7.2 Delegated (secondary) legislation (Legislative Instruments, Statutory Rules, Regulations etc)[1]

• Since 2005 most delegated legislation is published on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) on ComLaw
• Consolidated (or reprinted) legislative instruments on ComLaw

  The most current and comprehensive site for Commonwealth delegated legislation. If the instrument you want is not here, try browsing the numbered instruments (i.e. instruments as originally passed)

• Explanatory Statements to Legislative Instruments

  1991+. These are equivalent to Explanatory Memorandums to Bills. Click the “ES/Supp Material" tab which appears after you click on the name of each instrument.

• AustLII : http://www.austlii.edu.au/
• Other delegated legislation (such as determinations, directives, orders, proclamations etc) are usually notified (and sometimes published in full) in the Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Some government departments also publish their delegated legislation on their web sites. The Administrative Arrangements Order can be checked to determine the legislation administered by each department
• Commonwealth Legislation Tools

  Contains: Statutory Rules Table 1903+ (an alphabetical list of all Rules currently in force); annual Statutory Rules Tables 1992+

Material available at the Brian Dickson Law Library:

Australian current law. Legislation. (North Ryde, Australia: Butterworths, 1991 - )REF KTA 0 .A8764

Includes details of recent legislation and legislative amendments from all Australian jurisdictions, table of bills, table of proclaimed legislation, table of reprinted acts. Consolidated in an annual bound cumulation.