New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe 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| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
| 2005 | (304) | Adoption Amendment (Adoption Service Providers) Regulation
2005. GG No 81 of 1.7.2005, p 3312. Date of commencement, 1.7.2005, cl 2. |
| 2009 | (197) | Adoption Amendment Regulation 2009. LW 29.5.2009. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. |
| (612) | Adoption Amendment (Access to Information) Regulation
2009. LW 18.12.2009. Date of commencement, 1.1.2010, cl 2. | |
| 2010 | No 66 | Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples)
Act 2010. Assented to 15.9.2010. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| Cl 3 | Am 2005 (304), Sch 1 [2]; 2009 (197), Sch 1 [1]; 2009 (612), Sch 1 [1]. |
| Cl 5 | Am 2005 (304), Sch 1 [3] [4]. Rep 2009 (197), Sch 1 [2]. |
| Cll 5A-5E | Ins 2005 (304), Sch 1 [5]. |
| Cl 12 | Subst 2009 (197), Sch 1 [3]. |
| Cl 13 | Am 2009 (197), Sch 1 [4] [5]. |
| Cl 43 | Am 2010 No 66, Sch 2.2. |
| Part 11, Div 1, heading | Subst 2009 (612), Sch 1 [2]. |
| Part 11, Div 1, Subdiv 1, heading | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [2]. |
| Cl 45 | Am 2009 (612), Sch 1 [3]. |
| Part 11, Div 1, Subdiv 2 (cll 45A-45F) | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [4]. |
| Part 11, Div 1, Subdiv 3, heading | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [5]. |
| Cl 46A | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [5]. |
| Part 11, Div 1, Subdiv 4, heading | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [6]. |
| Cl 49 | Am 2009 (612), Sch 1 [7]. |
| Cl 50 | Am 2009 (612), Sch 1 [8]. |
| Cl 51 | Am 2009 (612), Sch 1 [9]. |
| Part 11, Div 1, Subdiv 5, heading | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [10]. |
| Cl 52A | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [11]. |
| Cl 53 | Am 2009 (612), Sch 1 [12]. |
| Cl 54 | Am 2009 (612), Sch 1 [13]. |
| Cl 54A | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [14]. |
| Part 11, Div 1, Subdiv 6, heading | Ins 2009 (612), Sch 1 [15]. |
| Cl 57 | Am 2009 (612), Sch 1 [16] [17]. |
| Sch 1 | Ins 2005 (304), Sch 1 [6]. Am 2009 (197), Sch 1 [6] [7]. |
| The whole Regulation (except cl 5 and the expression “private foster agency” in cl 35 (2)) | Am 2005 (304), Sch 1 [1] (“agency” and “agencies” omitted wherever occurring, “service provider” and “service providers” inserted instead, respectively). |