Contents

Introduction and Background ►

Background - General

Background - Northern Ireland

Legislation ►

Introduction to UK Legislation

Division into Primary and Secondary Legislation

Types of Primary Legislation

Types of Secondary legislation

Types of Legislation on SLD

Primary Legislation (Revised)

Primary Legislation (Unrevised)

Secondary Legislation

Presentation of Text

Amendments in the amended legislation

Amendments in the amending legislation

Viewing text without annotations

How We Edit Legislation ►

Our Approach to Editing Legislation

Annotation Types on SLD

F-notes - Amendments (Textual)

C-notes - Modifications etc (not altering text)

E-notes - Extent information

I-notes - Commencement information

P-notes - Subordinate legislation made

M-notes - Marginal citations

X-notes - Editorial information

Editorial Conventions

Content of annotations

How we describe effects on legislation

How we cite legislation

Abbreviations used in annotations

How Legislation is Organised on SLD ►

Structure of Legislation

Titles and Introductory Text

Main Body and Schedules

Opening and Viewing Legislation

Versioning of Legislation

Successive Versions

Prospective Versions

Concurrent Versions

Blanket amendment

From affecting legislation to affected legislation

From affected legislation to affecting legislation

Navigation ►

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Additional navigation bar

Navigation Routes

Searching ►

Advanced Search

Recent Searches

Chronological Index

Search Techniques

General search logic

Using the Title field

Using the Year field

Using the Number field

Using the Text Search field

Working with Search Results

Matching legislation page

Results within legislation page

Other Functionality ►

Tables of Legislative Effects

New Legislation

Update Status of Legislation

Printing legislation

Frequently Asked Questions ►

Glossary ►

Contact and Feedback ►