Subject guides: Legislation: New South Wales

NSW Legislation
Official site - provides online access to current and historical NSW legislation
NSW Government weekly bulletin
Summary of legislative activity, including a list of bills introduced and passed, gazetted information such as acts assented to, proclamations and regulations and a list of reprinted Acts and Regulations.

Print Resources

Parliament of New South Wales Bills
Searchable database containing bills introduced since 1997
NSW Government Bills
Bills at all stages of the Parliamentary process (from 1987), including Explanatory notes for those Bills as introduced into Parliament. Consultation drafts of Bills publicly released before introduction (from 1999)

Print Resources

New South Wales Government Bills (1976-1999) - Law Library Store, Level 3
New South Wales Government Explanatory Notes (2008-2009; 2011) - Law Library Store, Level 3

Hansard and House Papers - NSW Parliament
Browse or search Hansard and House Papers of the Parliament of New South Wales
Comprehensive index to all parliamentary documents available online
Contains links to all NSW Hansard, House Papers and Tabled Papers which are available online, including indexes to those records

New South Wales Law Reform Commission
The NSW Law Reform Commission reviews the law in NSW and makes recommendations for change to the Attorney General.

Print Resources

Acts and Ordinances of the Govenor and Council, Callaghan-NSW (1844-1852) - Level 1
Imperial Statues in Force in New South Wales, Bignold (1913) - Level 1
Incorporated Acts NSW (1925-1942) - Level 1
Public Statutes NSW (1824-1895) - Level 1
Statues. Tables NSW (1824-1969) - Level 1
Statues. Annotations and References NSW (1824-1988) - Level 1

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How Parliament works
The Parliament of New South Wales is the law-making body for the State of New South Wales. Discover more about how the law is made by viewing the videos and fact sheets
Parliament of New South Wales. Research papers
The Parliamentary Research Service prepares papers on legislation before the Parliament and on major issues of interest to members. Papers cover a broad range of subject areas including law, politics, government, environment, economics and social issues