This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North America after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act. The Declaratory Act of 1766 declared that the British Parliament had the absolute right to tax colonies in North America.Declaratory Relief is a legal procedure designed for those seeking "preventive justice. " Specifically, its purpose is to "set controversies at rest. The purpose of the tax was to pay for British military troops stationed in the American colonies after the French and Indian War. The Declaratory (De-clar-a-tory) Act declared that the British Parliament had complete control over the American colonies. The applicable statute oflimitations has broader language than Section 1094.6, in that it. We conclude that the Act does not require public access to communications between public officials using exclusively private cell phones or e-mail accounts. This is especially true in a declaratory judgment action. San Jose, City of, California. 184.