Meeting of Parliament Act 1694

{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of England}}

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| short_title = Meeting of Parliament Act 1694{{efn|The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.}}

| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of England

| long_title = An Act for the frequent Meeting and calling of Parliaments.{{efn|These words are printed against this act in the second column of schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".}}

| year = 1693

| citation = 6 & 7 Will. & Mar. c. 2

| territorial_extent = England and Wales

| royal_assent = 22 December 1694

| commencement = 12 November 1694{{efn|Start of session.}}

| repeal_date =

| amendments = {{ubli|Septennial Act 1715|Statute Law Revision Act 1867|Statute Law Revision Act 1888|Statute Law Revision Act 1948}}

| repealing_legislation =

| related_legislation = {{ubli|Triennial Act 1640|Triennial Act 1664|Septennial Act 1715}}

| status = Partially_Repealed

| original_text = https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol6/p510

| use_new_UK-LEG = yes

}}

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.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46421 British History Online]. The sections of the act still in force require that Parliament hold a session at least once every three years.

The act required Parliament to meet annually and to hold general elections once every three years.

The act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-11-840509-6}}. Part I. Page 70, read with pages viii and x.

The whole act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1963/en/act/pub/0019/sec0003.html section 3] of, and [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1963/en/act/pub/0019/sched1.html Schedule 1] to, the Electoral Act 1963.

Sections 3 and 4 were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.