Historical notes

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Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

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. Date of commencement of sec 7 (1), 26.11.1912, sec 7 (1).
	No 69	Government Railways (Amendment) Act 1916. Assented to 11.12.1916. Date of commencement 1.1.1917, sec 1 (2) and GG No 223 of 22.12.1916, p 7665.
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. Date of commencement, 1.7.1928, sec 1 (4).
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. Date of commencement, 1.1.1931, sec 1 (1) and GG No 139 of 19.9.1930, p 3704.
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. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3) 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
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. Date of commencement, Part 9 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 (1) and GG No 59 of 2.6.1972, p 2018. Amended by Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972 No 41. Assented to 11.4.1972.
	No 60	Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970. Assented to 13.11.1970. Date of commencement, 1.7.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 60 of 4.6.1971, p 1863.
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. Date of commencement of Sch, Items 10–24, 1.11.1976, sec 4 (3) and GG No 141 of 29.10.1976, p 4729.
	No 103	Public Works (Amendment) Act 1975. Assented to 18.12.1975. Amended by Public Works and Other Acts (Interest Rates) Amendment Act 1976 No 66. Assented to 15.11.1976. Date of commencement, 18.12.1975, sec 2.
1976	No 27	Mining (Amendment) Act 1976. Assented to 1.4.1976. Date of commencement of Sch 11, 17.5.1976, sec 2 (2) (5) and GG No 61 of 7.5.1976, p 2009.
	No 98	Coal Mining (Amendment) Act 1976. Assented to 17.12.1976. Date of commencement of Sch 11, 1.1.1977, sec 2 (2) (4) and GG No 165 of 24.12.1976, p 5753.
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. Date of commencement of sec 3, 1.1.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG No 184 of 21.12.1979, p 6448.
	No 205	Miscellaneous Acts (Planning) Repeal and Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 21.12.1979. Date of commencement of Sch 2, Pt 1, 1.9.1980, sec 2 (4) and GG No 91 of 4.7.1980, p 3366.
1980	No 15	Public Works (Amendment) Act 1980. Assented to 15.4.1980. Date of commencement of sec 3, 5.8.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 1.8.1980, p 3895.
	No 196	Miscellaneous Acts (Crown Land Titles) Amendment Act 1980. Assented to 22.12.1980. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (except as provided in sec 2 (4)–(6)), 1.10.1981, sec 2 (3) and GG No 141 of 25.9.1981, p 5107.
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. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 195 of 19.12.1986, p 6267.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
	No 58	Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 29.5.1987. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Public Works Act 1912, 18.1.1988, sec 2 (5) and GG No 2 of 8.1.1988, p 10.
	No 143	Water Legislation (Repeal, Amendment and Savings) Act 1987. Assented to 16.6.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 3.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 115 of 3.7.1987, p 3785.
1988	No 114	Transport Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1988. Assented to 21.12.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 16.1.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 3 of 16.1.1989, p 277.
	No 119	Hunter Water Board Act 1988. Assented to 21.12.1988. Date of commencement of sec 69, 10.2.1989, sec 2 and GG No 18 of 3.2.1989, p 779.
1991	No 22	Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991. Assented to 30.8.1991. Date of commencement, 1.1.1992, sec 2 and GG No 163 of 22.11.1991, p 9736.
1992	No 34	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Public Works Act 1912, assent, Sch 2.
1993	No 32	Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993. Assented to 8.6.1993. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.1993, sec 2 (1) and GG No 73 of 1.7.1993, p 3342.
	No 47	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1994	No 44	Local Government Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 19, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 17.6.1994, p 2915.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Public Works Act 1912, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
	No 16	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2001	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.33, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.

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 17	Am 1925 No 11, sec 2.
Sec 22	Am 1978 No 118, Sch 2 (2).
Sec 24	Am 1978 No 118, Sch 1 (1).
Secs 29, 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].
Sec 85	Subst 1991 No 22, Sch 1.
Sec 88	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
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.
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.
Secs 155–158	Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2.
Sec 159	Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2. Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.176 [3].
Part 10 (secs 160, 161)	Ins 1993 No 32, Sch 2.
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	Ins 1986 No 136, Sch 1 (3).