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Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory

From 1911 until self-government in May 1989, the laws of the Australian Capital Territory were made by Acts of the federal Parliament or by Ordinances made by the Governor-General. From 1974-1986 these ordinances were passed after consultation with the House of Assembly and Legislative Assembly. From 1989 they were made by the ACT Legislative Assembly, and pre-1989 ordinances became known as acts. However, a few laws are still administered by the Commonwealth and these are still known as ordinances.

Current Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory

Previous Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory

Further Reading of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory

Index of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory



Current Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory:

ACT Legislation Register
2001-
This website contains authorised versions of all new laws and regulations in the Australian Capital Territory from 2001, as well as republications / reprints, repealed laws, and consolidated versions of most laws and regulations made since 1989. The ACT is the first jurisdiction in Australia to have authorised electronic versions of its laws.
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Australian Capital Territory laws made during..
2000-
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Reprinted Acts
c. 1967?-
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Previous Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory:

Australian Capital Territory. Ordinances [numbered]
1911-1988
This series represents pamphlet issues of ACT ordinances. At some libraries these are bound into volumes.
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Laws of the Australian Capital Territory [consolidated]
1911-1959
This three-volume edition contains all laws of the ACT in force on 1 January 1960. Volumes I and II contain the ordinances, Volume III contains regulations and orders, and Commonwealth acts and regulations specific to the ACT. This edition was preceded by a two-volume consolidation covering the period 1911-1938.
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Laws of the Australian Capital Territory [numbered]
1911-1999
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Ordinances of the Northern Territory of Australia, the Territory for the Seat of Government, and the Territory of Norfolk Island
1911-1924
This publication contained numbered ordinances (i.e. laws) and regulations of the Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Norfolk Island. The first volume covered all three territories 1911-1916; Part I of the the second volume covered the Northern Territory 1917-1924, and Part II the Australian Capital Territory and Norfolk Island.
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Further Reading of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory:

Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
The Attorney-General's Department provides information on law and justice related resources available nationwide.
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Halsbury's Laws of Australia
1991-
This multi-volume encyclopaedia of Australian law, published since 1991, gives detailed access to laws and relevant law cases. It is also available electronically as the Australian Legal Research Library and is regularly updated.
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The Laws of Australia [LBC]
1993-
This multi-volume encyclopaedia of Australian law, published since 1993, gives detailed access to laws and relevant law cases. It is also available electronically as the Complete Legal Research System, and is regularly updated.
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Index of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Australian Capital Territory:

Legislation update
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State and Territory Laws - Retrospective Indexes

Locating older State acts, particularly from the 19th century, can be difficult if the year is not known. This is because legislation is published chronologically by year and most current indexes to legislation list only legislation in force, i.e. acts not repealed. Older acts which have been repealed are deleted from most current indexes. In addition, before the practice of citing acts by short titles, older acts were cited by slightly different titles. Lastly, State acts were originally numbered by regnal years and running numbers rather than by calendar year e.g. 26 Vic. no.1.

A listing of collections of 19th century state legislation may be found in Annotated bibliography of printed materials on Australian law 1788-1900, by Alex Castles, under the Index heading "Legislation". The list also includes separately published individual acts.

Most States have published retrospective chronological or alphabetical indexes which list ALL acts passed, their short titles and both calendar and regnal year. These enable researchers to verify and locate legislation in annual bound volumes.


Table of A.C.T. laws
1911-
The 1999 bound volume of this title includes lists of current Primary Laws (acts) and Subordinate Laws (regulations), as well as lists of reprinted and repealed laws, and a chronological list of all ACT ordinances and laws 1911-1999.
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