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Use Advanced search to search all legislation.">?</a> </span> <div id="quickSearchForm"> <div class="searchType"> <label for="ctl00_QSH_searchType" id="ctl00_QSH_searchTextType">Type</label> <select name="ctl00$QSH$searchType" id="ctl00_QSH_searchType" class="QuickSearchCollection" aria-label="Collection"> <option value="act">Acts</option> <option value="bill">Bills</option> <option value="regulation@deemedreg">Secondary legislation</option> <option value="deemedreg">Other Instruments</option> <option selected="selected" value="act@bill@regulation@deemedreg">All</option> </select> </div> <div class="searchText"> <label for="ctl00_QSH_searchText" id="ctl00_QSH_searchTextLabel">Text</label> <input name="ctl00$QSH$searchText" type="text" id="ctl00_QSH_searchText" class="text QuickSearchText" maxlength="255" aria-label="Search text" /> </div> <div class="searchSubmit"> <input type="submit" name="ctl00$QSH$searchSubmit" value="Search" id="ctl00_QSH_searchSubmit" class="submit QuickSearchSubmit" /> </div> <div class="searchOptions"> <div class="searchOption"> <input value="Title" name="ctl00$QSH$searchScope" type="radio" id="ctl00_QSH_searchScopeTitle" class="radio QuickSearchScope" /> <label for="ctl00_QSH_searchScopeTitle" id="ctl00_QSH_searchScopeTitleLabel">title</label> </div> <div class="searchOption"> <input value="Content" name="ctl00$QSH$searchScope" type="radio" id="ctl00_QSH_searchScopeContent" class="radio QuickSearchScope" checked="checked" /> <label for="ctl00_QSH_searchScopeContent" id="ctl00_QSH_searchScopeContentLabel">content</label> </div> <span class="helpLink"> <a id="ctl00_QSH_helpDReg_toolTip" class="overlay" title="A content search of All will not include Other Instruments."> <label id="ctl00_QSH_helpDReg_helpIdCarrier" class="not-visible helpIdCarrier">HelpDRegQuickSearch</label> </a> <a id="ctl00_QSH_helpDReg_helpTextHtml" class="overlayHtml" title="A content search of All will not include Other Instruments.">?</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="searchHistory not-visible"> <h5> <a id="RecentSearchesDropDown">My recent searches</a></h5> <div id="recentSearches" class="not-visible"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="contentContainer" role="main"> <div class="wrapper"> <div id="content"> <a name="top"></a> <div class="content-block">  <div class="contentBody contentBodyWithMenu"> <h1>Search help</h1> <p>See <a href="/searchandbrowse.aspx">How to search and browse</a> on using <em>Quick search</em> and <em>Advanced search</em>, on searching within legislation, and for tips on finding different types of legislation.</p> <p>Or read on for more technical information on how search works, including on using Boolean search terms, so you can make the most of the search features on the website. The information below applies to <em>Quick search</em>, <em>Advanced search</em>'s <em>Title</em> and <em>Content</em> fields, and <em>Search within</em>. </p> <hr /> <p><strong>actual words used</strong><br/> Searching looks for words actually used in the legislation, rather than searching by subject. For example, searching for <em>divorce</em> and <em>dissolution marriage</em> will return two different sets of results, although the subject may be the same.</p> <a name="basic" id="basic"></a> <p><strong>basic key words</strong><br/> If you enter words separated by spaces, the search will find documents that contain all of the words. For example, searching for <em>apple pear</em> finds documents that contain both <em>apple</em> and <em>pear</em> but not those that only contain <em>apple</em>. You can change this behaviour by using <strong>phrases</strong>, <strong>Boolean searching</strong>, or the drop-down menu next to <em>Content</em> in <em><a href="/searchadvanced.aspx">Advanced search</a></em>. </p> <p><strong>not case sensitive</strong><br/> Searching is not case-sensitive, so the results will be the same whether you use capital or lower-case letters. </p> <p><strong>phrases</strong><br> If you enter words within double straight quote marks, the search will find the words as they appear within the quotes. For example, searching for <em>“green apple”</em> finds documents that contain <em>green apple</em> but not <em>green domestic apple</em>. In <em><a href="/searchadvanced.aspx">Advanced search</a></em>, <em>Content</em>, you can achieve the same result by using the drop-down menu and selecting <em>This exact phrase</em>. </p> <p>Note that it is necessary to use straight quotes, rather than smart or curly quotes, to define a phrase. If your operating system defaults to smart quotes, you will need to change them to straight quotes. </p> <p>Note also that <strong>stemming</strong> applies to phrases unless you turn stemming off—see below. </p> <p><strong>stemming</strong><br/> The search applies stemming by default, meaning that variants of a word are included in the search, so for example a search for <em>govern</em> will also find <em>governs</em>, <em>governed</em>, and <em>governing</em>.</p> <p>However you can turn stemming off for <em><a href="/searchadvanced.aspx">Advanced search</a></em>, using the tick box. </p> <p><strong>Boolean searching</strong><br/> If you use certain words between your other search words, the search will use them to change its behaviour. (Note, however, that <strong>stemming</strong> overrides Boolean searching unless you turn stemming off—see above.)</p> <p>These words are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>and</strong>, meaning the search will find both words, for example, <em>apple and pear</em> (though the “and” is not always necessary—see <strong>basic key words</strong>)</li> <li><strong>or</strong>, meaning the search will find either word (or both), for example, <em>apple or pear</em></li> <li><strong>not</strong>, meaning the search will specifically exclude the following word, for example, <em>apple not pear</em>.</li> </ul> <p>To actually search for the words <em>and</em>, <em>or</em>, or <em>not</em>, make them part of a <strong>phrase</strong>.</p> <p>In the <em><a href="/searchadvanced.aspx">Advanced search</a></em> <em>Content</em> field, the three drop-down menu options are equivalent to <strong>and</strong>, <strong>or</strong>, and <strong>phrase</strong>. </p> <p><strong>fuzzy searching</strong><br/> The fuzzy search symbol % finds words even if they are spelt incorrectly. For example, <em>ba%nana</em> will find <em>bannana</em> and <em>banana</em>.</p> <p><strong>parentheses</strong><br/> You can use parentheses (ie brackets) to make your searches more specific. Parentheses group search words into larger units. For example:</p> <p><em>(apple or pear) and orange</em> finds documents with either both <em>apple</em> and <em>orange</em>, or both <em>pear</em> and <em>orange</em></p> <p><em>apple or (pear and orange)</em> finds documents with either just <em>apple</em>, or both <em>pear</em> and <em>orange</em>.</p> <p><strong>proximity searching</strong><br/> This finds a word or phrase within a certain number of words of another word or phrase. For example, searching for <em>peach w/10 cobbler</em> finds documents that contain the word <em>peach</em> within 10 words of <em>cobbler</em>.</p> <p><strong>wildcard</strong><br/> The wildcard symbol ? enables a single letter to be replaced, and the wildcard symbol * enables multiple letters to be replaced. For example, searching for <em>appl?</em> finds <em>apply</em> or <em>apple</em>, while <em>appl*</em> finds <em>application</em> as well. Avoid starting your search with a wildcard symbol.</p> <p><strong>putting them together</strong><br/> You can use as many special search terms as are necessary to narrow your search. For example, <em>(“domestic apple” and (pesticide or “orchard spray”)) not organic</em> will find documents that contain the phrase <em>domestic apple</em> and either the word <em>pesticide</em> or the phrase <em>orchard spray</em> as long as they do not contain the word <em>organic</em>.</p> <p><strong>symbols</strong><br/> Avoid using symbols in your search terms, except for the special search symbols given above.</p> <p><strong>year</strong><br/> For an <a href="/glossary.aspx#act">Act</a>, "year" means the year it was enacted. For a <a href="/glossary.aspx#bill">Bill</a>, "year" means the year it was introduced. For <a href="/glossary.aspx#sl">secondary legislation</a>, "year" means the year it was made. 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