Most of the Acts passed by the UK Parliament are ‘Public General Acts’. These are Acts that deal with matters of general public interest.
A small number of Acts are ‘Private Acts’. These are further sub-divided into ‘Local Acts’ (which relate to matters of local interest) and ‘Personal Acts’ (which relate to particular persons, and are nowadays very rare). These two classes of Acts are numbered differently to Public General Acts.
Public General Acts are held on SLD and revised. Local Acts are held on SLD but not revised (except for a small number which, for historic reasons, are revised). Personal Acts are not held on SLD at all.
You can find out more about the UK parliament and the UK legislative process at www.parliament.uk.
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