Template:Infobox UK legislation/doc

Full syntax
This infobox takes a number of parameters:



Acts of Parliament


Statutory Instruments


TemplateData
{	"description": "An infobox for UK statute legislation.", "params": { "short_title": { "label": "Short title", "description": "The short title of the legislation, displayed at the top of the infobox. This will usually be the same as the article title.", "type": "string", "default": "", "suggested": true },		"type": { "label": "Type", "description": "The type of legislation, whether an Act or Statutory Instrument. Displays as a subheading at the top of the infobox.", "type": "string", "suggested": true },		"parliament": { "description": "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:\n:* \"Scottish Parliament\", for the devolved Parliament\n:* \"Northern Ireland Assembly\", for the devolved Assembly\n:* \"National Assembly for Wales\", for the devolved Assembly\n:* \"Parliament of Northern Ireland\", for the 1921–72 Parliament\n:* \"Parliament of Scotland\", for the pre-Union Parliament\n:* \"Parliament of Ireland\", for the pre-Union Parliament\n:* \"Parliament of England\", for the pre-1707 Parliament\n:* \"Parliament of Great Britain\" (1707–1800)\n Any other value (including a missing value) will denote the post-1801 Parliament of the United Kingdom in Westminster", "type": "wiki-page-name", "default": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "suggested": true, "label": "Parliament" },		"long_title": { "label": "Long title", "description": "The long title of the legislation. Some are extremely long and can clutter up the infobox.", "type": "string" },		"year": { "description": "The (calendar) year of the legislation — along with \"parliament\", this parameter affects the coat of arms to be displayed.", "type": "number", "suggested": true, "label": "Year" },		"citation": { "label": "Citation", "description": "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.", "type": "string" },		"introduced_by": { "label": "Introduced by", "description": "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. \n Retained for compatibility purposes and for Scottish, Welsh and NI Assembly Acts. For legislation passed by the UK parliament, where possible you should use either introduced_commons or introduced_lords.", "type": "content", "deprecated": "Retained for compatibility purposes, but where possible you should use either introduced_commons or introduced_lords." },		"introduced_commons": { "description": "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.", "type": "content", "suggested": true },		"introduced_lords": { "description": "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.", "type": "content", "suggested": true },		"territorial_extent": { "label": "Territorial extent", "description": "The part(s) of the United Kingdom to which the act extends.", "type": "wiki-page-name" },		"si_made_date": { "label": "Date made", "description": "The date a Statutory Instrument was made.", "type": "date" },		"si_laid_date": { "label": "Date laid before Parliament", "description": "The date a Statutory Instrument was laid before Parliament.", "type": "date" },		"royal_assent": { "label": "Royal Assent", "description": "The date the legislation received Royal Assent (only applicable in Commonwealth countries, other users may wish to copy and modify the template).", "type": "date", "suggested": true },		"commencement": { "description": "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).", "type": "content", "label": "Commencement" },		"amends": { "label": "Amends", "description": "Earlier legislation that is amended by this piece of legislation.", "type": "date" },		"replaces": { "label": "Replaces", "description": "Earlier legislation that is replaced by this piece of legislation.", "type": "date" },		"primary_legislation": { "description": "The primary legislation secondary legislation is made under.", "type": "content", "label": "Primary legislation" },		"eu_directives": { "label": "EU directives", "description": "The EU directives this legislation transposes.", "type": "content" },		"amendments": { "description": "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).", "type": "content", "label": "Amendments" },		"related_legislation": { "label": "Related legislation", "description": "Internal links to related legislation", "type": "content" },		"repealing_legislation": { "label": "Repealing legislation", "description": "Internal links to legislation repealing this statute.", "type": "content" },		"status": { "description": "This can be one of eight values:\n* \"Current\" (for legislation still in force)\n* \"Amended\" (for legislation which has been modified by separate legislation)\n* \"Spent\" (for legislation exhausted in operation by the accomplishment of the purposes for which it was enacted)\n* \"Repealed\" (for legislation which has been repealed, or is no longer in force)\n* \"partially_repealed\" (for legislation which has only been partially repealed, but some sections are still in force)\n* \"Not_yet_in_force\" (for legislation which has not been commenced yet)\n* \"Not_fully_in_force\" (for legislation which has been partially commenced\n* \"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",			"type": "string",			"label": "Status",			"suggested": true		},		"original_text": { "label": "Original text link", "description": "External link to the text of the legislation as originally enacted.", "type": "string" },		"legislation_history": { "label": "Legislation history link", "description": "External link to information about the passage of the legislation through the legislature.", "type": "string" },		"revised_text": { "label": "Revised text link", "description": "External link to the revised text of the statute, as amended", "type": "string" },		"theyworkforyou": { "label": "TWFY URL slug", "description": "URL slug for TheyWorkForYou link", "type": "string" },		"millbankhansard": { "label": "Hansard URL slug", "description": "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.", "type": "string" },		"use_new_UK-LEG": { "label": "Use new UK-LEG?", "description": "\"yes\" to use new UK-LEG template to automatically produce a URI for the legislation.gov.uk service", "type": "string" },		"UK-LEG_title": { "label": "UK-LEG title", "description": "Variable for UK-LEG", "type": "string", "default": "" },		"repeal_date": { "description": "The date the legislation was repealed.", "type": "content", "label": "Repeal date" },		"collapsed": { "label": "Collapse?", "description": "\"y\" if the infobox should be collapsed by default.", "type": "string" }	},	"paramOrder": [ "short_title", "type", "parliament", "long_title", "year", "citation", "introduced_by", "introduced_commons", "introduced_lords", "territorial_extent", "si_made_date", "si_laid_date", "royal_assent", "commencement", "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", "UK-LEG_title", "collapsed" ] }
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