New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe 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| GG | Government Gazette | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |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 |
| 1940 | No 1 | Public Works (Amendment) Act 1940. Assented to 16.4.1940. Date of commencement of sec 2 (1), 7.3.1927, sec 2 (3) (a). |
| Sec 7 | Ins 1940 No 1, sec 2 (1). |