Legislation.gov.uk is a newly launched website for UK legislation from all jurisdictions (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) and statutes. From 1267 to the present day, the site carries all legislation and laws that the UK National Archives was able to obtain and make accessible on the Web. The site's Help section details the legislative and statutory coverage and coverage gaps.
The underlying legislative data for the site has been made available for free from Data.gov.uk. That site's 29 July 2010 blog post explains that developers can re-use and build new applications with the data:
On the surface the website enables lawyers and ordinary citizens alike to scrutinise the laws on which their legal rights and responsibilities are based. Beneath the surface, legislation.gov.uk is much more just than a website - it is a step change in transparency, providing full access to the statute book as open data. It shows how the web of documents and the web of data can be combined.
The statute book is large and it changes every day. www.legislation.gov.uk provides an API to give developers full and open access to the underlying data, free for re-use under data.gov.uk licence terms [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions]. As well as the website, the API is now live and fully operational, with new legislation and new revisions added every day.
The National Archives launch announcement states, "Legislation.gov.uk replaces The Office of Public Sector Information [OPSI] and Statute Law Database websites to deliver an integrated and responsive service and better value to the taxpayer." The OPSI site provides details of the content migration, which is not complete at this time.
[Hat tip to the essential @richards1000]
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