pdf's of Acts

[David Swarbrick]

> Does anyone know where pdf's of Acts can be found on the net? I'm fed 
up
> looking at the HMSO "chunked" html ones, and they are only available 
for the
> last ten years or so anyway.
> 
> If no-one can help there, I could put pdf's of Acts on the net for 
download,
> if I could get them. I'm willing to convert the HMSO ones to pdf's, 
if
> people think it's worthwhile, and I suppose I could get hold of some 
earlier
> ones that aren't available like PACE and OCR them. It would be 
limited to
> Acts that are of interest to this group (and cyber-rights-uk), but I 
might
> include some EU/HO stuff too.
> 
> Is this a good idea? Anyone interested in helping?

There is a project to produce a database web-site with all current acts 
available. It is currently rumoured to be going public next June or so. 
Do not hold your breath.

Though the HMSO site Acts are, as you say, chunked, I still see .pdf's 
as the spawn of the devil. They are inherently 'anti-net', and half the 
machines I use either do not read or print them properly, and they are 
awful to use.

I would always encourage the publication of Acts (I got the first 
licence from HMSO to publish these back in 1992), but I would wait, and 
under no circumstances would I encourage pdf'ing them.

Try www.bailii.org



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David Swarbrıck  david@swarb.freeuk.com
david.swarbrick@lawindexpro.co.uk