Legislation (of interest for public health)

Last update: 15 October 2009,
by Maureen Bell

Below are links to searchable databases containing the full text of legislation which can be viewed, printed, or downloaded. The links are divided into South Australian, interstate and commonwealth, and overseas.

A number of Australian databases dealing with legal material are accessible to library members.

AFPD (Australian Federal Police Digest)
Abstracts of articles from selected Australian and overseas journals, conference papers and chapters of books. Covers policing; law enforcement, criminology; law; social sciences; occupational health and safety; management. Cases and legislation are cited where relevant.
Time span: 1991 -

AGIS (Attorney General's Information Service)
Comprehensive abstracting and indexing of law journals from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, and, selective indexing and abstracting of major law journals from the U.S, Canada and the U.K. Contains records covering all aspects of law, including administrative, banking, companies and securities, constitutional, copyright, criminal, environmental, family, human rights, international, legal aid and trade practices.
Time span: 1975 -

AGIS plus text
This database contains the same information as AGIS, but it also contains full text for a number of publications.

APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service)
Citations to journal literature in humanities, social sciences, and including some books, conference proceedings and newspaper articles, especially on Australian political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs.
Time span: 1978 -

APA-FT (Australian Public Affairs - Full Text)
Citations 1978- and full text for selected articles 1995-

CINCH (Australian Criminology Database)
Citations with some abstracts to Australian material on crime, court procedures, law enforcement, police, violence, victims, corporate crime, terrorism and victims of crime. Includes books, journal articles, government publications, conference reports, research reports, theses and unpublished material.
Time span: 1976 -

South Australia

Public health legislation in SA - Department of Health - Government of South Australia
At this site you will find the full text of a number of Acts relevant to public health in South Australia

Additional material can be found at:

South Australian Consolidated Acts

South Australian Consolidated Regulations

The South Australian Attorney-General's Department also provides electronic versions of Acts and Regulations

South Australian Legislation

Interstate and Commonwealth Legislation

Links to Commonwealth and interstate legislation can be found at the Australasian Legal Information Institute site or the Law and Justice Foundation - Legislation and Parliament site.

You can also search the following sites for the full text of legislation:

ACT Legislation Register
New South Wales Legislation

Northern Territory Legislation

Queensland Legislation

Tasmanian Legislation

Victorian Legislation

Western Australian Legislation

Overseas Legislation

British legislation may be searched at the HMSO site United Kingdom Legislation and our Law Library has a page Laws of Countries other than Australia .

International Digest of H e alth Legislation
The International Digest of Health Legislation contains a selection of national and international health legislation. Texts of legislation are summarized in English or mentioned by their title. Where possible, links are provided to other websites that contain full text of the legislation in question. It is maintained by the World Health Organization.