Research Guides: Government Legislation & Publications: New South Wales: Finding Historical Legislation

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Key to library resources

	In the Library (or anywhere with a Library card for NSW residents)
	Only in the Library
	Publicly available

NSW Legislation via legislation.nsw.gov.au
- Find the current (or repealed) Act or regulation, then select the Historical versions tab. Select the Historical notes tab to view the table of amendments to the act.
NSW Acts (Point-in-time) via AustLII
Browse alphabetical listings of 'point in time' versions of legislation of the State of New South Wales via AustLII.

To find an Act which was in force at a specific date (point in time)

To find a Regulation which was in force at a specific date (point in time)

To reconstruct the act as it applied at the date relevant to your research, try

NSW Legislation website - (1) Find the current (or repealed) Act or regulation. (2) Select the Historical notes tab for the Table of amendments. (3) Go to the section to find when the amendment was made. (5) Select the Historical versions tab to find the required version. For example, locate Section 25A, 25B in Historical notes and find these sections were inserted in 2014 No 2.
the publication NSW statutes annotations (NQ348.94404/1--on Bashir Reading Room Reference shelves) - this will list the amendments to each section of an Act.

These resources will help you trace amendments to an act from the date of the reprint to the date relevant for your research.