§ Lord Stoddart of Swindonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How members of the public, or litigants in United Kingdom courts, can obtain particulars of any Act of Parliament or any part thereof arising from a directive of the European Community and Union, together with references thereto; and what are the likely costs of doing so. [HL2074]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonTransposition notes are currently produced to accompany legislation that requires transposition into UK law, except where it can be demonstrated that the resources required to produce a transposition note are significantly greater than can be justified by the resulting added benefit to the reader. They set out how the main elements of a directive have been, or will be transposed into UK law. They are available in print from departments and should also be accessible via departmental websites.
The full text of UK legislation which transposes EU directives into UK law can currently be accessed at no charge using the search engine on the HMSOnline website (www.hmso.gov.uk), where entry of details of the directive will provide a link to the legislation which transposes the directive into UK law. This can be, however, a cumbersome arrangement for users and Her Majesty's Stationery Office, as part of its plans for the future development of Legislationonline later this year, plans to deliver an improved facility for users where they will be able to link directly from the full text of the UK legislation to the full text of the directive as published on the Europa website.