34 Finding Commonwealth Legislation

The Federal Register of Legislation provides access to authorised Commonwealth Acts and subordinate legislation.

Finding current Acts

To find current Acts on the Federal Register of Legislation when browsing, make sure In force is selected from the Browse for drop-down menu. Then navigate alphabetically to the title of the Act you would like to find.

To search for a current Act make sure In force is selected from the top heading, add the title of the Act and Filter by collection > Act.

Check that there is a Latest version label on the Act to make sure you are looking at the most up to date version.

Telecommunications Act 1997, webpage showing Latest version that is currently in force. Latest version is indicated with the text Latest version shown in green.
Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth). Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 11 March 2024. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (the CC BY 4.0 licence).

Finding point-in-time Acts

The Federal Register of Legislation provides access to historical versions (or reprints) of the Act. Select All versions from an Act’s homepage to see historical reprints.

Webpage for the Telecommunications Act 1997. Highlighted on the top tab menu is All versions. Find historical versions, or reprints, of the Act here.
Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) ‘All versions’. Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 11 March 2024. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (the CC BY 4.0 licence).

The All versions table includes the dates during which a reprint was effective.

Table of All versions provides a column on the left listing the effective date, the period during which the compilation was current.
Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) table of versions (also known as reprints). Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 11 March 2024. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (the CC BY 4.0 licence).

Historical Acts

Find Acts that are no longer in force by searching within Acts, No longer in force.

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