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A summary of legislative activity for the week ending Friday 14 December 2007
1 Bills

Parliament not sitting

Consultation or Exposure Bills
Nil

Bills introduced etc
Government
Nil
Non-Government
Nil

Bills reprinted following amendment in Committee
Nil

Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament
Nil

Acts assented to
7 December 2007
Consumer Claims Amendment Act 2007 No 67
Police Amendment Act 2007 No 68
Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2007 No 69
Community Justice Centres Amendment Act 2007 No 70
Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act 2007 No 71
Local Government Amendment Act 2007 No 72
Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 73
Crimes Amendment (Sexual Procurement or Grooming of Children) Act 2007 No 74
Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Amendment Act 2007 No 75
Agricultural Industry Services Amendment Act 2007 No 76
Rice Marketing Amendment Act 2007 No 77
Wine Grapes Marketing Board (Reconstitution) Amendment Act 2007 No 78
Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Equal Opportunity in Public Employment) Act 2007 No 79
Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 No 80
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Prosecutions) Act 2007 No 81
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2007 No 82
Sydney Water Catchment Management Amendment Act 2007 No 83
Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages) Act 2007 No 84
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2007 No 85
Gene Technology (GM Crop Moratorium) Amendment Act 2007 No 86
13 December 2007
Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Amendment Act 2007 No 87
Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2007 No 88
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 89
Liquor Act 2007 No 90
Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority Act 2007 No 91
Miscellaneous Acts (Casino, Liquor and Gaming) Amendment Act 2007 No 92
Local Court Act 2007 No 93
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94
Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment (Claims and Dispute Resolution) Act 2007 No 95
World Youth Day Amendment Act 2007 No 96
Law Enforcement and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 97
Road Transport (General) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle User Charges) Act 2007 No 98
Road Transport Legislation (Breath Testing and Analysis) Act 2007 No 99

For the full text of Bills, and details on the passage of Bills, see the Bills tab on the Parliament of NSW website.

2 Gazetted statutory and other instruments
Special Supplement No 181 of 12 December 2007 and Gazette No 182 of 14 December 2007. Click here for the current issue of the Gazette.

Proclamations commencing Acts
Bail Amendment Act 2007 No 55 (2007-590)—Whole of Act: 14 December 2007
Coal Acquisition Legislation Repeal Act 2007 No 62 (2007-591)—Schedule 2: 1 January 2008
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 56 (2007-592)—(a) Schedules 1, 2 [3] and [4], 4, 5, 7 [1]–[3] and [5] and 8 [1]–[3]: 14 December 2007, (b) Schedules 2 [1], [2] and [5]–[14], 6 and 9: 28 January 2008
Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment Act 2007 No 59 (2007-593)—Whole of Act: 17 December 2007

Regulations and other statutory instruments
By-laws
Nil
Notices
National Park Estate (Southern Region Reservations) Act 2000—Notice amending Schedule 2 (2007-601)
National Park Estate (Southern Region Reservations) Act 2000—Notice amending Schedules 1 and 2 (2007-602)
National Park Estate (Southern Region Reservations) Act 2000—Notice amending Schedules 1 and 2 (2007-603)
Orders
Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Amendment Order 2007 (2007-600)
Proclamations (except commencement procs)
Nil
Regulations
Charitable Fundraising Amendment (Exempt Religious Organisations) Regulation 2007 (2007-594)
Fair Trading Amendment (Monkey Bikes) Regulation 2007 (2007-595)
Home Building Amendment (Temporary Exemption) Regulation 2007 (2007-596)
Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Authorised Officer's Name) Regulation 2007 (2007-597)
Partnership Further Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2007 (2007-598)
Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2007 (2007-589)
Transport Administration (General) Amendment (State Taxes) Regulation 2007 (2007-599)
Rules
Nil

Environmental Planning Instruments
Local Environmental Plans
Nil
Regional Environmental Plans
Nil
State Environmental Planning Policies
Nil

3 Other events and information

Maps for planning instruments
Detailed maps for planning instruments are being published on the legislation website for the first time (eg land use zoning, height of buildings, heritage areas). These will become available on a progressive basis as new principal instruments are made. The maps are readily accessible in zoomable PDF—see Liverpool City Centre Local Environmental Plan 2007 for the first of this kind.

NSW legislation online and legislation guides
For NSW legislation online see the NSW legislation website

For detailed tables of Acts and statutory instruments see the Legislation Guides page. For enquiries about the currency and status of legislation contact the Legislation Information Hotline service: Telephone 02 9321 3333 or e-mail.

Government Gazette, printed legislation and legislation guides
The current issue of the NSW Government Gazette is available online.

To purchase authorised printed legislation contact the Department of Commerce. Salmat, Print on Demand: Level 3, McKell Building, 2–24 Rawson Place Sydney NSW 2000. Telephone 1300 656 986, email bookshop@salmat.com.au.

Acts and regulations etc reprinted
Acts
Nil
Regulations etc
Nil

For a list of reprints in production and proposed for production in 2007 see the Proposed Reprints Program in the Paper Reprints Policy

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This bulletin is compiled by the NSW Parliamentary Counsel’s Office and published on its website each Friday afternoon (or the next working day if Parliament is sitting on a Friday or a public holiday or other exceptional events occur).

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