There is a unique Register ID for every law on Federal Register of Legislation, and it provides information about that law. It contains:
a letter |
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four numbers |
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a letter |
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five numbers |
F is for instruments registered since
1 January 2005 |
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Year of the law's registration or publication |
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L is for legislative instruments (LIs) as made
N is for notifiable instruments (NIs) as made
B is for LI backcaptures
(LIs made before 1 Jan 2005)
C is for compilations |
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These numbers are system generated. |
C is for all other laws |
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Year of the law's registration or publication |
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A is for Acts as made
B is for Bills (draft Acts)
C is for compilations
G is for Gazette notices
H is for historical LI
compilations
L is for historical instruments
Q is for all other laws as made
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System generated. For Acts as made, this aligns with the Act number, so the ID for Act No. 24 of 2010 as made is C2010A00024 |
Acts can also be searched for by their optional series number (Year and Number) entered in this format, YYYY/NNN. As an example for Act No. 24 of 2010, you would enter 2010/24.
Tip: you can substitute * for a number if you don't know if a number or numbers, or if you'd like to see a range of records.
To begin, please select the ID type you’d like to search by.