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04Legislation

The law as enacted, and as it stood on any day.

Statutes and regulations with every version they have had, the treaties and gazettes that carried them, the papers that produced them and the rulings that apply them.

Bundesgesetzblatt — Germany’s federal law gazette
Journal officiel — France
Sefer HaHukim — Israel’s book of laws
United States Statutes at Large
Gazzetta Ufficiale — Italy
Boletín Oficial del Estado — Spain
Staatsblad — the Netherlands
Public General Acts — United Kingdom
Diário Oficial da União — Brazil
Kanpō — Japan’s official gazette
Official Journal of the European Union
Svensk författningssamling — Sweden

APoint in time

Every version of every provision, and the day each took effect.

Read a statute as it stood on the day of a contract, an offence or a decision — and see exactly what changed between one version and the next.

In force 2016-05-24 — 2019-12-31
In force 2020-01-01 — 2023-06-30
In force from 2023-07-01
Sample One provision, three versions. What changed catches the light.

BIn the record

Every instrument the law is made of.

Statutes and codes

Primary legislation as enacted, and as consolidated.

Point-in-time versions

Every version of a provision, and the day each took effect and ended.

Regulations

Secondary legislation and the instruments of public authorities.

European Union law

Regulations, directives, decisions and recommendations.

Treaties

International agreements, as the parties published them.

Official gazettes

The gazette issue that carried each act into force.

Parliamentary papers

Bills and the documents of the legislature that passed them.

Tax rulings and guidance

Rulings of tax authorities and the guidance they publish.

CWhere

Legislation from these jurisdictions sits beside their case law.

Point-in-time versions: . Official gazettes: .

What did the law say on the day? Tell us the act and the date.