ABSTRACT
In the UK, there is no law of higher authority than an ordinary Act of Parliament. There is therefore no criterion by which an Act of Parliament can be judged as invalid, provided it has been properly passed using the correct procedure. Even an Act of Parliament passed to limit the life of governments to five years – such as the Parliament Act 1911 – is only an ordinary Act of Parliament, with exactly the same status as the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996.
