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Explanatory
Notes to Public Acts
With
effect from the first Public General Act of 1999, all new Public Acts
which result from Bills introduced into either House of Parliament
by a Government Minister (with the exception of Appropriation, Consolidated
Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts), are to be accompanied by Explanatory
Notes. The text of the Explanatory Notes will be produced by the Government
Department responsible for the subject matter of the Act. The purpose
of these Explanatory Notes is to make the Act of Parliament accessible
to readers who are not legally qualified and who have no specialised
knowledge of the matters dealt with. They are intended to allow the
reader to grasp what the Act sets out to achieve and place its effect
in context.
Explanatory Notes are optional for Acts which result from the successful
passage of Private Members Bills and it is expected that few (if any)
will be published for such Acts.
The aim is that the Explanatory Notes should be published on the Internet
at the same time as the Act but this might not always be possible
and may follow within 2-3 days of the publication of the Act on this
site.
A
template for the creation of Explanatory Notes is available for
authorised users.
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