Legislation - User Principal Year PDF  | Print |  E-mail

How to Access

Select Legislation > Principal by Year from the drop-down menu in the front-end of the web site.

Description

The window displays all Principal Legislation enacted in a specific year . The default year is the current year.

Screen Shot 

Principal Year Screen

Display Areas for Legislation

  • Row A - Is the INFORMATION row. It contains details of what is being presented in the window and a text input box displaying the year. The initial view is the current year, but by changing the year by typing in the box and then pressing RETURN or TAB on the keyboard, the legislation presented changes to the entered year. Also at the far right of the window is a HELP icon. Clicking on the icon reveals this HELP screen. 

  • Row B - Is the COLUMN HEADINGS row. It contains the column headings for the section D list. The row also contains the names and flags of the languages for the legislation being displayed. NOTE: The site is capable of showing one or two languages. When one language is chosen in the back-end SETTINGS, then the second language column will disappear.To ensure the items are correctly displayed a Category column is included.

  • Row C - Is the LIST TABLE. It contains the list of legislation. Version numbers do not appear as this is the initial release of legislation only.

Information (row A)

The row identifies the day displayed, allows the day to be changed, and provides assistance with the page.

By selecting the year, changing it to the year required and pressing RETURN or TAB, the data for that year is displayed.


Column Headings (row B)

Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value (see figure below). The sorted row will show a direction (up or down) triangle next to the column name.

  • Item No. Contains a number that will identify the item. Usually the number is related to the item itself (e.g. 2008-0004 is Act 4 of 2008). The format is YYYY-NNNN. The item numbers in section D can be hovered over to check the notes for the file. Items in BLUE have notes. Items in GREY do not.


  • [main] Short Title. Contains the name assigned to the main language file. Clicking the Short Title text checks for the existence of the linked PDF file (see below). The Short Title is followed by the language flag.

  • [second] Short Title. Contains the name assigned to the second language file. Clicking the Short Title text checks for the existence of the linked PDF file.  The Short Title is followed by the language flag.  NOTE: This column is only displayed if dual languages are selected via the back-end SETTINGS.



  • Date Commenced. Contains the commencement date for the CURRENT files.