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How Notices Are Published

Every notice on this site was made in the same way. The steps below are those required by the Rules of the Register made by Notice 5 (2026) and apply to notices, decisions, the adoption of standards versions and corrections alike.

  1. Step 1: The instrument is deposited

    A body with authority to make notices sends the instrument to the Register in the form required by the Rules of the Register. The procedure, and the bodies entitled to use it, are set out under Depositing records.

  2. Step 2: The Registrar examines it as to form

    The Registrar confirms that the instrument states the body making it and the authority under which it is made, that it is signed and dated, and that it is complete. An instrument that is not in order is returned to the depositing body with reasons. The Registrar does not examine the substance of an instrument.

  3. Step 3: The entry is numbered

    An instrument in order is given the next number in the single sequence of entries. Numbers are never reused, and the sequence does not restart with the year.

  4. Step 4: The entry is made and dated

    The instrument is entered in the Register and dated the day of entry. It has effect from that date unless it provides for a later one. The depositing body is told the number and date of the entry.

  5. Step 5: The notice is published

    The entry is published under Notices on this site on the day it is made, showing its number, title, the body that made it, the date of entry and the full text. A copy is transmitted to the National Archive for permanent preservation.

  6. Step 6: Any error is corrected by further notice

    An entry is never altered. If an error is found, the body that made the notice deposits a correcting notice, which refers to the entry it corrects by number and year and is itself entered and numbered in the usual way.

Timing. An instrument that is in order is entered on the working day on which it is received or, if it is received after the close of business, on the next working day. The date of entry is the date on which an instrument in order is received, not the date on which an earlier, defective version was sent. An entry cannot be backdated.

Parts of an entry. Each published entry shows the following.

Number
The position of the entry in the single sequence, for example Notice 5. Together with the year of entry it forms the citation: Notice 5 (2026).
Title
A short description of the subject matter given by the body making the notice, for example Rules of the Official Register. The title is an aid to the reader and is not part of the citation.
Body making the notice
The Ministry, department, office or shared service on whose behalf the instrument was signed, as stated in the instrument itself.
Date of entry
The day on which the entry was made. A notice has effect from this date unless it provides for a later one; where an instrument records an earlier date on which it was made, both dates are shown.
Text
The instrument as deposited, in numbered paragraphs. Annexes sent with an instrument are entered as part of it.

Bodies preparing an instrument for deposit should read Depositing records. Questions about the procedure may be sent to contact@register.gov.vin; questions about the meaning or effect of a particular notice are for the body that made it.