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This infobox takes a number of parameters:

(({short_title))}
Dates
[[(({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))}
Made	(({si_made_date))}
Laid before Parliament	(({si_laid_date))}
Royal assent	(({royal_assent))}
Commencement	(({commencement))}
Expired	(({expiry_date))}
Repealed	(({repeal_date))}
Other legislation
Amends	(({amends))}
Repeals/revokes	(({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Repealed by	(({repealing_legislation))}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[(({original_text))} Text of statute as originally enacted]
[(({revised_text))} Revised text of statute as amended]
Text of the (({UK-LEG_title))} as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

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

Acts of the Scottish Parliament (from 1999)

Not to be used for the pre-union Parliament of Scotland legislation.

((Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = 
| type                  = Scottish Act
| parliament            = Scottish Parliament
| long_title            = 
| year                  = 
| citation              = 
| introduced_by         = 
| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 
| commencement          = 
| expiry_date           =
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = 
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = 
| legislation_history   = 
| theyworkforyou        = 
| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = 
| revised_text          = 
| use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
| UK-LEG_title          = 
| collapsed             = 
))

Acts of the Senedd Cymru (from 2020)

((Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = 
| type                  = Welsh Act
| parliament            = Senedd Cymru
| long_title            = 
| year                  = 
| citation              = 
| introduced_by         = 
| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 
| commencement          = 
| expiry_date           =
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = 
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = 
| legislation_history   = 
| theyworkforyou        = 
| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = 
| revised_text          = 
| use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
| UK-LEG_title          = 
| collapsed             = 
))

Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly (from 1999)

((Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = 
| type                  = NI Act
| parliament            = Northern Ireland Assembly
| long_title            = 
| year                  = 
| citation              = 
| introduced_by         = 
| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 
| commencement          = 
| expiry_date           =
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = 
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = 
| legislation_history   = 
| theyworkforyou        = 
| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = 
| revised_text          = 
| use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
| UK-LEG_title          = 
| collapsed             = 
))

UK 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          = 
| expiry_date           =
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| primary_legislation   = 
| eu_directives         = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = 
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = 
| legislation_history   = 
| theyworkforyou        = 
| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = 
| revised_text          = 
| use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
| UK-LEG_title          = 
| collapsed             = 
))

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

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

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox UK legislation in articles based on its TemplateData.

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, for example if it is an Act or Statutory Instrument. Displays as a subheading at the top of the infobox. Valid values are: "act" or "act of parliament", for the UK Parliament and its predecessors (including the pre-union Parliaments of Ireland and Scotland) "si" or "statutory instrument", for Statutory Instruments "scottish act", for Acts of the Scottish Parliament (the devolved parliament) "welsh assembly act", for Acts of the Welsh Assembly (2011–2020) "welsh act" or "senedd act", for Acts of Senedd Cymru, "measure", for Measures of the Welsh Assembly (2008–2011) "ni act", for Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly "gibraltar act", for Acts of Parliament (Gibraltar) The values are not case-sensitive.	String	suggested
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 (1999–2020) "Senedd Cymru", "Welsh Parliament" or "Senedd", for the devolved Parliament "Parliament of Gibraltar", for the overseas territory's Parliament "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
Citation	`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 should be a link (if an article exists) to the individual or otherwise the name of the individual who introduced the legislation. If this is not known link to a political party or leave blank. One could also mention whether it was a government-supported bill or a private member's bill. For Scottish, Welsh and NI Assembly Acts, devolved secondary legislation, some English Civil War era legislation and very old English legislation where the division between the Commons and Lords did not exist. For legislation passed by the UK parliament, where possible you should use either introduced_commons or introduced_lords.	Content	optional
introduced_commons	`introduced_commons`	Who first introduced the legislation into the House of Commons? This should be a link (if an article exists) to the individual or otherwise the name of the individual who introduced the legislation in the Commons. If this is not known link to a political party or leave blank. 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 should be a link (if an article exists) to the individual or otherwise the name of the individual who introduced the legislation in the Lords. If this is not known link to a political party or leave blank. 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. If this is self-evident or obvious by context, this can be left blank - e.g. you do not need to state that Acts of the Scottish Parliament extend to Scotland.	Page name	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.	Date	suggested
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) or a link to the section of the article which explains how the legislation commences.	Content	optional
Expiry date	`expiry_date`	The date the legislation expired. Do not add until the legislation actually expired as there is still a possibility that legislation might be extended. Use repeal_date instead if the legislation does not explicitly state a date which it will stop being in force.	Content	optional
Repeal date	`repeal_date`	The date the legislation was repealed or revoked (if it is a Statutory Instrument). This may be different from the day the legislation expired. Label shows "Revoked" if the legislation is a Statutory Instrument, otherwise it shows "Repealed"	Content	optional
Amends	`amends`	Earlier legislation that is amended by this piece of legislation.	Date	optional
Repeals/revokes	`replaces`	Earlier legislation that is repealed or revoked (stopped from being law) by the legislation.	Date	optional
Primary legislation	`primary_legislation`	The primary legislation secondary legislation is made under.	Content	optional
EU directives	`eu_directives`	The EU directives this legislation transposes. This should not be used for legislation passed after the end of the Brexit transition period (31 December 2020).	Content	deprecated
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
Repealed by or Revoked by (if type is a statutory instrument)	`repealing_legislation`	Links to legislation which revokes (if a Statutory Instrument) or repeals (otherwise) the legislation.	Content	optional
Related legislation	`related_legislation`	Links to related legislation	Content	optional
Status	`status`	This can be one of the following 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) "Expired" (similar to Spent, for legislation which has expired, usually after an explicit date written in the legislation) "Repealed" (for primary 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) "Revoked" (for statutory instruments which has been revoked, or are no longer in force) "partially_expired" (for legislation which has only partially expired, but some sections have been extended) "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	suggested
Legislation history link	`legislation_history`	External link to information about the passage of the legislation through the legislature.	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
Original text link	`original_text`	External link to the text of the legislation as originally enacted.	String	optional
Revised text link	`revised_text`	External link to the revised text of the statute, as amended	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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