Law reform agencies review the law and make recommendations for new laws or changes to existing laws. If a law reform report leads to a bill being introduced into Parliament, then that report may be used when interpreting the Act. The Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) s 34 covers the use of extrinsic materials for statutory interpretation.
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Sources of NSW Law Reform Commission Reports
| NSW Law Reform Commission |
- Coverage: 1966-
- Publications including reports , consultation papers and other publications
e.g. discussion papers, issues papers, background papers, working papers and research reports.
- Completed projects each project from 1966 onwards is listed, including the terms of reference and all published reports and papers relating to the project, as well as judicial citations and legislative actions (if any). For example, the uniform succession laws project.
- Current projects includes the terms of reference, interim publications and resources which may be helpful for those writing submissions.
- Follow @NSWLawReform on Twitter for updates on the work of the Commission
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| AustLII |
- Reports 1966-
- Discussion Papers 1979-2005
- Issues Papers 1981-2006
- Browse by title or by year.
- Use ‘name search’ to search the titles of reports / papers.
- Use ‘database search’ to search the full text of reports / papers.
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| Trove |
- Search for the title of an individual report to identify holdings in an Australian library. Some records include a link to the online version of the report.
- For a list of items on Trove published by or about the Commission, see the organisation record: New South Wales Law Reform Commission
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The Internet Archive contains an earlier version of the NSW Law Reform Commission’s website, which contains information about the history of the Commission. This information was originally published in the Commission’s 1991 annual report (chapter 2).
Last updated: 24 October 2014
