The Meeting of Parliament Act 1694 (6 & 7 Will. & Mar. c. 2), also known as the Triennial Act 1694,David Oswald Dykes. Source Book of Constitutional History from 1660. Longmans, Green and co. 1930. Page 179. is an act of the Parliament of England. This act is Chapter II Rot. Parl. pt. 1. nu. 2.British History Online.
The act required Parliament to meet annually and to hold general elections once every three years.
, the act is partly in force in England and Wales.The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. . Part I. Page 70, read with pages viii and x. The sections of the act still in force require that Parliament hold a session at least once every three years.
Subsequent developments Sections 3 and 4 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59), which came into force on 15 July 1867.
The whole act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 3 of, and schedule 1 to, the Electoral Act 1963, which came into force on 9 December 1963.
See also Triennial Acts
Notes
References Halsbury's Statutes John Raithby (editor). The Statutes of the Realm. 1819. Volume 6. Page 510. Digitised copy from British History Online.
External links
List of repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book