Statute of Westminster 1931

Statute of Westminster, 1931^[1]
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to give effect to certain resolutions passed by Imperial Conferences held in the years 1926 and 1930.
Statute book chapter	22 & 23 Geo. 5 c. 4
Dates
Royal Assent	11 December 1931
Status: Current legislation

The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed on 11 December 1931. The Act gave equality to the self-governing dominions of the British Empire. It is still law in each of the Commonwealth realms.

The Statute is important because it gave legislative freedom to these countries. Its current relevance is that it sets the basis for the continuing relationship between the Commonwealth realms and the Crown.^[2]

Statute Of Westminster 1931 Media

King George V surrounded by the prime ministers of the various dominions at the 1926 conference.
The Big Picture, opening of the Parliament of Australia, 9 May 1901, by Tom Roberts
Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (left) and his British counterpart Stanley Baldwin (right), 1926
Instrument of abdication signed by Edward VIII and his three brothers, Albert, Henry and George, 10 December 1936

References

↑ Short title as conferred by s. 12 of the Act; the modern convention for citation of short titles in the UK is to omit the comma preceding the date
↑ Mackinlay, Andrew (March 10, 2005). "Early day motion 895: MORGANATIC MARRIAGE AND THE STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER 1931". British Parliament. Retrieved November 5, 2011.

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[1] Short title as conferred by s. 12 of the Act; the modern convention for citation of short titles in the UK is to omit the comma preceding the date

[2] Mackinlay, Andrew (March 10, 2005). "Early day motion 895: MORGANATIC MARRIAGE AND THE STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER 1931". British Parliament. Retrieved November 5, 2011.

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