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Last Updated: 15/05/2007
Statutory Instruments may be made by UK Government departments and other Public Authorities which have powers to make such instruments under legislation passed by the United Kingdom Parliament. Since devolution in 1999 instruments that have been made by the National Assembly for Wales, although part of the United Kingdom numbered series, are the sole responsibility of the Assembly. Similarly, post-devolution, all Scottish Statutory Instruments are made by members of the Scottish Administration which is answerable to the Scottish Parliament.
These statistics record the subjects to which the Statutory Instruments in the UK series, made during 1999 - 2007, related and the number of instruments covering each subject. The total will be greater than the total number of Statutory Instruments as some instruments will have carried a range of Subject Headings, an example being S.I. 2002 No. 3213 - The Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002 which carried two subject headings: Children and Young Persons, England and Social Care, England.
For information about Scottish Statutory Instruments see the Scottish Statutory Instrument Statistics page on the Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland website.