The Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1707 (c 6) is an Act of the pre-Union

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which was passed to ensure that the status of the

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would not be affected by the Union with England. Its

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is "An Act for Securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Government". The Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1707 has the constitutional distinction of being named in the

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as a statute that may not be amended during a regency. The Regency Act 1937 provides that a regent may not assent to a bill to amend the Act of 1707, or any bill affecting the line of succession. When the Regency Bill was debated in the House of Commons, the attorney-general explained, "The safeguarding of this particular Act of the Scottish Parliament was expressly mentioned in the Act of Union, and that is the historic reason why it appears here."Hansard
February 2, 1937, column 1469. An Act of the

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, 6 Anne c 8, had made similar provision for the

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in 1706 but is not mentioned in the Regency Act.

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Official text of the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1707
as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the

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Official text of the Act 6 Anne c. 8 (1706)
as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the

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