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The UK Statute Law Database is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk
The Office of Public Sector Information site provides links to the full text of all UK Parliament Public General Acts (from 1988 onwards) and all Local Acts (from 1991 onwards) as they were originally enacted
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm
BAILII is the abbreviated name of the ‘British and Irish Legal Information Institute’. It is a free service which provides a fully searchable collection of statutes and statutory instruments as enacted or passed. The data is derived from OPSI
http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_act/
Westlaw provides a range of search facilities which can be used to find both Acts of Parliament and statutory instruments
http://www.westlaw.co.uk
LexisNexis® Butterworths (LexisNexis) provides searchable legislation and statutory instrument databases as well as cross-references to Halsbury
http://www.lexisnexis.co.uk
Lawtel provides a good legislation search facility. It also has a full range of browsable legislation
http://www.lawtel.com
The Stationery Office website provides an overview of the Daily Liston its online bookshop
http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=38793
Debates of the European Parliament can be found at
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/
The text of European Treaties can be found on the EUR-Lex website
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/index.htm
EUROPA is the main website of the European Union. It contains over 1.5 million pages and links to the EC legal portal, EUR-Lex
http://www.europa.eu
EUR-Lex is updated daily and provides a free searchable database of European legislation
http://eur-lex.europa.eu
The official text of the European Convention on Human Rights and the various protocols which amend it can be found online at
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/005.htm
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