Currency and Coverage

TimeBase editors work diligently to update our platform three times a day with the latest Australian legislation. We have established publisher only channels to all government sources of information in each jurisdiction so we can ensure accuracy, currency and coverage.

The currency date for all legislation is stated at the top of each full text consolidation. We take this date from the details we receive from each State Law Publisher matching their consolidation date.

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Acts and Subordinate Legislation

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Bills and tracking of their progress through Parliament

Explanatory and other extrinsic material

Explanatory and other extrinsic material for Bills and Subordinate Legislation (where available)

Tack draft legislation

Selected Draft Bills and Regulations

CTH

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and most Amending Acts as made from 1 January 1998.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
As of 2016, the Commonwealth ceased to use a numbered series for Regulations. We categorise everything released under the subcategory "Regulations as made" on the Federal Register of Legislation as Subordinate Legislation in TimeBase. We also cover Administrative Arrangements Orders as unnumbered Regulations. Other areas we include in our current coverage are: Private Health Insurance Rules; Anti-Money Laundering Rules; Paid Parental Leave Rules; Rules made under the Export Control Act 2020; and selected Court Rules (including Federal Circuit and Family Court, Federal Court, and High Court Rules).
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations, and most Amending Regulations as made from 1 January 1998.
Explanatory Statements	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 1998.
Explanatory Memoranda	Available from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Other Materials	Second Reading Speeches from the introducing Member/s from 1 January 1998. Currently, we try to include all Bills As Passed, proposed amendments, Schedules of Amendments, committee reports, and bills digests as additional downloads but these may not be available historically.

ACT

Acts
Act Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and most Amending Acts as made from 1 January 1998.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
We also cover Administrative Arrangements notifiable instruments as unnumbered Regulations.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations, and most Amending Regulations as made from 1 January 1998.
Explanatory Statements	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 1998.
Explanatory Statements	Available from 1 January 1998.
Other Materials	2R Speech from the introducing Member from 1 January 1998.

NSW

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and most Amending Acts as made from 1 January 1998.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
We also include in our coverage as unnumbered Regulations: Supreme Court Practice Notes and all notices relating to Practice in the Legal Profession such as Solicitors' Rules, Barristers' Rules and Admission Rules.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations from 1 January 1998. Amending regulations, and principal regulations that are part of the numbered series but are not in a standard format (notices, codes, determinations and guidelines) are not currently available in the full text searchable conversion.
Explanatory Statements	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Explanatory Notes for Regulations are included on the first page of the Regulations "As Made" download. Explanatory Notes are not available for some types of numbered subordinate legislation, for example, environmental planning instruments, motor accident guidelines, codes, and determinations under the Biodiversity Conservation Act.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 2003. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
NSW has an initial stage called “Notice of Motion” where the full text of the Bill is not available. Bills at this stage only have a long title and amendments that can be inferred from these.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 2003.
Explanatory Notes	Available from 1 January 2003.
Explanatory Notes in NSW are attached to the first page of the Bill as originally introduced.
Other Materials	Second Reading Speeches from the introducing Member/s from 1 January 2003. Currently we include proposed amendments, amended bills and bills digests as downloads but these may not be available historically.

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and most Amending Acts as made from 1 January 1998.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
We also cover Administrative Arrangements Orders as unnumbered Regulations.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations from 1 January 2005.
Explanatory Material	The NT does not release explanatory material for Regulations.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 2005.
Explanatory Statements	Available from February 2005.
Other Materials	2R Speeches from the introducing Member from February 2005.

QLD

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and most Amending Acts as made from 1 January 1999.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
We also cover Administrative Arrangements Orders as unnumbered Regulations.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations, and most Amending Regulations as made from 1 January 2017.
Explanatory Statements	Complete coverage from 1 January 2011.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 1999.
Explanatory Notes	Available from 1 January 1998.
Other Materials	Explanatory Speeches from the introducing Member/s from 1 January 1998. Currently we include Committee Reports and Amendments in Consideration as downloads but these might not be available historically.

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts from 1 January 1998. Amending Acts are not available in full text.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
We also include in our coverage as unnumbered Regulations: Administrative Arrangements Proclamations, Supreme Court Rules and other Court Rules as published in the SA Gazette.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations from 1 January 1998. Amending Regulations are not available in full text.
Explanatory Statements	No explanatory material is available for SA Regulations.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 2000. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 2000.
Explanatory Material	Available from 1 January 1998 (Note: Explanation of Clauses uploaded as Explanatory Memorandum).

TAS

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and most Amending Acts as made from 1 January 1998.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations, and most Amending Regulations as made from 1 January 1999.
Explanatory Material	No explanatory material is available for Tasmanian Regulations.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 1999.
Explanatory Material	Explanatory Memorandum and Clause Notes (uploaded as additional explanatory material) available from 1 January 2011.
Other Materials	Second Reading Speeches from the introducing Member/s from 30 March 2000.

VIC

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and Amending Acts as made from 1 January 1999.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Administrative Arrangement Orders are included as unnumbered regulations.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Regulations, and Amending Regulations as made from 1 January 1998.
Explanatory Material	No explanatory material is available for Victorian Regulations.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 1998.
Explanatory Notes	Available from 1 January 1998.
Other Materials	Second Reading Speeches from the introducing Member/s from 1 January 1998. Currently, we try to include all Bills As Passed, proposed amendments, Schedules of Amendments and amended Bills as downloads but these may not be available historically.

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and most Amending Acts as made from 1 January 1998.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Prior to 2020, Western Australia did not use a numbered series for Regulations. We categorise everything released in a Gazette with “Regulation” or “Rule” in the title as a piece of WA Subordinate Legislation. We also include Administrative Arrangements Notices as published in the Gazette as unnumbered Regulations. From January 2020 onward, we include all numbered Regulations in the LawOne database, as well as Administrative Arrangements Notices.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations from 1 January 1998. Amending regulations are not available in full text.
Explanatory Material	No explanatory material is available for WA Regulations.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage from 1 January 1998. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	All Bills (as originally introduced) from 1 January 1998.
Explanatory Notes	Available from 1 January 1998.
Other Materials	Second Reading Speeches from the introducing Member/s from 1 January 1998.

Acts
Act Details, including: Assent information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Responsible Departments Links to Bill Links to affected legislation Links to subordinate legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 2024. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Responsible Departments	TimeBase is currently working to improve the information about Responsible Departments in NZ that is displayed on LawOne. These details and any related links in LawOne may not be accurate or complete. Please refer to the NZ Legislation website if you require this information.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Acts, and most Amending Acts as made.
Subordinate Legislation
Regulation Details, including: Notification information Commencement information Summaries Subject categorisation Links to principal legislation Links to affected legislation Links out to original source material	Complete coverage from 1 January 2024. Material before this date is present but may not be complete.
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current consolidations of Principal Regulations, and most Amending Regulations as made.
Explanatory Material	No explanatory material is available for NZ Regulations.
Bills
Bill Details, including: Summaries Tracking through Parliament Subject categorisation Links to proposed affected legislation	Complete coverage of Bills from the 54th Parliamentary Session onwards. Material before this date is present but may not be complete
Full Text Searchable Conversion	Most current versions of Bills from the 54th Parliamentary Session onwards.
Explanatory Notes	In NZ, an Explanatory Note for the Bill appears at the beginning of the Bill as originally introduced. This will only appear in the Bill text download and not in the full text searchable conversion on LawOne.
Other Materials	First Reading Speeches (uploaded as Explanatory Speeches) from the introducing Member/s from the 54th Parliamentary Session. Currently, we try to include any proposed amendments, committee reports, and legislative statements as additional downloads but these may not be available historically.