Glossary of Terms
- Act
Principal Act as it stands without amendments.
- Amendment Act
ONLY an amendment to principal Act.
- Amendment Regulation
ONLY an amendment to principal Regulation.
- Bill
Initial draft copy of an Act to be debated in Parliament.
- Blue Copy
Version of Act with proposed Bill amendments incorporated.
- Bound Volume of Statutes
A copy of each Act for the year bound into several volumes including an Index.
- Electronic Legislation
Legislation in an electronic or word processing format.
- Government Gazette
Official publication of the Government as set out in the "Interpretation Act 1984".
- Green Copy
Draft legislation available for public comment prior to introduction to Parliament.
- Hansard
Official transcript of Parliamentary debates.
- Industrial Gazette
Official publication containing Industrial Commission Judgements.
- Kit Act
The principal Act with all associated amendments attached but not consolidated.
- Kit Regulation
The principal Regulation with all associated amendments attached but not consolidated.
- Loose Statutes
Individual Acts as they are passed by Parliament each year.
- Minutes
Minutes of the Legislative Council for wach sitting day.
- Notice Papers
Produced for each house of Parliament on sitting days listing the order of business.
- PDF
Portable Document Format (Pertaining to Electronic Legislation)
- Regulation
Principal Regulation as it stands without amendments.
- Reprint
Act or Regulations that has had all amendments consolidated with the Principal
- Sessional Bill
Draft Legislation for debating in Parliament (see "Bill").
- Special Government Gazette
Large notices or items of specialised nature are normally published in a Gazette of their own.
- Stationery
Covers books and items of miscellaneous nature held by the State Law Publisher.
- Unautorised Act
Act printed from the Electronic version.
- Unautorised Regulation
Regulation printed from the Electronic version.
- Votes and Proceedings
Minutes of the Legislative Assembly for each sitting day.
- WPD
Word Processing Document (Pertaining to Electronic Legislation).