| Act of Parliament | |
 | |
| Long title | Act anent Peace and War. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 1703 c. 6 [12mo ed: c. 5] |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Repeal of Certain Scotch Acts 1707 |
Status: Repealed | |
TheAct anent[a] Peace and War (c. 6) was an act of theParliament of Scotland passed in 1703.
The act concernedforeign policy and theroyal prerogative: it provided that following the death of QueenAnne without direct heirs, no future monarch of Scotland and England could take Scotland to war without the explicit consent of the parliament.[1]
It was a response to the EnglishAct of Settlement 1701 which had made members of theHouse of Hanover heirs to the throne of England. The Scots, already unhappy with theWar of the Spanish Succession, were concerned that rule by Hanoverians would lead to unwelcome Scottish involvement in German and continental wars.[2] Later the same parliament forced royal assent to theAct of Security 1704. The English parliament retaliated with theAlien Act 1705, removing Scottish trading privileges in England.
The conflict between the two parliaments was finally resolved by their merger under the terms of theActs of Union 1707. The union made the Act anent Peace and War and the Act of Security void, and they were formally repealed in December 1707 by theRepeal of Certain Scotch Acts 1707 (6 Ann. c. 32).[3]
