Search by word(s)

Enter a full title or part of a title to find UK legislation results based on title. For example ‘Data’ will match ‘Data Protection Act’ and ‘The Data Retention Regulations’.

Enter words to be searched for in the full text of the documents.

Search hints

The targeted search engine will find a word in all its various forms e.g a search for ‘fish’ will find ‘fisheries’ and ‘fishing’ etc.

Document type

Select the desired type of text from the drop-down menu by clicking on the downward arrow beside the corresponding box. Only one choice can be selected at a time.

Document number

Type the number of the act. Ex: 2018/33 or simply 33.

Type of date

Select whether you would like to search across legislation for a particular year or range of years.

All legislation from 1988 – present day is available to search. Most but not all pre-1988 primary and secondary legislation, dating back to 1267 is available to search. Older legislation is being added to make the dataset more complete.

United Kingdom (an EU country until 31.01.2020)

legislation.gov.uk / Legislation

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