Office of Public Sector Information

Publishing Services Team

Responsibilities in relation to official publishing

The Publishing Services team exercises a wide range of responsibilities on behalf of the Queen’s Printer (QP) in relation to official publishing. These include:

• overseeing the printing and publication of UK legislation enacted by the UK Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly; and delegated legislation made by UK Government departments, the Northern Ireland Administration and the National Assembly for Wales;
• Supporting the Queen’s Printer for Scotland (QPS) in overseeing the production of legislation enacted by the Scottish Parliament and delegated legislation made by the Scottish Administration;
• overseeing the production of the Civil Service Year Book (CSYB). The CSYB is the definitive official reference for central government in the United Kingdom and is published twice a year in print and updated on the internet;
• superintending the production and publication of the official Government newspapers, the London Gazette, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes;
• co-ordinating the publication of Command Papers and other publications within the House of Commons Numbered Series which are originated by government departments and other Crown bodies. A list of Command Papers is available with links to the full text (where available on the Internet).

Editorial responsibilities in relation to statutory publications

In addition to overseeing the publication of all UK legislation the team also has a range of editorial responsibilities for UK statutory publications. The titles produced include:

• the Annual Volumes of Acts of Parliament and Acts of the Scottish Parliament on behalf of the QPS;
• the Annual Editions of UK Statutory Instruments, Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales and Scottish Statutory Instruments on behalf of the QPS;
• the Chronological Table of Statutes from 1235 - 2002; and
• the Chronological Tables of Local and Private Legislation.

Registration of statutory instruments

The team is also responsible for the registration and numbering of all United Kingdom Statutory Instruments including those made by the National Assembly for Wales and Scottish Statutory Instruments on behalf of the QPS.

Finding official publications

Recognising the need to ensure that users of Official Publications can readily track what has been produced, the team is responsible for ensuring that a complete bibliographic record is produced for all United Kingdom Official Publications.

Where to find us

The Statutory Instruments Registrar and Publishing Services team, responsible for the editorial matters in relation to statutory publications is located at:

Admiralty Arch
Room 1.35
North Entrance
The Mall
London
SW1A 2WH

Tel: 020 7276 5210
e -mail: SIregistrar
e-mail: Publishing Services