Finding Queensland legislation
Finding Queensland Legislation
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The Office of Queensland Parliamentary Counsel (OQPC) provides access to statutes and subordinate legislation from 1991 onwards and bills and explanatory memoranda from 1992 onwards. You can browse this site when you know the title of the piece of legislation you require or the year it came into force. Alternatively you can do a subject search.
From the Legal Research Guide, select the Legislation tab and then choose Queensland Legislation. This will take you through to the OQPC website.
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Question
True or False? Act Number 43 of 2012 in Queensland is called the Economic Development Act 2012 (Qld)?.
See Answer
True. By browsing the Office of Queensland Parliamentary Counsel's website, and navigating to Acts as Passed, for 2012 you will find that the Economic Development Act 2012 (Qld) was numbered 43.
Legislation can be very difficult to find through the catalogue. For instance, do you search for 'acts' or 'statutes' or 'laws'? What is the name of the publishing body? The Queensland Parliament? The Office of Parliamentary Council? The Legislative Assembly? As it can be difficult to find through the catalogue, it is often easier to browse the shelves.
Queensland Acts in their original form, that is acts as passed or made, are in the Statutes/Reports section of the Law Library at KZC1910.Q435.
Reprints of Queensland Acts are in the Statutes/Reports section at KZC1910.Q4 A3502.
Queensland Bills are located in the Statutes/Reports section at KZC1910.Q4 A3499.
Individual pieces of legislation are not listed in the catalogue although commentary can be found on various acts by searching on the Act's title.
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