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Chairs

Hal Pateshall Colebatch
waNAT –

Thomas Cornelius Brennan
vicUAP –

Herbert James Mockford Payne
tasUAP –

John Grant Duncan-Hughes
saUAP –

George McLeay
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Herbert Brayley Collett
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Keith Cameron Wilson
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Alexander John McLachlan
saUAP –

John Armstrong Spicer
vicLIB –

William James Large
nswALP –

Richard Harry Nash
waALP –

John Percival Tate
nswLIB –

Ian Alexander Christie Wood
qldLIB –

Donald Michael Devitt
tasALP –

Ian Alexander Christie Wood
qldLIB –

Alan Joseph Missen
vicLIB –

Austin William Russell Lewis
vicLIB –

John Coates
tasALP –

Bernard Cornelius Cooney
vicALP –

Robert Lindsay Collins
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Malcolm Arthur Colston
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Patricia Jessie Giles
waALP –

Stephen Loosley
nswALP –

Malcolm Arthur Colston
qldALP –

William George O'Chee
qldNPA –

Helen Lloyd Coonan
nswLIB –

Tsebin Tchen
vicLIB –

John Odin Wentworth Watson
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Dana Johanna Wortley
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Jacinta Mary Ann Collins
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Ursula Mary Stephens
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Mark Lionel Furner
qldALP –

Sean Christopher Edwards
saLIB –

John Reginald Williams
nswNP –

John Reginald Williams
nswNP –

Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells
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Scope

The Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances considered and reported on legislative instruments to ensure that they were in accordance with statute and did not unduly trespass on personal rights and liberties, make administrative decisions not subject to independent review or contain matters better dealt with in an Act of parliament.

Sequence

Regulations and Ordinances
Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation
1932
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Members of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 26 June 2008. Standing L-R: Senators Andrew Bartlett, Carol Brown, Claire Moore and Mathias Cormann. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Ronaldson and Dana Wortley [Chair]. DPS Auspic.

Members of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 26 June 2008. Standing L-R: Senators Andrew Bartlett, Carol Brown, Claire Moore and Mathias Cormann. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Ronaldson and Dana Wortley [Chair]. DPS Auspic.
Members and staff of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 26 June 2008. Standing L-R: James Warmenhoven [Secretary], Professor Stephen Bottomley [Legal Adviser], Sarah Bannerman [Research Officer], Senators Andrew Bartlett, Carol Brown, Claire Moore and Mathias Cormann, and Janice Paull [Research Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Ronaldson and Dana Wortley [Chair]. DPS Auspic.

Members and staff of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 26 June 2008. Standing L-R: James Warmenhoven [Secretary], Professor Stephen Bottomley [Legal Adviser], Sarah Bannerman [Research Officer], Senators Andrew Bartlett, Carol Brown, Claire Moore and Mathias Cormann, and Janice Paull [Research Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Ronaldson and Dana Wortley [Chair]. DPS Auspic.
Members of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 16 June 2011. Standing L-R: Senators Michaelia Cash, Scott Ryan and Carol Brown. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Ronaldson [Deputy Chair], Ursula Stephens [Chair] and Claire Moore. DPS Auspic.

Members of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 16 June 2011. Standing L-R: Senators Michaelia Cash, Scott Ryan and Carol Brown. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Ronaldson [Deputy Chair], Ursula Stephens [Chair] and Claire Moore. DPS Auspic.

Members and staff of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 16 June 2011. Standing L-R: Ivan Powell [Secretary], Janice Paull [Senior Research Officer], Senators Michaelia Cash, Scott Ryan and Carol Brown, Professor Stephen Bottomley (Legal Adviser) and Jill Manning [Administrative Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Ronaldson [Deputy Chair], Ursula Stephens [Chair] and Claire Moore. DPS Auspic.

Members and staff of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 16 June 2011. Standing L-R: Ivan Powell [Secretary], Janice Paull [Senior Research Officer], Senators Michaelia Cash, Scott Ryan and Carol Brown, Professor Stephen Bottomley (Legal Adviser) and Jill Manning [Administrative Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Ronaldson [Deputy Chair], Ursula Stephens [Chair] and Claire Moore. DPS Auspic.
Current and former members of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 15 March 2012. Back row L-R: Senators Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Gavin Marshall, Christopher Back, Brett Mason, Mark Furner [Chair], Michaelia Cash, Michael Ronaldson [Deputy Chair] and Mathias Cormann. Front row L-R: Senators Ursula Stephens [former Chair], Anne Urquhart, Carol Brown, Trish Crossin, Claire Moore, Bronwyn Bishop and Scott Ryan. DPS Auspic.

Current and former members of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 15 March 2012. Back row L-R: Senators Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Gavin Marshall, Christopher Back, Brett Mason, Mark Furner [Chair], Michaelia Cash, Michael Ronaldson [Deputy Chair] and Mathias Cormann. Front row L-R: Senators Ursula Stephens [former Chair], Anne Urquhart, Carol Brown, Trish Crossin, Claire Moore, Bronwyn Bishop and Scott Ryan. DPS Auspic.
Current and former members and staff of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 15 March 2012. Back row L-R: Janice Paull [Senior Research Officer], Ivan Powell [Secretary], Senators Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Gavin Marshall, Christopher Back, Brett Mason, Mark Furner [Chair], Michaelia Cash, Michael Ronaldson [Deputy Chair] and Mathias Cormann, James Warmenhoven [former Secretary] and Senator Jacinta Collins. Front row L-R: Sarah Bannerman [former Administrative Officer], Senators Ursula Stephens [former Chair], Anne Urquhart, Carol Brown, Trish Crossin, Claire Moore, Bronwyn Bishop and Scott Ryan, Jill Manning [Administrative Officer] and Professor Stephen Bottomley [Legal Adviser]. DPS Auspic.

Current and former members and staff of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 15 March 2012. Back row L-R: Janice Paull [Senior Research Officer], Ivan Powell [Secretary], Senators Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Gavin Marshall, Christopher Back, Brett Mason, Mark Furner [Chair], Michaelia Cash, Michael Ronaldson [Deputy Chair] and Mathias Cormann, James Warmenhoven [former Secretary] and Senator Jacinta Collins. Front row L-R: Sarah Bannerman [former Administrative Officer], Senators Ursula Stephens [former Chair], Anne Urquhart, Carol Brown, Trish Crossin, Claire Moore, Bronwyn Bishop and Scott Ryan, Jill Manning [Administrative Officer] and Professor Stephen Bottomley [Legal Adviser]. DPS Auspic.

Regulations and Ordinances Committee, 12 September 2002. Standing L-R: Senators George Brandis, Brett Mason and Geoffrey Buckland. Seated L-R: Senators Andrew Bartlett, Tsebin Tchen and Joseph Ludwig.

Regulations and Ordinances Committee, 12 September 2002. Standing L-R: Senators George Brandis, Brett Mason and Geoffrey Buckland. Seated L-R: Senators Andrew Bartlett, Tsebin Tchen and Joseph Ludwig.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 2 June 1986. L-R: Senator Patricia Giles, Peter O’Keeffe [Secretary], Senators Barney Cooney [Chair], Austin Lewis [Deputy Chair] and Amanda Vanstone, and John Carter [Research Officer].

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 2 June 1986. L-R: Senator Patricia Giles, Peter O’Keeffe [Secretary], Senators Barney Cooney [Chair], Austin Lewis [Deputy Chair] and Amanda Vanstone, and John Carter [Research Officer].
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 11 March 1982. L-R: Senators Dominic Foreman, Shirley Walters and Alan Missen, Peter Hallahan [Research Officer], Senators Austin Lewis [Chair], Anne Lynch [Secretary], Senators Michael Tate [Deputy Chair], John Coates and Neville Bonner.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 11 March 1982. L-R: Senators Dominic Foreman, Shirley Walters and Alan Missen, Peter Hallahan [Research Officer], Senators Austin Lewis [Chair], Anne Lynch [Secretary], Senators Michael Tate [Deputy Chair], John Coates and Neville Bonner.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 14 May 1980. L-R: Senators George Georges, Gareth Evans, Austin Lewis, Alan Missen [Chair], Jim Cavanagh and David Hamer, and Harry Evans [Secretary]. NAA: A6180, 14/5/80/68.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 14 May 1980. L-R: Senators George Georges, Gareth Evans, Austin Lewis, Alan Missen [Chair], Jim Cavanagh and David Hamer, and Harry Evans [Secretary]. NAA: A6180, 14/5/80/68.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session, 31 March 1987. L-R: Senators Amanda Vanstone and Patricia Giles, Peter O’Keeffe [Secretary], Senators Barney Cooney [Chair], Reg Withers, Austin Lewis [Deputy Chair] and John Coates. NAA: A6180, 31/3/87/63.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session, 31 March 1987. L-R: Senators Amanda Vanstone and Patricia Giles, Peter O’Keeffe [Secretary], Senators Barney Cooney [Chair], Reg Withers, Austin Lewis [Deputy Chair] and John Coates. NAA: A6180, 31/3/87/63.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session in the Senate Chamber of the Provisional Parliament House, 1971. Seated at table: Senator Gordon Davidson, Bert Nicholls [Secretary], Senators Don Devitt [Deputy Chair], Ivor Greenwood, Ian Wood [Chair], Jack Little and Ellis Lawrie, others unknown.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session in the Senate Chamber of the Provisional Parliament House, 1971. Seated at table: Senator Gordon Davidson, Bert Nicholls [Secretary], Senators Don Devitt [Deputy Chair], Ivor Greenwood, Ian Wood [Chair], Jack Little and Ellis Lawrie, others unknown.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 1988. Standing L-R: Ann Millar [Research Officer], Jan Martin [Typist], Peter O’Keeffe [Secretary] and Helen Reid [Parliamentary Officer to Committee]. Seated L-R: Senators Patricia Giles, Bronwyn Bishop, Bob Collins [Chair], Kay Patterson and Bob McMullan.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 1988. Standing L-R: Ann Millar [Research Officer], Jan Martin [Typist], Peter O’Keeffe [Secretary] and Helen Reid [Parliamentary Officer to Committee]. Seated L-R: Senators Patricia Giles, Bronwyn Bishop, Bob Collins [Chair], Kay Patterson and Bob McMullan.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 1989. Standing L-R: Professor Douglas Whalan [Legal Adviser], Senators John Stone, John Faulkner and Patricia Giles, and David Creed [Secretary]. Seated L-R: Senators Kay Patterson, Bob Collins [Chair] and Bronwyn Bishop. Government Photographic Service.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, 1989. Standing L-R: Professor Douglas Whalan [Legal Adviser], Senators John Stone, John Faulkner and Patricia Giles, and David Creed [Secretary]. Seated L-R: Senators Kay Patterson, Bob Collins [Chair] and Bronwyn Bishop. Government Photographic Service.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session, 1989. Clockwise around table from left: Senators Bob Collins [Chair], Bronwyn Bishop, Patricia Giles, John Faulkner, John Stone and Kay Patterson, David Creed [Secretary] and Professor Douglas Whalan [Legal Adviser]. Government Photographic Service.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session, 1989. Clockwise around table from left: Senators Bob Collins [Chair], Bronwyn Bishop, Patricia Giles, John Faulkner, John Stone and Kay Patterson, David Creed [Secretary] and Professor Douglas Whalan [Legal Adviser]. Government Photographic Service.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session, 1989. L-R: Senator Kay Patterson, David Creed [Secretary], Professor Douglas Whalan [Legal Adviser], Senators Bob Collins [Chair], Bronwyn Bishop, Patricia Giles (obscured), John Faulkner and John Stone. Government Photographic Service.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session, 1989. L-R: Senator Kay Patterson, David Creed [Secretary], Professor Douglas Whalan [Legal Adviser], Senators Bob Collins [Chair], Bronwyn Bishop, Patricia Giles (obscured), John Faulkner and John Stone. Government Photographic Service.
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, ca1990-92. Standing L-R: Senators Olive Zakharov and Mal Colston. Seated L-R: Senators Kay Patterson, Patricia Giles [Chair] and Bronwyn Bishop [Deputy Chair].

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, ca1990-92. Standing L-R: Senators Olive Zakharov and Mal Colston. Seated L-R: Senators Kay Patterson, Patricia Giles [Chair] and Bronwyn Bishop [Deputy Chair].
Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, April 1971. L-R: Senators Gordon Davidson, John Wheeldon, Ian Wood [Chair], Don Devitt [Deputy Chair], Ellis Lawrie and Jim Cavanagh. NAA: A1200, L95156.

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, April 1971. L-R: Senators Gordon Davidson, John Wheeldon, Ian Wood [Chair], Don Devitt [Deputy Chair], Ellis Lawrie and Jim Cavanagh. NAA: A1200, L95156.

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Ian Wood, chair 1950-78, Interview with Ron Hurst on the role of the committee, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/84, session 3, 22:24-24:40.

Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218054564/listen

Gordon Sinclair Davidson, committee member 1965-71, Interview with Bruce Edwards on the work of the committee, 1984-86, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/41, session 24, 00:11:32-00:16:28.

Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217655658/listen

Alan Joseph Missen, chair 1978-80, Interview with Toby Miller, 1980, National Library of Australia, TRC 732, session 4, 00:15:00-00:15:43.

Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-194676376/listen
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Committee timeline - Establishment of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances

Ian Wood, Interview with Ron Hurst on the disallowance of three Defence Finance Regulations on 4 October 1960, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/84, session 4, 00:53:12-00:57:32.

Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218054564/listen

Ian Wood, Interview with Ron Hurst on crossing the floor to disallow three Defence Finance Regulations on 4 October 1960, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/84, session 4, 00:57:32-00:58:47.

Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218054564/listen

Reports

Date tabled Title Read report
First report Parliamentary paper number S1/1932 Document icon
Second report Parliamentary paper number S2/1933 Document icon
Third report Parliamentary paper number S1/1935 Document icon
Fourth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1938 Document icon
Fifth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1942 Document icon
Sixth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1947 Document icon
Seventh report Parliamentary paper number S1/1949 Document icon
Eighth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1952 Document icon
Ninth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1954 Document icon
Tenth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1956 Document icon
Eleventh report Parliamentary paper number S1/1957 Document icon
Twelfth report Parliamentary paper number S2/1957 Document icon
Thirteenth report Parliamentary paper number S3/1957 Document icon
Fourteenth report
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Fourteenth report, 18 March 1959
Fifteenth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1959 Document icon
Sixteenth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1960 Document icon
Seventeenth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1961 Document icon
Eighteenth report Parliamentary paper number S1/1962 Document icon
Nineteenth report Parliamentary paper number 52/1964 Document icon
Twentieth report Parliamentary paper number 223/1965 Document icon
Twenty-first report Parliamentary paper number 293/1966 Document icon
Twenty-second report Parliamentary paper number 329/1966 Document icon
Twenty-third report Parliamentary paper number 147/1967 Document icon
Twenty-fourth report Parliamentary paper number 148/1967 Document icon
Twenty-fifth report Parliamentary paper number 243/1968 Document icon
Twenty-sixth report Parliamentary paper number 186/1969 Document icon
Twenty-seventh report Parliamentary paper number 187/1969 Document icon
Twenty-eighth report: First to Twenty-sixth reports (index and reprint) Parliamentary paper number 188/1969 Document icon
Twenty-ninth report Parliamentary paper number 49/1970 Document icon
Thirtieth report Parliamentary paper number 50/1970 Document icon
Thirty-first report: Being a report upon the amendments of the Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations, contained in Statutory Rules 1970, No.1 Parliamentary paper number 52/1970 Document icon
Thirty-second report: Being a report upon Statutory Rules, 1970, No. 8, Amendments of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations Parliamentary paper number 81/1970 Document icon
Thirty-third report: Being a report upon Statutory Rules, 1970, No. 42, Amendments of the Public Service Regulations Parliamentary paper number 130/1970 Document icon
Thirty-fourth report: Being a report upon the Bankruptcy (Offences) Rules, contained in Statutory Rules, 1970, No. 87 Parliamentary paper number 160/1970 Document icon
Thirty-fifth report: Being a report upon the Dairying Industry Equalization Legislation Referendum Regulations contained in Statutory Rules 1970, No. 178 Parliamentary paper number 68/1971 Document icon
Thirty-sixth report: A.C.T. Ordinance 1971, No. 4 Evidence Ordinance 1971 Parliamentary paper number 121/1971 Document icon
Thirty-seventh report: Norfolk Island Ordinances Parliamentary paper number 143/1971 Document icon
Thirty-eighth report: Being a general report upon the activities of the committee since its Twenty-sixth report Parliamentary paper number 100/1971 Document icon
Thirty-ninth report: Being a report upon certain regulations rendered invalid by a judgment of the High Court Parliamentary paper number 24/1972 Document icon
Fortieth report: Statutory Rules 1972 No. 35 Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations Parliamentary paper number 126/1972 Document icon
Forty-first report: Statutory Rules 1972 No. 127 Amendments of the Military Financial Regulations Parliamentary paper number 149/1972
Forty-second report: Retrospectivity of regulations relating to the Defence Services Parliamentary paper number 217/1972 Document icon
Forty-third report: General report upon the activities of the committee since its Thirty-eighth report Parliamentary paper number 220/1972 Document icon
Forty-fourth report: Commonwealth Scholarships and Awards Regulations Parliamentary paper number 40/1973 Document icon
Forty-fifth report: Members of the committee 1932-1973; List of reports; Index to First to Forty-fourth Reports Parliamentary paper number 101/1973 Document icon
Forty-sixth report: Australian Capital Territory Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (No. 2) 1973 Parliamentary paper number 238/1973 Document icon
Forty-seventh report: General report Parliamentary paper number 290/1973 Document icon
Forty-eighth report: Statutory Rules 1973 No. 223 Amendment of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations Parliamentary paper number 1/1974 Document icon
Forty-ninth report: A.C.T. Ordinance 1974 No. 19 City Area Leases Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 Parliamentary paper number 279/1974 Document icon
Fiftieth report: General report 1974 Parliamentary paper number 271/1974 Document icon
Fifty-first report: General report 1975 Parliamentary paper number 4/1976 Document icon
Fifty-second report: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Lands Acquisition Ordinance 1975 Parliamentary paper number 5/1976 Document icon
Fifty-third report: A.C.T. Misrepresentation Ordinance 1975 Parliamentary paper number 63/1976 Document icon
Fifty-fourth report: A.C.T. Manufacturers Warranties Ordinance 1975 Parliamentary paper number 64/1976 Document icon
Fifty-fifth report: Australian Capital Territory ordinances containing substantive legislation Parliamentary paper number 126/1976 Document icon
Fifty-sixth report: Retrospective regulations Parliamentary paper number 277/1976 Document icon
Fifty-seventh report: General report 1976 Parliamentary paper number 353/1976 Document icon
Fifty-eighth report: Undertakings by ministers Parliamentary paper number 215/1977 Document icon
Fifty-ninth report: Ombudsman Regulations; A.C.T. Consumer Affairs Ordinance; A.C.T. Legal Aid Ordinance; A.C.T. Sale of Motor Vehicles Ordinance Parliamentary paper number 233/1977 Document icon
Sixtieth report: Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations Parliamentary paper number 17/1978 Document icon
Sixty-first report: Remuneration Tribunals (Members' Fees and Allowances) Regulations; National Park and Wildlife Regulations; Naval Financial and Air Force Regulations; Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations; Federal Court of Australia Regulations; Australian National Railways General By-law; A.C.T. Physiotherapists Registration Ordinance Parliamentary paper number 18/1978 Document icon
Sixty-second report: Undertakings by Ministers to amend regulations and ordinances; Standing Order 36A Parliamentary paper number 203/1978 Document icon
Sixty-third report: Historic Shipwrecks Regulations; Superannuation (Allocation of Previous Fund) Regulations; Superannuation (Additional Pension) Regulations Parliamentary paper number 275/1978 Document icon
Sixty-fourth report: Principles of the committee Parliamentary paper number 42/1979 Document icon
Sixty-fifth report: Regulations under the Superannuation Act; Defence Force financial regulations Parliamentary paper number 69/1979 Document icon
Sixty-sixth report: Disallowance of a repealing instrument; Onus of proof in criminal cases; Legislation considered 1978-79 Parliamentary paper number 116/1979 Document icon
Sixty-seventh report: Members of the committee 1932-1979; List of reports; Index to First to Sixty-sixth reports Parliamentary paper number 179/1979 Document icon
Sixty-eighth report: Powers of the committee; Statutory provisions for disallowance; Notification of rights and duties; Alteration of entitlements by regulation; Consideration of draft legislation; Evidence Act; Judicial review of administrative acts; Legislation considered 1979 Parliamentary paper number 282/1979 Document icon
Sixty-ninth report: Legislation considered 1980 Parliamentary paper number 155/1980 Document icon
Seventieth report: Legislation considered November 1980 to May 1981 Parliamentary paper number 138/1981 Document icon
Seventy-first report: 50th anniversary of the committee Parliamentary paper number 47/1982 Document icon
Seventy-second report: A.C.T. Public Assemblies Ordinance 1982 Parliamentary paper number 83/1982 Document icon
Seventy-third report: Legislation Considered March - November 1982 Parliamentary paper number 326/1982 Document icon
Seventy-fourth report: Legislation considered May - December 1983 Parliamentary paper number 32/1984 Document icon
Special report on certain regulations and an ordinance Parliamentary paper number 90/1984 Document icon
Seventy-fifth report: Legislation considered February - June 1984 Parliamentary paper number 303/1984 Document icon
Seventy-sixth report: Report upon a certain ordinance of the Australian Capital Territory disallowed by effluxion of time Parliamentary paper number 507/1985 Document icon
Seventy-seventh report: Legislation considered July 1984 - June 1985 Parliamentary paper number 172/1986 Document icon
Seventy-eighth report: Report on the Artificial Conception Ordinance 1986 Parliamentary paper number 171/1986 Document icon
Seventy-ninth report: Report on the committee's scrutiny of certain Health Insurance Regulations disallowed by effluxion of time Parliamentary paper number 170/1986 Document icon
Eightieth report: Application of the committee's principles; Reform of the Acts Interpretation Act; Legislation considered 1985-86 Parliamentary paper number 241/1986 Document icon
Eighty-first report: Principle (d) and A.C.T. Laws Parliamentary paper number 434/1986 Document icon
Eighty-second report: The repeal and re-enactment device Parliamentary paper number 311/1987 Document icon
Eighty-third report: Philosophy, goals and role of the committee; Guidelines on the application of the committee's principles; A request for better explanatory statements; Legislation considered 1986-1987 Parliamentary paper number 377/1988 Document icon
Eighty-fourth report: A report on the disallowance of certain freedom of information regulations relating to the Australian Bicentennial Authority Parliamentary paper number 387/1988 Document icon
Eighty-fifth report: Overview and future directions; Explanatory statements and citation requirements; Guidelines on the application of the committee's principles; Legislation considered 1987-88 Parliamentary paper number 464/1989 Document icon
Eighty-sixth report: Overview, issues and roles; Guidelines on the application of the committee's principles; Legislation considered 1988-1989 Parliamentary paper number 93/1990 Document icon
Eighty-seventh report: Special report on subdelegation of powers Parliamentary paper number 427/1990 Document icon
Eighty-eighth report Parliamentary paper number 228/1991 Document icon
Eighty-ninth report: Report on scrutiny by the committee of regulations made under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 Parliamentary paper number 465/1991 Document icon
Ninetieth report: Annual report 1990-91 Parliamentary paper number 454/1991 Document icon
Ninety-first report: Report on scrutiny by the committee of delegated legislation made under Acts providing superannuation for Commonwealth employees Parliamentary paper number 181/1992 Document icon
Ninety-second report: Report on scrutiny by the committee of Public Service Determinations 1992/27 and 1992/46 Parliamentary paper number 528/1992 Document icon
Ninety-third report: Report on scrutiny by the committee of regulations imposing United Nations sanctions Parliamentary paper number 513/1992 Document icon
Ninety-fourth report: Annual report 1991-92 Parliamentary paper number 77/1993 Document icon
Ninety-fifth report: Scrutiny by the committee of instruments administered through the portfolio of Primary Industries and Energy Parliamentary paper number 74/1993 Document icon
Ninety-sixth report: Annual report 1992-93 Parliamentary paper number 393/1993 Document icon
Ninety-seventh report: Delegated legislation and the Acts Interpretation Act 1901: A case study Parliamentary paper number 392/1993 Document icon
Ninety-eighth report: Scrutiny by the committee of amendments of the Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations Parliamentary paper number 133/1994 Document icon
Ninety-ninth report: Legislative Instruments Bill 1994 Parliamentary paper number 176/1994 Document icon
One hundredth report: Annual report 1993-94 Parliamentary paper number 321/1994 Document icon
One hundred and first report: Rules of the Industrial Relations Court Parliamentary paper number 97/1995 Document icon
One hundred and second report: Annual report 1994-95 Parliamentary paper number 375/1995 Document icon
One hundred and third report: Scrutiny by the committee of the Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Regulations Parliamentary paper number 40/1996 Document icon
One hundred and fourth report: Annual report 1995-96 Parliamentary paper number 111/1997 Document icon
One hundred and fifth report: Annual report 1996-97 Parliamentary paper number 106/1998 Document icon
One hundred and sixth report: Annual report 1997-98 Parliamentary paper number 33/1999 Document icon
One hundred and seventh report: Report on the scrutiny by the committee of orders made under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Parliamentary paper number 101/1999 Document icon
108th report: Annual report 1998-99 Parliamentary paper number 33/2000 Document icon
109th report: Annual report 1999-2000 Parliamentary paper number 216/2000 Document icon
110th report: Annual report 2000-2001 Parliamentary paper number 40/2002 Document icon
111th report: Legislative Instruments Bill 2003; Legislative Instruments (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003 Parliamentary paper number 264/2003 Document icon
112th report: 40th Parliament report Parliamentary paper number 141/2005

Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances in session ahead of the tabling of its 112th report, 23 June 2005. L-R: Janice Paull [Research Officer], James Warmenhoven [Secretary], Senator Tsebin Tchen [Chair] and Professor Stephen Bottomley [Legal Adviser]. DPS Auspic.

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113th report: Consultation under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 - Interim report Parliamentary paper number 108/2007 Document icon
Report no. 114: Report on the work of the committee in the 41st Parliament Parliamentary paper number 213/2013 Document icon
Report no. 115: Report on the work of the committee in the 42nd Parliament Parliamentary paper number 214/2013 Document icon
Report no. 116: Report on the work of the committee in 2010-11 Parliamentary paper number 215/2013 Document icon
Report no. 117: Report on the work of the committee in 2011-12 Parliamentary paper number 216/2013 Document icon
Report no. 118: Report on the work of the committee in 2012-13 Parliamentary paper number 471/2013 Document icon
Report no.119: Report on the work of the committee in 2013-14 Parliamentary paper number 161/2016 Document icon
Report no.120: Report on the work of the committee in 2014-15 Parliamentary paper number 162/2016 Document icon
Report on the work of the committee in 2015-16 Parliamentary paper number 93/2018 Document icon
Annual Report 2017 Parliamentary paper number 144/2018 Document icon
Annual Report 2018 Parliamentary paper number 69/2019 Document icon
Parliamentary scrutiny of delegated legislation (presented out of session on 3 June 2019) (corrigendum tabled 2 July 2019) Parliamentary paper number 179/2019 Document icon