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About Queensland legislation

This website currently gives users online access to the following Queensland legislation (Acts of the Queensland Parliament and subordinate legislation made under them), other legislative documents (explanatory notes and regulatory impact statements) and related information:

Bills—all Bills for Acts introduced from November 1992.

Explanatory notes for Bills are prepared by the responsible Government departments and uploaded to the OQPC website. Links can be found by clicking on the icons in the Bills alphabetical tables.

Acts as passed—all Acts as passed from 1963.

(Note: All pre-1991 files and some 1991 files have been reproduced by scanning annual volumes. Although the quality of these files varies, all are searchable.)

Subordinate legislation as made (SL as made)—all subordinate legislation from July 1991.

Explanatory notes and regulatory impact statements for subordinate legislation are prepared by the responsible Government departments and uploaded to the OQPC website. Links can be found by clicking on the icons in the current reprints alphabetical tables.

Current reprints (Current Legislation)—current consolidated versions of all legislation (except exempt subordinate legislation). There is more information about reprints below.

(Note: Exempt subordinate legislation such as local laws and university statutes is not drafted by OQPC.)

Historical versions of current reprints—all historical versions of current reprints, consolidated as at particular dates in the past. Links can be found by clicking on the icons in the current reprints alphabetical tables.

Repealed reprints (Repealed Legislation)—all historical versions of reprints of repealed legislation.

Queensland Legislation Annotations (Information)—historical information about legislation and details of future changes to current and repealed legislation. There is more information about the Queensland Legislation Annotations below.

Authorisation by the Parliamentary Counsel

Legislation
Documents on this website are now authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel as follows:

all 2013 Bills and legislation passed or as made

all current reprints (Current Legislation menu tab).

The authority statement ‘Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel’ appears under the copyright statement at the end of the document. Under the Evidence Act 1977 (Qld), a document purporting to be so authorised is taken to be a correct copy until the contrary is proved.

OQPC will progressively authorise historical versions of reprints and pre-2013 legislation on the website. Unauthorised historical versions of reprints have a note on the front cover: ‘Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy’.

Legislative documents
Explanatory notes and regulatory impact statements available on this website are authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel. Individual documents do not, however, carry an authority statement. Under the Evidence Act 1977 (Qld), a document purporting to be so authorised can be admitted as evidence.

Purchasing printed legislation

Printed copies of legislation on this website are available from LitSupport which offers subscription and print-on-demand services. LitSupport is able to print all authorised reprints, Bills, Acts as passed and subordinate legislation as made. Explanatory notes for Bills and subordinate legislation and regulatory impact statements for subordinate legislation can also be printed.

For general information about printing documents on this website, click the Purchase link above.

For other enquiries about subscription services for Queensland legislation, contact LitSupport at www.Litsupport.com.au or email legislation@litsupport.com.au.

Information about reprints

From 1 July 2002 OQPC has produced and published reprints to incorporate all changes to legislation, producing a separate reprint for each day of change.

Current reprints are now identified by the date of change and this date appears on the front cover page.
Historical versions of reprints were mostly numbered and dated in a different way:

Reprints produced between 1 July 2002 and 29 January 2013 are numbered and dated as at the date of change. Both the number and the date appear on the front cover.

Reprints produced before 1 July 2002 are also numbered but were not necessarily produced for each day of change. The number and information about the reprint date and which amendments are incorporated appear on the front cover.

More information about reprint numbers and dates can be found on the ‘Information about this reprint’ page for reprints produced before 29 January 2013.

Revised edition reprints are reprints in which a correction has been made or retrospective amendments have been incorporated. The words ‘revised edition’ appear on the front cover after the date of the reprint. From 1 March 2013 explanatory information about the revised reprint also appears on the front cover.

Is the current reprint up to date?
OQPC aims to have reprints available on the website within 5 days of a change or new principal legislation coming into operation. Most are actually available on the day of change. For step-by-step instructions to check for any changes not yet incorporated, click here.

Queensland Legislation Annotations

The Current Queensland Legislation Annotations and its updates comprise the major legislative information publication produced by OQPC. It is the standard historical research tool for all users of legislation and also informs users about future changes to legislation.

The publication contains comprehensive information about all current Queensland Acts and subordinate legislation. The following information about Queensland legislation is included:

commencement details, both past and future
details of amendments
information about the expiry of provisions
explanatory notes about the saving of subordinate legislation when the empowering Act is repealed.

The weekly update includes information about the changes to Queensland legislation that happen each week. This includes information about reprints produced that week.

The cumulative update is a compact reference tool containing recent information about legislation and includes the same information as the current annotations. New information is incorporated every week for 6 months. Each issue mentions the period covered. The information is then incorporated into the current annotations and a new cumulative update begun for the next 6-month period.

The Repealed Queensland Legislation Annotations contains historical information about repealed legislation.

This page last updated: 23 April, 2013