The Legislation API currently offers legislation and associated content in the following formats:
| Format |
MIME Type |
Filename |
| Crown Legislation Markup Language (CLML) |
application/xml |
data.xml |
| Akoma Ntoso (AKN) |
application/xml |
data.akn |
| HTML |
application/xhtml+xml |
data.htm or data.xht |
| HTML5 |
text/html |
data.html |
| PDF |
application/pdf |
data.pdf |
| Atom (for feeds only) |
application/atom+xml |
data.feed |
XML
We provide the content of legislation in two XML formats:
- Crown Legislation Markup Language (or CLML), a format that uses our Legislation Schema to represent UK legislation and legislation originating from the EU.
- Akoma Ntoso (or AKN), a general-purpose format for representing parliamentary, legislative and judiciary documents, with some extensions to support the representation of UK and EU origin legislation.
Read more about XML formats.
HTML
Where an item of legislation is available as XML, we provide its content in two HTML formats designed for reuse in other applications:
- XHTML, which is an embeddable “snippet” form of the same HTML we use on the website for legislation content;
- HTML5, which comes as complete HTML files with linked styles suitable for standalone display.
Read more about HTML formats.
PDF
We provide the following types of document as PDF:
- dynamically generated PDFs of legislation, derived from the enacted or revised XML;
- static PDFs of legislation as enacted, made, created or adopted;
- static PDFs of certain revised legislation, such as DWP legislation and legislation originating from the EU;
- static PDFs of associated documents such as Impact Assessments and Correction slips.
Read more about PDF formats.
Atom
We provide lists of, and search results for, both legislation and effects in Atom.
Read more about Atom feeds.