New South Wales Consolidated ActsReprint No 1 17 September 1979
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| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
| 1978 | No 82 | Parliamentary Papers (Supplementary Provisions) Amendment Act 1978. Assented to 11.9.1978. |
| 2005 | No 77 | Defamation Act 2005. Assented to 26.10.2005. Date of commencement, 1.1.2006, sec 2. |
| Sec 3 | Am 1978 No 82, sec 2; 2005 No 77, Sch 6.14 [1]. |
| Sec 7, note | Ins 2005 No 77, Sch 6.14 [2]. |