New South Wales Legislation—Weekly Bulletin


A summary of legislative activity for the week ending Friday 19 March 2004


1 Bills


Exposure Bills
Nil

Bills introduced
Government
Appropriation (Budget Variations) Bill 2004
Botany Bay National Park (Helicopter Base Relocation) Bill 2004
Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages) Bill 2004
Local Government Amendment (Council and Employee Security) Bill 2004
Snowy Mountains Cloud Seeding Trial Bill 2004
Non-Government
Nil

Bills reprinted following amendment in Committee
Education Amendment (Non-Government Schools Registration) Bill 2004
Food Legislation Amendment Bill 2004
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment (Alcohol) Bill 2004

Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament
16 March 2004
Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2004
Lord Howe Island Amendment Bill 2004
Public Lotteries Legislation Amendment Bill 2004
Retirement Villages Amendment Bill 2004
17 March 2004
Education Amendment (Non-Government Schools Registration) Bill 2004
Food Legislation Amendment Bill 2004
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment (Alcohol) Bill 2004

Acts assented to
17 March 2004
Animal Diseases Legislation Amendment (Civil Liability) Act 2004 No 2
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Victim Impact Statements) Act 2004 No 3
Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004 No 4
National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Kosciuszko National Park Roads) Act 2004 No 5
The Synod of Eastern Australia Property Amendment Act 2004 No 6
Wool, Hide and Skin Dealers Act 2004 No 7
Partnership Amendment (Venture Capital Funds) Act 2004 No 8
Strata Schemes Management Amendment Act 2004 No 9
Superannuation Administration Amendment Act 2004 No 10

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


2 Gazetted statutory and other instruments

[Special Supplement No 56 of 16 March 2004, No 57 of 17 March 2004 and Gazette No 58 of 19 March 2004]

For the current issue of the Gazette see the cmSolutions website.

Proclamations commencing Acts
Nil

Regulations and other statutory instruments
By-laws
Nil
Notices
Nil
Orders
First State Superannuation (Health Services Union) Order 2004 (2004-112)
State Authorities Non-contributory Superannuation (Health Services Union) Order 2004 (2004-114)
State Authorities Superannuation (Health Services Union) Order 2004 (2004-113)
Workers Compensation (Medical Practitioner Fees) Order 2004 No 1 (2004-117)
Proclamations (except commencement procs)
Nil
Regulations
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Accreditation and Certification) Regulation 2004 (2004-111)
Rules
Nil

Environmental Planning Instruments
Local Environmental Plans
Fairfield Local Environmental Plan 1994 (Am No 95) (2004-115)
Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2004 (2004-116)
Regional Environmental Plans
Nil
State Environmental Planning Policies
Nil



3 Other events and information

Legislative publications
For NSW legislation on-line see www.legislation.nsw.gov.au.

For detailed information about the status of legislation, see the tables of Acts and principal statutory instruments in NSW Legislation in Force.

For further information about NSW legislative publications see Information guides to legislative publications or contact hotline@pco.nsw.gov.au.

The current issue of the NSW Government Gazette is available online.

To purchase legislative publications contact Government Advertising and Information: telephone (02) 9238 0950, NSW country 1800 463 955 or cmSolutions by fax (02) 9743 8603 or Mail Order PO Box 256, Regents Park NSW 2143.

Acts and regulations etc reprinted
Acts
Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 No 13 (Reprint No 11)
Regulations etc
Nil

For a list of reprints in production and proposed for production in 2004 see NSW Proposed Reprints Program

NSW Legislation website update: Point-in-time access
From 1 January 2002, all titles in the In Force database of the NSW Legislation website have complete sets of historical versions, effectively providing point-in-time access from that date.

As at March 2004, the following titles in the In Force database have more extensive collections of historical versions, effectively providing point-in-time access, from the dates shown:

Bail Act 1978 No 161 7 August 1998
Constitution Act 1902 No 32 13 October 1995
Conveyancing Act 1919 No 6 17 March 1998
Crimes Act 1900 No 40 17 March 1991
Criminal Appeal Act 1912 No 16 25 September 2000
Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 No 226 23 February 2001
Firearms Act 1996 No 46 3 April 2000
Liquor Act 1982 No 147 8 December 2000
Local Government Act 1993 No 30 13 March 2001
Property (Relationships) Act 1984 No 147 1 September 1998
Real Property Act 1900 No 25 1 July 1998
Registered Clubs Act 1976 No 31 15 July 2001
Summary Offences Act 1988 No 25 8 December 2000
Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 No 13 31 March 2000

The PCO is working on capturing additional historical versions for the titles listed below. Progress in this area will be notified from time to time via the What's New page on the Legislation website and the Weekly Bulletin service:

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 No 55
Constitution Act 1902 No 32
Crimes Act 1900 No 40
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 92
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 No 209
Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 No 226
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 No 203
Firearms Act 1996 No 46
Industrial Relations Act 1996 No 17
Legal Profession Act 1987 No 109
Local Government Act 1993 No 30
Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 No 68
Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986 No 219
Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 No 127
Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70
Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 No 86.

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