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Answered By: Robyn McEwen-Orr Last Updated: Jan 15, 2026 Views: 282
Answered By: Robyn McEwen-Orr
Last Updated: Jan 15, 2026 Views: 282
If you can't find a particular piece of legislation, it could be because it's a piece of local legislation.
If your Local Act is post-1991:
- Westlaw should have an up-to-date version
If your Act is pre-1991:
- Check the Chronological Table of Local Acts on legislation.gov.uk
- Check UK Parliamentary Papers if your Act is dated between 1797-1834 (Newcastle University credentials required for login)
- Check the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
- Check the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
- Check the ‘Effect of Legislation’ table, published by TSO in the "Public General Acts Tables and Index", for each year 2009 onwards (these can be found in the bound volumes produced by TSO)
You can also:
- Check the Current Law Legislation Citators for each year 2009 onwards, but be warned these aren’t comprehensive (and don’t include the Statute Law (Repeals) Acts 2008 & 2013)
- Run a free-text search on Westlaw’s legislation module for “[Act Title]” /15 (repeal! or amend!) to see if any later legislation has amended your Local Act
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