Freedom? Yeah, right!

From Liberty Central comes a list of the Acts which the government has refused to exclude from being possibly repealed due to the powers contained in the Abolition of Parliament Act (no, not the Abolition of the Parliament Act Act):

• Act of Settlement 1700
  
• Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
  
• Bail Act 1976 [i.e. bring back detention without trial]
  
• Bill of Rights 1688
  
• Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919
  
• Church of Scotland Act 1921
  
• Civil Contingencies Act 2004
  
• Claim of Right 1689 [Scottish version of the Bill of Rights 1688]
  
• Constitutional Reform Act 2005
  
• Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
  
• European Communities Act 1972 [out of the EU on the say-so of the govt]
  
• Freedom of Information Act 2000
  
• Government of Ireland Act 1920 [independence to Republic of Ireland]
  
• Government of Wales Act 2006 } Powers of the Welsh Assembly
  
• Government of Wales Act 1998 }
  
• Habeas Corpus Acts 1679 to 1862 [detention without trial]
  
• House of Lords Act 1999
  
• Human Rights Act 1998 [nice while it lasted…]
• Identity Cards Act 2006 [i.e. can make them compulsory!]
  
• Immigration Act 1971
  
• Local Government Act 1972
  
• Magna Carta 1215 [nothing to add!]
  
• Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975
  
• Ministers of the Crown Act 1975
  
• Northern Ireland Act 1947
  
• Northern Ireland Act 1998 [N. I. Assembly]
  
• Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989
  
• Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 [defining the powers of both Houses]
  
• Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
  
• Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [what can and can’t be used as criminal evidence as well as defining the Police’s powers]
  
• Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 [control orders, etc]
  
• Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1706
  
• Public Order Acts 1936 to 1986
  
• Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
• Representation of the People Acts 1981 to 2002
  
• Scotland Act 1998 [devolved Scottish Parliament]
  
• Security Service Act 1989
  
• Statute of Westminster 1931 [granting legal independence to Oz, Canuckistan]
  
• Succession to the Crown Act 1707 [ensuring a Protestant Throne only]
  
• Terrorism Act 2000
  
• Terrorism Act 2006
  
• Union with England Act 1707 } [i.e. Britain could legally be split up
• Union with Scotland Act 1706 } on the order of a Minister!]
  
• Welsh Church Disestablishment Act 1914