CONSTITUTION ACT 1902 - As at 20 March 2024 - Act 32 of 1902 - NOTES
CONSTITUTION ACT 1902 - As at 20 March 2024 - Act 32 of 1902 - NOTES
Reprint history (since 1972)--
Reprint No 1 9 June 1972
Reprint No 2 21 April 1976
Reprint No 3 23 August 1978
Reprint No 4 28 August 1980
Reprint No 5 27 January 1983
Reprint No 6 14 October 1985
Reprint No 7 23 December 1987
Reprint No 8 2 April 1991
Reprint No 9 5 August 1991
Reprint No 10 15 February 1993
Reprint No 11 14 November 1995
Reprint No 12 5 January 1999
Reprint No 13 16 January 2001
Reprint No 14 13 June 2006
Reprint No 15 7 December 2010
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Constitution Act 1902 No 32. Assented to 18.8.1902. This Act has been amended by this Act, Sch 8, cl 5 and as follows--| 1906 | No 41 | Parliamentary Elections Act 1906. Reserved 19.12.1906. Assented to 26.3.1907. See GG No 59 of 15.5.1907, p 2716. |
| 1908 | No 2 | Ministers' Salaries Act 1907. Assented to 13.1.1908. |
| 1912 | No 19 | Parliamentary Representatives Allowance Act 1912. Assented to 17.9.1912. |
| No 41 | Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912. Assented to 26.11.1912. | |
| 1920 | No 20 | Parliamentary Representatives Allowance and
Ministers'
Salaries (Amendment) Act 1920. Assented to 21.12.1920. Date of commencement, 1.11.1920, sec 1. |
| 1922 | No 2 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1922. Assented to 6.5.1922. Date of commencement, 1.7.1922, sec 1 (3). |
| 1925 | No 6 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1925. Assented to 21.10.1925. Date of commencement, 1.7.1925, sec 1 (3). |
| 1926 | No 1 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1925. Assented to 27.1.1926. |
| 1929 | No 12 | Audit (Amendment) Act 1929. Assented to 8.4.1929. Date of commencement, 30.11.1928, sec 1 (2). |
| No 28 | Constitution (Legislative Council) Amendment
Act
1929. Reserved 26.3.1929. Assented to 5.11.1929. See GG No 143 of 24.9.1930, p 3775. Date of commencement, 1.10.1930, sec 1 and GG No 144 of 26.9.1930, p 3779. | |
| 1930 | No 8 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1930. Assented to 15.4.1930. Date of commencement, 1.4.1930, sec 1 (3). |
| 1932 | No 48 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1932. Assented to 21.12.1932. Date of commencement, 1.12.1932, sec 1 (3). |
| 1933 | No 2 | Constitution Amendment (Legislative Council)
Act
1932. Approved by the electors in accordance with sec 7A of Act No 32, 1902, on 13.5.1933. Assented to 22.6.1933. Date of commencement of sec 4, 23.4.1934, secs 2, 4 (1) and GG No 71 of 16.4.1934, p 1627; date of commencement of sec 5, 23.4.1934, secs 2, 5 (1) and GG No 71 of 16.4.1934, p 1627. |
| 1936 | No 1 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1936. Assented to 25.3.1936. |
| No 55 | Demise of the Crown (Amendment) Act
1936. Assented to 11.12.1936. Date of commencement, 11.12.1936, sec 1 (2). | |
| 1938 | No 18 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1938. Assented to 31.10.1938. Date of commencement, 1.7.1938, sec 1 (3). |
| 1947 | No 28 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1947. Assented to 9.12.1947. Date of commencement (sec 2 (3) (a) excepted), 1.7.1947, sec 1 (3); date of commencement of sec 2 (3) (a), 30.10.1947, sec 2 (3) (b). |
| 1948 | No 34 | Constitution Amendment (Legislative Council Members
Allowances)
Act 1948. Assented to 2.12.1948. Date of commencement, 1.9.1948, sec 1 (2). (Act repealed by Act No 25, 1975, Sch 2.) |
| 1950 | No 33 | Constitution Amendment (Legislative Assembly) Act 1950. Reserved 2.11.1950. Assented to 1.2.1951. See GG No 22 of 9.2.1951, p 405. |
| 1951 | No 63 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1951. Assented to 28.12.1951. Date of commencement, 1.1.1952, sec 1 (3). |
| 1956 | No 22 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1956. Assented to 12.10.1956. Date of commencement, 3.3.1956, sec 1 (3). |
| 1959 | No 36 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries Act
1959. Assented to 10.12.1959. Date of commencement, 1.7.1959, sec 1 (2). |
| 1962 | No 39 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1962. Reserved 14.12.1962. Assented to 17.1.1963. See GG No 37 of 26.4.1963, p 1104. |
| 1963 | No 36 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries (Amendment)
Act
1963. Assented to 10.10.1963. Date of commencement, 1.7.1963, sec 1 (2). |
| 1965 | No 33 | Decimal Currency
Act
1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2). |
| 1966 | No 29 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries (Amendment)
Act
1966. Assented to 13.4.1966. Date of commencement, 1.7.1966, sec 1 (3). |
| 1968 | No 60 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1968. Assented to 16.12.1968. |
| 1969 | No 41 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries (Amendment)
Act
1969. Assented to 17.4.1969. Date of commencement, 1.7.1969, sec 1 (2). |
| 1971 | No 52 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries (Amendment)
Act
1971. Assented to 14.12.1971. Date of commencement, 1.1.1972, sec 1 (2). |
| 1972 | No 48 | Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972. |
| 1974 | No 7 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries (Amendment)
Act
1974. Assented to 26.3.1974. Date of commencement, 1.1.1974, sec 2. |
| 1975 | No 2 | Parliamentary Allowances and Salaries (Amendment)
Act
1975. Assented to 1.4.1975. Date of commencement of sec 3 (sec 3 (b) (ii) excepted), 1.1.1975, sec 2; date of commencement of sec 3 (b) (ii), 1.7.1975, sec 2 (2). |
| No 25 | Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal Act
1975. Assented to 14.4.1975. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.1976, sec 2 (2). | |
| No 67 | Constitution and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1975. Assented to 31.10.1975. (Sec 8 repealed by Act No 25, 1975, Sch 2 (as amended by Act No 67, 1975, sec 9 (b)).) | |
| 1976 | No 48 | Constitution (Ministers of the Crown) Amendment
Act
1976. Assented to 27.10.1976. Date of commencement of sec 3, 14.5.1976, sec 2 (2). |
| 1978 | No 46 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1978. Reserved 3.4.1978. Assented to 25.7.1978. See GG No 89 of 2.8.1978, p 3237. |
| No 75 | Constitution and Parliamentary Electorates and Elections (Amendment) Act 1978. Assented to 10.8.1978. | |
| 1979 | No 38 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1979. Assented to 30.4.1979. |
| No 91 | Constitution (Public Service) Amendment
Act
1979. Assented to 16.5.1979. Date of commencement of sec 3, 28.9.1979, sec 2 (2) and GG No 130 of 21.9.1979, p 4666. | |
| 1980 | No 13 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1980. Assented to 15.4.1980. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 5.8.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 1.8.1980, p 3895. |
| 1981 | No 102 | Constitution (Legislative Assembly) Amendment Act 1981. Reserved 12.11.1981. Assented to 16.12.1981. See GG No 14 of 29.1.1982, p 341. |
| No 103 | Constitution (Disclosures by Members) Amendment Act 1981. Reserved 12.11.1981. Assented to 16.12.1981. See GG No 14 of 29.1.1982, p 342. | |
| 1982 | No 95 | Constitution (Consolidated Fund) Amendment
Act
1982. Assented to 6.9.1982. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (5) and (9), 30.11.1982, sec 2 (3). |
| 1983 | No 153 | Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal
and
Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 29.12.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19. |
| 1984 | No 21 | Constitution (Enrolment of Acts) Amendment
Act
1984. Assented to 6.6.1984. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.3.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 178 of 21.12.1984, p 6298. |
| No 153 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984. | |
| 1986 | No 16 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1986. Assented to 1.5.1986. |
| No 57 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to 20.5.1986. | |
| No 111 | Constitution (Local Government) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 27.11.1986. | |
| 1987 | No 48 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
1)
1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809. |
| No 64 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 3.6.1987. | |
| 1988 | No 2 | Constitution (Parliamentary Secretaries) Amendment
Act
1988. Assented to 10.6.1988. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| No 52 | Constitution (Governor's Salary) Amendment
Act
1988. Assented to 26.10.1988. Date of commencement, 28 days after assent. | |
| 1990 | No 17 | Constitution (Legislative Assembly) Amendment
Act
1990. Assented to 14.6.1990. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| No 111 | Constitution and Parliamentary Electorates and
Elections
(Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 18.12.1990. Date of commencement, 29.3.1991, sec 2 and GG No 52 of 28.3.1991, p 2462. | |
| 1991 | No 17 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Constitution Act 1902, assent, sec 2. |
| No 20 | Constitution (Legislative Council) Amendment
Act
1991. Assented to 1.7.1991. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 61 | Constitution (Legislative Council) Further Amendment
Act
1991. Assented to 13.12.1991. Date of commencement, day after the date of assent, sec 2. | |
| 1992 | No 106 | Constitution (Amendment) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 1995 | No 1 | Constitution (Fixed Term Parliaments) Amendment
Act
1993. Assented to 2.5.1995. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| No 2 | Constitution (Entrenchment) Amendment Act
1992. Assented to 2.5.1995. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 36 | Public Sector Management Amendment Act
1995. Assented to 25.9.1995. Date of commencement, 13.10.1995, sec 2. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995 No 99. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Public Sector Management Amendment Act 1995, assent, sec 2 (2). | |
| 1996 | No 17 | Industrial Relations
Act
1996. Assented to 13.6.1996. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 5 relating to the Constitution Act 1902, 2.9.1996, sec 2 and GG No 99 of 30.8.1996, p 4983. |
| 1997 | No 88 | Constitution and Parliamentary Electorates and
Elections
Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 23.10.1997. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 1998 | No 120 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.7, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 1999 | No 31 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1.7, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 94 | Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing)
Act
1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.90, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184. | |
| 2000 | No 30 | Constitution Amendment
Act
2000. Assented to 9.6.2000. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 2003 | No 66 | Constitution
Amendment
(Governor's Salary) Act 2003. Assented to 20.11.2003. Date of commencement, 2.10.2014, sec 2. |
| 2005 | No 31 | Courts Legislation Amendment
Act
2005. Assented to 15.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| 2006 | No 6 | Constitution Amendment (Pledge
of
Loyalty) Act 2006. Assented to 3.4.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| No 32 | Constitution Amendment
(Governor) Act
2006. Assented to 31.5.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2007 | No 27 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 31 | Constitution Amendment (Speaker)
Act
2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. | |
| 2008 | No 114 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 1.6, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 2009 | No 13 | Children Legislation Amendment
(Wood
Inquiry Recommendations) Act 2009. Assented to 7.4.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 1.6.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (178) LW 22.5.2009. |
| No 62 | Parliamentary Remuneration
Amendment
(Salary Packaging) Act 2009. Assented to 16.9.2009. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 83 | Constitution
Amendment
(Lieutenant-Governor) Act 2009. Assented to 19.11.2009. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2010 | No 75 | Constitution Amendment
(Recognition of
Aboriginal People) Act 2010. Assented to 25.10.2010. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 2011 | No 3 | Constitution Amendment
(Prorogation of
Parliament) Act 2011. Assented to 16.5.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 2012 | No 33 | Constitution Amendment
(Restoration of
Oaths of Allegiance) Act 2012. Assented to 5.6.2012. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 2013 | No 40 | Government Sector Employment
Act
2013. Assented to 25.6.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 6.2, 24.2.2014, sec 2 and 2013 (631) LW 8.11.2013. |
| 2014 | No 33 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2014. Assented to 24.6.2014. Date of commencement of Sch 3.3, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1). |
| No 61 | Constitution Amendment
(Parliamentary
Presiding Officers) Act 2014. Assented to 28.10.2014. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2016 | No 2 | Government Sector
Employment
Legislation Amendment Act 2016. Assented to 2.3.2016. Date of commencement of Sch 5.2, 1.7.2016, sec 2 (2) and 2016 (390) LW 1.7.2016. |
| 2017 | No 17 | Crown Land Legislation Amendment
Act
2017. Assented to 17.5.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 4.17, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW 1.6.2018. |
| No 66 | Electoral Act
2017. Assented to 30.11.2017. Date of commencement, 1.7.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (302) LW 29.6.2018. | |
| 2020 | No 1 | COVID-19 Legislation
Amendment
(Emergency Measures) Act 2020. Assented to 25.3.2020. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 2021 | No 4 | COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities
and Health)
Act 2021. Assented to 24.3.2021. Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, assent, sec 2(1). |
| 2022 | No 5 | COVID-19 and Other
Legislation
Amendment (Regulatory Reforms) Act 2022. Assented to 24.3.2022. Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2(1). |
| No 15 | Constitution Amendment (Virtual Attendance)
Act
2022. Assented to 13.4.2022. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 56 | Constitution Amendment (Appointment of
Lieutenant-Governor and
Administrator) Act 2022. Assented to 26.10.2022. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 77 | Integrity Legislation Amendment Act
2022. Assented to 28.11.2022. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2023 | No 5 | Constitution Amendment (Sydney Water and Hunter
Water) Act
2023. Assented to 8.6.2023. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 2024 | No 1 | Constitution Amendment (Executive Council)
Act
2024. Assented to 19.2.2024. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
(a) by proclamations under sec 28A, and
(b) pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 12.4.1976, and published in Gazette No 54 of 15.4.1976, p 1706, declaring that the Constitution Act 1902, sec 24A excepted, is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply.
Table of amendments
No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965 and the Reprints Act 1972.| Sec 1 | Am 1975 No 67, sec 7 (a); 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (1); 1979 No 91, sec 3 (a); 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (1); 1984 No 21, Sch 1 (1). Subst 1986 No 16, Sch 5 (1). |
| Sec 2 | Subst 2010 No 75, sec 3. |
| Sec 3 | Am 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (2); 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (1); 2022 No 15, sec 3(1) (2). |
| Sec 5A | Ins 1933 No 2, sec 5 (2). |
| Sec 5B | Ins 1933 No 2, sec 5 (2). Am 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 5C | Ins 1933 No 2, sec 5 (2). |
| Sec 6 | Rep 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (1). |
| Sec 7 | Am 1978 No 46, sec 2; 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (4) (a); 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (2).
Editorial note : See also Constitution and Parliamentary Electorates and Elections (Amendment) Act 1978, sec 3 (2) and Sch 1 (4) (b). |
| Sec 7A | Ins 1929 No 28, sec 2. Am 1933 No 2, secs 3 (2), 5 (4); 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (5); 1981 No 103, Sch 1 (1); 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (2). |
| Sec 7B | Ins 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (3). Am 1981 No 102, Sch 1 (1); 1995 No 1, Sch 1 (1); 1995 No 2, Sch 1. |
| Sec 8 | Rep 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (1). |
| Sec 8A | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (2). Am 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [5[#93]. |
| Part 2A | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 9 | Rep 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (1). Ins 2006 No 32, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 9A | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 9B | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (3). Am 2006 No 32, Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2009 No 83, sec 3; 2022 No 56, sec 3(1)-(3). |
| Sec 9C | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (3). Am 2006 No 32, Sch 1 [4[#93]-[6[#93]; 2008 No 114, Sch 1.6. |
| Sec 9D | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (3). Am 2006 No 32, Sch 1 [7[#93] [8[#93]. |
| Secs 9E-9H | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 9I | Ins 1988 No 52, sec 2. Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1. Subst 2003 No 66, Sch 1. |
| Sec 10 | Am 1995 No 1, Sch 1 (2); 2011 No 3, sec 3 (1). |
| Sec 10A | Ins 2011 No 3, sec 3 (2). |
| Sec 11A | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (6). |
| Sec 11B | Ins 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (4). |
| Sec 12 | Am 1936 No 55, sec 2 (b); 1984 No 153, Sch 16. Subst 2006 No 6, Sch 1 [1[#93]. Am 2012 No 33, Sch 1 [1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 13 | Am 1933 No 2, sec 4 (4); 1962 No 39, sec 2 (a); 1980 No 13, Sch 1 (1); 2009 No 62, Sch 2.1. |
| Sec 13A | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (7). Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.90; 2000 No 30, Sch 1 [1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 13B | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (7). Am 1980 No 13, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (4); 1988 No 2, Sch 1 (1). |
| Secs 13C, 13D | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (7). |
| Sec 14 | Am 1933 No 2, sec 4 (5); 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (8); 1980 No 13, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 14A | Ins 1981 No 103, Sch 1 (2). Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 2022 No 77, Sch 1.1[1[#93]-[5[#93]. |
| Sec 15 | Am 1981 No 103, Sch 1 (3). |
| Part 3, Div 2 | Subst 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). |
| Sec 16 | Am 1926 No 1, sec 2. Rep 1933 No 2, sec 4 (2). Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Subst 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 17 | Rep 1933 No 2, sec 4 (2). Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Subst 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (3). |
| Secs 17A-17E | Ins 1933 No 2, sec 3 (1). Rep 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). |
| Sec 17F | Ins 1933 No 2, sec 4 (3). Rep 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). |
| Sec 17G | Ins 1948 No 34, sec 2. Am 1951 No 63, sec 2 (a); 1956 No 22, sec 2 (1); 1963 No 36, sec 2 (a); 1966 No 29, sec 2 (a); 1969 No 41, sec 2 (a); 1971 No 52, sec 2 (a); 1974 No 7, sec 3 (a); 1975 No 2, sec 3 (a). Rep 1975 No 25, sec 15 (2) (a). |
| Sec 17H | Ins 1948 No 34, sec 2. Am 1966 No 29, sec 2 (b); 1968 No 60, sec 2 (a). Rep 1975 No 25, sec 15 (2) (a). |
| Sec 18 | Subst 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Rep 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 19 | Am 1962 No 39, sec 2 (b). Subst 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Rep 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 20 | Subst 1933 No 2, sec 4 (6); 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Rep 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 21 | Subst 1933 No 2, sec 4 (7); 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Rep 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 22 | Am 1933 No 2, sec 4 (8). Subst 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). |
| Sec 22A | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Am 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (4). |
| Sec 22B | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Am 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (5). |
| Sec 22C | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Rep 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (6). |
| Sec 22D | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Am 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (7). |
| Secs 22E, 22F | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). |
| Sec 22G | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Am 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (8); 1991 No 61, Sch 1 (1); 1992 No 106, Sch 1 (1); 2007 No 27, Sch 1.8; 2014 No 61, Sch 1 [1[#93]-[4[#93]. |
| Sec 22H | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Subst 1991 No 61, Sch 1 (2). |
| Secs 22I, 22J | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (9). |
| Sec 23 | Am 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (5). |
| Sec 24 | Am 1981 No 102, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1995 No 1, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 24A | Ins 1950 No 33, sec 2. Rep 1981 No 102, Sch 1 (3). Ins 1995 No 1, Sch 1 (4). |
| Sec 24B | Ins 1995 No 1, Sch 1 (4). |
| Sec 25 | Rep 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (10). Ins 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (5). Am 1986 No 57, sec 2 (1)-(3); 1990 No 17, Sch 1; 1997 No 88, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 26 | Am 1975 No 67, sec 7 (b). Rep 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (11). Ins 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (5). |
| Sec 27 | Am 1906 No 41, sec 60; 1912 No 41, sec 187; 1975 No 67, sec 7 (c). Rep 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (12). Ins 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (5). |
| Sec 28 | Am 1906 No 41, sec 61; 1912 No 19, sec 2; 1912 No 41, sec 188; 1920 No 20, sec 2; 1922 No 2, sec 2; 1925 No 6, sec 2; 1930 No 8, sec 2; 1932 No 48, sec 3; 1938 No 18, sec 2; 1947 No 28, sec 2 (1); 1951 No 63, sec 2 (b); 1956 No 22, sec 3 (a); 1959 No 36, sec 2 (a); 1963 No 36, sec 2 (b); 1966 No 29, sec 2 (c); 1969 No 41, sec 2 (b); 1971 No 52, sec 2 (b); 1974 No 7, sec 3 (b); 1975 No 2, sec 3 (b). Rep 1975 No 25, sec 15 (2) (a). Ins 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (5). |
| Sec 28A | Ins 1956 No 22, sec 3 (b). Am 1971 No 52, sec 2 (c). Rep 1975 No 25, sec 15 (2) (a). Ins 1990 No 111, sec 3. |
| Sec 29 | Am 1956 No 22, sec 3 (c); 1966 No 29, sec 2 (d); 1968 No 60, sec 2 (b); 1975 No 25, sec 15 (2) (b)-(e); 1975 No 67, sec 7 (d). Rep 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (13). Ins 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (5). |
| Sec 31 | Am 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (14); 1992 No 106, Sch 1 (2); 2007 No 31, Sch 1 [1[#93]; 2014 No 61, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 31A | Ins 1936 No 1, sec 2. Am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.7. Subst 2014 No 61, Sch 1 [6[#93]. Am 2017 No 66, Sch 8.4. |
| Sec 31B | Ins 1992 No 106, Sch 1 (3). Am 2014 No 61, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| Sec 32 | Am 2007 No 31, Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]. |
| Sec 34 | Rep 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (15). |
| Part 4, heading | Subst 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (6). |
| Part 4, Div 1, heading | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). |
| Sec 35 | Am 1975 No 67, sec 4 (a). Subst 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). |
| Sec 35A | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). |
| Part 4, Div 2 | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). |
| Secs 35B, 35C | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). |
| Sec 35CA | Ins 2006 No 6, Sch 1 [2[#93]. Am 2012 No 33, Sch 1 [3[#93]-[5[#93]. |
| Sec 35D | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). Am 2024 No 1, Sch 1. |
| Part 4, Div 3 | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). |
| Sec 35E | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). |
| Sec 35F | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). Rep 1997 No 88, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Part 4, Div 4, heading | Ins 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (7). |
| Sec 36 | Subst 1975 No 67, sec 4 (b). Am 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (8) (a)-(e). |
| Sec 37 | Subst 1975 No 67, sec 4 (b). Am 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (8) (b) (d) (f) (g). |
| Sec 37A | Ins 1975 No 67, sec 4 (b). Am 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (8) (a) (b) (h) (i). |
| Sec 38 | Subst 1975 No 67, sec 4 (b). Am 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (8) (a). |
| Sec 38A | Ins 1933 No 2, sec 5 (3). Am 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (8) (i). |
| Part 4A | Ins 1975 No 67, sec 7 (e). |
| Sec 38B | Ins 1975 No 67, sec 7 (e). Am 1988 No 2, Sch 1 (2). |
| Sec 38C | Ins 1975 No 67, sec 7 (e). |
| Sec 38D | Ins 1975 No 67, sec 7 (e). Am 1988 No 2, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 38E | Ins 1975 No 67, sec 7 (e). |
| Part 5, heading | Am 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (2). |
| Sec 39 | Subst 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 40 | Am 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (4). |
| Sec 41 | Am 1908 No 2, sec 2 (1); 1920 No 20, sec 3; 1922 No 2, sec 3; 1925 No 6, sec 3 (a); 1929 No 12, sec 3 (a); 1930 No 8, sec 3 (a); 1932 No 48, sec 4 (a); 1938 No 18, sec 3 (a). Rep 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (5). |
| Secs 42, 43 | Rep 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (5). |
| Sec 44 | Am 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (6). Rep 1983 No 153, Sch 1. |
| Sec 45 | Am 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (7). |
| Sec 46 | Am 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (8); 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (9). |
| Part 6, heading | Am 1979 No 91, sec 3 (b); 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 47 | Am 1998 No 120, Sch 1.7. Subst 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [2[#93]. Am 2016 No 2, Sch 5.2 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 47A | Ins 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [2[#93]. Am 2016 No 2, Sch 5.2 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 47B | Ins 2016 No 2, Sch 5.2 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 48 | Ins 1979 No 91, sec 3 (c). Am 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (9); 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 49 | Ins 1979 No 91, sec 3 (c). Rep 1995 No 36, sec 4. |
| Sec 49A | Ins 1986 No 16, Sch 5 (2). |
| Part 7 | Ins 1984 No 21, Sch 1 (2). Subst 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 50 | Ins 1984 No 21, Sch 1 (2). Rep 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [4[#93]. |
| Secs 50A-50C | Ins 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 50D | Ins 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [4[#93]. Am 2016 No 2, Sch 5.2 [4[#93]. |
| Secs 50E, 50F | Ins 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 50G | Ins 2013 No 40, Sch 6.2 [4[#93]. Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.3. |
| Part 8 | Ins 1986 No 111, sec 2. |
| Sec 51 | Ins 1986 No 111, sec 2. Am 2017 No 17, Sch 4.17. |
| Part 9 | Ins 1992 No 106, Sch 1 (4). |
| Sec 52 | Ins 1992 No 106, Sch 1 (4). Am 1996 No 17, Sch 5; 2005 No 31, Sch 3; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.15; 2009 No 13, Sch 2.3. |
| Secs 53-56 | Ins 1992 No 106, Sch 1 (4). |
| Part 10 | Ins 2023 No 5, Sch 1. |
| Sec 57 | Ins 2023 No 5, Sch 1. |
| First Sch | Rep 2010 No 75, sec 3. |
| Second Sch | Am 1908 No 2, sec 4; 1920 No 20, sec 4. Subst 1947 No 28, sec 2 (3) (a); 1951 No 63, sec 2 (c). Am 1968 No 60, sec 2 (c); 1976 No 48, sec 3. Rep 1987 No 64, Sch 1 (11). |
| Third Sch | Am 1908 No 2, sec 2 (2); 1920 No 20, sec 5; 1922 No 2, sec 4; 1925 No 6, sec 3 (b) (c); 1929 No 12, sec 3 (b); 1930 No 8, sec 3 (b) (c); 1932 No 48, sec 4 (b) (c); 1938 No 18, sec 3 (b). Rep 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (9). |
| Fourth Sch | Rep 1982 No 95, Sch 1 (9). |
| Fifth Sch | Ins 1956 No 22, sec 3 (d). Am GG No 54 of 8.5.1959, p 1438; 1959 No 36, sec 2 (b); GG No 29 of 30.3.1962, p 844; GG No 35 of 13.4.1962, p 1018. Subst 1963 No 36, sec 2 (c); 1966 No 29, sec 2 (e). Am GG No 26 of 28.2.1968, p 797; 1969 No 41, sec 2 (c); GG No 23 of 3.3.1971, p 635; 1971 No 52, sec 2 (d); GG No 147 of 30.11.1973, p 5098; 1974 No 7, sec 3 (c); 1975 No 2, sec 3 (c). Rep 1975 No 25, sec 15 (2) (a). Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (16). Rep 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (9). |
| Sixth Sch | Ins 1978 No 75, Sch 1 (16). Am 1991 No 20, Sch 1 (10). |
| Seventh Sch | Ins 1979 No 38, Sch 1 (6). |
| Sch 8, heading | Subst 2022 No 5, Sch 1.4[1[#93]. |
| Sch 8 | Ins 2020 No 1, Sch 2.4. Am 2021 No 4, Sch 1.9[1[#93] [2[#93]; 2022 No 5, Sch 1.4[2[#93] [3[#93]. Rep 1902 No 32, Sch 8, cl 5. |