Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - New South Wales
New South Wales Statutes Annotations and References
1824-
This title includes regular updates about New South Wales acts, as well as a subject index to the acts and regulations of New South Wales, and short descriptions of the acts of New South Wales. The period 1824-1988 is covered by a bound volume, with loose-leaf updates for the remainder.
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New South Wales Statutes Annotations and References is an Index of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - New South Wales
From 1788 to 1823, the governors of New South Wales legislated by General Orders and proclamations. Orders to 1803 were reprinted in the Historical Records of Australia, Series I (see library catalogues for holdings). Orders from 1804-1823 were published in the Sydney Gazette.
The New South Wales Legislative Council was established in 1824, and its acts were published as Acts and Ordinances of [the Governor and Council of] New South Wales, covering the period 1824-1857.
The New South Wales Parliament was established in 1856. Acts continued to be published as Acts and Ordinances of New South Wales until 1862, and thereafter under the title Statutes of New South Wales. There were also various nineteenth-century collections of acts. New South Wales acts are available online from 1990.
Consolidated editions of NSW Acts were published in 1937 and 1957, and were updated by the Cumulative Supplement (1942-1979). Loose reprints are available from about 1979. Current consolidations are available online.