# House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026, Section 4: Consequential amendments

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In the Peerage Act 1963—
(a) in section 1(2) (disclaimer of certain hereditary peerages), omit the words from “; and no such instrument” to the end;
(b) omit section 4 (Scottish peerages) and the italic heading before it;
(c) omit section 6 (peeresses in own right).
(2) In the House of Lords Act 1999—
(a) omit section 3(2) (disqualifications in relation to House of Commons applicable to hereditary peers);
(b) omit paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (amendment of Peerage Act 1963).
(3) In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, in section 42 (tax status of members of House of Lords: transitional provision)—
(a) omit subsections (3) and (4);
(b) in subsection (5), omit “If M is not such a person,”;
(c) in subsection (8)—
(i) omit “or M succeeds to a peerage”;
(ii) omit the words from “If subsection (3)(a)” to the end;
(d) omit subsection (9).
(4) In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, in section 4 (effect of ceasing to be a member)—
(a) in subsection (3), omit “, by virtue of a hereditary peerage”;
(b) omit subsection (4);
(c) in subsection (5), omit “other than a hereditary peer”;
(d) omit subsection (7).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/12/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-act-2026/section-4
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