This page explains how amendments will appear in the text of the legislation that is being amended. The appearance depends on the type of amendment: Insertions and Substitutions or Repeals.
Insertions and substitutions that have been brought into effect are signified by square brackets and appear in blue font.
Insertions and substitutions that have not yet been brought into effect (that is, those that are prospective) are displayed in brackets and in italicised blue text:
Each amendment is annotated with an F-note, and a sequential reference for that F-note is displayed in bold superscript at the beginning of the amendment (as in the illustration above). See Annotations for details of how annotations are displayed.
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Northern Ireland Variations In Northern Ireland revised legislation, insertions and substitutions occurring before 1981 will not appear in blue text. They are shown as black text within brackets. The text of any insertions or substitutions in Northern Ireland revised legislation that were still prospective at the Northern Ireland basedate will not appear until the amendments are brought into force. While amendments are still prospective there will usually be a footnote indicating the nature of the amendment and citing the amending legislation (e.g. prosp. inserted by 1991 NI 24).
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Repeals that have been brought into effect are signified by rows of dots. There are two ways in which a row of dots can be displayed:
a short row of three dots for a repeal of words
a full line of dots for the repeal of a whole provision or sub-provision
The first illustration below shows the repeal of a subsection (annotation F1) and a repeal of words (annotation F2). The second illustration shows a repeal of a whole provision.
Where the text has been repealed only for a limited geographical extent (e.g. the text of a provision that extends to England and Wales is repealed for England only), the text will remain in place enclosed in square brackets. Where the repeal is made by legislation enacted in 2003 or later years, the text in the square brackets will appear in black. Where the repeal is made by legislation enacted in 2002 or earlier years, the text may appear in blue.
Repeals that have not yet been brought into effect (that is, those that are prospective) are displayed in italicised text:
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Northern Ireland Variations In Northern Ireland revised legislation, repeals of whole provisions, sub-provisions, definitions etc. occurring before 2006 will not appear as rows of dots. The repealed text is instead replaced by an italicised note giving authority for the repeal. |
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