Comparative Legislation Tables
Comparative tables of legislation are featured in a range of Thomson Reuters products, from our online legislation and commentary services and Laws of Australia encyclopaedia available via the Westlaw AU platform, to our looseleaf, print and eBook publications.
These quick-reference tables provide the user with the ability to identify legislative provisions covering similar subject-matter between jurisdictions, or compare sections between repealed and new Acts, regulations and rules of Court.
Thomson Reuters Product |
Table |
Commercial and Retail Leases in Australia |
This analysis of retail tenancy legislation, prepared by Clayton Utz, compares the main provisions of the Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW) against legislation in the other Australian States and Territories. |
Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice |
This table outlines the date of assent and the date of commencement of building and construction (security of payment) legislation across the States and Territories. |
Laws of Australia |
This table covers the limitation periods of general application set out in the Limitation Acts of each jurisdiction and related legislation dealing with wrongful death actions, survival of actions, etc. |
Miller’s Australian Competition and Consumer Law Annotated |
The “Old to New” and “New to Old” tables compare the provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) as at 13 April 2010 with the sections of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, which commenced on 1 January 2011. |
Motor Vehicle Law NSW |
These tables contrast the Road Transport Act 2013 and Road Transport (General) Regulation 2013 (expected to commence on 1 July 2013) with the previous road transport legislation in NSW (as at 30 June 2013). |
Trade Practices Law – Competition and Consumer Law |
This table compares the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) with State and Territory consumer affairs and fair trading Acts. |
Uniform Evidence Law |
This subscription service includes several tables outlining the differences between the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) and the Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (NT). |
Work Health and Safety Law and Practice |
This table provides a comparison of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) with State and Territory WHS legislation. It is now also available on our new online tax and accounting platform, Checkpoint. |