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Legislation Act 2019

Drafting and publishing of legislation - Drafting and publishing legislation - Official versions and related matters

79A: Legislative status of publication notes and information

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When you look at the official version of a law, you might see some extra information. This extra information does not form part of the actual law. It includes things like machine-readable text, links, or other metadata that help you use electronic versions of the law.

You might also see a record of the legislative history of the law, which is a record of how the law has changed over time, including changes made by the PCO under subpart 2. The PCO also publishes other information to help you understand the law, such as information recorded under clause 14 of Schedule 1. This information is published to assist you, but it is not part of the law itself.

If you see any other notes or information on the legislation website that are clearly marked as not being part of the law, you can ignore them when trying to understand what the law actually says.

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Drafting and publishing legislation: Official versions and related matters

79ALegislative status of publication notes and information

  1. The following, inserted by the PCO in carrying out its functions of publishing and consolidating legislation, do not form part of the text of the official version of legislation (even if published in that version):

  2. machine-readable text, links, or other metadata inserted as an aid to assist users of electronic versions of legislation:
    1. a record of the legislative history of the legislation (including a record of the fact that changes have been made by the PCO under subpart 2):
      1. information recorded and published by the PCO under clause 14 of Schedule 1 or as an aid to assist users to understand how this Act applies to secondary legislation:
        1. any other note or information that is clearly identified, in a suitable place on the legislation website, as not forming part of the legislation.

          Notes
          • Section 79A: inserted, on , by section 4(2) of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).