Guides: Law: Searching for legislation

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Searching for legislation

Use the legal databases to search for legislation. Both Westlaw UK and LexisLibrary provide access to legislation. Legislation is also freely available on the internet via Legislation.gov.uk

Westlaw UK

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Access case reports, legislation, journal articles and a selection of practitioner texts.
You may need to register before accessing this database
- Database help guide

Westlaw UK: Legislation helpguide

Lexis+

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Lexis+ provides access to a range of case law, legislation, commentary, and current awareness. This includes the full text of volumes 1-50 of Halsbury's Laws of England.