AustLII
All 9 jurisdictions; Consolidated Acts; Numbered Acts (some); Consolidated Regulations; Numbered Regulations (some) • Navigation via [Table] • [Noteup] of Acts and sections and how to modify them • [Download] options vs printing / saving sections • Currency of databases - Update Status for Legislation page and database home pages • Currency of individual Acts and provisions - using [Notes] • Searching across multi-jurisdictional legislaiton; searching only legislation databases - ‘All legislation databases’; ‘Commonwealth: All legislation’ etc • Finding amending Acts - browsing / searching ‘Numbered Acts’ databases
TimeBase 7 jurisdictions (not NT/Tas); Current legislation; Repealed legislation (Acts and Regs) Legislation Alert service covers commencement dates etc
• Multi-jurisdictional or single jurisdictional searches available;
LawLex [Premium service not available at UNSW]
Covers Acts, Regs and Bills in all jurisdictions; links to individual government formats. All 9 jurisdictions; Choice of Acts, Regs, Bills or all • Search one or all jurisdictions; subject index title keyword search only from front page; option to search full text from Advanced Search page (but NSW Acts not included) • Results link to individual Acts or Regs on government systems • Subject Index of Principal Australian Legislation; browsing leads to all documents available concerning an Act (eg EMs, 2RS) • Premium service (not available at UNSW) covers commencement etc
Individual Government systems Commonwealth (Scale+)
Cth consolidated (current) Acts and Statutory Rules (including Regulations); Numbered Acts 1973-;
• Instruments Made Under Legislation (selected additional delegated legislation); see also Federal Legislative Instruments Database (LID) - mainly just regulations • Bills 1996+ ; Explanatory Memoranda 1996+ • Notify Me When service (this is done via the email) • Advanced Search form also allows selection of databases
NSW (NSW PCO) Current Acts and regulations the In Force database historical versions of legislation, including repealed legislation—accessible via above archival collection of NSW legislation as made since 1990—the As Made database
ACT (ACT Legislation Register)
Tasmanian Legislation • Point-in-time legislation
All individual governments’ legislation are also accessible from
1. GovPubs (National Library of Australia) Acts/Ordinances/Statutes and Subordinate Legislation/Regulations - only covers official versions, not AustLII or commercial publishers
2. WorldLII Catalog » Australia » Legislation » By Jurisdiction - covers official and publishers’ versions
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Gov Pubs and Law Lex
Federal Statute Annotations Federal Statutes Annotations is an excellent research tool containing in one place all information relating to federal legislation. Material provided for each principal Act includes details of amending Acts since the latest reprint, together with commencement provisions and dates of operation. Case annotations of judgments interpreting legislative provisions are also included for both Acts and Regulations. Details of reprints, amendments and gazettals are provided for subordinate legislation.
Federal Statutes Annotations can be updated using Australian Current Law.