Module:Legislationuk/data/doc

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Usage

This is the database used by Module:Legislationuk.

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eDate	date	End date of parliamentary session, either by proroguing or when Parliament is dissolved.
	citation
		Journals of the House of Commons (preferred).		work	JHC
				vol	Volume no.
				page	Page no.
		Journals of the House of Lords (preferred).		work	JHL
				vol	Volume no.
				page	Page no.
		Hansard (where the Journals have not yet been published).		work	Hansard
				vol	Volume no.
				col	Column no.
		London Gazette (last resort if no other sources available).		work	LG
				issue	Issue no.
				supplement	(Blank)	Main issue.
					y	Unnumbered supplement.
					(No.)	No. of supplement.
				date	Date of issue.
				page	Page no.
sDate	Same parameters as for eDate for the start date of the Parliamentary session, on the state opening of Parliament.
session	state	UK	Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		GB	Parliament of Great Britain.
		England	Parliament of England.
	parliament	No. of Parliament.
	number	No. of Session within Parliament.
citation	Parliamentary session citation for Acts of Parliament.
archive	Parliamentary session infix for Parliamentary Archives URLs for pre-1963 sessions.

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