Historical Bills 1949–2008 now online
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has been working with its free access partner, the New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII), to make historical legislative documents available online. The latest results of this collaboration, Bills from 1949 to 2008, are now on the NZLII website in PDF format - click here.
The collection will be added to over time and will extend back to 1854 when complete. The collection includes Bills that became Acts as well as those that did not.
The collection has been put together from scans of bound volumes provided by the PCO and the Office of the Clerk, and the documents hosted by NZLII. While most volumes were taken apart to enable scanning, some were too rare to treat in this way. Instead they were scanned by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (in Sydney) using a non-destructive scanner that produces high-quality images from books open to only 30°.
The Historical Bills Collection sits alongside the New Zealand Acts 1841–2007As-Enacted Collection of historical Acts. Work on providing as-made Statutory Regulations 1936–2007 is also nearing completion.
For current Bills, and Bills that were current from 2008 onwards, visit the New Zealand Legislation website
