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repealed |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 |
1 See also Valuation of Land Act 1916; Conveyancing Act 1919; Local Government Act 1993; Supreme Court Act 1970, secs 122–124.
2 Acts amending or otherwise affecting the Public Works Act 1912 in connection
with the construction of certain works:Housing Act 1912 No
7
Water Act 1912 No
44
Irrigation Act 1912 No
73
Coonabarabran to Burren Junction
Railway Act 1913 No 12
Public Trustee Act 1913
No 19
Gilgandra to Collie Railway Act
1915 No 47
Border Railways Act 1922
No 16
Wyalong towards Condobolin
Railway Act 1923 No 47
Inverell to Ashford Railway Act
1927 No 27
Sandy Hollow, via Gulgong, to
Maryvale Railway Act 1927 No 28
Guyra to Dorrigo Railway Act
1928 No 15
Bungendore to Captain’s
Flat Railway Act 1930 No 23
River Murray (Diversion) Act 1934 No
24
Sutherland to Cronulla Railway
Act 1936 No 39
Federal Aid Roads and Works Act
1937 No 22
Bungendore to Captain’s
Flat Railway Agreement Ratification Act 1937 No
25
Glen Davis Act 1939 No
38
State Brickworks Act
1946 No 16
Coal Industry Act 1946 No
44
Land Acquisition (Charitable
Institutions) Act 1946 No 55
New South Wales—Queensland
Border Rivers Act 1947 No 10
Rivers and Foreshores
Improvement Act 1948 No 20
Glen Innes to Inverell Railway
Act 1950 No 7
Broken Hill Proprietary Company
Limited (Reclamation and Exchange) Agreement Ratification Act 1950 No
11
Broken Hill Proprietary Company
Limited (Steelworks) Agreement Ratification Act 1950 No
12
Electricity (Pacific Power) Act
1950 No 22
College Street Pedestrian Subway
Construction Act 1950 No 42
Local Government (Amendment) Act 1951 No
18
Blowering Dam Act 1951 No
24
Thirlmere to Burragorang Railway
Act 1951 No 28
Great Northern Railway Deviation
(Singleton to Nundah) Act 1951 No 37
Broken Hill Water and Sewerage
(Radium Hill) Amendment Act 1954 No 12
Australian Oil Refining Limited
Agreement Ratification Act 1954 No 34
Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Act 1956 No
10
Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric
Agreements Act 1958 No 20
Sydney Opera House Act
1960 No 29
Evans Head Harbour Works Act
1960 No 44
Mine Subsidence Compensation Act
1961 No 22, sec 13
Port Kembla Inner Harbour
(Further Construction) Act 1961 No 45
State Development and Industries
Assistance Act 1966 No 10
Newcastle Islands Development
Scheme Railway Act 1966 No 28
Pipelines Act 1967 No
90, sec 22A
Sydney Market Authority Act 1968 No
11, sec 14
Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority Act 1968
No 56, sec 11
Broken Hill to South Australian
Border Railway Agreement Act 1968 No 59
Waste Disposal Act 1970 No 97, sec
43
Lord Howe Island Aerodrome Act
1974 No 25
Albury-Wodonga Development Act
1974 No 47
Growth Centres (Development
Corporations) Act 1974 No 49
Chaffey Dam Act 1974 No
60
Teacher Housing Authority Act
1975 No 27, sec 14
Public Servant Housing Authority Act 1975 No
38, sec 12
Whittingham to Mount Thorley
Railway Act 1975 No 51
Chipping Norton Lake Authority
Act 1977 No 38
Heritage Act 1977 No
136
Coastal Protection Act
1979 No 13, Pt 4
Glennies Creek Dam Act 1979 No
126
Environmental Planning and
Assessment Act 1979 No 203
Darling Harbour Authority Act 1984 No
103
Energy Administration Act
1987 No 103
Water Supply Authorities Act 1987 No
140
Lake Illawarra Authority Act
1987 No 285
Crown Lands Act 1989 No
6
Catchment Management Act
1989 No 235
Water Board (Corporatisation)
Act 1994 No 88
Tweed River Entrance Sand
Bypassing Act 1995 No 55
Table of amending instruments
Public Works Act 1912 No 45. Assented to 26.11.1912. This Act has been amended as follows:
1916 | No 6 | Public Works (Costs) Act 1916.
Assented to 4.4.1916. |
No 69 | Government Railways (Amendment) Act
1916. Assented to 11.12.1916. | |
1922 | No 19 | Public Works (Amendment) Act 1922. Assented to 9.11.1922. |
1924 | No 40 | Public Works (Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage) Amendment Act 1924. Assented to 19.12.1924. |
1925 | No 11 | Public Works Committee Act 1925. Assented to 2.12.1925. |
1928 | No 37 | Government Railways (Amendment) Act
1928. Assented to 18.12.1928. |
1929 | No 18 | Public Works (Port Kembla Electricity) Act 1929. Assented to 8.4.1929. |
1930 | No 44 | Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1930.
Assented to 27.6.1930. |
1935 | No 30 | Public Works (Amendment) Act 1935. Assented to 11.4.1935. |
1937 | No 35 | Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937. |
1940 | No 1 | Public Works (Amendment) Act 1940. Assented to 16.4.1940. |
1941 | No 54 | Irrigation (Amendment) Act 1941. Assented to 13.11.1941. |
1946 | No 55 | Land Acquisition (Charitable Institutions) Act 1946. Assented to 27.12.1946. |
1961 | No 31 | Public Works (Amendment) Act 1961. Assented to 13.10.1961. |
1965 | No 33 | Decimal Currency Act
1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. |
1967 | No 53 | Public Works and Local Government (Amendment) Act 1967. Assented to 30.10.1967. |
1970 | No 52 | Supreme Court Act
1970. Assented to 14.10.1970. |
No 60 | Minors (Property and Contracts)
Act 1970. Assented to 13.11.1970. | |
1973 | No 40 | Housing and Public Works (Amendment) Act 1973. Assented to 8.5.1973. |
1975 | No 72 | Metric Conversion Act 1975. Assented
to 6.11.1975. |
No 103 | Public Works (Amendment) Act 1975.
Assented to 18.12.1975. | |
1976 | No 27 | Mining (Amendment) Act 1976.
Assented to 1.4.1976. |
No 98 | Coal Mining (Amendment) Act 1976.
Assented to 17.12.1976. | |
1978 | No 118 | Public Works (Amendment) Act 1978. Assented to 21.12.1978. |
1979 | No 169 | Public Works (Real Property Computer Register)
Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 14.12.1979. |
No 205 | Miscellaneous Acts (Planning)
Repeal and Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 21.12.1979. | |
1980 | No 15 | Public Works (Amendment) Act 1980.
Assented to 15.4.1980. |
No 196 | Miscellaneous Acts (Crown Land Titles) Amendment Act
1980. Assented to 22.12.1980. | |
1986 | No 136 | Public Works (Interest) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 4.12.1986. |
No 205 | Miscellaneous Acts (Water Administration) Amendment
Act 1986. Assented to 18.12.1986. | |
1987 | No 48 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1)
1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. |
No 58 | Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare) Repeal and
Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 29.5.1987. | |
No 143 | Water Legislation (Repeal, Amendment and Savings)
Act 1987. Assented to 16.6.1987. | |
1988 | No 114 | Transport Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act
1988. Assented to 21.12.1988. |
No 119 | Hunter Water Board Act 1988.
Assented to 21.12.1988. | |
1991 | No 22 | Land Acquisition (Just Terms
Compensation) Act 1991. Assented to 30.8.1991. |
1992 | No 34 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. |
1993 | No 32 | Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act
1993. Assented to 8.6.1993. |
No 47 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993.
Assented to 15.6.1993. | |
1994 | No 44 | Local Government Legislation (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. |
1995 | No 11 | Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act
1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. |
No 16 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. | |
1999 | No 31 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. |
2001 | No 56 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. |
No 121 | Justices Legislation Repeal and
Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. | |
2007 | No 27 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. |
No 82 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. | |
No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. | |
2011 | No 27 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2011. Assented to 27.6.2011. |
No 41 | Transport Legislation Amendment
Act 2011. Assented to 13.9.2011. | |
No 62 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011. |
Table of amendments
No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995.
Sec 1 | Am 1975 No 103, Sch 1 (1); 1976 No 27, Sch 11 (1). Subst 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 3 | Am 1941 No 54, sec 24 (a); 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (1); 1986 No 205, Sch 2; 1988 No 114, Sch 4; 1993 No 32, Sch 2; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.176 [1]. |
Sec 4A | Ins 1929 No 18, sec 5 (a). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 5 | Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1987 No 48, Sch 32. |
Sec 5A | Ins 1986 No 136, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 7 | Am 1922 No 19, sec 2 (1). |
Sec 9 | Am 1922 No 19, sec 2 (2). |
Sec 10 | Am 1922 No 19, sec 2 (3). |
Sec 11 | Am 1980 No 15, sec 3. |
Sec 14 | Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.46 [1]–[3]. |
Sec 15 | Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.46 [1]. |
Sec 17 | Am 1925 No 11, sec 2. |
Sec 21 | Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.46 [1] [2]. |
Sec 22 | Am 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (2); 2007 No 27, Sch 1.46 [1] [2]. |
Sec 24 | Am 1978 No 118, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 25 | Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.46 [1] [2]. |
Sec 29 | Am 1916 No 6, sec 7 (2); 2007 No 27, Sch 1.46 [1] [3]. |
Sec 30 | Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.46 [1] [2]. |
Sec 31 | Am 1916 No 6, sec 7 (2). |
Sec 32 | Rep 1916 No 6, sec 7 (1). |
Sec 34 | Am 1916 No 69, sec 13; 1924 No 40, sec 2; 1928 No 37, sec 5; 1935 No 30, sec 2 (a); 1941 No 54, sec 24 (b); 1961 No 31, sec 2 (a); 1978 No 118, Schs 1 (2), 2 (3); 1986 No 205, Sch 2; 1987 No 58, Sch 3; 1988 No 114, Sch 4; 1995 No 11, Sch 1. |
Sec 37 | Am 1961 No 31, sec 2 (b). |
Sec 38 | Am 1961 No 31, sec 2 (c). |
Sec 39 | Am 1940 No 1, sec 4 (a); 1988 No 114, Sch 4. Subst 1991 No 22, Sch 1. Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2. |
Sec 40 | Am 1941 No 54, sec 24 (c); 1946 No 55, sec 5 (a); 1986 No 205, Sch 2. Subst 1991 No 22, Sch 1. Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2. |
Sec 41 | Am 1935 No 30, sec 2 (b); 1941 No 54, sec 24 (d); 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (4). |
Part 5 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 42 | Am 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (5). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 43 | Am 1973 No 40, sec 3; 1987 No 143, Sch 2; 1988 No 119, sec 69. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 44, 45 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 46 | Am 1930 No 44, sec 34 (2) (b); 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1961 No 31, sec 2 (d); 1979 No 169, sec 3 (a). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 47 | Am 1916 No 6, sec 2. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 48, 49 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Part 6, Div 2 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 50A | Ins 1970 No 60, First Sch. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 51–53 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 54–56 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 57 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 58–64 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Part 6, Div 3 (sec 65) | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Part 6, Div 4 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 66 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 67 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 68 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 69 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 70 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 71 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 72, 73 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 74 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 75 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Part 6, Div 5 (secs 76–79) | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 80 | Am 1975 No 72, Sch. |
Sec 81 | Am 1961 No 31, sec 2 (e). Rep 1994 No 44, Sch 19. |
Sec 82 | Am 1975 No 72, Sch; 2001 No 56, Sch 2.33. |
Sec 84 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.176 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
Sec 85 | Subst 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 88 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). |
Sec 91A | Ins 2011 No 27, Sch 3.9 [1]. Am 2011 No 62, Sch 4.8 [1] [2]. |
Secs 96, 97 | Am 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 98 | Subst 1961 No 31, sec 2 (f). Am 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Part 7 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 101 | Am 1980 No 196, Sch 1. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 102 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 103 | Am 1916 No 6, sec 3. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 104 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 105 | Rep 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1. |
Sec 106 | Am 1916 No 6, sec 4; 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1. |
Secs 107–117 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 118 | Am 1916 No 6, sec 5. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 119–122 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 123 | Am 1916 No 6, sec 6. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 124 | Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 125 | Am 1975 No 72, Sch; 1980 No 196, Sch 1. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 126 | Am 1946 No 55, sec 5 (b); 1975 No 103, Sch 1 (2). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 126A | Ins 1975 No 103, Sch 1 (3) (am 1976 No 66, sec 3 (a) (b)). Am 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1; 1986 No 136, Sch 1 (2). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 126B | Ins 1975 No 103, Sch 1 (3). Am 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 127 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 128 | Am 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (6). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 129–131 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 132 | Am 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Part 8, Div 2 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Secs 134, 135 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 136 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 137 | Am 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (7). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Part 8, Div 3 | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 138 | Am 1929 No 18, sec 5 (b). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 139 | Am 1975 No 72, Sch. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 140 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1975 No 72, Sch. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 140A | Ins 1976 No 27, Sch 11 (2). Am 1976 No 98, Sch 11. |
Sec 141 | Subst 1967 No 53, sec 2. Am 1979 No 169, sec 3 (b); 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 142 | Am 1975 No 72, Sch; 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sec 143 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). |
Sec 144 | Am 1975 No 72, Sch. |
Sec 148 | Am 1993 No 47, Sch 1. |
Sec 149 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). |
Sec 150 | Am 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.77; 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
Part 9 | Rep 1988 No 114, Sch 4. Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. |
Sec 151 | Am 1940 No 1, sec 4 (b); 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (8). Rep 1988 No 114, Sch 4. Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. |
Sec 152 | Rep 1988 No 114, Sch 4. Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. |
Sec 153 | Am 1975 No 72, Sch. Rep 1988 No 114, Sch 4. Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. |
Sec 154 | Rep 1988 No 114, Sch 4. Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. Am 2011 No 41, Sch 5.39. |
Sec 155 | Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. Am 2011 No 41, Sch 5.39. |
Secs 156–158 | Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. |
Sec 159 | Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.176 [3]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
Part 10 (secs 160, 161) | Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. |
Fourth Sch | Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.46 [4] [5]. |
Fifth Sch | Am 1975 No 72, Sch. Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Sixth, Seventh Schs | Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Eighth Sch | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1991 No 22, Sch 1. |
Ninth Sch, heading | Ins 1986 No 136, Sch 1 (3). Subst 2011 No 27, Sch 3.9 [2]. |
Ninth Sch | Ins 1986 No 136, Sch 1 (3). Am 2007 No 82, Sch 4.16; 2011 No 27, Sch 3.9 [3]; 2011 No 62, Sch 4.8 [3]. |
