New South Wales Consolidated ActsReprint No 1 30 May 1974
Reprint No 2 13 March 1979
Reprint No 3 25 March 1981
Reprint No 4 30 October 1991
Reprint No 5 3 November 1998
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| GG | Government Gazette | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted | |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 |
| 1971 | No 46 | New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry (Amendment) Act 1971. Assented to 14.12.1971. |
| 1972 | No 63 | Health Commission Act 1972. Assented to 23.11.1972. Date of commencement of Sch, Pt 1, 30.4.1973, sec 2 (c) and GG No 53 of 27.4.1973, p 1428. |
| 1980 | No 58 | New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry (Amendment) Act
1980. Assented to 28.4.1980. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 7.5.1980, sec 2 (2). |
| 1982 | No 138 | Miscellaneous Acts (Health Administration) Amendment Act
1982. Assented to 15.12.1982. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 17.12.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 177 of 17.12.1982, p 5869. |
| 1983 | No 153 | Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal and
Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 29.12.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19. |
| 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. |
| 1990 | No 46 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990. Assented to 22.6.1990. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry Act 1964, assent, sec 2. |
| 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 New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry Act 1964, assent, sec 2. | |
| 1991 | No 69 | Charitable Fundraising Act
1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement, 1.9.1993, sec 2 and GG No 91 of 20.8.1993, p 4619. |
| 1994 | No 32 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry Act 1964, assent, Sch 1. |
| 1996 | No 30 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3). |
| 1997 | No 87 | Health Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 21.10.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.4.1998, sec 2 and GG No 146 of 12.12.1997, p 9926. |
| No 154 | Health Services Act
1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4423. | |
| 2003 | No 52 | Health Legislation Amendment Act
2003. Assented to 23.10.2003. Date of commencement, 1.2.2004, sec 2 and GG No 12 of 16.1.2004, p 164. |
| 2004 | No 87 | Health Legislation Further Amendment
Act 2004. Assented to 30.11.2004. Date of commencement, 1.1.2005, sec 2 and GG No 200 of 17.12.2004, p 9305. |
| 2006 | No 2 | Public Sector Employment Legislation
Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378. |
| 2007 | No 27 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 89 | Health Legislation Amendment Act
2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2.8, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| Sec 2 | Am 1972 No 63, Sch; 1982 No 138, Sch 1; 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [1]; 2004 No 87, Sch 3 [1] [2]; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.37. |
| Sec 3 | Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.42 [1]. |
| Sec 4 | Am 1971 No 46, sec 2 (a); 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (1); 2003 No 52, Sch 3 [1]; 2004 No 87, Sch 3 [3]. |
| Sec 5 | Am 1971 No 46, sec 2 (b); 1972 No 63, Sch; 1980 No 58, Sch 1 (1), 2 (2); 1982 No 138, Sch 1; 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1990 No 108, Sch 1. Subst 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [2]. Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.29; 2007 No 89, Sch 2.8. |
| Sec 6 | Am 1972 No 63, Sch; 1980 No 58, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [3]. |
| Sec 7 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (3). Subst 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2004 No 87, Sch 3 [4]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.42 [2]. |
| Sec 8 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (4). Subst 1982 No 138, Sch 1. |
| Sec 9 | Am 1971 No 46, sec 2 (c); 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (5); 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [5]. |
| Sec 10 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (6); 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 1; 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [6]. |
| Sec 11 | Am 1980 No 58, Schs 1 (3), 2 (7); 1994 No 32, Sch 1; 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [7] [8]. |
| Sec 12 | Am 1972 No 63, Sch; 1980 No 58, Sch 1 (4); 1982 No 138, Sch 1; 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [9]-[11]. |
| Sec 15 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (8); 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [12] [13]. |
| Sec 16 | Am 1971 No 46, sec 2 (d); 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (9). |
| Sec 18 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (10). |
| Sec 19 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (11); 1991 No 69, Sch 1. |
| Sec 20 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (12); 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [14] [15]. Subst 2004 No 87, Sch 3 [5]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.42 [3]. |
| Sec 20A | Ins 2004 No 87, Sch 3 [5]. |
| Sec 21 | Subst 1983 No 153, Sch 2. |
| Sec 22 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (13). Rep 1983 No 153, Sch 2. Ins 2003 No 52, Sch 3 [2]. |
| Sec 24 | Am 1980 No 58, Sch 2 (14); 1987 No 48, Sch 32. |
| Sec 25 | Ins 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [16]. |
| Sch 1 | Ins 1997 No 87, Sch 3 [16]. Am 2004 No 87, Sch 3 [6] [7]. |