<P> The second part of the Act provides that temporary emergency regulations are normally made by the Queen through Order in Council or by a Minister of the Crown if arranging for an Order in Council would not be possible without serious delay . Such regulations are limited in duration to 30 days, unless Parliament votes to extend this period before it expires . The only primary legislation which may not be amended by emergency regulations is the Human Rights Act 1998 and Part 2 of the Civil Contingencies Act itself . There was an attempt by Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers to add a number of other key constitutional laws to the exemption list during the Bill stage, but this was unsuccessful . They tried to protect these laws from emergency regulation: </P> <Ul> <Li> Habeas Corpus Act 1679 </Li> <Li> Bill of Rights 1689 </Li> <Li> The clause in the Parliament Act 1911 that limits the duration of a Parliament to five years, which was in itself a partial reversal of the term's increase provided in the Septennial Act 1715 from three to seven years </Li> <Li> Act of Settlement 1701 </Li> <Li> House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 </Li> <Li> Life Peerages Act 1958 </Li> <Li> House of Lords Act 1999 </Li> </Ul> <Li> Habeas Corpus Act 1679 </Li> <Li> Bill of Rights 1689 </Li>

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