The present system for authorising Queensland legislation involves 3 elements—
The office prepares the following official legislative texts for printing and sale by The Queensland Government Bookshop—
The Queensland Government Bookshop
Authorised, printed copies of Queensland Legislation and other Legislative material are available from The Queensland Government Bookshop.
Order online at www.bookshop.qld.gov.au
Legislation can be purchased in person at the:
Queensland Government Service Centre
Upper Plaza, 33 Charlotte Street, Brisbane
or through the Queensland Government Bookshop www.bookshop.qld.gov.au Phone: 13 13 04
The collection contains electronic reprints, Acts as passed and subordinate legislation. Electronic copies of legislation are not authorised or official documents.
An electronic copy of an item of legislation is a convenient reference document only. It does not have the evidentiary weight of an authorised printed version, although under the Evidence Act 1977 s 46B(1) 'A court or tribunal may inform itself about an Act or statutory instrument in any way it considers appropriate'.
The electronic reprints collection contains copies of Queensland Acts and subordinate legislation that have been published in authorised, printed form in the Queensland Legislation Reprints series and electronically updated versions of the authorised, printed reprints.
NOTE—As from 1 July 2002, superseded reprints added to this web site will have the reprint version and the effective date appearing in the electronic filename.
Example:
Before 1 July 2002—State Housing Act 1945 (StateHousA45)
Reprints added after 1 July 2002—State Housing Act 1945 (StateHousA45_03D_020823)
NOTE—As from 1 July 2002, correction notices will be called revision notices. The revision notice will also include—
Revised editions of electronic reprints
NOTE—As from 1 July 2002, some electronic reprints will be issued as revised editions. A revised edition may be issued for several reasons, including— material published in a revision notice has been consolidated in the electronic reprint
Note: Revised editions will be shown as rv, rv2 etc. after the reprint version.
For example: (StateHousA45_03D_rv_020823)
Up-to-date legislation
For instructions on how to check for, and find, most up-to-date legislation changes beyond the latest reprint published electronically, click here.
All Queensland Acts in force are included in the current electronic reprints collection. Most current subordinate legislation made from 1992 and approximately 100 items of pre-1992 current subordinate legislation are also included.
Legislation in the current electronic reprints collection is updated as soon as possible after amending legislation comes into force. New principal legislation is included in the electronic reprints collection as soon as possible after commencement. Authorised and electronic reprints are numbered consecutively, starting with '1', so that users can identify the latest version of the legislation. If an item of reprinted legislation is updated and released in unauthorised, electronic form only, the reprint number includes a roman letter. For example, an electronic item of legislation numbered '2C', indicates that the last authorised, printed version–reprint no. 2–has been electronically updated with subsequent amendments and 3 updated versions (2A, 2B, and 2C) have been released in unauthorised, electronic form only.
Users requiring an authorised copy of the legislation would need the printed, authorised reprint no. 2 and the printed, authorised copies of the subsequent amending legislation. Reprint version numbers appear on the front covers of authorised and electronic reprints. Information about an item of reprinted legislation (including its legislative history and a table of earlier reprints versions) is included in endnotes located at the end of the reprint.
Superseded and repealed electronic reprints provide access to Queensland legislation at earlier points in time. Access to Superseded Legislation is now available via the Current Reprints section of the Acts, SLs as in force.
Reprints that contain earlier versions have a [
] link next to the electronic file name. Clicking on the link will display a "table of earlier reprints," with links to each individual superseded version. Access to Repealed Legislation is now available with the link Repealed Legislation via the Home page.
The Acts as passed collection contains electronic copies of Acts as passed by the Legislative Assembly and assented to by the Governor from 1992. Electronic copies of seventy-one 1991 Acts are also included.
The subordinate legislation collection contains electronic copies of all subordinate legislation published in the subordinate legislation series since the series began on 1 July 1991.
The Queensland Legislation Annotations is the major legislative information publication produced by OQPC. It is the standard historical research tool for all users of legislation. This can be found here.
The publication contains comprehensive information about all current Queensland legislation. It gives details of the legislative history of Acts and subordinate legislation, including-
A separate publication contains information about repealed legislation. This can be found here.
The Queensland Legislation Update is a service that provides up-to-date information about Queensland legislation. A cumulative update to the Queensland Legislation Annotations contains information about—
A printed weekly update service is available from The Queensland Government Bookshop.
This page last updated: 6 November, 2009
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