UK legislation
UK legislation can be identified by specific keywords in the reference. The jurisdiction of the document containing the reference in most cases defines whether the legislation referred to is UK, US, EU or foreign domestic.
In addition to UK documents, documents from jurisdictions within the British Commonwealth may also refer to UK legislation - always check whether the reference is Foreign Domestic or UK Legislation.
Distinguish the sub-type of UK legislation in OUP XML from Acts, SI Rules, SI Regulations, to SI Orders.
In the first instance the legal reference is of the form of the title of a piece of legislation, often followed by a reference to a specific part of the legislation, e.g.
the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, s.2Pursuing references is usually to a specific part of the legislation, and does not include the full title of the legislation. For example:
section 3 of that Acts. 24 above