New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe 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| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
| 1958 | No 45 | Mental Health Act 1958. Assented to 31.12.1958. Date of commencement, 2.3.1959, sec 1 (2) and GG No 24 of 20.2.1959, p 497. |
| 1962 | No 14 | Mental Health (Commonwealth Agreement Ratification) Amendment
Act 1962. Assented to 21.5.1962. Date of commencement, 14.6.1963, sec 1 (3) and GG No of 54 of 14.6.1963, p 1731. |
| Sec 2 | Am 1962 No 14, sec 2 (a). |
| Sec 3 | Subst 1962 No 14, sec 2 (b). |
| Secs 3A, 3B | Ins 1962 No 14, sec 2 (b). |
| Sec 4 | Rep 1958 No 45, Sch 1. |
| First Sch (previously Sch), heading | Subst 1962 No 14, sec 2 (c) (i). |
| Second Sch | Ins 1962 No 14, sec 2 (c) (ii). |