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Continuance of Laws Act 1555

act of the Parliament of England

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ136107501 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Continuance of Laws Act 1555 (2 & 3 Ph. & M. c. 21) was an act of the Parliament of England that continued various older enactments.

Background

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Exportation Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 7), the Winding of Wool Act 1531 (23 Hen. 8.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Continuance of Laws Act 1555” as act of the Parliament of England. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful synthesis for locating the documentary relationships between formal authority, participants and affected communities. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1555, 1530, 1531—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Continuance, Laws and Parliament can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as act of the Parliament of England. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q136107501. The first chronological checks are 1555, 1530 and 1531.

Critical limits

Official terminology may obscure informal participation, dissent or communities documented only indirectly. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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This entry incorporates text from “Continuance of Laws Act 1555” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.