Statutory Instruments are the loose equivalent of administrative law in the United States. These materials provide the details related to the statutes. Orders, rules and regulations are contained in the statutory instruments. While the difference between regulations and orders remains rather unclearly defined; “rules” clearly refers to procedural matters such as the County Court Rules. While orders, rules and regulations are all forms of subordinate or “delegated” legislation, there is somewhat of a hierarchy with an Order of Council being the highest form of subordinate legislation.
The law library does not collect Sis in print format. However, select SIs are contained in Halsbury’s Statutes although not all of them are reproduced in full text.
Legislation.gov.uk offers Stautory Instruments from1987.
BAILII offers SI from 2002 - current.
Statutory Instruments are also available on Westlaw under database identifier UK-SI (contains SIs from 1948 from Sweet & Maxwell) and Lexis STATIS (contains Butterworth’s Statutes of England and Wales and the Statutory Instruments in a single database). Remember to check the “content summary” and “use tips” prior to searching these databases.
Statutory Instruments
From 1987 - current
Select SIs in Halsbury's Statutes
From 1948 - current
Westlaw
Combined with Statutes
Lexis (use scope notes)
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