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data-style="text-align: left;"><a href="/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2011-0653"> Education and Care Services National Regulations (2011 SI 653) </a></li> <li class=" custom-inline-8" data-style="text-align: left;"><a href="/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040"> Government Sector Employment Act 2013 No 40 </a></li> <li class=" custom-inline-9" data-style="text-align: left;"><a href="/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572"> State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 </a></li> <li class=" custom-inline-10" data-style="text-align: left;"><a href="/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-040"> Crimes Act 1900 No 40 </a></li> <li class=" custom-inline-11" data-style="text-align: left;"><a href="/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2001-0338"> Allocation of the Administration of Acts (2001 SI 338) </a></li> </ol> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#changed" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">Allocation of the administration of Acts</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="changed" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <p><span class=""><strong><a href="https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2023-0139" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong> to view the current allocation of the administration of Acts.</span></p> <p><span class=""><strong><a href="https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/repealed/current/sl-2001-0338" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong> to view historical versions of the allocation of the administration of Acts from 25 May 2001 to 4 April 2023.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#changed" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">End-of-year publication arrangements</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="changed" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <p><span class="">PCO will observe the end-of-year closedown period from Friday, 20 December 2024 to Monday, 6 January 2025. The last standard publication of instruments for 2024 will be on the morning of Friday, 13 December 2024, following the final Executive Council meeting for 2024 earlier that week. The first standard publication for 2025 will be on Friday, 10 January 2025. The <a href="/help/notification" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deadline for notification requests</a> remains the same. </span></p> <p><span class="">To discuss urgent publication between 14 December 2024 and 9 January 2025, have your executive director contact the Parliamentary Counsel by <a href="mailto:parliamentary.counsel@pco.nsw.gov.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a>. Please provide as much advance notice as possible.</span></p> </div> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#changed" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">NSW Government Gazette standalone website</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="changed" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <p><span class="">The Parliamentary Counsel's Office is delighted to announce the NSW Government Gazette standalone website and portal was launched on 1 July 2024. Read more <strong><a href="/information/gazette-website" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>.</span></p> </div> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#changed" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">Statutory instruments prepared by other agencies</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="changed" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <p><span class="">On 1 July 2023, PCO launched a new page to centralise the collection of statutory instruments that have been prepared by other agencies. Users can access this page via a link under the Statutory Instruments heading on the <strong><a href="/browse/inforce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In force</a></strong> page. The collection will be added to as new and amending instruments are notified. Agencies are invited to submit consolidated PDFs to the collection post amendment to ensure users have access to up-to-date versions of instruments as amended.</span></p> </div> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#changed" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">Launch of PCO Standard</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="changed" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <p><span class="">On 9 May 2023, the NSW Parliamentary Counsel’s Office launched the first version of the PCO Standard—a guide to legislative drafting in NSW that acts as both a style guide and a manual for drafters and editors. <strong><a href="/information" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong> for more information and to download a copy.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#changed" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">COVID-19 legislation—Archive</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="changed" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <p><span class=""><strong>We have archived the special website page for NSW <a href="https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/information/covid19-legislation">COVID-19 legislation</a></strong>. On this page you can still find links to— </span></p> <ul class=""> <li>Public health orders, including current and historical versions</li> <li>Environmental planning orders</li> <li>Acts of Parliament</li> <li>Regulations.</li> </ul> <p><span class="">Information about the COVID-19 pandemic generally is available at the following links— </span></p> <ul class=""> <li><a href="https://nsw.gov.au/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NSW government information for the community and businesses</a></li> <li><a href="https://health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Pages/coronavirus.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NSW Health information for health professionals</a></li> <li><a href="https://health.gov.au/resources/collections/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Commonwealth Department of Health information for the general public and industry</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=""> <div class="accordion"> <div class="panel-group"> <div class="accordion-group panel panel-open"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#update" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">Updates for users</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="update" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <div class=""> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-group panel panel-open"> <div class="panel-heading"> </div> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#updates" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">Latest website features</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="updates" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <ul> <li><em>Browse-by-# button—</em>to improve navigation to legislation we’ve recently added a browse-by-# option to browse pages. Clicking on the <span class=" custom-inline-12" data-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>#</strong></span> button will display titles beginning with a non-alphabetical character. Sorting by name on results containing a mix of titles will present non-alphabetical titles before alphabetical titles.</li> <li><em>Inline history notes—</em>you can now use the <strong>Turn history notes on/off</strong> button for <strong>In force</strong> and <strong>Repealed</strong> titles to display details of the history of change at the provision level 'inline' under the relevant provision.</li> <li><em>Breadcrumbs for search hits located in schedules—</em>to make it easier to locate a search hit in the context of the whole title, breadcrumbs are now displayed in the same way (above the timeline) as search hits in the body of a title.</li> <li><em>Export functionality—</em>the <a href="https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/export/week">Export</a> link on the right of the screen above the dark blue task bar facilitates downloading XML files, including bulk downloads, for the <strong>In force</strong> and <strong>Repealed</strong> collections on the website. (Click the blue Help <span class=" custom-inline-13" data-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>?</strong></span> button on the Export page for more information.)</li> <li><em>Search page point-in-time button—</em>by clicking the enable/disable<em> </em>point-in-time buttons on the website <strong>Search</strong> page, you can now decide if you want your search to return results as at a particular point-in-time date (default is the date you’re searching) or return results for all relevant versions of titles with no selected point-in time date. (Note that your selection sticks for all subsequent searches until you change it again.)</li> <li><em>My favourites—</em>the <a href="https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/favourites">My favourites</a> page (link on the main dark blue task bar) explains how you can save time navigating around the website by setting up your own favourites list of up to 10 of the titles you need to access regularly.</li> <li><em>Resizing the Contents pane—</em>you can now drag the <strong>Contents</strong> pane to your preferred width and have it stick at that width until you change it again.</li> <li><em>Most popular titles list—</em>this list will now be a permanent feature at the top of our <strong>Noticeboard </strong>and will be updated weekly with the titles most frequently accessed by our users each week.</li> <li><em>Timeline enhancement—</em>the <strong>timeline </strong>functionality for linking to other versions of a title now ‘remembers’ the provision being viewed and opens the selected version at the same provision.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-group panel panel-open"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#whats-new" data-toggle="collapse"><span class="">What's new</span></a></h4> </div> <div id="whats-new" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <div class=""> <div class="accordion"> <div class="panel-group"> <div class="accordion-group panel panel-open"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#inline-history-notes-for-the-In-force-and-Repealed-collections" data-toggle="collapse"><span class=""><span class="">Inline history notes for the In force and Repealed collections</span></span></a></h4> </div> <div id="inline-history-notes-for-the-In-force-and-Repealed-collections" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <p>It’s been a long wait but inline history notes (legislative annotations) functionality is now available on our website for the <strong>In force</strong> and <strong>Repealed</strong> collections.</p> <p>Please see our <a href="https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/help/inlinehistorynotes">FAQ</a> for more detail about inline history notes functionality, including printing.</p> <p>Inline history notes are generated automatically and, while we've undertaken extensive checking to ensure they’re located logically in the context of a title, it’s not possible to scrutinise in detail every title across the <strong>In force</strong> and <strong>Repealed</strong> collections. Titles that have unusual structure, such as the Supreme Court Rules 1970, have proved particularly challenging so, at this stage, inline history notes for that title will not be available on the website, but we continue to work on refining them.</p> <p>Please let us know via a <a href="mailto:feedback.pco@pco.nsw.gov.au">Feedback email</a> if you see history notes you think are in the wrong location.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-group panel panel-open"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"><a class="accordion-toggle" data-target="#nsw-government-gazettea-new-way-to-lodge-notices" data-toggle="collapse"><span class=""><span class="">Backcaptured gazettes, annual volumes of Acts as passed and related material</span></span></a></h4> </div> <div id="nsw-government-gazettea-new-way-to-lodge-notices" class="panel-collapse collapse in"> <div class="panel-body"> <p>We have recently completed a major backcapture project to scan a large amount of hard copy material held in our library’s collection. 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