There is a unique ComLaw ID for every law on ComLaw, and it can tell you a lot about that law in just 11 characters. It contains:
| a letter |
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four numbers |
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a letter |
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five numbers |
| F is for laws on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (LIs) |
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Year of the law's registration or publication |
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B is for LI backcaptures
(LI made before 1 Jan 2005)
C is for compilations
L is for LIs as made |
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These numbers are system generated. |
| C is for all other laws on ComLaw |
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Year of the law's registration or publication |
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A is for Acts as made
B is for Bills (draft Acts)
C is for compilations
H is for historical LI
compilations
L is for historical instruments
Q is for all other laws as made
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System generated. For Acts as made, this aligns with the Act number, so the ComLaw ID for Act No. 24 of 2010 as made is C2010A00024 |
Both Acts and Select Legislative Instruments (formerly Statutory Rules) can also be identified by their Year and Number. Enter this in YYYY/N format. For Act No. 24 of 2010, you’d enter 2010/24.
Tip: you can substitute * for a number if you don’t know if a number or numbers, or if you’d like to see a range of records.
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