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Welcome to SLD

If you are new to SLD, you may find that the Help facility and the Frequently Asked Questions will help you to find your way around more quickly. We have now also added an Introduction to SLD for new users in PDF format and a Useful Links page. 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

New 2010 primary legislation available: UK Public General Acts Chapters 1 to 3; Acts of the Scottish Parliament asps 1 and 2. Enacted but not yet available: Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Chapters 1 to 4; Measure of the National Assembly for Wales nawm 1. These will follow as soon as possible. For further information about recent legislation on SLD see New Legislation [Message updated 2.3.2010]

Update Status of SLD

Work on updating the primary legislation on SLD is continually in progress. For information about how to find out the date to which any piece of legislation has been revised and how to obtain details of any effects that have not yet been applied to it, please see Update Status of Legislation.

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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.