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New government website collates 800 years of British laws

The website, which has gone live today, contains every single law ever made in the UK, including all revisions throughout legal history since 1267.

Legislation.gov.uk will allow anyone, from officials to ordinary citizens to scrutinise the laws on which their legal rights and responsibilities are based. There are multiple options for downloading and printing the information across the site....
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)