Australian Federal Legislation Search
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Australian Federal Legislation Search
Search the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au): Acts, legislative instruments, notifiable instruments and bills. Get title, ID, status (in force / repealed), making date, year, number, name history and a direct link. Filter by keyword, collection and in-force status.
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Search the Federal Register of Legislation — every Commonwealth Act, legislative instrument and notifiable instrument — and get structured records with status, dates, name history and a direct link.
What you get
{"id": "C2004A03712","name": "Privacy Act 1988","url": "https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03712","collection": "Act","status": "InForce", "isInForce": true, "isPrincipal": true,"makingDate": "1988-12-14T00:00:00","statusHistory": [{ "status": "InForce", "start": "1988-12-14T00:00:00" }]}
Use cases
- Compliance and legal research: find every instrument touching a topic, with in-force status
- Monitor for new legislation (schedule with
madeAfter= yesterday) - Feed an AI legal-research agent with authoritative titles and links
- Build a dataset of repealed vs in-force instruments for analysis
Input
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
query | Words that must appear in the title |
collection | Acts, legislative instruments, etc. |
inForceOnly | Default on |
principalOnly | Exclude amending instruments |
madeAfter | ISO date floor |
sort | Newest, oldest, or A-Z |
maxResults | Up to 10,000 |
Pricing
Pay only for what you use: US$0.005 per run + US$0.001 per result (about US$1 per 1,000 results). The free Apify plan's monthly credits cover thousands of results, so you can try it at no cost.
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Notes
Uses the public Federal Register of Legislation API. Content is © Commonwealth of Australia, generally available under CC BY 4.0. Not affiliated with the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.