The legal source object - Plane Documentation

A Legal::Source is a Plane-maintained legal source document: a statute, regulation, or similar instrument that labor records cite at the provision level.

Plane’s copy of a legal source is an unofficial reproduction of the official source linked from url. UK content is derived from legislation.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Attributes

string

Unique identifier for the legal source, e.g. lawsrc_K4mQ9rT2pL8x.

object

string

The object type. Always legal.source.

type

string

Kind of instrument. One of statute, regulation, decree, directive, collective_agreement, or other.

jurisdiction

object

Jurisdiction the source belongs to, with a country code and an optional state code (state, province, or other subdivision). EU-level instruments such as directives use the supranational code EU as their country.

title

string

Title of the source.

original_title

string | null

Title in the source’s original language, when it differs from title.

citation

string | null

Official human-readable citation, e.g. 1996 c. 18. Null when the source has no recorded citation.

identifier

string

Jurisdiction-native canonical identifier, e.g. ukpga/1996/18. Unique within a country.

url

string | null

URL of the authoritative source. Null when no authoritative URL is recorded.

languages

array

ISO language codes the source is published in.

adopted

string | null

Date the source was adopted or enacted. Null when not known.

starts

string | null

First date the source is in force. Null when not known.

ends

string | null

Last date the source is in force. Null while the source remains in force.

lineage

object

Relationships to other legal sources. The amends, amended_by, repeals, and repealed_by properties each contain an array of legal source ids.

created

string

Timestamp of when the legal source was created.

updated

string

Timestamp of the most recent update to the legal source.

{
  "id": "lawsrc_K4mQ9rT2pL8x",
  "object": "legal.source",
  "type": "statute",
  "jurisdiction": { "country": "GB" },
  "title": "Employment Rights Act 1996",
  "original_title": null,
  "citation": "1996 c. 18",
  "identifier": "ukpga/1996/18",
  "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18",
  "languages": ["en"],
  "adopted": "1996-05-22",
  "starts": "1996-08-22",
  "ends": null,
  "lineage": {
    "amends": [],
    "amended_by": [],
    "repeals": [],
    "repealed_by": []
  },
  "created": "2026-06-09T12:00:00Z",
  "updated": "2026-06-09T12:00:00Z"
}

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Attributes