The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Am |
amended |
LW |
legislation website |
Sch |
Schedule |
Cl |
clause |
No |
number |
Schs |
Schedules |
Cll |
clauses |
p |
page |
Sec |
section |
Div |
Division |
pp |
pages |
Secs |
sections |
Divs |
Divisions |
Reg |
Regulation |
Subdiv |
Subdivision |
GG |
Government Gazette |
Regs |
Regulations |
Subdivs |
Subdivisions |
Ins |
inserted |
Rep |
repealed |
Subst |
substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Defamation Act 1974 No 18. Assented to 10.4.1974. Date of commencement, 1.7.1974, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 28.6.1974, p 2381. This Act has been amended as follows:
1974 | No 68 | Ombudsman Act
1974. Assented to 18.10.1974. |
1975 | No 37 | Privacy Committee Act 1975. Assented
to 16.4.1975. |
1976 | No 95 | Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act
1976. Assented to 8.12.1976. |
1977 | No 48 | Anti-Discrimination Act
1977. Assented to 28.4.1977. |
1978 | No 79 | Defamation (Amendment) Act 1978.
Assented to 11.9.1978. |
No 125 | Defamation (Trotting Authority) Amendment Act 1978. Assented to 21.12.1978. | |
1979 | No 80 | Defamation (Legal Services Commission) Amendment Act
1979. Assented to 16.5.1979. |
1980 | No 68 | Defamation (Anti-Discrimination) Amendment Act 1980. Assented to 28.4.1980. |
1981 | No 16 | Defamation (Anti-Discrimination) Amendment Act
1981. Assented to 22.4.1981. |
1982 | No 69 | Miscellaneous Acts (Coal Mines Regulation) Repeal
and Amendment Act 1982. Assented to 20.5.1982. |
No 82 | Defamation (Community Welfare) Amendment Act 1982 (as amended by Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare) Amendment Act 1983 No 3 and Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984 No 153). Assented to 25.5.1982. To commence on a day to be appointed and notified under sec 2 (2). No day was so appointed and the Act was repealed by the Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987. | |
No 143 | Miscellaneous Acts (Anti-Discrimination) Amendment
Act 1982. Assented to 20.12.1982. | |
1983 | No 31 | Defamation (Farm Produce) Amendment Act
1983. Assented to 22.4.1983. |
No 181 | Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. The provision of Sch 1 relating to the Defamation Act 1974 was not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990 No 11. | |
No 196 | Defamation (Probation and Parole) Amendment Act
1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. | |
No 200 | Defamation (Racing Appeals Tribunal) Amendment Act
1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. | |
1984 | No 78 | Defamation (Commissioner of Public Complaints)
Amendment Act 1984. Assented to 27.6.1984. |
No 118 | Defamation (Law Reform Commission) Amendment Act 1984. Assented to 6.11.1984. | |
1986 | No 53 | Miscellaneous Acts (Area Health Services) Amendment
Act 1986. Assented to 14.5.1986. |
1987 | No 58 | Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare) Repeal and
Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 29.5.1987. |
No 75 | Defamation (Workers Compensation) Amendment Act
1987. Assented to 10.6.1987. | |
No 111 | Miscellaneous Acts (Legal Profession) Amendment Act
1987. Assented to 12.6.1987. | |
No 128 | Defamation (Medical Practitioners) Amendment Act
1987. Assented to 16.6.1987. | |
1988 | No 61 | Defamation (Criminal Defamation) Amendment Act
1988. Assented to 21.11.1988. |
1989 | No 29 | Defamation (Independent Commission Against
Corruption) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 21.4.1989. |
No 47 | Motor Accidents (Amendment) Act
1989. Assented to 16.5.1989. | |
No 119 | Workers Compensation (Compensation Court) Amendment
Act 1989. Assented to 24.8.1989. | |
No 133 | Workers Compensation (Benefits) Amendment Act
1989. Assented to 5.9.1989. | |
No 219 | Prisons (Serious Offenders Review Board) Amendment
Act 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. | |
1990 | No 50 | State Drug Crime Commission (Amendment) Act
1990. Assented to 13.7.1990. |
1992 | No 15 | Casino Control Act
1992. Assented to 7.5.1992. |
No 39 | Government Pricing Tribunal Act
1992. Assented to 19.5.1992. | |
No 94 | Medical Practice Act
1992. Assented to 2.12.1992. | |
1993 | No 2 | Community Services (Complaints,
Appeals and Monitoring) Act 1993. Assented to 8.4.1993. |
No 9 | HomeFund Commissioner Act
1993. Assented to 4.5.1993. | |
No 37 | Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 1993.
Assented to 8.6.1993. | |
No 87 | Legal Profession Reform Act 1993.
Assented to 29.11.1993. | |
No 89 | Prisons (Amendment) Act 1993.
Assented to 29.11.1993. | |
No 105 | Health Care Complaints Act
1993. Assented to 2.12.1993. | |
No 112 | HomeFund Restructuring Act
1993. Assented to 24.12.1993. | |
1994 | No 32 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. |
No 92 | Protected Disclosures Act
1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. | |
No 93 | Defamation (Amendment) Act 1994.
Assented to 12.12.1994. | |
1995 | No 56 | Casino Control Amendment Act 1995.
Assented to 30.11.1995. |
No 89 | WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act
1995. Assented to 20.12.1995. | |
1996 | No 29 | Police Legislation Amendment Act
1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. |
No 30 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. | |
No 37 | AJC Principal Club Act
1996. Assented to 25.6.1996. | |
No 95 | Legal Profession Amendment Act 1996.
Assented to 26.11.1996. | |
No 144 | Sentencing Amendment (Parole) Act
1996. Assented to 16.12.1996. | |
1997 | No 18 | Correctional Centres Amendment (Inspector-General)
Act 1997. Assented to 12.6.1997. |
No 24 | AJC Principal Club Amendment Act
1997. Assented to 25.6.1997. | |
No 61 | Local Government Amendment Act 1997.
Assented to 2.7.1997. | |
No 77 | Administrative Decisions Legislation Amendment Act
1997. Assented to 10.7.1997. | |
No 154 | Health Services Act
1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. | |
1998 | No 66 | Thoroughbred Racing Board Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 30.6.1998. |
No 69 | Mines Inspection Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 2.7.1998. | |
No 85 | Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 14.7.1998. | |
No 94 | Greyhound Racing Authority Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 2.10.1998. | |
No 95 | Harness Racing New South Wales Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 13.10.1998. | |
No 120 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. | |
No 122 | Mines Legislation Amendment (Mines Safety) Act
1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. | |
No 133 | Privacy and Personal
Information Protection Act 1998. Assented to
30.11.1998. | |
1999 | No 41 | Motor Accidents Compensation Act
1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. |
No 85 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. | |
No 94 | Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act
1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. | |
2000 | No 64 | Medical Practice Amendment Act
2000. Assented to 5.7.2000. |
No 93 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. | |
No 112 | Local Government Amendment Act
2000. Assented to 20.12.2000. | |
2001 | No 52 | Housing Act
2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. |
No 53 | Legal Profession Amendment
(Disciplinary Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to
17.7.2001. | |
No 61 | Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. | |
No 90 | Public Finance and Audit
Amendment (Auditor-General) Act 2001. Assented to
6.12.2001. | |
No 112 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001. | |
No 118 | Aboriginal Land Rights
Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. | |
No 124 | Courts Legislation Amendment
(Civil Juries) Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. | |
2002 | No 38 | Greyhound Racing Act
2002. Assented to 25.6.2002. |
No 39 | Harness Racing Act
2002. Assented to 25.6.2002. | |
No 42 | Community Services Legislation
Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 3.7.2002. | |
No 73 | Miscellaneous Acts Amendment
(Relationships) Act 2002. Assented to 1.10.2002. |
Table of amendments
Sec 3 | Rep 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 5 | Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
Sec 7 | Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.15 [1]. |
Sec 7A | Ins 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (2). Am 2001 No 124, sec 5. |
Sec 9 | Am 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (3). |
Sec 12 | Rep 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (4). |
Sec 17A | Ins 1974 No 68, sec 40 (a). Am 1978 No 79, sec 3 (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16); 1993 No 37, Sch 2 (am 1993 No 108, Sch 2); 2002 No 42, Sch 4.4 [1]. |
Sec 17B | Ins 1975 No 37, sec 25 (a). Subst 1998 No 133, Sch 3.2 [1]. |
Sec 17BA | Ins 1984 No 118, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 17BB | Ins 1987 No 75, Sch 1 (1). Subst 1989 No 119, Sch 2. Am 1995 No 89, Sch 8.1 [1]; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.3 [1]–[3]. |
Sec 17BC | Ins 1989 No 47, Sch 3. Am 1999 No 41, Sch 4.2 [1] [2]. |
Sec 17BD | Ins 1989 No 133, Sch 11. Am 1998 No 85, Sch 2.3 [2] [4] [5]. |
Sec 17C | Ins 1976 No 95, Sch 6. Am 1986 No 53, Sch 1; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.8. |
Sec 17CA | Ins 1983 No 196, sec 3. Subst 1989 No 219, Sch 2; 1993 No 89, sec 4. Am 1996 No 144, Sch 3.1; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.16 [1]. |
Sec 17CB | Ins 1997 No 18, Sch 2.1. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.16 [2]. |
Sec 17D | Ins 1977 No 48, sec 128 (2) (a). Am 1980 No 68, sec 2 (a); 1981 No 16, sec 3 (a); 1982 No 143, Sch 1 (1); 1997 No 77, Sch 2.2 [1]–[3]. |
Sec 17DA | Ins 1983 No 200, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 17DB | Ins 1998 No 66, Sch 3 [1]. |
Sec 17DC | Ins 1998 No 94, Sch 2 [1]. Am 2002 No 38, Sch 5.3 [1] [2]. |
Sec 17E | Ins 1978 No 125, sec 2 (a). Am 1998 No 95, Sch 2 [1]; 2002 No 39, Sch 5.1 [1]–[3]. |
Sec 17EA | Ins 1983 No 31, sec 3. |
Sec 17F | Ins 1979 No 80, sec 3. |
Sec 17FA | Ins 1987 No 128, Sch 1 (1). Am 1992 No 94, sec 196; 2000 No 64, Sch 2.1. |
Sec 17G | Ins 1982 No 69, Sch 2. Subst 1998 No 122, Sch 3 [1]. |
Sec 17I | Ins 1984 No 78, sec 3. |
Sec 17J | Ins 1987 No 111, Sch 1. Am 1993 No 87, Sch 6; 1996 No 95, Sch 6.1 [1] [2]; 1997 No 77, Sch 3.2 [1]; 2001 No 53, Sch 2.2. |
Sec 17K | Ins 1989 No 29, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 17KA | Ins 1993 No 2, Sch 2. Am 1994 No 32, Sch 2; 1996 No 30, Sch 1.14 [1] [2]; 1997 No 77, Sch 1.8; 1999 No 85, Sch 2.12. Rep 2002 No 42, Sch 4.4 [2]. |
Sec 17L | Ins 1990 No 50, Sch 3 (1) (am 1990 No 108, Sch 2). |
Sec 17M | Ins 1992 No 39, Sch 4. |
Sec 17N | Ins 1992 No 15, Sch 4. Subst 1995 No 56, sec 4. |
Sec 17O | Ins 1993 No 9, Sch 2. |
Sec 17P | Ins 1993 No 112, Sch 3. Rep 2001 No 52, Sch 1.3. |
Sec 17Q | Ins 1994 No 92, Sch 1. Am 2001 No 90, Sch 2.1. |
Sec 17QA | Ins 1994 No 92, Sch 1. Am 2001 No 112, Sch 1.9 [1] [2]. |
Sec 17R | Ins 1993 No 105, Sch 3. |
Sec 17S | Ins 1996 No 29, Sch 6.1 [1]. |
Sec 17T | Ins 1997 No 61, Sch 2.2 [1]. Am 2000 No 112, Sch 4.1 [1] [2]. |
Sec 17TA (previously sec 17T) | Ins 1997 No 77, Sch 6.1 [1]. Renumbered 1998 No 120, Sch 2.12 [1]. |
Sec 17TB | Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 2.5 [1]. |
Sec 17U | Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 3. Subst 1998 No 122, Sch 3 [2]. |
Sec 19 | Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.15 [2]. |
Sec 22 | Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.15 [3]. |
Sec 23 | Rep 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (5). |
Sec 24 | Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.15 [4]. |
Sec 34 | Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.15 [5]. |
Secs 36–38 | Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.15 [6]. |
Sec 46 | Am 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (6). |
Sec 46A | Ins 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (7). |
Sec 50 | Am 1988 No 61, sec 3; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.103. |
Sec 55 | Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.15 [7]. |
Sec 56 | Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.15 [1] [7] [8]; 2002 No 73, Sch 1.7. |
Sec 58 | Ins 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (8). |
Sch 1 | Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
Sch 2 | Am 1974 No 68, sec 40 (b); 1975 No 37, sec 25 (b); 1977 No 48, sec 128 (2) (b); 1978 No 79, sec 3 (d); 1978 No 125, sec 2 (b); 1980 No 68, sec 2 (b); 1981 No 16, sec 3 (b); 1982 No 143, Sch 1 (2); 1983 No 200, Sch 1 (2); 1984 No 118, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 75, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 111, Sch 1; 1987 No 128, Sch 1 (2); 1989 No 29, Sch 1 (2); 1989 No 119, Sch 2; 1990 No 50, Sch 3 (2); 1992 No 94, sec 196; 1993 No 9, Sch 2; 1993 No 87, Sch 6; 1995 No 89, Sch 8.1 [2]; 1996 No 29, Sch 6.1 [2]; 1996 No 37, Sch 2.3; 1997 No 24, Sch 2.2; 1997 No 61, Sch 2.2 [2] [3]; 1997 No 77, Schs 3.2 [2] [3], 6.1 [2] [3]; 1998 No 66, Sch 3 [2]; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.3 [6]–[8]; 1998 No 94, Sch 2 [2]; 1998 No 95, Sch 2 [2]; 1998 No 120, Sch 2.12 [2] [3]; 1998 No 122, Sch 3 [3]; 1998 No 133, Sch 3.2 [2]; 2001 No 61, Sch 4.4; 2001 No 118, Sch 2.5 [2] [3]; 2002 No 38, Sch 5.3 [3]; 2002 No 39, Sch 5.1 [4]. |
Sch 3 | Ins 1994 No 93, Sch 1 (9). Am 1997 No 61, Sch 2.2 [4]. |
