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2026 c. 999

Little Kingdom (Magical Affairs and CLML Formatting Demonstration) Act 2026

An Act to make provision for the orderly conduct of magic, fairy dust and gungies within the Little Kingdom; to grant Nanny Plum power to confiscate unsupervised wands; to require Mr Elf to file a fortnightly biscuit-stocktake; to demonstrate every formatting element supported by the CLML schema (including emphasis, citations, lists, tables, formulas, figures, footnotes, margin notes, amendments and signatures); and for connected purposes, including Gaston the Ladybird's lunch break.

Enacted30th April 2026 (the day after the Royal Picnic)
WHEREAS the Royal Magic Council finds it expedient that the laws of the Little Kingdom be readable on parchment, on screens, and to ladybirds alike:
BE IT MERRILY DECREED by His Royal Majesty King Thistle of the Little Kingdom, by and with the gracious counsel of Queen Thistle, the unsolicited interjections of Nanny Plum (Royal Governess and Senior Wand‑Bearer), the harrumphing of the Wise Old Elf, the giggling of Princess Holly and her best friend Ben, and the silent witness of Gaston the Ladybird, in the Great Hall of the Castle assembled, and by the twinkling magic of the Great Elf Tree, as follows:—

Part 1 Inline formatting

1 Emphasis and typography

(1) This subsection demonstrates inline emphasis: italicised fairy whispers, bold elf shouting, both combined for a Nanny Plum scolding, small caps for the Royal Decrees, uppercase as used in the Wise Old Elf's most serious memos, ordinary text with an underlined incantation, an expanded letter‑spaced magic word, and a cancelled spell.
(2) Magical and alchemical text is supported through superscripts and subscripts: gungy formula G3, fairy‑dust intensity F = mc2, and the nth sneeze of a unicorn (rare).
(3) Special characters from the CLML CharacterC1 set: a non‑breaking space ( ), an em space ( ), an en space ( ), a thin space ( ), and an explicit minus sign (−).
(4) An inline note from Nanny Plum: "do try to keep up, dear" may interrupt the prose. A spanned phrase in elvish can carry a language tag.

2 Citations and links

(1) A reference may be made to the Fairy and Elf Equal Magic Act 2024, and a sub‑reference such as section 7 of that Act.
(2) Internal links cross‑reference within this Act: see section 1, or the range from sections 1 to 3. External links carry a URI: the Castle's notice board (fictional).
(2A) An RMI‑registered fairy, or an Ofwand‑approved elf, must comply.
(3) A reference made through a cited list of Royal Magic Regulations resolves to the citation list defined at the foot of this Act.

3 Editorial change tracking

(1) Where text has been added, it appears in square bracketsF1: [and any toadstool used in connection with that magic].
(2) Where text has been repealed, it is shown struck throughF2: and any toadstool used in connection with that magic.
(3) Where text has been substitutedF3, the new wording is in brackets: [any cottage, toadstool, hollow log or biscuit tin].
(4) An inline amendment is shown thus: The Wise Old Elf may by regulations.

Part 2 Block structures

Chapter 1 Lists, definitions and quoted material

4 Lists of every decoration

(1) Royal duties of every elf shall include—
  1. polishing the Castle drawbridge before sunrise;
  2. maintaining the Great Elf Tree, which itself comprises—
    1. the trunk and root‑rooms (a);
    2. the upper twigs and acorn store (b);
  3. delivering biscuits to Nanny Plum on demand.
(2) Royal proclamations are numbered in roman style for ceremonial reasons—
  1. the King has had his second breakfast;
  2. the Queen has finished her embroidery;
  3. Princess Holly has remembered her wand.
(3) Bulleted material is rendered as an unordered list, viz. the principal magical hazards in the Little Kingdom—
  • unsupervised gungy multiplication;
  • over‑enthusiastic fairy dust application;
  • uncategorised toadstools.
(4) A dashed list uses the dash decoration—
  • raise the Castle drawbridge at dusk;
  • lower it again at the first elf‑bugle.
(5) A key list pairs each entry with a heading—
“fairy”
means a winged person registered under section 4 of the Fairy and Elf Equal Magic Act 2024;
“elf”
means a small industrious person within the meaning of the Elf and Workshop Standards Act 2019;
“gungy”
means a sentient blob of magical residue, prescribed by regulations made by the Wise Old Elf.
(6) An indented sub‑paragraph uses BlockText—
“The Wise Old Elf must consult Nanny Plum and at least one ladybird before making regulations under this section.”

Chapter 2 Tables and formulas

5 Tabular data

(1) The fairy‑dust thresholds in the following table apply for the purposes of this Act.
Table 1 Fairy‑dust ration by household typeEffective from the morning after Princess Holly's birthday, 2026
Quantities are expressed in sparkles per fortnight, rounded to the nearest twinkle.
Permitted fairy‑dust rations (sparkles per fortnight)
Household District of the Little Kingdom
Castle Ward Elf Tree Quarter Outer Toadstool
Lone fairy 1,800 1,400 900
Elf with apprentice 2,400 2,000 1,300
Royal household with two princesses 9,500 — —
Source: Royal Magic Inspectorate, fortnightly almanac, 2026.

6 Formulas and where‑clauses

(1) The fairy dust payable to a registered elf in any moon cycle is calculated using the formula—
D = S−T N × R
(1)
where—
D
is the fairy dust payable;
S
is the elf's qualifying sparkle count for the moon cycle;
T
is the threshold determined under section 5;
N
is the number of qualifying twinkles in the moon cycle; and
R
is the rate prescribed under section 9.

Chapter 3 Quoted material and figures

7 Block extracts and figures

(1) An extract from the Royal Book of Spells may be reproduced verbatim—
“No fairy or elf shall be turned into a frog without the express written consent of King Thistle, save in cases of repeat biscuit theft.”
— Article 3, Royal Book of Spells (revised edition)
(2) An inline extract reads thus: “the standard Wise Old Elf harrumph”.
(3) A figure may be embedded with an accompanying caption and notes—
Figure 1 The Royal Seal of the Little Kingdom (illustrative)
The seal as it appears on the Castle drawbridge after Mr Elf has polished it.
Royal Seal placeholder
Notes
  1. 1
    Drawn from memory by a passing ladybird; not part of the legal text.

Part 3 Deep provision hierarchy

Power to make regulations

8 Regulations

(1) The Wise Old Elf may by regulations make provision for—
(a) the specification of qualifying magical activities, including—
(i) activities undertaken in connection with wand‑craft, and within those—
(A) tutelary wand‑craft, the principal purpose of which is the instruction of fairies and elves under the age of one hundred—
(1) without recourse to gungies, including—
(x) practice spells producing only soft sparkles and harmless rainbows;
(B) applied wand‑craft, including the production of biscuits at short notice;
(ii) activities undertaken in connection with biscuit storage and royal teatime;
(b) the manner in which applications for a wand licence are to be made and determined.
(2) Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure of the Royal Magic CouncilP1.

9 Standalone section without a chapter wrapper

(1) The prescribed rate is to be set by reference to the Royal Twinkle IndexI1.
(2) This section binds the Crown of the Little KingdomM1.

Part 4 Amendments to other Little Kingdom Acts

10 Amendments to the Fairy and Elf Equal Magic Act 2024

(1) In section 7 of the Fairy and Elf Equal Magic Act 2024 (general magic equality duty), after subsection (1) insert—
(2) For the title of Part 11 substitute—
(3) Renumber Schedule 19 as follows—

Schedule 1 Specified bodies of the Little Kingdom

Section 2

1Each body listed in this Schedule is a specified body for the purposes of this Act.
2 The bodies are—
  • His Majesty's Royal Magic Inspectorate;
  • The Office for Standards in Wand‑craft and Spells;
  • The Castle Biscuit Authority;
  • The Great Elf Tree Council.
3 The Wise Old Elf may by regulations amend this Schedule to add, omit, or vary an entry; see M2.

Footnotes

  1. C1
    The Character element produces typographically‑significant whitespace and punctuation marks at render time (and is approved for use in the Castle library).
  2. F1
    S. 3(1): words inserted by the Little Kingdom Magical Affairs (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/L.K. 9999), reg. 2(a).
  3. F2
    S. 3(2): words repealed by the Little Kingdom Magical Affairs (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/L.K. 9999), reg. 2(b).
  4. F3
    S. 3(3): words substituted by the Little Kingdom Magical Affairs (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/L.K. 9999), reg. 2(c).
  5. P1
    Power conferred on the Wise Old Elf, exercisable only after consultation with Nanny Plum.
  6. I1
    S. 9(1) in force 1 May 2026 by Royal Commencement Decree, signed under the Great Elf Tree.
  7. M1
    See Royal Thistle Proceedings Act 1947.
  8. X1
    Editorial information has not been applied to this provision (the responsible elf is on a biscuit break).
  9. E1
    This Act extends to the Castle Ward and the Elf Tree Quarter only; not to the Outer Toadstool districts.
  10. 2
    The non‑breaking space character is used between a numeral and its sparkle unit symbol.
  11. 3
    Royal Statutes Database, King Thistle's Printer of Royal Decrees.
  12. M2
    Affirmative procedure: see section 8(2). Requires a quorum of three elves and one ladybird.