Halsbury\'s Statutes

Halsbury’s Statutes of England and Wales (commonly referred to as Halsbury's Statutes) is the authoritative source for statute law in England and Wales. It provides an up-to-date version of the amended text of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Measure currently in force in England and Wales (and to various extents in Scotland and Northern Ireland), as well as a number of private and local Acts, with detailed annotations to each section and Schedule. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories The National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of It incorporates the effects of new Acts of Parliament and secondary legislation into existing legislation to provide an "as amended" version for easy reference.

Halsbury’s Statutes was created in 1929. The full title of this major work was The Complete Statutes of England Classified and Annotated in Continuation of Halsbury’s Laws of England and for ready reference entitled Halsbury’s Statutes of England. Halsbury's Laws of England is a definitive encyclopedic treatise on the laws of England published by LexisNexis Butterworths. The new work was to be a companion to Halsbury’s Laws and therefore bears the name of Lord Halsbury. Halsbury's Laws of England is a definitive encyclopedic treatise on the laws of England published by LexisNexis Butterworths. Hardinge Stanley Giffard 1st Earl of Halsbury ( 3 September 1823 - 11 December 1921) was a leading Barrister, Politician

The first edition, in twenty volumes, appeared between 1929 and 1931. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The new encyclopedia was based on the design of the earlier Butterworths’ Twentieth Century Statutes (Annotated), a work in five volumes covering the Acts of 1900 to 1909, which had been kept up to date by annual supplemental volumes. Like its companion, Halsbury's Laws, it was arranged by subject matter. Halsbury's Laws of England is a definitive encyclopedic treatise on the laws of England published by LexisNexis Butterworths. This new work, however, expanded on the previous statutory work in that it included all primary legislation in force at the time of publication.

The current edition (the fourth), in fifty volumes, was published between 1985 and 1992, and is supplemented by an annual hardbound supplement and periodic loose-leaf updates. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) It is published by LexisNexis Butterworths. LexisNexis Butterworths Ltd (formerly Butterworths) is a British Publisher specialising in legal publications that was founded in ^[1] Individual volumes are reissued when there has been a significant impact on the subject matter concerned through changes in legislation.

The complete set consists of the main volumes, the index, tables of statutes, secondary legislation and cases, the annual Cumulative Supplement and the quarterly looseleaf Service. Halsbury's Statutes is also available as a searchable electronic archive on a paid subscription basis.

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^ HALSBURY'S STATUTES & STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. LexisNexis Butterworths. Retrieved on 2007-08=10.

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