Legislation
The Library holds or provides access to Irish, UK European and other legislative materials. Some guiding notes about legislative sources are given here.
- Access a full list of legislative databases subscribed to by the Library.
Irish Legislation
- The bound volumes of the Irish acts are available in the Law Reference area.
- The more recent bills, acts and statutory instruments are held in the Law Office.
- Recent bills and acts are also available from the Oireachtas website.
- The Irish Statute Book provides online access to all Irish acts and Statutory Instruments from 1922-2009.
- The chronological listing of Irish Acts 1922-2005 ,which shows acts and subsequent amendments within this period. is also a very useful tool.
Annotated/Combined Irish Legislation
- The Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated are available for consultation in the Law Reference area.
- These are also available on the WestlawIE database.
- In addition Consolidated Local Government Acts, Consolidated Company Act, Consolidated Criminal Acts are available on WestlawIE.
Updated looseleaf legislative sources such as Combined Companies Acts, Irish Employment Law, Irish Planning Law Factbook are available for consultation in the Law Reference area on the ground floor of the Library. Note: these materials may not be borrowed.
European Directives and Regulations
The EurLex database is the main source for EU directives and regulations. WestlawUK is also an excellent resource. Usually a Google search citing the directive number eg 2000/60 Water Framework Directive will bring up the full text.
UK Legislation
- We hold a print collection of British Statutes from 1801 to date.
- The 1801-1921 statutes are held in the basement and must be requested and consulted in the Special Collections Reading Room.
- The 1926 to the present UK statues are available in the Law Reference area.
- The OPSI site provides links to current UK acts and bills.
- WestlawUK provides good access to UK historical and current UK legislative material
Northern Ireland Legislation
Nothern Ireland Statutes are available from 1926-2002 in print in the Library. Recent acts including statutory rules are available on the OPSI site.
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