Easter Act 1928

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Easter Act 1928
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to regulate the date of Easter Day and days or other periods and occasions depending thereon.
Citationc. 35
Introduced bySir John Simon
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom
The Isle of Man
The Channel Islands
"His Majesty in Council may by Order extend this Act to any other part of His Majesty’s dominions, except such parts as are mentioned in Part I of the Schedule to this Act, and to any territory under His Majesty’s protection in which His Majesty has jurisdiction, and to any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty, other than the territories mentioned in Part II of the said Schedule"
Dates
Royal assent3 August 1928
CommencementNot yet in force
(Never been in force)[1]
Other legislation
Amended byNewfoundland (Consequential Provisions) Act 1950
South Africa Act 1962
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971
Zimbabwe Act 1979
Relates toCalendar (New Style) Act 1750
Status: Not yet in force
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Easter Act 1928 (c. 35) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed and enacted in 1928 concerning the date for Easter that has never come into force. The effect would be to establish Easter Sunday as the Sunday following the second Saturday in April, resulting in Easter Sunday being between 9 April and 15 April, instead of following the established date for Easter as a moveable feast.

The Act requires the agreement (in the form of resolutions) of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, before a commencement order is made by Order in Council. The Act also requires that before a draft order is submitted to Parliament, "regard shall be had to any opinion officially expressed by any Church or other Christian body”.

Although the subject has been raised occasionally in Parliament in the decades since, the Act has never been brought into force.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ a b "Easter Act 1928, s.2, Modification (added note)". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives (TNA), UK. Retrieved 31 July 2019. Power of appointment conferred by s. 2(2) not exercised
  2. ^ "Archbishop Justin Welby hopes for fixed Easter date". BBC. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ Caroline Wyatt (25 March 2016). "Why can't the date of Easter be fixed?". BBC. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

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