Finding Legislation by Topic or Legal Issue
Finding legislation on a topic or legal issue
You can consult the following resources when researching an unfamiliar area of law and identify relevant legislation:
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Legal dictionaries, legal encyclopaedias, and legal words and phrases
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Texts - a core text can provide tables and lists of statutes on a subject
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Legislation databases
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Full-text legislation search
LawNow Legislation (via LexisNexis)
- LawNow Legislation (via LexisNexis)LawNow Legislation is a full text legislation service, including current, repealed and historical versions of Australian legislation.
TimeBase LawOne
- TimeBase LawOneTimeBase LawOne allows searching by subject area. Under BROWSE BY SUBJECT AREA, click on link "Acts and Regulations by Subject Area".
Lawlex
- LawlexBrowse all principal legislation by subject index. This includes Acts, Bills, Regulations, Plans and By-laws. Select a category from the drop-down menu. Select multiple or single jurisdictions.
State legislation indexes
- Indexes to Tasmanian LegislationTables and information guides to Tasmanian legislation.
- Northern Territory Indexes and TablesContains three separate indices that list legislation in a chronological table, in an alphabetical table and in an index of legislation for January and July of a calendar year.
- South Australian LegislationA page for searching SA Legislation.
- Victorian legislation - Subject indexA subject index for Acts and Statutory Rules currently in force in Victoria which is updated monthly on this website.
