The information below seeks to guide users on accessing information on this website.
LEGISLATION
There are several ways in which you can access the legislation on this website, namely —
- Acts
- by Year
- in Alphabetical Order
- by Category
- Not in Force
- Repealed
- Subsidiary
- by Year
- in Alphabetical Order
- Not in Force
- Revoked
- Index
- in Alphabetical Order
- by Category
- Reprints
USEFUL LINKS
Under the Useful Links tab, you can access —
- any associated pages with the Revised Edition, that may be posted from time to time;
- the latest authorized pages of the Supplementary Volume of the existing Edition of the Laws (LRO 1/2017), namely, the —
- Table of Principal Legislation by Title;
- Alphabetical List of Principal Legislation;
- Chronological Tables;
- Acts Omitted from Volumes I to VIII; and
- Subsidiary Legislation Omitted from the 2000 Edition of the Statute Laws;
- Corrigenda published from time to time in the Official Gazette that gives notice of —
- corrections made to legislation; or
- any such other relevant information as may be specified therein.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
When accessing this website, you may preview additional information about the legislation by hovering over the icons to the left and right of the Short Title.
- Point-In-Time Date — users may select a “Point-In-Time Date” at the top of the page. This will allow a user to view legislation in force at a date selected.
- Legislation Notes — these notes —
- indicates the number of the law and the year in which the law was enacted. For instance, "2018-0004" means that the Act was the fourth Act passed by Parliament in the year 2018. Similarly, in the case of subsidiary legislation, a notation of "2020-0001" means that the statutory instrument was the first to be made in the year 2020; and
- provides the long title of the Act selected;
- indicates the number of the law and the year in which the law was enacted. For instance, "2018-0004" means that the Act was the fourth Act passed by Parliament in the year 2018. Similarly, in the case of subsidiary legislation, a notation of "2020-0001" means that the statutory instrument was the first to be made in the year 2020; and
- Amendments and Subsidiary Legislation — by clicking on the "+" icon in this column, the subsidiary legislation and all of the amendments to the principal or subsidiary legislation will appear;
- Category — this Box indicates the legislation category of the law and any additional category details;
- Date Commenced or Repealed — these Boxes indicate —
- the date on which the law or parts thereof came into force, also known as the "commencement date"; or
- the date the law was repealed.
When hovering over the Box titled "Date Commenced", an additional note may appear stating —
- the number of any statutory instrument(s) bringing the Act or parts thereof into force;
- additional dates upon which various sections of the enactment or parts thereof came into force; or
- sections of the enactment or parts thereof that may not be in force at the time.
When hovering over the Box titled "Date Repealed", a note may appear stating the name and number of the repealing legislation.
In some instances, a law may not appear on this website and a notice to contact the Government Publications Department for a Gazetted copy will appear.
You may also obtain a Gazetted copy of any law appearing on this Website from the Government Publications Department.