Life Peerages Act 1958

The Life peerages Act of 1958 regulates the levying of a person in personal nobility in Britain.

The Act is still valid legal basis for the appointment of a Life Peers was created. The state of the Life Peers existed before this law, the Law Lords ( the Law Lords ) had since 1876 under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as Life Peers members of the House of Lords. Even before this law were created by different rulers Life peers, but this never took a seat in the House of Lords.

A life peer has a seat in the House of Lords and is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister may thus influence the composition of the upper house.

A significant change to the current composition of the House of Lords was that now women could also be included as Life Peers in the House of Lords.

Another change that was brought about by the Act was that former prime minister will no longer be applicable in general to the hereditary peerage of Earl or Viscount, but like all other life peers are appointed to the Baron.

See also

• Peerage of the United Kingdom

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