Using the System

Using legislation.gov.uk Publishing

Legislation.gov.uk Publishing was designed to simplify and streamline the processes involved with submitting SIs and associated documents for registration and onward publication.  Some of the design objectives were:

• reducing the amount of administration and paperwork required to submit an SI for registration;
• reducing manual intervention into the legislation documents, thereby mitigating errors being introduced during the registration and publishing processes;
• providing automation of the SI Registration process and publishing workflows to reduce manual input;
• providing transparency through an electronically recorded audit trail.

Legislation.gov.uk Publishing uses a simple 5 step process for submitting documents for registration and onward publication.  One of the many benefits of legislation.gov.uk Publishing is that it allows the SI Registration team to process SIs far more efficiently than the old email-based registration process.  Therefore, it is important that users ensure their documents and any information provided are complete, correct and accurate before pressing submit on Step 5 of the submission journey.  The reduction of manual intervention in the process to ensure the integrity of the document means that once a document(s) is submitted, replacing it with another document is not possible after registration.

It is best to think of legislation.gov.uk Publishing in the same way as you would any other internet-based ordering system, such as Amazon or a travel website, and pay the same due care and attention as you would when arranging travel or placing orders for goods or services on the internet.  Once you press submit you cannot change what you have entered and your order will be processed based on the information provided by you.

Where mistakes do happen, there are a limited number of intervention actions which can be taken but many of these are time critical due to the increased efficiencies built into legislation.gov.uk Publishing. When a user identifies a problem they should contact the SI Registrar immediately (phone 020 8392 5361 or email siregistrar@nationalarchives.gov.uk) to discuss the options available to rectify the issue.