This will show you how to locate an Act in force as well as locate historical versions of an Act.

1. How to find a current Commonwealth Act
The Federal Register of Legislation
is the authorised website for
Commonwealth legislation
https://www.legislation.gov.au/
From the Legislation Register home
page, click on the Acts link

2. Browse Acts by Title
To find the Antarctic Marine Living
Resources Conservation Act
1981, click on ‘An’ from the A-Z
list

3. Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981
Click on the link to the
Antarctic Marine Living
Resources Conservation
Act 1981

4. Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981
You can download the current
version (compilation) of the Act
You can view the series of
historical versions
(compilations) of the Act
You can view or search within the text of the Act online

5. Download the current version (compilation) of the Act
Click on the file icon to open the Act

6. View historical compilations (versions) of the Act
Click on the link of the
historical compilation
(version) of the Act

7. What does the ‘red tick’ next to the title mean?
The Australia symbol with a red tick
symbol indicates that this online
version of the Act is authoritative
Refer to Help on the Legislation Register web site for more information
about authorised content
https://www.legislation.gov.au/content/about#what