This annotation type is so called because it used to appear in the margin of the Queen’s Printer’s copy of primary legislation. M-notes recite the year and number of an Act or instrument mentioned in the text.
A reference marker is placed in the text at the relevant point. Marginal citations on SLD are generally derived from the text of the original legislation and are only rarely added editorially. They are no longer used in primary legislation since the changes in drafting style of 2001.
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Northern Ireland Variations In Northern Ireland legislation made in 2005 and earlier years, all annotations, including those containing marginal citations, appear as F-notes under the ‘Annotations’ heading without any sub-categories. In legislation made in 2006 and later years, the categorisation of annotations is consistent with usual SLD practice. |
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