New South Wales Legislation - Weekly Bulletin

Web enhancements

Enhancements to legislation website December 2002 (www.legislation.nsw.gov.au)

Following the launch and first few months of operation of the new website, and in response to user feedback, a number of enhancements have been made to the site.

Environmental Planning Instruments (EPIs)
These are now displayed as a separate category of instrument and appear with their own listings just like Acts and Regulations. You can now perform global searches and browse EPIs from the In Force, As Made and Repealed databases. The collection of principal Local Environmental Plans is now complete.

Limit search to year/number
This new feature allows you to limit or narrow your searches to a particular year, or, if you know the number of the instrument, to a particular Act, Regulation or EPI. This feature was requested by many specialist users of legislation.

Repealed legislation warning
Each page of a repealed title now includes a warning message that the title has been repealed. You can also access historical versions of repealed legislation, where they exist.

Historical versions of repealed legislation
These have been added to the site. The list of versions indicates which was the last version before repeal and a warning message displays on each page that a title is an historical version of repealed legislation. Also, the list of Historical versions for In Force and Repealed legislation is now more effectively displayed in table format (limited to 10 entries per page) starting with the most current version and working backwards in time.

Parent Act
The name of the Act under which statutory instruments (including EPIs) are made has been added to the Status Information for In Force statutory instruments and EPIs.

Table of Contents for Whole instrument
The text of the Table of Contents has been added to the display of a Whole Instrument, including hypertext links. This feature will be particularly helpful when printing out copies of whole instruments.

Changes to Status information
Refinements have been made to the status information alerts and warning messages to reflect the site additions and enhancements outlined above. Other changes include improved information about the currency of a version and alteration of the warning that displays when a historical version does not contain the text of certain amendments having a retrospective commencement.

Allocation of Administration of Acts
This instrument has been added to the In Force database under Regulations etc In Force. The Allocation of the Administration of Acts is approved by the Governor and published in the Government Gazette. This sets out the Ministers that are responsible for particular Acts and for Regulations under those Acts.

The website is to be formally reviewed in 2003 and additional feedback from users is encouraged.


A summary of legislative activity for the week ending Friday 20 December 2002
 

1 Bills
Parliament not sitting

Exposure Bills
Nil


Bills introduced
Government
Nil
Non-Government
Nil


Bills reprinted following amendment in Committee
Nil


Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament
Nil


Acts assented to
16 December 2002
Electricity Supply Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction) Act 2002 No 122
Workers Compensation Amendment (Terrorism Insurance Arrangements) Act 2002 No 123
Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No 124
Coal Industry Amendment (Fees for Rescue Services) Act 2002 No 125
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment Act 2002 No 126
Driving Instructors Amendment Act 2002 No 127
Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Dangerous Exhibits) Act 2002 No 128
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 No 129
17 December 2002
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No 130
Disorderly Houses Amendment (Commercial Supply of Prohibited Drugs) Act 2002 No 131
18 December 2002
Bank Holidays Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No 132
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Act 2002 No 133
Building Legislation Amendment (Quality of Construction) Act 2002 No 134
Crimes Amendment (School Protection) Act 2002 No 135
Defamation Amendment Act 2002 No 136
National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2002 No 137
Water Management Amendment Act 2002 No 138

For further details of the passage of Bills and the full text of Bills see the NSW Parliament Bills List

2 Gazette

[Including Special Supplements No 256 of 13 December 2002, No 262 of 18 December 2002, Gazette No 263 of 20 December 2002 and Special Supplements Nos 263B and 263C of 20 December 2002]

For the current issue of the Gazette see the Government Printing Service website.

Proclamations
Proclamations amending Acts
Nil
Proclamations commencing Acts
Courts Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2002 No 99 (979) - Act (except Schedules 1 and 4.1): 20 December 2002
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002 No 90 (980) - Act (other than Schedule 1 [5] and [7] and Schedule 3.2 [2]): 1 February 2003
Drug Court Amendment Act 2002 No 93 (981) - Whole of Act: 23 December 2002
Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Dangerous Exhibits) Act 2002 No 128 (982) - Whole of Act: 1 January 2003
Electricity Supply Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction) Act 2002 No 122 (983) - Whole of Act: 1 January 2003
Farm Debt Mediation Amendment Act 2002 No 82 (984) - Whole of Act: 3 January 2003
Gaming Machines Further Amendment Act 2002 No 102 (985) - Whole of Act: 1 January 2003
Guardianship Amendment (Enduring Guardians) Act 2002 No 89 (986) - Act (other than Schedule 1 [13]): 1 January 2003
Murray-Darling Basin Amendment Act 2002 No 87 (987) - Whole of Act: 1 January 2003
National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2001 No 130 (988) - Schedule 1 [53] - [60], [61] (except to the extent that it inserts section 151D), [62], [63], [152] and [153]): 20 December 2002
Regulatory Reduction Act 1996 No 107 (989) - Schedules 1.11, 1.12 and 2.14: 1 January 2003
Water Management Act 2002 No 92 (990) - Sections 55A and 71L: 20 December 2002
Water Management Amendment Act 2002 No 138 (992) - Whole of Act: 20 December 2002
Workers Compensation Amendment (Terrorism Insurance Arrangements) Act 2002 No 123 (994) - Whole of Act: 20 December 2002
Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No 124 (995) - Schedule 4.1 [5] (and section 3 of that Act in its application to that item): 20 December 2002
Proclamations general
Water Management Act 2000 No 92 (991) - Proclamation applying sec 71 of the Act to the whole of the State on and from 20.12.2002
Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act 2000 No 71 (993) - Proclamation repealing all of the Acts and regulations referred to in sec 12 (a)-(m) of the Act on 20.12.2002

Regulations and other statutory rules
By-laws
Nil
Notices
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 - Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act - GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10849 (1014)
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 - Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act - GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10851 (1015)
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 - Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act - GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10853 (1016)
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 - Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act - GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10857 (1018)
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 - Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act - GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10861 (1020)
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 - Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2 to Act - GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10855 (1017)
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 - Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 2 to Act - GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10859 (1019)
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 - Notice of Final Determination and Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act - GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10861 (1020)
Orders
Nil
Regulations
Criminal Records Amendment (Admission of Legal Practitioners) Regulation 2002 (1027)
Drug Court Amendment Regulation 2002 (996)
Electricity Supply (General) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction) Regulation 2002 (997)
Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Insurance) Regulation 2002 (976)
Gaming Machines Amendment Regulation (No 3) 2002 (998)
National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Regulation 2002 (999)
Ombudsman Amendment (Designated Government Agency) Regulation 2002 (1000)
Passenger Transport (Private Hire Vehicle Services) Amendment (Sydney Airport) Regulation 2002 (1001)
Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Amendment (Sydney Airport) Regulation 2002 (1002)
Public Authorities (Financial Arrangements) Amendment (Crown Transactions Entity) Regulation 2002 (1003)
Public Authorities (Financial Arrangements) Amendment (Public Trustee) Regulation 2002 (1004)
Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Hour-Glass Investment Facility) Regulation 2002 (1005)
Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Level Crossing Offences) Regulation 2002 (1006)
Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment (Level Crossing Offences) Regulation 2002 (1007)
Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment (Motor Vehicle Frontal Protection Systems) Regulation 2002 (1008)
Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment Regulation 2002 (1009)
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Motor Vehicle Frontal Protection Systems) Regulation 2002 (1010)
Sydney Water Catchment Management (General) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002 (1011)
Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2002 (1012)
Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Amendment (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2002 (1013)
Rules
Nil

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
Local Environmental Plans
Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 431 (2002 - 1024)
Warringah Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Am No 6) (2002 - 1025)
Regional Environmental Plans
Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 28 - Parramatta (Am No 5) (2002 - 1023)
State Environmental Plans
State Environmental Planning Policy No 5 - Housing for Older People or People with a Disability (Am No 5) (2002 - 978)
State Environmental Planning Policy No 5 - Housing for Older People or People with a Disability (Am No 7) (2002 - 1026)
State Environmental Planning Policy No 53 - Metropolitan Residential Development (Am No 8) (2002 - 977)
State Environmental Planning Policy No 62 - Sustainable Aquaculture (Am No 1) (2002 - 1021)
State Environmental Planning Policy No 65 - Design Quality of Residential Flat Development (Am No 1) (2002 - 1022)

3 Other events and information

Legislative publications

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Acts and regulations etc reprinted
Acts
Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 No 42 (Reprint No 7)
Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986 No 219 (Reprint No 6)
Regulations etc
Real Property Regulation 1998 (Reprint No 1)

For a list of reprints in production and proposed for production in 2002-2003 see NSW Proposed Reprints Program


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