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Electronic Resources

The following databases contain full-text delegated legislation for the Commonwealth and various states. All are available through the Databases Link on the Library homepage

AustLII

LawLex

TimeBase

Parliament web sites are also good sources of current legislation.
These include:

Jurisdiction	Internet address
Commonwealth	Comlaw: http://www.comlaw.gov.au previously SCALEplus: http://scaleplus.law.gov.au
ACT	http://www.legislation.act.gov.au
NSW	http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au
Northern Territory	http://notes.nt.gov.au/dcm/legislat/legislat.nsf?OpenDatabase
South Australia	http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/leg/5_legislation.shtm
Queensland	http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Legislation.htm
Tasmania	http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au
Victoria	http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au
Western Australia	http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/statutes/swans.nsf

In addition to the above, the federal and NSW government sites offer links to resources specifically designed to aid in the location of subordinate legislation.

The Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) (http://www.frli.gov.au). The FRLI is maintained by the Attorney-General's Department. It is designed to give public access to Commonwealth legislative instruments, explanatory statements and compilations of legislative instruments.

Access to NSW subordinate legislation is also available via NSW Legislation in Force. Mention has already been made of this site in the section on Finding Statutes. However this is an equally good resource for locating NSW subordinate legislation in force.

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