbp:status Amended
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4