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Locating Commonwealth Acts
Note: All titles are held in both Townsville and Cairns unless otherwise
indicated. Cairns holdings of some serial titles may be incomplete.
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Check the consolidated or reprinted acts at TVL 348.94023
P2 for the latest reprint of the act, or access the electronic version
at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/
A reprinted act incorporates all amendments made to the
act, up to the date of reprint. Not all acts are reprinted.
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If no reprint is available, locate the act in the appropriate annual
volume of acts at 348.94022 P1, or at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/
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Tables of Acts 1901-1991 (348.94022 P1) or the Federal
Statutes Annotations (348.94026 P1) may be helpful in
establishing the date of an act, if this is unknown. |
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Wicks Subject Index to Commonwealth Legislation (348.94026
P2) may be of assistance if the title of an act is unknown. |
"Updating" Commonwealth Acts
Having located an act of parliament it is generally important to
check whether the act, or any parts of it, have been repealed or
amended. This procedure is sometimes referred to as "updating"
or "noting up" the act.
The following steps should be taken to check for alterations
to a Commonwealth act:
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Check:
Federal Statutes Annotations
348.94026 P1
Federal Statutes Annotations: Supplement
348.94026 P1
Federal Statutes Annotations: Repealed Legislation
348.94026 P1 (A)
This work lists Commonwealth acts alphabetically by title.
Under the title of each act are listed amendments or repeals
made since the latest reprint of the act.
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Check the most recent issue of Australian Current Law: Legislation
(TVL 348.94026 P8) under "Cumulative table of amended acts"
OR
Check the most recent issue of Australian Legal Monthly Digest
(TVL 348.94026 P6) under "Alpahabetical table of acts passed, amended,
repealed or proclaimed to commence".
These monthly publications will indicate any very recent
changes to the legislation.
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Further Information
Works which provide additional information on acts of parliament
include the guide, Finding
Information in Law and the following publications:
| Australia. Parliament.
House of Representatives. (1991). A short description
of business and procedures (9th ed.). Canberra:
AGPS. |
328.9405 AUS T2 1991 |
| Campbell, E. (1996). Legal
research: Materials and methods (4th ed.).
Sydney: LBC Information Services. |
340 CAM 1996 |
| Gifford, K. H. (1994) How
to understand an act of parliament (8th ed.).
Sydney: Law Book |
348.94022 GIF 1994 |
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