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Citation of United Kingdom legislation includes the systems used for legislation passed by devolved parliaments and assemblies, for secondary legislation, and for prerogative instruments. It is relatively complex both due to the different sources of legislation in the United Kingdom, and because of the different histories of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
legislation.gov.uk, formerly known as the UK Statute Law Database, is the official Web-accessible database of the statute law of the United Kingdom, hosted by The National Archives. Established in the early 2000s, it contains all primary legislation in force since 1267 and all secondary legislation since 1823; it does not include legislation which was fully repealed prior to 1991. The contents have been revised to reflect legislative changes up to 2002, with material that has been amended since 2002 fully updated and searchable.
The Chronological Table of the Statutes is a chronological list of the public Acts passed by the Parliament of England (1235–1706), the Parliament of Great Britain (1707–1800), and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as well as the acts of the old Parliament of Scotland and of the modern Scottish Parliament, and the measures passed by the National Assembly for Wales and by the General Synod of the Church of England. It is produced by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and published by The Stationery Office.
Local and personal acts are laws in the United Kingdom which apply to a particular individual or group of individuals, or corporate entity. This contrasts with a public general Act of Parliament (statute) which applies to the nation-state. Acts of Parliament can afford relief from another law; grant a unique benefit or, grant powers not available under the general law; or, relieve someone from legal responsibility for some allegedly wrongful act.
In the United Kingdom, the Advisory Committee on Statute Law replaced the Statute Law Committee and the editorial board of Statutes in Force in 1991. The decision to do this was made by Lord Mackay of Clashfern LC.
The Chronological Table of Private and Personal Acts is a list of private acts and (public) personal acts passed by the Parliament of England, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1539.
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- ↑ "Introduction". Legislation.gov.uk.
- ↑ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Report on the Chronological Table of Local Legislation. Law Com 241. SLC 155. Cm 3301. HMSO. London. July 1996. Digitized copy from BAILII.
- ↑ The Law Librarian. Vol. 29. British and Irish Association of Law Librarians. 1998. p. 77.