Blackstone's Statutes Series

UK Legislation

Most of the recent legislation in the book is available from the Office of Public Sector Information website:
www.opsi.gov.uk

However, this dates back only as far as 1988, so that some of the earlier legislation can be difficult to access. Moreover the legislation is likely to be in the form originally passed by Parliament, and not up-dated to take account of any amendment. The amended legislation is available in our volume, or your University Library may allow you access to services like Westlaw or Lexis.

Below are links for some of the more significant and historic material, which will not be available on the HMSO web site:

Magna Carta
www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&PageNumber=0&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1517519&ActiveTextDocId=1517519&filesize=58825

Treason Act 1351
www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&PageNumber=0&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1517663&ActiveTextDocId=1517663&filesize=1191

The Bill of Rights 1688
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMarSess2/1/2/contents

The Act of Settlement 1700
www.eauk.org/_commission/commission/evidence/8 Act of Settlement.pdf

Union with Scotland Act 1706
www.swarb.co.uk/acts/1706Union%20with%20ScotlandAct.shtml
host.uniroma3.it/progetti/cedir/cedir/Lex-doc/Uk_scot-act.pdf

Parliamentary Papers Act 1840
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/jt199899/jtselect/jtpriv/43/4321.htm

The Statute of Westminster 1931
www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/legc/westmins.htm

Bank of England Act 1946
www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/legislation/1946act.pdf

Crown Proceedings Act 1947
www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1947/cukpga_19470044_en_1

Public Records Act 1958
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/policy/act/default.htm

Obscene Publications Act 1959
www.oup.co.uk/pdf/bt/hedleyaplin/part_a.pdf