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Publication Note.

Heretofore, the Chronological Table has normally been published in conjunction with the Index and the two works have been interdependent, the Chronological Table indicating, by means of cross-references against each existing Act, the title or titles in the Index under which that Act could be found. In view of the difference in functions between the two works, contemporaneous publication is not, however, essential and since the Table, by reason of its less complex form, can be ready for publication much earlier in each year than the Index, it has been decided that the Chronological Table should not be tied the publication date for the Index. The two works will therefore be published separately in future and for this reason the cross-references to the titles in the Index which hitherto have appeared in the Chronological Table against existing Acts have been transferred to the chronological list at the beginning of the Index and are no longer included in the Chronological Table.

PREFACE

1. Preparation and publication of the Chronological Table are conducted under the authority of His Majesty's Government (the first edition having been published in 1870 in pursuance of a suggestion made by Lord Cairns to Lord Chelmsford when Lord Chancellor), and are placed under the supervision of the Statute Law Committee. The Committee at present consists of the Lord Chancellor (President), Sir Granville Ram, K.C.B., K.C. (Chairman), Mr. J. G. Archibald, Sir Edward Bridges, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., M.C., Sir Norman Brook, K.C.B., Sir Cecil Carr, K.C.B., K.C., Sir Geoffrey Cox, C.B.E., T.D., Sir M. Millar Craig, C.B., K.C., Sir Alan Ellis, K.C.B., Mr. E. H. Keeling, M.C., M.P., Sir David Milne, K.C.B., The Hon. Sir Albert Napier, K.C.B., K.C., Sir Frank Newsam, K.C.B., K.B.E., C.V.O., M.C., The Marquess of Reading, C.B.E., M.C., T.D., K.C., Mr. T. Reid, C.M.G., M.P., Lord Schuster, The Rt. Hon. Sir Hartley Shawcross, K.C., M.P., The Rt. Hon. Lord Simonds, Sir John Stainton, K.B.E., K.C., Mr. A. L.Ungoed -Thomas, K.C., M.P., Mr. H. G. G. Welch, C.B.E., The Rt. Hon. J. Wheatley, K.C., M.P.

2. The Chronological Table is based (as are the Revised Editions of the Statutes published under the supervision of the Statute Law Committee) on the edition of the Record Commissioners, known as