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Hey, we're going to look briefly
at the explanatory note. Now,

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not all acts and specifically
old acts. Usually not all of

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them have explanatory notes, but
the new acts tend to,

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particularly for the the more
complex acts like we have here

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with the Data Protection Act. So
I'm at legislation.gov.uk and in

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the tabs at the top I can select
Explanatory notes.

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Now, be aware that explanatory
notes are not law. They are an

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explanation of the background to
the act being brought in, and

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they help you understand the
sections. 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. We've
got an explanation of the

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territorial extent and then we
get commentary on the provisions

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of the act. So these help us
understand the sections of the

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Act. And then we've got various
different related documents as

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well. So this can be quite
useful for understanding the

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background to an act, but also
understanding those provisions

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which may not always be written
in plain English.

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