This study guide has been designed to help you find information about Australian legislation, including bills, explanatory memoranda, second reading speeches, consolidated acts etc. The guide provides tables that help you to identify which resources are available online or in hard copy. Links are provided to the databases that provide online access to legislative materials. There is also a brief explanatory section that explains the terminolgy used in the life cycle of legislation.
Legislative Services
Legislative Materials
Acts / Statutes: Laws made by Parliament and given royal assent by the crown (Commonwealth and State)
Bills : A legislative document in the form of a proposed Act of Parliament that has not yet been passed by parliament or received royal assent
Delegated Legislation: Laws made by persons or authorities to whom parliament has delegated "law-making" authority within an act of Parliament
Explanatory memoranda (EM): Document explaining the aims and operation of a statute, if the meaning of a provision in an Act is ambiguous or obscure
Hansard: Provides a record of parliamentary debates and speeches made by of members of the houses of parliament
Parliamentary Papers: Reports of government departments and committees
Commonwealth Legislation
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344.94022/1 | 344.94015/2 |
344.94015/2 |
328.9402/2 (HoR)
328.9402/3 (Senate) |
LawOne: Point in Time Commowealth Legislation
Point in time services allow the user to view legislation as it stood on a particular day so that you can compare historical versions of any provision. LawOne provides access to point-in-time services: for:
| Corporations Law | Excise Act 1901 | Migration Act 1958 |
| Commonwealth Criminal Law | GST Service | Trade Practices Service |
| Customs Act 1901 | Income Tax Service | Student Assistance Act 1973 |
Statue Annotations provide access to historical information about Acts including: date of latest reprint, names of amending acts, regulations under the Act, amended sections, case notes, annotations and relevant journal articles. They are availalbe in hardcopy and electronic format via LexisNexis.au
Federal Statutes Annotations 344.94021/4
New South Wales Legislative Services
| Acts in Force | Acts as Made | Bills & EN's |
Hansard |
| Parliament of NSW | 1997 | 1988- | |
| LawOne | 1998 | 2003 | 2003 2nd reading Speeches |
| Austlii | 1990 | 1999 | |
| Hardcopy | 344.944022/1 |
344.944015/1 |
328.94402/1 |
The Parliament of NSW also have Records of Legislative Proceedings from 1824 - 1856.
Includes access to selected earlier Reports of Parliamentary Debates
NSW Statute Annotations (LexisNexis.au)
344.944021/5
State Legislative Services
New South Wales (Includes Point in Time)
Northern Territory
Tasmania (Includes Point in Time)
Legislation Judicially considered (Cases referring to legislation)
Legislation by Subject (Commonwealth & State)
Lexis.au
Corporations Law | Criminal Law | Family Law | Franchising | Industrial Law | Intellectual property Law | Motor & Traffic | OH&S | Workplace Relations
CCH
Business Law | Conveyencing Law | Corporations Law | Employment | Family Law | Industrial Law | OH&S | Superannuation Law | Tax Law | Torts Law | Trade Practices
Wicks Subject Index to Commonwealth Legislation
344.94023/2 (CC)
Subject Index to the Acts & Regulations of New South Wales
344.944021/3 (CC Reserve)
