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Primary And Secondary Legislation

Volume 404: debated on Monday 28 April 2003

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To ask the President of the Council if he will arrange for the annual publication of a compiled list of primary and secondary legislation which has come into force in the previous year, with the dates on which they came into force, and including commencement dates for sections of Acts coming into force in that same year other than on the day of Royal Assent. [110273]

No. Monthly and annual lists of Statutory Publications are compiled for the Queen's Printer and published by The Stationery Office Ltd. which include details of all new primary and secondary legislation. The information provided includes the coming into force date for all secondary legislation. The commencement dates of primary legislation are set out in either primary or secondary legislation, and are therefore already published by the Queen's Printer (and accessible via www.hmso.gov.uk).There are also a variety of commercial publications which distil and re-present the information published by the Queen's Printer, and there seems to be no need to supplement them.

To ask the President of the Council if he will arrange for the annual publication of a compiled list of primary and secondary legislation which has been repealed in the previous year, including the dates on which they were repealed. [110274]

No. Her Majesty's Stationery Office already produce tables which show the effects of legislation on previous legislation. Full details of repeal dates are set out in the legislation referred to in the tables and this is published on the HMSO website (www.hmso.gov.uk).