Research Guides: Government Legislation & Publications: New South Wales: Historic building Ordinances under Local Government Act 1919

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Historic building Ordinances under Local Government Act 1919

Ordinance 70 and Ordinance 71 at the State Library

Ordinance 70: Building - See Local Government Act 1919, ss 304-319, 341, 575-579
•   Proclaimed in the Government Gazette of 11th November 1921
•   Rescinded and repealed in the Government Gazette of 11th January 1946
•   Proclaimed in the Government Gazette of 20th June 1973

Year	Publication title	How to access	Call number	Page number
As at August 1922	Ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919, in force September 1st, 1922 / with a complete index	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/18C1	pp. 378-391
As at October 1924	Local government ordinances with amendments incorporated to November 1st, 1924 : with a complete index	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/29	pp. 394-408
As at December 1929	Local government ordinances with amendments incorporated to 31st December 1929 : with a complete index	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/18E1	pp. 441-456
As at November 1932	Local government ordinances with amendments incorporated to 31st December, 1932	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	325.091/18F1	pp. 456-472
As at June 1934	Ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919 : embodying amendments and alterations to 16th June, 1937.	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/30
As at July 1945	Ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919. : embodying amendments and alterations to 31st August 1945.	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/18H1
As at July 1990 Includes Ordinance 70, an index, Standards and Specifications - including Ministerial Specifications and Building Regulation advisory notes.	Local government Ordinance 70 'Building' (New South Wales)	On Reference shelves, Marie Bashir reading room LG2.	N343.9440786/7A
As at 1993 Ceased publication Oct 1993. Includes ordinance 70 as at 1993.	Local government ordinances service (New South Wales)	On Reference shelves, Marie Bashir reading room LG2.	N342.94409/7A

Ordinance 71: Building - See Local Government Act 1919, ss 304-319, 341, 575-579
• Proclaimed in the Government Gazette of 11th November 1921

Year	Publication title	How to access	Call number	Page number
As at August 1922	Ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919, in force September 1st, 1922 / with a complete index	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/18C1	pp. 391-424
As at October 1924	Local government ordinances with amendments incorporated to November 1st, 1924 : with a complete index	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/29	pp. 408-442
As at December 1929	Local government ordinances with amendments incorporated to 31st December 1929 : with a complete index	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/18E1	pp. 456-490
As at November 1932	Local government ordinances with amendments incorporated to 31st December, 1932	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	325.091/18F1	pp. 472-507
As at June 1934	Ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919 : embodying amendments and alterations to 16th June, 1937.	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/30
As at July 1945	Ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919. : embodying amendments and alterations to 31st August 1945.	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	352.091/18H1
As at June 1960	Ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919 : embodying amendments and alterations to 30th June, 1960	Click on ‘Log in for request options’ button to request online	N352.0944/9
As at 1973 Most amendments printed in 1970. Includes Ordinance 71 as at 1973.	Ordinances under the Local Government Act, 1919.	On Reference shelves, Marie Bashir reading room LG2.	N342.94409/5 SET

Ordinance 70 and Ordinance 71 - online collection

Publication	Years	Pages
Ordinance 70	as at June 1973	page 1-50 [PDF 4376KB] page 51-100 [PDF 4309KB] page 101-150 [PDF 4127KB] page 151-193 (includes Index) [PDF 3733KB]
	as at February 1975	page 1-66 [PDF 3642KB] page 67-118 [PDF 2640KB] page 119-179 (includes Index) [PDF 4452KB]
	as at June 1983	page 1-50 [PDF 2676KB] page 51-101 [PDF 2724KB] page 102-153 [PDF 3521KB] page 154-203 [PDF 3555KB] page 204-253 [PDF 2975KB] page 254-316 (includes Index) [PDF 3861KB]
	as at July 1988	page 1-8 [PDF 880KB] page 9-58 [PDF 2728KB] page 59-107 [PDF 2771KB] page 108-150 [PDF 2338KB] page 151-200 [PDF 3008KB] page 201-250 [PDF 2970KB] page 251-296 [PDF 2970KB] page 297-353 [PDF 3028KB]
	as at January 1992	page 1-43 [PDF880KB] page 44-84 (includes index) [PDF 2728KB]
Ordinance 71	as at June 1960	page 1-47 [PDF 880KB} page 48-79 (includes index) [PDF 2728KB]
	as at September 1972	page 1-30 [PDF 394KB] page 31-60 [PDF 416KB] page 61-86 [PDF 345KB] page 87-109 [PDF 305KB]

Bluett's Local Government Handbook

The State Library holds copies of each edition since first published in 1920. This handbook is invaluable for historic research:

Local Government Handbook 1st ed, 1920
Local Government Handbook 2nd ed, 1936
Local Government Handbook 3rd ed, 1942
Local Government Handbook 4th ed, 1948
Local Government Handbook 5th ed, 1954
Bluett's Local Government Handbook 6th ed, 1959
Bluett's Local Government Handbook 7th ed, 1962
Bluett's Local Government Handbook 8th ed, 1971
Bluetts Local Government Handbook (1975+) 9th edition and all subsequent editions

Finding ordinance in the NSW Government Gazette via Trove

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Government Legislation & Publications: New South Wales