sentences:  The database was originally intended for use by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, but following testing with the public service it was decided to make it available to legal practitioners and the private sector on a commercial basis, as well as to public libraries and Citizens Advice Bureaux.The original database consisted of an Interleaf editorial system which allowed legislation to be held and edited in SGML.In 1991 there were no plans to make the database available on the internet.