Template:Infobox UK legislation

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Full syntax

This infobox takes a number of parameters:

{{{short_title}}}

[[{{{parliament}}}]]
Long title	{{{long_title}}} (The short title is authorised by section {{{citation_auth}}} of the Act.)
Citation	{{{citation}}}
Introduced by	{{{introduced_by}}}{{{introduced_commons}}} (Commons) {{{introduced_lords}}} (Lords)
Territorial extent	{{{territorial_extent}}}
Dates
Made	{{{si_made_date}}}
Laid before Parliament	{{{si_laid_date}}}
Royal assent	{{{royal_assent}}}
Commencement	{{{commencement}}}
Repealed	{{{repeal_date}}}
Other legislation
Amends	{{{amends}}}
Repeals	{{{replaces}}}
Made under	{{{primary_legislation}}}
Transposes	{{{eu_directives}}}
Amended by	{{{amendments}}}
Repealed by	{{{repealing_legislation}}}
Relates to	{{{related_legislation}}}
Status: Unknown
[{{{legislation_history}}} History of passage through Parliament]
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard, at TheyWorkForYou
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
[{{{original_text}}} Text of statute as originally enacted]
Text of the {{{UK-LEG_title}}} as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
[{{{revised_text}}} Revised text of statute as amended]

{{Infobox UK legislation
|short_title           = 
|type                  = 
|parliament            = 
|long_title            = 
|year                  = 
|citation              = 
|citation_auth         = 
|introduced_commons    = 
|introduced_lords      = 
|territorial_extent    = 
|si_made_date          = 
|si_laid_date          = 
|royal_assent          = 
|commencement          = 
|repeal_date           = 
|amends                = 
|replaces              = 
|primary_legislation   = 
|eu_directives         = 
|amendments            = 
|related_legislation   = 
|repealing_legislation = 
|status                = 
|status_EW             = 
|status_Scot           = 
|status_IE             = 
|status_NI             = 
|original_text         = 
|legislation_history   = 
|use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
|UK-LEG_title          = 
|revised_text          = 
|theyworkforyou        = 
|millbankhansard       = 
|collapsed             = 
}}

Acts of Parliament

{{Infobox UK legislation
|short_title           = 
|type                  = Act
|parliament            = 
|long_title            = 
|year                  = 
|citation              = 
|introduced_commons    = 
|introduced_lords      = 
|territorial_extent    = 
|royal_assent          = 
|commencement          = 
|repeal_date           = 
|replaces              = 
|amends                = 
|amendments            = 
|related_legislation   = 
|repealing_legislation = 
|status                = 
|original_text         = 
|legislation_history   = 
|use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
|UK-LEG_title          = 
|revised_text          = 
|theyworkforyou        = 
|millbankhansard       = 
}}

Statutory Instruments

{{Infobox UK legislation
|short_title           = 
|type                  = Statutory Instrument
|parliament            = 
|year                  = 
|citation              = 
|introduced_commons    = 
|introduced_lords      = 
|territorial_extent    = 
|si_made_date          = 
|si_laid_date          = 
|commencement          = 
|repeal_date           = 
|replaces              = 
|amends                = 
|primary_legislation   = 
|eu_directives         = 
|amendments            = 
|related_legislation   = 
|repealing_legislation = 
|status                = 
|original_text         = 
|legislation_history   = 
|use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
|UK-LEG_title          = 
|revised_text          = 
|theyworkforyou        = 
|millbankhansard       = 
}}

Microformat

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Classes used

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• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Infobox UK legislation

An infobox for UK statute legislation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Short title	short_title	The short title of the legislation, displayed at the top of the infobox. This will usually be the same as the article title. Default {{PAGENAME}}	String	suggested
Type	type	The type of legislation, whether an Act or Statutory Instrument. Displays as a subheading at the top of the infobox. Default	String	optional
parliament	parliament	The name of the parliament which made the legislation. This will be linked. This parameter will also affect which coat of arms is displayed. Valid values: "Scottish Parliament", for the devolved Parliament "Northern Ireland Assembly", for the devolved Assembly "National Assembly for Wales", for the devolved Assembly "Parliament of Northern Ireland", for the 1921–72 Parliament "Parliament of Scotland", for the pre-Union Parliament "Parliament of Ireland", for the pre-Union Parliament "Parliament of England", for the pre-1707 Parliament "Parliament of Great Britain" (1707–1800) Any other value (including a missing value) will denote the post-1801 Parliament of the United Kingdom in Westminster Default Parliament of the United Kingdom	Page name	suggested
Long title	long_title	The long title of the legislation. Some are extremely long and can clutter up the infobox.	String	optional
year	year	The (calendar) year of the legislation — along with "parliament", this parameter affects the coat of arms to be displayed.	Number	suggested
Statute book chapter	citation	The chapter within the statute book where the legislation is to be found. Where this is before 1963, it must use the regnal year, not the calendar year; see [[Citation of United Kingdom legislation#Acts of Parliament]].	String	optional
Introduced by	introduced_by	Who first introduced the legislation into parliament? This could be a link to an individual politician, or a political party if you do not know the individual. One could also mention whether it was a government-supported bill or a private member's bill. Retained for compatibility purposes, but where possible you should use either introduced_commons or introduced_lords.	Content	deprecated
introduced_commons	introduced_commons	Who first introduced the legislation into the House of Commons. This could be a link to an individual politician, or a political party if you do not know the individual. One could also mention whether it was a government-supported bill or a private member's bill.	Content	suggested
introduced_lords	introduced_lords	Who first introduced the legislation into the House of Lords. This could be a link to an individual politician, or a political party if you do not know the individual. One could also mention whether it was a government-supported bill or a private member's bill.	Content	suggested
Territorial extent	territorial_extent	The part(s) of the United Kingdom to which the act extends.	Page name	optional
Replaces	replaces	Earlier legislation that is replaced by this piece of legislation.	Date	optional
Amends	amends	Earlier legislation that is amended by this piece of legislation.	Date	optional
Date made	si_made_date	The date a Statutory Instrument was made.	Date	optional
Date laid before Parliament	si_laid_date	The date a Statutory Instrument was laid before Parliament.	Date	optional
Royal Assent	royal_assent	The date the legislation received Royal Assent (only applicable in Commonwealth countries, other users may wish to copy and modify the template).	Date	optional
commencement	commencement	The date(s) at which the legislation was brought into force (but note that for acts with more than three or four commencement dates this is inappropriate to use).	Content	optional
Repeal date	repeal_date	The date the legislation was repealed.	Content	optional
amendments	amendments	Internal links to amending or repealing legislation, or even a list of years in which the legislation has been modified (note that for acts with a great deal of amending or repealing legislation only the most significant pieces of legislation should be listed).	Content	optional
Primary legislation	primary_legislation	The primary legislation secondary legislation is made under. Default	Content	optional
EU directives	eu_directives	The EU directives this legislation transposes.	Content	optional
Repealing legislation	repealing_legislation	Internal links to legislation repealing this statute.	Content	optional
Related legislation	related_legislation	Internal links to related legislation	Content	optional
status	status	This can be one of eight values: "Current" (for legislation still in force) "Amended" (for legislation which has been modified by separate legislation) "Spent" (for legislation exhausted in operation by the accomplishment of the purposes for which it was enacted) "Repealed" (for legislation which has been repealed, or is no longer in force) "partially_repealed" (for legislation which has only been partially repealed, but some sections are still in force) "Not_yet_in_force" (for legislation which has not been commenced yet) "Not_fully_in_force" (for legislation which has been partially commenced "Not_passed" (for bills that have not been enacted). This defaults to "Unknown" if an illegal value is entered. The text area is colour-coded. Default Unknown	String	optional
Original text	original_text	External link to the text of the legislation as originally enacted.	String	optional
Legislation history	legislation_history	External link to information about the passage of the legislation through the legislature.	String	optional
Revised text link	revised_text	External link to the revised text of the statute, as amended	String	optional
TWFY URL slug	theyworkforyou	URL slug for TheyWorkForYou link	String	optional
Hansard URL slug	millbankhansard	URL search slug for hansard.parliament.uk, Parliament's official service for Hansard. Use this to give a link to the official record in Parliament about the legislation.	String	optional
Use new UK-LEG?	use_new_UK-LEG	"yes" to use new {{tl|UK-LEG}} template to automatically produce a URI for the legislation.gov.uk service	String	optional
UK-LEG title	UK-LEG_title	Variable for {{tl|UK-LEG}} Default {{PAGENAME}}	String	optional
Collapse?	collapsed	"y" if the infobox should be collapsed by default.	String	optional

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