Where can I find an Act of Parliament?

Public General Acts

• The main type of UK Acts, the Public General Acts, are available in revised versions or in original versions
• You will find both versions online at the Legislation.gov.uk. Please note that the revision is not yet quite complete
• The revised Acts have any later amendments incorporated into the text, updates at least to 2002 (except for some effects of 2002 legislation that were not yet in force at the end of 2002)
• If an Act has not been completely updated, you will see a 'Changes to legislation' warning at the top of the text of the Act. The warning will link you to a page that lets you search for updates
• For details of the web site's content and for more details on finding how up-to-date any Act is, click 'Frequently Asked Questions' at the the Legislation.gov.uk home page

Local and Personal Acts

• For details of the much less common type called the Local and Personal Acts (also known as Private Acts), please see the separate page Where can I find Local and Personal Acts

Further information

• Library catalogue
• Contact us - for help to find information, from your local librarians
• 'Enquire' - a 24-hour chat enquiry service, from the national People's Network. Local librarians take part in 'Enquire' on a rota basis but it is likely that you would be answered by a librarian from another library service

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