An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the construction, application, interpretation, and operation of written law; to provide for the exercise of statutory powers and duties; and to provide for connected or incidental purposes.
Law of Australia
When we study Roman as well as Anglo-American legal history, we find it to be true as a general proposition that the most far-reaching changes and fundamental innovation in the structure and fabric of the law were brought about,...
Chronological list of Public Acts in force – 871 titles 1838-2020 Wesleyan Methodists, Independents and Baptists Temporalities Act 1838 2 Vic No 7 Imperial Repeal of Colonial Waste Lands Acts 18 & 19 Vic c 56 Parramatta Domain Act...
An Act to provide that the rules of equity shall prevail over the rules of the common law in cases of conflict or variance; to extend the defences available in inferior courts; to repeal certain sections of the District...
There are both civil and criminal contempts, but the distinction is unclear and has been described by the High Court as illusory. It has been said that contempt is a criminal offence but not a crime. When pursued as...
The functions of ASIS are:
to obtain, in accordance with the Government’s requirements, intelligence about the capabilities, intentions or activities of people or organisations outside Australia
Whereby any law referred to in subsection 3(2) (including a provision that would, but for this Act, have effect by virtue of such a law) it is provided that a person is liable to the punishment of death, the...
An Act for the Interpretation of Acts of Parliament and for Shortening their Language Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. 1A Simplified outline The following is a simplified outline...
The Federal Register of Legislation (the Legislation Register) is the authorised whole-of-government website for Commonwealth legislation and related documents. It contains the full text and details of the lifecycle of individual laws and the relationships between them. The Legislation...
WHEREAS the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great...
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