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legislation.gov.uk

Category: Government

Scanned: Jun 30, 2026, 05:32 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 30, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of legislation.gov.uk Captured Jun 30, 2026
https://legislation.gov.uk
Screenshot of legislation.gov.uk
29 years
Very Popular - #3,663 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS EC2 (eu-west-2)
London, United Kingdom
Apache
Unknown
3.10.222.227
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered August 1, 1996
Expires Unknown
Name Servers dns1.nic.uk.
DNSSEC Unknown
Hosting AWS EC2 (eu-west-2)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
3 files scanned
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www.legislation.gov.uk%3A443.http-redirect 100 B No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id= 1.5 KB No threats
www.legislation.gov.uk%3A443/# 17.8 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
65
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
9
Referenced Domains
All Clean
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Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://legislation.gov.uk/about-usNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/accessibilityNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/contact-usNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/contributorsNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/cookiepolicyNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/cy/Not flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/exploreNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/explore/legislatures/euNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/explore/legislatures/niNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/explore/legislatures/scotlandNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/explore/legislatures/ukNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/explore/legislatures/walesNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/favicon.icoNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/helpNot flagged
http://legislation.gov.uk/help#aboutlegnotonwebsiteNot flagged
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eur-lex.europa.euNot flagged
legislation.gov.ukNot flagged
services.parliament.ukNot flagged
www.googletagmanager.comNot flagged
www.nationalarchives.gov.ukNot flagged
www.niassembly.gov.ukNot flagged
www.parliament.ukNot flagged
www.scottish.parliament.ukNot flagged
www.senedd.walesNot flagged
legislation.gov.uk Overview

Description of legislation.gov.uk

legislation.gov.uk appears to be the official online portal for United Kingdom legislation. Based on the page title, metadata, and screenshot, the site provides access to enacted and revised legislation spanning many centuries, along with search tools, explanatory guidance, and browsing options for legislation from the UK, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and certain EU-originating material.

The website appears to be managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government, with publishing responsibilities connected to His Majesty’s Stationery Office and the Office of the King's Printer for Scotland. Its .gov.uk domain, government-focused content, and links to parliamentary and public-sector resources suggest it serves as a public reference platform for legal and legislative information rather than a commercial service.

Safety Assessment for legislation.gov.uk

The scan results indicate no detections from 0 out of 91 security engines, and the malware scan reported no flagged files, no flagged external links, and no flagged referenced domains at the time of this scan. In addition, the domain was shown as clean across the checked threat-database and blacklist sources, with no DNS-based blocklist listings reported.

Several contextual factors also support a low-risk assessment based on available data: the domain is very old, has a strong traffic presence, uses a government domain, and the screenshot matches the stated purpose of an official legislation portal operated on behalf of HM Government. There are no visible signs of phishing, deceptive branding, forced downloads, or suspicious storefront behavior in the captured page.

Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site presented a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued through Amazon infrastructure, with expiry shown as 2026-11-07. It is hosted on AWS EC2 in London, United Kingdom, and the web server was identified as Apache. The domain uses multiple nic.uk nameservers, which is consistent with established UK public-sector DNS infrastructure.

No technical security issues were indicated in the provided scan results. DNSSEC status was not available in the scan data, so that aspect could not be confirmed here.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://legislation.gov.uk/
200 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/
Website Insights
#3,663
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Government
Rank History (30 days)
May 25 Jun 29
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