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Regional Legislation Databases

Legislation: Other jurisdictions

Canada

Federal

CanLII
Canadian Legal Information Institute. Great resource for federal and provincial statutes, regulations, cases, courts and more. Fully searchable.

Canadian Federal Statutes and Regulations (CanLII)

Canadian Consolidated Statutes
(Department of Justice)

Canadian Competition Tribunal - Legislation
Links to the Competition Act, Competition Tribunal Act, Competition Tribunal Rules and more. In English and French

Provinces

Canadian Provincial Statutes and Regulations
Available from CanLII

Canadian Legislative Material by Jurisdiction
From the Access to Justice Network

China

iSino Law
Chinese legal database - this is a subscription database but Deakin staff and students have access

Laws of the People's Republic of China
At AsianLII - alphabetically listed

Fiji

Fiji - Legislation
From PacLII

Germany

Index of German Statutes (in English)
Also links to judgments and other German law resources available in English.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Legal Information Institute
Legislation and Regulations

Hong Kong Legislative Council
About the Council, related laws, bills, the Secretariat, members, meetings, archives, weekly activities and contact details.

The Basic Law of Hong Kong
Text format of the Basic Law. It is dated June 1990 so I’m not sure of its currency

Ireland

Irish Legislation (BAILII)

Japan

JapanLaw
Contains Translations of Major Laws

Lithuania

Law and Regulation (Lithuania)
Includes laws of the Republic of Lithuania in English - great site.

Some Basic Laws of Republic of Lithuania
From the Legal Information Centre. Includes Decisions, Laws, Other (including the Constitution), Rulings and Resolutions.

Malaysia

Laws of Malaysia
Comprehensive list of links to laws of Malaysia, presented by Tay and Partners

New Zealand

New Zealand Legislation
From the Public Access to Legislation (PAL) project: 'This website provides free public access to unofficial versions of New Zealand statutes (Public, Local, and Private Acts) and Statutory Regulations. You can search and browse this material free of charge.'

Court of Appeal of New Zealand Decisions (AustLII)

New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Cases (AustLII)

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Legislation
Includes Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Explanatory Notes to Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland and more.

Northern Ireland Legislation (BAILII)

Romania

Laws in Romania
Provides some full text laws on line, including Competition Law, Company law, Banking Activity Law, Land Law and many more.

Romanian Legislation
Includes the following sections: Legislative Repertoire (1858-1948; 1948-1989; 1989-today), selective legal guide, juridical dictionary, juridical codes, Romanian Constitutions, Juridical domains, sorts of agreements, juridical claims, jurisprudence archive, repealed acts, search engine and more. Much of the actual legislation is only available in Romanian

Russia

Russian Legislation
Select legislation from WorldLII

Scotland

Scotland Legislation
Includes Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Explanatory Notes to Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Links to Statutory Instruments and more.

Acts of the UK Parliament
Includes Acts from 1996 and summaries of Acts - also includes a search facility.

South Africa

South African Consolidated Legislation (SAFLII)

United Kingdom

Lexis Nexis
UK statutes available online through Lexis - updates and new legislation up within 8 days of publication

United Kingdom Legislation (BAILII)
From 1996 it includes unconsolidated UK statutes

Acts of the UK Parliament
Includes Acts from 1988 and summaries of Acts - also includes a search facility.

Her Majesty's Stationary Office - Legislation
Legislation for the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

United Kingdom Legislation
From Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Includes info about UK legislation, Acts of the UK Parliament, Explanatory Notes to Acts, Statutory Instruments and Draft Statutory Instruments

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Legislation
From PacLII

Wales

Wales Legislation
From Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Includes information about Wales Legislation, Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales and more.

Regional Legislation Databases

Africa

WorldLII - Africa

Asia

WorldLII - Asia

Australasia (see also individual countries, above)

WorldLII - Australiasia

Britain & Ireland

BaiLII - British and Irish Legal Information Instittue
Includes Engalnd and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom and the European Union

Europe (see also European Union)

Eastern Europe
At WorldLII - includes legislation and more

Western Europe
At WorldLII - includes legislation and more

European Union

Eur-Lex
Site includes a search engine, plus sections on treaties, legislation, legislation in preparatoin, case-law, parliamentary questions, documents of public interest, general information about EU law and links to other relevant sites. Fantastic source of information!

European Union – Directory of legislation in Force
Available in a number of languages. This list is sorted by analytical structure. It can also be viewed alphabetically.

Consolidated Versions of the EU Treaty and the EC Treaty
Also contains a descriptive summary and a link to the Treaty of Amsterdam

Middle East

WorlLII - Middle East

Pacific Islands

PacLII - Pacific Island Legal Information Institute
Includes: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Cth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu