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Title, long title, enactment/made date, status, extent, count of outstanding changes and the full table of contents.

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Title, long title, enactment/made date, status, extent, count of outstanding changes and the full table of contents.

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uk-legislation__item
method
GET

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GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-legislation/item

ParamTypeDescription
type string Legislation type code (ukpga, uksi, asp, ssi, wsi, nisr…; see types)
year string Year (or regnal year for pre-1963, e.g. Eliz2/10-11)
number integer Chapter or SI number
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free
curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-legislation/item?type=ukpga&year=2018&number=12"

# no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents
curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/uk-legislation/item?type=ukpga&year=2018&number=12"

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Use it from an AI agent (MCP)

Add the server once, then ask for this data in plain English. The agent finds the endpoint with search_apis and runs it with call_api.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fourzerotwo": { "type": "http", "url": "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp" }
  }
}
# the call the agent makes
call_api {"tool": "uk-legislation__item", "arguments": {"type":"ukpga","year":"2018","number":12}}

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