New Zealand Legislation

FINDING LEGISLATION

Consult the Wall Chart for Public Acts on the end of Stack 1A/1B, Level 2, Davis Law Library or use:

In print: Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations in Force

The following sources provide compiled legislation, that is, all amendments are incorporated:

See also:

The Parliamentary Counsel Office maintains information on Frequently Asked Questions about the legislative process
The Parliamentary website maintains an introduction to the Legislative Procedure

The following sources provide legislation as it was passed, that is, with no later amendments incorporated

Brookers Assent Legislation includes Assent Statutes or Assent Regulations
LexisNexis NZ. Select the Legislation tab then choose NZ Annual Acts or NZ Annual Regulations from the Sources drop down box
LegislationNZ hosted by the Knowledge Basket. Select Download Bills, Download Acts, or Download Regulations to view this material
Early New Zealand Statutes. A searchable, open access collection of assent versions of New Zealand ordinances and statutes from 1841-1941.

Brookers Bills of New Zealand includes Current Bills, Defeated Bills, Enacted Bills and Historic Clauses
See also the Brookers Bills Versions database
Progress of Bills through Parliament compiled by the Office of Clerk, taken from the most recent Parliamentary Bulletin.
Bills before Select Committees
Bills Digest from the NZ Parliamentary Library.

New Zealand Statutes and Regulations - Heritage Collection selected statutes from 1842
Shattering Statutes hosted by Knowledge Basket - New Zealand Acts 1888-1894

Last Updated: 3 May 2011