JustCite indexes, cross-references and links to Acts and SIs of the UK Parliament, the devolved legislatures of Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland.
Please take note of the following matters pertaining to Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland:
- The data source UK Statutes also includes Acts applicable to Scotland from 1707 (Act of Union) to the present, to Ireland from 1800 (Act of Union) to 1921 and to Northern Ireland post 1921 (establishment of Irish Free State 1922).
- The data source UK Statutory Instruments also includes UK SIs applicable to Scotland from 1949 to the present, UK SIs applicable to Northern Ireland 1949-1972 (commencement of Direct Rule), a number of Orders in Council applicable to Northern Ireland 1972-1999 and all Orders in Council applicable to Northern Ireland 2000-present.
- The data source UK Statutory Instruments also includes any legislation applicable to Scotland or Northern Ireland published in HMSO’s Statutory Rules & Orders and Statutory Instruments Revised to December 31, 1948.
JustCite indexes the entire legislative history of the UK Parliament and its antecedents from 1235 to the present day and cross-references with other Acts and all manner of cases. Acts of the Scottish Parliament from its inception in 1999 are also indexed, as are Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly |
2000 - present* |
Office of Public Sector Information |
OPSI / Justis |
Recognised formats of references to Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly include:
2010 (N.I.) c. 6
2010 (N.I.) c.6
2010 (NI) c. 6
2010 (NI) c.6
*Note that between 14 October 2002 and 8 May 2007 the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended and no devolved legislation was enacted. See the website of the Northern Ireland Assembly for details.
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Acts of the Scottish Parliament |
1999 - present |
Office of Public Sector Information |
OPSI / Justis / Lexis Library / Westlaw |
Recognised formats of references to Acts of the Scottish Parliament include:
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act, 2003
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- 2003 asp 2
- 2003 ASP. 2
Formats for Acts: |
Formats for sections and schedules: |
Land Reform (Scotland) Act, 2003
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
2003 asp 2
2003 ASP. 2 |
Section 12
sect.12
sec.12
s.12
s12
ss. 2,4,8
ss. 3-6
Schedule 2
sch.2
sch2 |
Any of the formats in the left-hand column of the table can be used to find the Arrangement of Sections, which has hypertext links to the preamble and to all of the sections and schedules that make up the complete Act.
Any of the formats for an Act can be followed by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by space and/or comma) to find an individual section or schedule, a range of sections, or several specified sections. For example:
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 12
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 Schedule 2
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 s.12(3b)
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 s.12
Any of the formats for an Act can be preceded by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by prepositions, articles, space and/or comma) to find an individual section or schedule, a range of sections, or several specified sections. For example:
- Section 12(3b) of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- ss. 2,4,8 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- ss. 3-6 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- ss. 3-6 of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- Schedule 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- Schedule 2 to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary.
References to locations within a section or schedule (e.g. 12(3b)) will lead to information about the whole section or schedule.
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Measures of the National Assembly for Wales |
2008 - present |
Office of Public Sector Information |
OPSI / Justis |
Measures of the National Assembly for Wales – reference formats
References to Measures of the National Assembly for Wales that JustCite can recognise include:
Formats for Acts: |
Formats for sections and schedules: |
NHS Redress (Wales) Measure, 2008
NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008
2008 nawm 1
Mesur Gwneud Iawn am Gamweddau’r GIG (Cymru) 2008
2008 mccc 1 |
Section 7
sect. 7
sec 7
s. 7
s 7
s7 |
Any of the formats in the left-hand column of the table can be used to find the Arrangement of Sections, which has hypertext links to the preamble and to all of the sections that make up the complete Measure.
Any of the formats for a Measure can be followed by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by space and/or comma) to find an individual section. For example:
- NHS Redress (Wales) Measure, 2008, Section 7
- NHS Redress (Wales) Measure, 2008 s.7(5)(a)
- NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008 s.7
- 2008 nawm 1 Section 7
- 2008 nawm 2 s.7
- 2008 nawm 2 s.7(2)(c)
- 2008 mccc 1 Section 7
Any of the formats for a Measure can be preceded by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by prepositions, articles, space and/or comma) to find an individual section. For example:
- Section 7 of the NHS Redress (Wales) Measure, 2008
- Section 7, NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary
References to locations within a section (e.g. 7(2)(c)) will lead to information about the whole section.
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UK Statutes |
1235 - present* |
Office of Public Sector Information |
OPSI / Justis / Lexis Library / Westlaw |
*Note that no Acts of Parliament for the period of the Interregnum (1649-1660) are included within this datasource as, lacking royal assent, they were deemed null and void following the restoration. For scholars of this period of English history, the text of the Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum are available online here.
Acts of the UK Parliament – reference formats
Recognised formats of references to Acts of Parliament include:
Formats for Acts |
Formats for sections and schedules |
Children Act, 1989
Children Act 1989
1989 Chapter 41
1989 c. 41
1989 c.41
2000 (N.I.) c. 1
2000 (n.i.) c. 1
Magna Carta |
Section 12
sect.12
sec.12
s.12
s12
Schedule 8
sch.8
sch8 |
Any of the formats in the left-hand column of the table can be used to find the Arrangement of Sections, which has hypertext links to the preamble and to all of the sections and schedules that make up the complete Act.
Any of the formats for an Act can be followed by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by space and/or comma) to find an individual section or schedule, a range of sections, or several specified sections. For example:
- Children Act, 1989, Section 12
- Children Act, 1989 Schedule 8
- Children Act 1989 s.12(3b)
- Children Act 1989 s.12
- 1989 Chapter 41 Section 12
- 1989 c.41 sch.8
Any of the formats for an Act can be preceded by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by prepositions, articles, space and/or comma) to find an individual section or schedule. For example:
- Section 12(3b) of the Children Act 1989
- s. 4 of the Children Act 1989
- Schedule 8 of the Children Act 1989
- Schedule 8 to the Children Act 1989
Alphabetic characters can normally be upper or lower case, and can include full stops, but they are not normally necessary. The exception is abbreviations of Chapter, where “c.” must be lower case and include a full stop.
References to locations within a section or schedule (e.g. 12(3b)) will lead to information about the whole section or schedule.
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| Coverage | Publisher | Full Text* |
Scottish Statutory Instruments |
1999 - present |
Office of Public Sector Information |
OPSI / Justis / Lexis Library / Westlaw |
The formats of references for Scottish Statutory Instruments that JustCite can recognise include:
- Scottish Statutory Instrument number 1 of 2002
- Scottish Statutory Instrument number 1 of 8/1/2002
- S.S.I. No. 1 of 2002
- S.S.I. No. 1 of 8/1/2002
- Scottish Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1
- Scottish Statutory Instrument 2002/1
- S.S.I. 2002 No. 1
- S.S.I. 2002/1
- SSI 2002 no 1
- SSI 2002 1
- SSI 2002/1
- SSI 2002-1
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary. In the short formats, the three elements can be separated by space, hyphen or slash.
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UK Statutory Instruments |
1671 - 1948 (Archive)
1949 - present |
Office of Public Sector Information |
OPSI / Justis / Lexis Library / Westlaw |
*Note that the UK Statutory Instruments data source includes both SIs 1949-present as well as previous secondary legislation 1671-1948 as recorded in HMSO’s Statutory Rules & Orders and Statutory Instruments (Revised to December 31, 1948).This means SIs or SROs repealed before December 31, 1948 will not appear.
Note that for SIs marked Lapsed or Revoked before approximately 2004, JustCite will not carry enabling act link information.
Recognised citation formats for Statutory Instruments include:
- Statutory Instrument number 3123 of 1995
- Statutory Instrument number 3123 of 3/12/95
- Statutory Instruments number 3123 of 1995
- Statutory Instruments number 3123 of 3/12/95
- S.I. No. 3123 of 1995
- S.I. No. 3123 of 3/12/95
- S.I. n. 3123 of 1995
- S.I. n. 3123 of 3/12/95
- S.I. 3123 of 1995
- SI Nº 3123 of 3 December 1995
- Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 3123
- Statutory Instrument 1995/3123
- Statutory Instruments 1995 No. 3123
- Statutory Instruments 1995/3123
- S.I. 1995 No. 3123
- S.I. 1995/3123
- S.I. 1995 3123
- S.I. 1995-3123
- SI 1995 No. 3123
- SI 1995/3123
- SI 1995 3123
- SI 1995-3123
- si 1995 no 3123
- si 1995/3123
- si 1995 3123
- si-1995-3123
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary. In the short formats, the three elements can be separated by space, hyphen or slash.
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Welsh Statutory Instruments |
1999 - present |
Office of Public Sector Information |
OPSI / Justis |
The formats of references for Welsh Statutory Instruments that JustCite can recognise include:
- Welsh Statutory Instrument 45 of 2002 W4
- Welsh Statutory Instrument 2002 45 W4
- Welsh S.I. No. 45 of 2002 W4
- Welsh S.I. 45 of 2002 W4
- Welsh S.I. 2002 45 W4
- S.I. No. 45 of 2002 W4
- S.I. 2002 45 W4
- SI 45 of 2002 W4
- SI 45 2002 W4
- SI 2002/45/W4
- SI 2002/45 W4
- SI 2002 45 W4
- Offerynnau Statudol Rhif. 45 2002 Cy.4
- Offerynnau Statudol 2002 45 Cy.4
- O.S. Rhif. 45 2002 Cy.4
- OS Rhif 45 2002 Cy4
- OS 2002 Rhif 45 (Cy.4)
- OS 2002/45 (Cy.4)
- OS 2002 45 (Cy.4)
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary
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