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| name | uk-legislation-api |
| title | UK Legislation API (legislation.gov.uk) |
| description | Access UK laws and statutory instruments via the Legislation.gov.uk API |
| author | wentorai |
| author_url | https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/domains/law/uk-legislation-api |
| license | MIT |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | gb |
| practice | general |
| language | en |
The Legislation.gov.uk API, maintained by The National Archives, provides open access to the full text of UK legislation from 1267 to the present day. The database covers over 100,000 items including Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments, Scottish and Welsh legislation, and Northern Ireland statutes. All data is available as structured XML with Dublin Core metadata, Atom feeds, and HTML. The API supports point-in-time versions showing how legislation read at any given date, plus amendment tracking.
No authentication or API key is required. The API is fully open. Respect rate limits by adding reasonable delays between bulk requests.
All legislation follows the pattern:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/{type}/{year}/{number}
| Type Code | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
ukpga | UK Public General Act | /ukpga/2010/15 (Equality Act 2010) |
uksi | UK Statutory Instrument | /uksi/2020/1374 |
asp | Act of Scottish Parliament | /asp/2020/13 |
asc | Act of Senedd Cymru (Wales) | /asc/2021/4 |
nia | Northern Ireland Act | /nia/2022/2 |
ukla | UK Local Act | /ukla/2008/1 |
ukdsi | UK Draft Statutory Instrument | /ukdsi/2023/123 |
eur | Retained EU Legislation | /eur/2016/679 (GDPR) |
# Fetch the Equality Act 2010 — returns structured XML with Dublin Core metadata
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/data.xml"
# Response: <Legislation DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15"
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# Fetch a single section
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/1/data.xml"
# Fetch table of contents
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents/data.xml"
# Fetch a specific Part
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/part/1/data.xml"
# Fetch a Schedule
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/1/data.xml"
# Search by title — returns HTTP 300 with multiple matches
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/id?title=equality+act"
# Browse by type, title keyword, and year
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga?title=data+protection&year=2018"
# List recent Acts via Atom feed
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/new/ukpga/data.feed"
# Response: <openSearch:totalResults> with <entry> elements per Act
# Changes affecting a specific Act (Atom feed, paginated)
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/changes/affected/ukpga/2010/15/data.feed"
# Response: <title>Changes to Legislation</title>
# <leg:totalPages>25</leg:totalPages>
# Each <entry> describes one amendment with source and target provisions
# Changes made BY a specific Act
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/changes/affecting/ukpga/2010/15/data.feed"
# Legislation as it stood on a specific date
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/2015-01-01/data.xml"
# Enacted (original) version
curl "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/enacted/data.xml"
| Suffix | Format | Content-Type |
|---|---|---|
/data.xml | Legislation XML (CLML) | application/xml |
/data.feed | Atom feed | application/atom+xml |
/data.csv | CSV export | text/csv |
| (none) | HTML rendering | text/html |
The primary XML format uses the Crown Legislation Markup Language (CLML) schema with namespaces for legislation, ukm:Metadata, and Dublin Core (dc:, dct:) elements. Each document includes NumberOfProvisions, RestrictExtent (geographic applicability like E+W+S+N.I.), and RestrictStartDate.
eur) and its UK modificationsimport requests
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
BASE = "https://www.legislation.gov.uk"
NS = {"leg": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation",
"ukm": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata",
"dc": "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/",
"atom": "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"}
def get_legislation(leg_type: str, year: int, number: int) -> dict:
"""Fetch UK legislation metadata and full XML."""
url = f"{BASE}/{leg_type}/{year}/{number}/data.xml"
resp = requests.get(url)
resp.raise_for_status()
root = ET.fromstring(resp.content)
meta = root.find(".//ukm:Metadata", NS)
return {
"title": meta.findtext("dc:title", namespaces=NS),
"description": meta.findtext("dc:description", namespaces=NS),
"provisions": root.attrib.get("NumberOfProvisions"),
"extent": root.attrib.get("RestrictExtent"),
"uri": root.attrib.get("DocumentURI"),
"xml": resp.content
}
# Example: fetch the Equality Act 2010
act = get_legislation("ukpga", 2010, 15)
print(f"{act['title']} — {act['provisions']} provisions, extent: {act['extent']}")
# Output: Equality Act 2010 — 564 provisions, extent: E+W+S+N.I.