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Welcome to SLD

The staff of the UK Statutory Publications Offices would like to welcome you to the new SLD. If you are unfamiliar with SLD, you may find that the Help facility and the Frequently Asked Questions will help you to find your way around more quickly. The content of SLD is available for viewing and private use free of charge, but please see the Crown Copyright notice for further information about re-use of the data.

Primary Legislation Latest

The Income Tax Act 2007 is now available. New 2007 primary legislation now available in full: UK Public General Acts chapters 1 to 4; Acts of the Scottish Parliament asps 1 to 18; Northern Ireland Orders in Council N.I. 1 to N.I. 10. Not yet available: chapters 5 and 6; asp 19; N.I. 11. These will follow as soon as possible. For further information on recent legislation on SLD see New Legislation [Message updated 26.5.2007]

Update Status of SLD

Work on bringing the text of SLD fully up to date is in progress. Please see Update Status of Legislation to find out how to determine the date to which your chosen legislation has been revised and how to obtain details of any effects that have not yet been applied to it.

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Inserted Provisions in N.I. Legislation

There is a problem with the presentation of whole provisions that have been inserted or substituted in Northern Ireland primary legislation. The text is not enclosed within brackets as it should be and is not displayed in blue colour. The footnote giving authority for the amendment is appearing at the next level of division (e.g. cross-heading, Part) above the inserted or substituted provision. We are considering options for a solution to this problem as a matter of urgency. [25.4.2007]

Annotations and Annotation Types

In Acts dating from before the basedate (1 February 1991) you will find that some annotations are listed under the wrong annotation type. For example, editorial information may appear under the annotation types for amendments or modifications. These will be progressively corrected in the course of update work.

Variant Readings of Text in Old Acts

In many pre-UK Acts, there are variant readings of the text and other notes that appeared in Statutes of the Realm that are annotated with the 'F-note' annotation type under the heading 'Amendments (Textual)'. These annotations will be reassigned to the X-note annotation type ('Editorial Information') during the early part of 2007.