explanatory notes
Notes produced by the government department responsible for a particular public Act to explain the legislation to readers who are not legally qualified. Although the notes are published with the Act they are not part of the legislation and do not have legal force. The practice was introduced in 1999.

• basic award
• basic intent
• battered child
• battered spouse
• Battered Woman Syndrome
• battery
• bay
• bearer
• beauty contest
• bed and breakfasting
• Beddoe order
• behaviour
• belligerent communities, recognition of
• bench
• Benchers
• bench warrant
• beneficial interest
• beneficial owner
• beneficiary
• beneficiary principle
• benefits in kind
• benevolent purposes
• Benjamin order
• bequeath
• bequest