Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Western Australia
Western Australia was founded in 1829, and the first meeting of its Legislative Council was held in 1832. The acts of the Legislative Council were published as Acts and Ordinances of the Governor and Council of Western Australia 1832-1875, and Acts of Council 1876-1889. The Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia, also titled Statutes of Western Australia, have been published in a single series since 1890. They are available online from 1990, as well as in their current version.
Current Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Western Australia
- Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia; 1890-
- Reprinted Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia; 1939-
Previous Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Western Australia
- Acts and Ordinances of the Governor and Council of Western Australia; 1832-1875
- Acts of Council; 1876-1889
Further Reading of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Western Australia
- Australian Government Attorney-General's Department;
- Halsbury's Laws of Australia; 1991-
- The Laws of Australia [LBC]; 1993-
Index of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Western Australia
Current Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Western Australia: | |
| Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia | |
| 1890- | |
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| Reprinted Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia | |
| 1939- | |
| From 1939 to 1969, this was a series of volumes containing acts reprinted with amendments incorporated. Since 1969 (and earlier), reprinted statutes have been published in pamphlet form. They are available online. | |
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Previous Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Western Australia: | |
| Acts and Ordinances of the Governor and Council of Western Australia | |
| 1832-1875 | |
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| Acts of Council | |
| 1876-1889 | |
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Further Reading of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - Western Australia: | |
| 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 - Western Australia: | |
| Index to Legislation of Western Australia | |
| 1960- | |
A pilot index volume was issued in 1956. Since 1960, this index has been issued as a separate volume along with the annual volumes of acts. From 1896 until 1959, an index of acts in force was published at the end of the annual statutes. For hardcopy holdings of this period, see Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia. | |
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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. | |