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[edit] Usage

This infobox takes a number of parameters:

 {{Infobox UK Legislation |short_title          =  |parliament           =  |long_title           =  |statute_book_chapter =  |introduced_by        =  |territorial_extent   =  |royal_assent         =  |commencement         =  |repeal_date          =   |amendments           =  |related_legislation  =  |repealing_legislation=  |status               =  |original_text        =  |activeTextDocId      =  |legislation_history  =  }} 

short title 

the short title of the legislation, displayed at the top of the infobox. Should preferably be the same as the article title.

parliament 

the name of the parliament which made the legislation. This will be linked.

long title 

the long title of the legislation (some are extremely long and thus clutter up the infobox).

statute book chapter 

the chapter within the statute book where the legislation is to be found

introduced by 

who first introduced the legislation into parliament. This could be a link to an individual politician, or a political party if you do not know the individual. One could also mention whether it was a government-supported bill or a private member's bill.

territorial extent 

the parts of the United Kingdom to which the act extends.

royal assent 

the date the legislation received Royal Assent (only applicable in Commonwealth countries, other users may wish to copy and modify the template).

commencement 

the date(s) at which the legislation was brought into force (but note that for acts with more than three or four commencement dates this is inappropriate to use).

amendments 

internal links to amending or repealing legislation, or even a list of years in which the legislation has been modified (note that for acts with a great deal of amending or repealing legislation only the most significant pieces of legislation should be listed).

related legislation 

self-explanatory.

status 

this can be one of five values, "Current" (for legislation still in force), "Amended" (for legislation which has been substantially modified by separate legislation), "Repealed" (for legislation which has been repealed, or is no longer in force), "Not_yet_in_force" (for legislation which has not been commenced yet), or "Not_fully_in_force" (for legislation which has been partially commenced); this defaults to Unknown if no value is entered.

original text 

link to the text of the legislation as originally enacted.

activeTextDocId 

identification number of the legislation in the Statute Law Database, allowing linking to the text of it as amended from time to time.

legislation history 

link to information about the passage of the legislation through the legislature.

[edit] Other Versions

{{Infobox UK Legislation mini}} — a replica template incorporating show/hide code

[edit] Blank Version

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[edit] Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat, which makes the event details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to a calendar or diary application. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Dates will only appear if you use {{Start date}} or {{End date}} (use the former for single dates). As an alternative, you may use or {{Start-date}} and {{End-date}}.

hCalendar uses HTML classes including:

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.