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Core Document Homepage and Premium Research
Bill Tracking
Commencement Tables
History of Amendments

Core Document Homepage and Premium Research
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Each piece of legislation on Lawlex has a Core Document Homepage (CDHP). The following is an example of the CDHP for the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1998.

Everything that appears above the Lawlex Premium Research banner is freely available to anyone who uses this service. You do not need to be a subscriber to get access to:

  • Source - a hyperlink to the title;
  • Document type - tells you if the title is principal or amending;
  • Document status - repealed or currently in operation;
  • Related links - these sources are intended to assist you with further information about the legislation and not all the following will appear for every title, but you may find links to: Hansard 2nd reading speeches; Explanatory Memoranda; Supplementary memoranda; Enabled instruments; Statements of Compatibility; or Historical versions, if they are available from the Government websites, through which you can search for a version of the legislation as it was in the past;
  • Index Categories - a list of which categories the title has been indexed under in the subject index, which can be useful for helping you select your subject categories when creating your Alert Profile.

Additional features are located under the Lawlex Premium Research heading. Not all Premium Research features will exist for all legislation, only those that are relevant to the Act or Regulation that you have searched for will appear.

For example, the above shows you Premium Research features for the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1998.

Following is an example of what will appear for the Commonwealth Privacy Amendment Act 1990.

You will note that the range of additional features varies, and this will be mostly due to what was or is available on the web at the time Lawlex commenced tracking legislation.

The full range of Law Premium Research features includes:

  • Add this Title to my Alert Profile - you can easily update your Alert Profile by clicking here.
  • (for Acts) - View Regulations under this Act - direct link to regulations made under that title.
  • (for Regulations) - View the Governing Act for this Regulation - Act under which the Regulations are made.
  • View the History of Amendments to this Title - This information is only available from the date on which Lawlex tracking began. For a more comprehensive guide to this, please refer to the dates in the Coverage document.
  • Check for Amendments since the last Consolidation - this information is important because it allows you to see if there are any provisions awaiting proclamation.
  • Read the Alert Summaries - all Alert summaries are linked and you can read a plain English summary of what the new law was proposing to do.
  • View the Bill - if Lawlex was tracking bills at the time new legislation was created, there will be a link to that Bill if it is available.
  • View the Commencement Information - This allows you to check when a piece of legislation came into operation.
  • View Gazette Notice References - Lawlex tracks gazette notice made under various pieces of legislation at the request of clients.
  • Governing Department - This links you to the relevant government department that is responsible for the management of the legislation.
  • This Title amends - This feature allows you to research related legislation.

More information about these features follows in this guide.

Bill Tracking
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Bill tracking is accessible from the right hand side menus at all times and as a link under the Legislative Alerts & Premium Research tab from the top menu.
You need to browse for Bills by Year and Jurisdiction.

Commencement Tables
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As above, a link to the Commencement Tables appears on the right hand side toolbar at all times as well as under the Legislative Alerts & Premium Research tab. You search for this information by Year, Jurisdiction and Document Type.

You will also be able to link directly to Commencement information when you are in a Core Document Homepage for a piece of legislation.

History of Amendments
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You can access History of Amendments tables for each piece of legislation (if they exist) from the Core Document Homepage for a specific Act or Regulation. You will find hyperlinks to Amending titles and a detailed history stating how the title was affected.