<P> Part of the Bill of Rights remains in statute in the Republic of Ireland . </P> <P> The Bill of Rights applies in England and Wales; it was enacted in the Kingdom of England which at the time included Wales . Scotland has its own legislation, the Claim of Right Act 1689, passed before the Act of Union between England and Scotland . There are doubts as to whether, or to what extent, the Bill of Rights applies in Northern Ireland . </P> <P> On 21 July 1995 a libel case brought by Neil Hamilton (then a member of parliament) against The Guardian was stopped after Justice May ruled that the Bill of Rights' prohibition on the courts' ability to question parliamentary proceedings would prevent The Guardian from obtaining a fair hearing . Section 13 of the Defamation Act 1996, was subsequently enacted to permit MPs to waive their parliamentary privilege and thus cite their own speeches if relevant to litigation . </P> <P> Following the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum in 2016, the Bill of Rights was quoted in a court ruling on a legal challenge seeking a judicial declaration that triggering EU exit must first be authorised by an act of Parliament . </P>

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