| [1] | As in: "ignorance of a divine law that has been made known among everyone does not absolve, just as ignorance of natural law does not absolve ..." -- William of Oakham, \ca Dialogus\se, 1614 Edition, which can be found on the internet at I Dial., book 4, chapters 6-34 (translation) |
| [2] | http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1996.htm |
| [3] | Note that these files are written in HTML and so are much shorter than they would be if they were in the format produced by a word processor. |
| [4] | In their internet version they consist of about five megabytes of data. |
| [5] | See, for example, The Unit Trust Schemes and Offshore Funds (Non-qualifying Investments Test) Order 1997\se, SI 1997 No 213, which amends the Finance Act 1996. |
| [6] | For what is generally thought to be the best introduction to SGML see A Gentle Introduction to SGML. |
| [7] | This is a gross over-simplication. |
| [8] | See Note 5 above. |
| [9] | [1971] Ch 626 at page 641. |
| [10] | The Press Release can be found on the internet at http://www.coi.gov.uk/coi/depts/GCO/coi5470b.ok |
| [11] | See, for example, the Dear Publisher letters issued by HMSO which are available on the internet. |
| [12] | For fairly primitive examples of how such cross-referencing could be achieved, see "the New Land Law" and "the Future of Law Reporting" on my Web site at http://www.number7.demon.co.uk/. |
| [13] | The subsidy applies to official legislative, Parliamentary and Government books and papers that are printed under Crown or Parliamentary copyright, and in addition to printed books issued by or on behalf of the Audit Commission, the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and the Environment Agency. Details can be found on the HMSO site. |