ukleg.legislation.details
Get detailed metadata and the full table of contents (section list) for a specific piece of UK legislation identified by its type, year, and chapter/number. Returns the title, document type, legislative status (enacted/revised), enactment date, last modification date, territorial extent (E+W+S+N....
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What ukleg.legislation.details does on Apibase
AI agents call ukleg.legislation.details to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
type | string | Yes | Legislation type code. Common values: ukpga (UK Public General Acts), uksi (UK Statutory Instruments), asp (Scottish Parliament Acts), asc (Senedd Cymru/Wales A |
year | integer | Yes | Year the legislation was enacted (e.g. 2008 for Climate Change Act 2008). |
number | integer | Yes | Chapter or instrument number of the legislation within the year (e.g. 27 for Climate Change Act 2008 c.27). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why ukleg.legislation.details is rated Low
Tool retrieves legislative metadata and section lists; no data creation, modification, or deletion occurs.
From the tool's definition Get detailed metadata and full table of contents for UK legislation; returns structured data without modification.
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The rule that runs ukleg.legislation.details safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For ukleg.legislation.details, this is the rule to start with:
ukleg.legislation.details is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every ukleg.legislation.details call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about ukleg.legislation.details
Get detailed metadata and the full table of contents (section list) for a specific piece of UK legislation identified by its type, year, and chapter/number. Returns the title, document type, legislative status (enacted/revised), enactment date, last modification date, territorial extent (E+W+S+N.I. or narrower), paragraph counts, and the complete structured list of parts, chapters, and sections with their numbers, titles, and URLs. Use ukleg.legislation.search to find the correct type, year, and number for an act. Example: type=ukpga, year=2008, number=27 retrieves the Climate Change Act 2008. Example: type=ukpga, year=2018, number=12 retrieves the Data Protection Act 2018. Data source: legislation.gov.uk — The National Archives, Open Government Licence v3.0, no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
ukleg.legislation.details accepts 3 parameters: type, year, number. Required: type, year, number. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ukleg.legislation.details: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
ukleg.legislation.details is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the ukleg.legislation.details rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for ukleg.legislation.details. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
ukleg.legislation.details is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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