{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-reform-act-2014/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-reform-act-2014/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/24",
  "legislation_title": "House of Lords Reform Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-reform-act-2014",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Resignation",
  "text": "(1) A member of the House of Lords who is a peer may retire or otherwise resign as a member of the House of Lords by giving notice in writing to the Clerk of the Parliaments.\n(2) The notice must—\n(a) specify a date from which the resignation is to take effect, and\n(b) be signed by the peer and by a witness.\n(3) At the beginning of that date the peer ceases to be a member of the House of Lords.\n(4) Resignation may not be rescinded.\n(5) Where a notice under this section is given and signed by a person on behalf of a peer who lacks capacity to give or sign the notice, the notice must be given and signed in accordance with Standing Orders of the House.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(5) inserted (18.3.2026) by House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 (c. 12), ss. 2, 5(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/24/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:32.009228+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}