New South Wales Consolidated ActsReprint No 1 2 April 1979
Reprint No 2 6 May 1991
Reprint No 3 1 August 2006
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | No | number | Schs | Schedules | |
| Cl | clause | p | page | Sec | section | |
| Cll | clauses | pp | pages | Secs | sections | |
| Div | Division | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision | |
| Divs | Divisions | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions | |
| GG | Government Gazette | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted | |
| Ins | inserted | Sch | Schedule |
| 1918 | No 38 | Irrigation (Amendment) Act 1918. Assented to 12.12.1918. |
| 1934 | No 52 | Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas Occupiers Relief Act 1934. Assented to 28.12.1934. |
| No 56 | Rural Bank (Agency) Act 1934. Assented to 28.12.1934. Date of commencement of sec 7 (4), 1.7.1935, sec 7 (1) and GG No 105 of 31.5.1935, p 2108. | |
| 1937 | No 35 | Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937. |
| 1943 | No 2 | Irrigation and Water (Amendment) Act 1943. Assented to 31.3.1943. |
| 1964 | No 11 | Irrigation and Water (Amendment) Act 1964. Assented to 9.4.1964. |
| 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). |
| 1970 | No 5 | Water, Crown Lands and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1970. Assented to 13.3.1970. |
| 1972 | No 48 | Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972. |
| 1974 | No 51 | Metric Conversion Act 1974. Assented to 6.5.1974. Date of commencement of Sch, item 142, 30.5.1975, sec 4 (2) (b) and GG No 77 of 30.5.1975, p 2052; date of commencement of Sch, items 143 and 144, 1.7.1974, sec 4 (2) (b) and GG No 79 of 28.6.1974, p 2500. |
| 1976 | No 34 | Water Resources Commission Act 1976. Assented to 1.4.1976. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 30.4.1976, sec 2 (2) and GG No 57 of 23.4.1976, p 1763. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984 No 153. Assented to 10.12.1984. |
| 1977 | No 19 | Notice of Action and Other Privileges
Abolition Act 1977. Assented to 24.3.1977. Date of commencement, 19.8.1977, sec 2 and GG No 92 of 19.8.1977, p 3541. |
| 1981 | No 90 | Miscellaneous Acts (State Bank) Repeal and Amendment Act
1981. Assented to 10.6.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 2.11.1981, sec 2 (2) and GG No 168 of 2.11.1981, p 5673. |
| 1985 | No 231 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985. Assented to 18.12.1985. |
| 1986 | No 198 | Hay Irrigation (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to 18.12.1986. Date of commencement, 1.1.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 195 of 19.12.1986, p 6267. |
| 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. |
| 1988 | No 131 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3)
1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 28, 1.2.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 13 of 30.1.1989, p 517. |
| 1989 | No 98 | Miscellaneous Acts (Rural Assistance) Repeal and Amendment Act
1989. Assented to 13.6.1989. Date of commencement, 1.7.1989, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3810. |
| No 226 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3)
1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Hay Irrigation Act 1902, 1.7.1989, Sch 1. | |
| 1990 | No 108 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1990. Assented to 13.12.1990. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Hay Irrigation Act 1902, assent, sec 2. |
| 1991 | No 94 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Hay Irrigation Act 1902, assent, Sch 2. |
| 1992 | No 112 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 1994 | No 41 | Irrigation Corporations Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Hay Irrigation Act 1902, 1.7.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 28.6.1996, p 3283. |
| 1997 | No 55 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3). |
| No 67 | Crown Lands and Irrigation Legislation Amendment (Transfer
Restrictions) Act 1997. Assented to 10.7.1997. Date of commencement, 1.8.1997, sec 2 and GG No 86 of 1.8.1997, p 5825. | |
| No 111 | Crown Lands and Irrigation Legislation Amendment (Removal of
Transfer Restrictions) Act 1997. Assented to 9.12.1997. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2001 | 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. The amendment made by Sch 2.123 was without effect as the provision being amended was amended by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002. |
| 2002 | No 112 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1.12, assent, sec 2 (3). |
| 2004 | No 63 | Crown Lands Legislation Amendment
(Budget) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement, 1.7.2004, sec 2. |
| 2005 | No 58 | Crown Lands Legislation Amendment Act
2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement, 15.7.2005, sec 2 and GG No 90 of 15.7.2005, p 3703. |
(a) by notifications of the Governor pursuant to sec 12, 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 4.1.1979, and published in GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 150, declaring that the Hay Irrigation Act 1902 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply.
| Sec 1 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 2 | Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 3 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 4 | Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 5 | Am 1934 No 56, sec 7 (4) (a); 1943 No 2, sec 7 (a); 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (1); 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1994 No 41, Sch 3; 2002 No 112, Sch 1.12; 2004 No 63, Sch 3 [1] [2]. |
| Part 2, heading | Subst 1976 No 34, Sch 6. |
| Sec 6 | Subst 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Am 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (2). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Secs 7-10 | Rep 1976 No 34, Sch 6. |
| Sec 11 | Subst 1976 No 34, Sch 6 (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16). Am 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (3). Subst 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 12 | Subst 1976 No 34, Sch 6 (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 13 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (4). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 14 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (5). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 15 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Rep 1977 No 19, Sch 1. |
| Sec 16 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (6). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 17 | Am 1918 No 38, sec 7 (i); 1934 No 52, sec 16; 1934 No 56, sec 7 (4) (b); 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (6); 1989 No 98, Sch 1; 1989 No 226, Sch 1. Subst 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 17A | Ins 1964 No 11, sec 8 (a). Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1985 No 231, Sch 31; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (7); 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Rep 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [1]. |
| Sec 18 | Am 1918 No 38, sec 7 (ii); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (6). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 2004 No 63, Sch 3 [3]. |
| Sec 18A | Ins 2004 No 63, Sch 3 [3]. |
| Sec 19 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (6). |
| Sec 19A | Ins 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Am 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [1]; 2004 No 63, Sch 3 [4] [5]. |
| Secs 19AB, 19AC | Ins 2004 No 63, Sch 3 [6]. |
| Sec 19B | Ins 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Am 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [2]. |
| Sec 19C | Ins 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 19D | Ins 2005 No 58, Sch 3.2. |
| Part 3, heading | Rep 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. |
| Sec 20 | Am 1934 No 56, sec 7 (4) (c); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (6); 1988 No 131, Sch 28. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. Am 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [3]. |
| Sec 21 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (8). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. Am 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [4]. |
| Sec 22 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (6). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. |
| Sec 23 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (9). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. |
| Sec 24 | Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1991 No 94, Sch 2. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. Am 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [5]-[10]. |
| Sec 25 | Subst 1943 No 2, sec 7 (b). Am 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (10). Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. Rep 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [11]. |
| Sec 26 | Am 1943 No 2, sec 7 (c); 1964 No 11, sec 8 (b); 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Rep 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (11). Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. Rep 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [12]. |
| Sec 27 | Am 1934 No 56, sec 7 (4) (d); 1943 No 2, sec 7 (d); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (12); 1988 No 131, Sch 28; 1989 No 98, Sch 1; 1989 No 226, Sch 1. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. Rep 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [13]. |
| Sec 28 | Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Subst 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Am 1986 No 198, Schs 1 (13), 2 (1). Subst 1987 No 48, Sch 32. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [2]. Rep 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [14]. |
| Part 4, heading | Rep 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [3]. |
| Sec 28A | Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [4]. Rep 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [15]. |
| Sec 29 | Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Subst 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 30 | Rep 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Ins 1994 No 41, Sch 3. Subst 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [16]. |
| Sec 31 | Rep 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Ins 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 32 | Rep 1976 No 34, Sch 6. Ins 2004 No 63, Sch 3 [7]. |
| Secs 33-41 | Rep 1976 No 34, Sch 6. |
| Part 5 | Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 42 | Am 1970 No 5, Sch; 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Schs 1 (6), 2 (2); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 43 | Am 1970 No 5, Sch; 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Schs 1 (6), 2 (3); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 44 | Am 1970 No 5, Sch; 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Schs 1 (6), 2 (4); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 45 | Am 1970 No 5, Sch; 1986 No 198, Sch 2 (5); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 46 | Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Sec 47 | Rep 1976 No 34, Sch 6. |
| Secs 48, 49 | Rep 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Second Sch | Am GG No 174 of 18.7.1919, p 3942; GG No 80 of 27.6.1930, p 2399; GG No 127 of 2.9.1938, p 3534; GG No 79 of 17.7.1959, p 2201; GG No 77 of 28.7.1961, p 2253; GG No 75 of 7.7.1967, p 2486; 1976 No 34, Sch 6; 1986 No 198, Sch 1 (14). |
| Third Sch | Ins 1994 No 41, Sch 3. |
| Fourth Sch | Ins 1997 No 67, Sch 2 [5]. Am 1997 No 111, Sch 2 [17]-[21]; 2004 No 63, Sch 3 [8] [9]. |