Laws

Laws

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Explanations:
Columns:PM (Police Magistrate), GC (Gold Commissioner 1851-1855), GW (Gold Warden 1855-1929), CCL (Commissioner of Crown Lands), and CP (Chinese Protector) show the Golden Colony roles that were affected by the legislation.
Number:The number of the law is the regnal year, monarch, and a sequence number. For example, 15 Victoria 15 is the 15th bill passed in the 15th year of Queen Victoria's reign (not calendar year). Initially, the sequence number was restarted each regnal year. From 1856 (in Victoria), the sequence number was within the sovereign's reign.
DocumentsThe PDF documents here are sourced from the Parliament of Victoria Parliamentary Papers Database and the Australasian Legal Information Institute . I have hosted them here due to difficulties with permalinks on those sites.
Other Symbols: = External link.
Dates:Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format. Ongoing = Continues into next calendar year; New date; Date changed in source; Date died; Date to be confirmed.
"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed.
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Laws

YearStateNumberPassedEffectiveTitleCategoryPMGFCLCPCommentFN
1852Victoria15 Victoria 101852-01-061852-01-06Justice Act 1852 Justice
1852Victoria15 Victoria 151852-01-06Mining Act 1852 Mining
1853Victoria17 Victoria 11853-09-14Mining Act Amendment 1853 MiningAmends 15 Victoria 15
1853Victoria17 Victoria 41853-12-01Gold Fields Act 1853 MiningRepeals and replaces 15 Victoria 15 and 17 Victoria 1.
1855Victoria18 Victoria 371855-06-12Gold Fields Act 1855 MiningRepeals and replaces 17 Victoria 4
1855Victoria18 Victoria 391855-06-12Chinese Immigrants Act 1855 Chinese
1857Victoria21 Victoria 321857-11-241858-01-01Gold Fields Act 1857 MiningRepeals and replaces 18 Victoria 37
1857Victoria21 Victoria 411857-11-24Chinese Regulation Act 1857 ChineseAdds to 18 Victoria 39
1859Victoria22 Victoria 801859-02-24Chinese Emigration Act 1859 ChineseRepeals and replaces 18 Victoria 39, 21 Victoria 41
1860Victoria24 Victoria 1151860-09-18Gold Fields Act Amendment 1860 MiningAmends 21 Victoria 32
1862Victoria25 Victoria 1321862-03-19Chinese Emigration Act Amendment 1862 ChineseRepeals parts of 22 Victoria 80
1862Victoria25 Victoria 1601862-06-18Civil Service Act 1862 Public Service
1863Victoria27 Victoria 1701863-06-30Chinese Emigration Act Amendment 1863 ChineseSuspends remainder of 22 Victoria 80
1864Victoria27 Victoria 2001864-04-20Chinese Immigration Statute 1864 ChineseRepeals and replaces 22 Victoria 80, 25 Victoria 132, 27 Victoria 170
1865Victoria28 Victoria 2591865-05-16Chinese Immigrants Statute 1865 ChineseRepeals and replaces 27 Victoria 200
1883Victoria47 Victoria 7731883-11-01Public Service Act 1883 Public ServiceRepeals and replaces 25 Victoria 160

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