New South Wales Consolidated ActsReprint No 1 2 September 1991
Reprint No 2 11 August 1997
Reprint No 3 12 February 2008
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| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
| 1987 | No 48 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1)
1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 30, except as provided by sec 2 (10), assent, sec 2 (1). |
| No 209 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1987. Assented to 9.12.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 10, assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| 1990 | No 99 | Anti-Discrimination (Compulsory Retirement) Amendment Act
1990. Assented to 13.12.1990. Date of commencement, 1.1.1991, sec 2. |
| 1991 | No 17 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986, assent, sec 2. |
| 1992 | No 43 | Statutory Appointments Legislation (Parliamentary Veto)
Amendment Act 1992. Assented to 19.5.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 1993 | No 87 | Legal Profession Reform Act 1993. Assented to 29.11.1993. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 17.12.1993, sec 2 and GG No 138 of 17.12.1993, p 7277. |
| 1996 | No 93 | Crimes Amendment (Apprehended Violence Orders) Act
1996. Assented to 26.11.1996. Date of commencement, 1.3.1997, sec 2 and GG No 20 of 21.2.1997, p 797. |
| 1997 | No 55 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 1998 | No 137 | Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act
1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.9, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 973. |
| No 149 | Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement, 8.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 5.2.1999, p 391. | |
| 1999 | No 94 | Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act
1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.106, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184. |
| 2001 | No 7 | Criminal Procedure Amendment (Pre-trial
Disclosure) Act 2001. Assented to 18.4.2001. Date of commencement, 19.11.2001, sec 2 and GG No 173 of 9.11.2001, p 9071. |
| No 121 | Justices Legislation Repeal and
Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978. | |
| 2005 | No 31 | Courts Legislation Amendment Act
2005. Assented to 15.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 14, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| 2006 | No 73 | Crimes Amendment (Apprehended
Violence) Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.10, 12.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 9.3.2007, p 1711. |
| No 107 | Crimes and Courts Legislation
Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 29.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1.12, 1.1.2008, Sch 1.12 and GG No 175 of 30.11.2007, p 8671. | |
| 2007 | No 51 | Crown Law Officers Legislation
Amendment (Abolition of Life Tenure) Act 2007. Assented to 1.11.2007. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| No 80 | Crimes (Domestic and Personal
Violence) Act 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement, 10.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 7.3.2008, p 1429. | |
| No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 1.30 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. | |
| 2008 | No 53 | Courts and Crimes Legislation
Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 11, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| 2009 | No 49 | NSW Trustee and Guardian Act
2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009. |
| 2011 | No 8 | Courts and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2011. Assented to 7.6.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| No 34 | Crown Law Officers Legislation
Amendment (Retirement Age) Act 2011. Assented to 13.9.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 65 | Director of Public Prosecutions
Amendment (Disclosures) Act 2011. Assented to 25.11.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2012 | No 11 | Courts and Crimes Legislation
Amendment Act 2012. Assented to 21.3.2012. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| Sec 3 | Am 1998 No 137, Sch 2.9; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.84 [1]-[3]; 2006 No 73, Sch 3.10 [1]; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.11 [1]. |
| Sec 3A | Ins 2007 No 51, Sch 1 [1]. |
| Sec 4A | Ins 1992 No 43, Sch 1. |
| Sec 8 | Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.30. |
| Sec 9 | Am 1987 No 209, Sch 10 (1); 2006 No 107, Sch 1.12. |
| Sec 9A | Ins 2008 No 53, Sch 11 [1]. |
| Sec 10 | Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.84 [4] [5]; 2008 No 53, Sch 11 [2]. |
| Sec 15 | Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.4. |
| Sec 15A | Ins 2001 No 7, Sch 2. Am 2011 No 65, Sch 1 [1]. |
| Sec 16 | Am 1987 No 209, Sch 10 (2). |
| Sec 20A | Ins 1996 No 93, Sch 2. Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.6; 2006 No 73, Sch 3.10 [2]; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.11 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
| Sec 36 | Am 2007 No 51, Sch 1 [2]; 2011 No 8, Sch 1.2 [1]; 2011 No 34, Sch 1 [1]; 2011 No 65, Sch 1 [2]; 2012 No 11, Sch 1.3 [1]. |
| Sec 37 | Am 2011 No 34, Sch 1 [2]; 2012 No 11, Sch 1.3 [2]. |
| Sch 1 | Am 1987 No 48, Sch 30; 1990 No 99, Sch 4; 1991 No 17, Sch 2; 1993 No 87, Sch 5; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.106; 2005 No 31, Sch 14.1; 2007 No 51, Sch 1 [3]-[11]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.20; 2011 No 8, Sch 1.2 [2] [3]; 2011 No 34, Sch 1 [3]-[5]; 2012 No 11, Sch 1.3 [3] [4]. |