Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Without limiting the information that a registered compilation of an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument (the principal law ) may include, the registered compilation must include the following information:
(a) the compilation date;
(b) if any editorial changes are made in preparing the compilation--a statement that editorial changes have been made and a brief outline of the changes in general terms;
(c) details (including commencement details) of any Act or instrument that amends the principal law;
(d) the amendment history of provisions of the principal law;
(e) any further information prescribed by the rules.
(2) However, the information mentioned in any of paragraphs (1)(c) to (e) does not need to be included in the compilation if:
(a) the First Parliamentary Counsel is satisfied that the information mentioned in that paragraph is otherwise appropriately available on an approved website to users of the Federal Register of Legislation; and
(b) the compilation indicates in general terms how users of the Register may access that information on the approved website.