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Here we're going to look briefly
at the explanatory note.

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Now, not all Acts, and
specifically old Acts, usually

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not all of them have explanatory
notes, but the new Acts tend to,

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particularly for the more
complex Acts like we have here

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with the Data Protection Act.

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So I'm at legislation.gov.uk and
in the tabs at the top I can

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select Explanatory Notes.

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Now be aware that Explanatory
Notes are not law.

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They are an explanation of the
background to the Act being

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brought in, and they help you
understand the sections.

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But they are not law.

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It is the act itself that is
law, not the Explanatory Notes.

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So if I look at the table of
contents for the Explanatory

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Notes, it has a helpful
explanation of what they do at

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the beginning.

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And we've got an overview, it
looks at the background and the

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introduction of this Act.

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We've got an explanation of the
territorial extent and then we

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get commentary on provisions of
the Act.

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So these help us understand the
sections of the Act.

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And then we've got various
different related documents as

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well.

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So this can be quite useful for
understanding the background to

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an Act, but also understanding
those provisions which may not

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always be written in plain
English.