The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords_Act_1999" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Lords Act 1999">House of Lords Act</a> is given <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Assent" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Assent">Royal Assent</a>, restricting membership of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Lords">British House of Lords</a> by virtue of a hereditary peerage.