Blackstone's Statutes Series 
Caddell & Johnson: Media Law 2eBlackstone's Statutes Series
Web links
Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/about_legislation
This lists all UK Acts since 1988 and all UK Statutory instruments since 1987, as well as Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish legislation. The site also contains the amended version of many statute sup to 1987. (For the revised version of post-1987 statutes see the UK Statute Law Database below).
Draft statutory instruments are also listed.
The New Legislation section lists all material added to the site in the previous two weeks.
The UK Statute Law Database
www.statutelaw.gov.uk
This provides the revised text of most legislation. The revisions include all amendments up to 2002 but may not include amendments since then.
Parliament
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills.htm
This gives the text of all Bills currently before Parliament.
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmwib.htm
Weekly Information Bulletin, for information on how a Bill is progressing
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsilist/cmsilist.htm
To find out how a statutory instrument is progressing
Department for Business Innovation and Skills
www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/employment/index.html
The Department for Trade and Industry became the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and has now become the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) This link is to the Employment Section which contains consultation papers and draft regulations.
Europe
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/legis/20090701/index.htm
This provides an index to Directives, most of those relating to employment will be found under Working conditions.
ACAS
www.acas.org.uk
This is the site of the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service and under News will list impending changes to Codes of practice etc.
Equality and Human Rights Commission
www.equalityhumanrights.com
Replacing the Equal Opportunities Commission, The Commission for Racial Equality, and The Disability Rights Commission.
Other sites
www.danielbarnett.co.uk
A useful news site is provided by Daniel Barnett. This is mostly concerned with recent cases but also provides information on recent legislation, consultation documents, and draft statutory instruments. This requires registration but not a subscription.
There are also a number of subscription only sites which provide up to date versions of statutes and SIs. These include LexisNexis, Westlaw and LawTel which are often available through university libraries.
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