New South Wales Consolidated ActsReprint No 1 1 April 2003
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| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
| 1997 | No 147 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.25, 1.9.1998, Sch 1.25 and GG No 126 of 28.8.1998, p 6530. |
| 1999 | No 85 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| 2000 | No 75 | Adoption Act 2000. Assented to 9.11.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 591. |
| 2007 | No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. |
| 2008 | No 23 | Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex
Relationships) Act 2008. Assented to 11.6.2008. Date of commencement, 22.9.2008, sec 2 and GG No 118 of 19.9.2008, p 9283. |
| Sec 4 | Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.5 [1]. |
| Sec 8 | Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.5 [2]. |
| Secs 11, 12 | Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.5 [3]. |
| Sec 14 | Am 1997 No 147, Sch 1.25 [1] [2]; 2008 No 23, Sch 2 [1]-[6]. |
| Sec 35 | Am 2007 No 94, Sch 4. |
| Sec 38 | Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
| Sch 1 | Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
| Sch 2 | Am 2008 No 23, Sch 2 [7] [8]. |