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The Law of Australia: Statutes

A guide to researching the law of Australia

Electronic Access

The Acts of the Commonwealth of Austrlia, 1901 -, are available in the HeinOnline Session Law Library..  Commonwealth Numbered Acts, 1901 -, are also available in AUSTLII, together with the current Consolidated Acts, and Commonwealth Repealed Acts. Numbered regulations (1979 -), Consolidated Regulations,and Repealed Regulations are also available in Austlii.

State statutes and regulations are also available on Austlii, including the Public Acts of New South Wales (1824 -), Current Consolidation, Acts Repealed since 2002, Regulations (2000 -), Consolidated Regulations, and Repealed RegulationsStatute Law of Tasmania (1826 -), Current Consolidation, Numbered Regulations (1998 -), Consolidated Regulations; Queensland Statutes (2004 -) and Historical Acts (1867-1951), Consolidated Acts, Numbered Regulations (2007 -) and Consolidated Regulations; Victorian Statutes ( 2004 -), Current Consolidation, Historical Acts (1851-1995), Repealed Acts, Numbered Regulations, 2004 -, Current Regulations, and  Repealed RegulationsActs of the Parliament of Western Australia (1832 -),  Current Consolidation, Repealed Acts, Current Regulations, Repealed Regulations; South Australian Acts, 1837 -, Current Acts, Repealed Acts, Numbered Regulations (2003 -), Current Regulations, Repealed Regulations; Australian Capital Territory Acts, 1989 -, ACT Current Acts, ACT Repealed Acts, Numbered Regulations 1986 -, Current Regulations, Repealed Regulations; Northern Territory Numbered Acts, 2005 -, Consolidated Acts, Repealed Acts, Numbered Regulations, 1961-1988, 2004 -, Consolidated Regulations, Repealed Regulations

Printed Statutes

The Law Library has the Acts of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1912-2012 (KU13 .A92) stored in the ALF. The Library also has several historical consolidations of Australian statutes, all at the ALF. These include the Acts of the Australian Parliament, 1901-1973 (KU14 1974 Cumm. suppl. 1978-1980), the Acts of Parliament 1901-1950, with supplements to 1973 (KU14 1952), and the Acts of Parliament 1901-1935 (KU14 1936).

The LIbrary also has some state session laws at the ALF. This collection includes: Public Acts of New South Wales, 1824-1937 with Annotations (13 vols. KUC1.9 1938); Public Acts of New South Wales, 1824-1957 with supplements to 1979 (15 vols. KUC1.9 1958); the Acts of the Parliament of Tasmania, 1960-1980 (KUF13 .T32), and the Statute Law of Tasmania, 1981-2004 (KUF13 .T32); the Victorian  Statutes, 1958 consolidation (KUG1.9 1958), the Reprinted Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia, 1939-1969 (KUH1.9 1939).

The Library also has Victorian Statute Annotations, a 1 vol. loose-leaf updated through 2014 (KUG1.9 1958); New South Wales statutes, annotations and references updated through 2012  (KUC1.8 .N48 1990). These can be used as case-findingn tools.