Printed legislation

Acts, Bills, and Statutory Regulations

Printed copies of individual Acts, Bills, Statutory Regulations, and Supplementary Order Papers can be purchased from Legislation Direct (the PCO's contracted printer and distributor of legislation) or selected retail outlets.

All the Acts passed in a particular year are published in bound volumes of New Zealand Statutes, and all the Statutory Regulations made in a particular year are published in bound volumes of Statutory Regulations. Copies of the bound volumes can be purchased from Legislation Direct or selected retail outlets, and are available at many public libraries.

Some Acts and Statutory Regulations are printed showing all the amendments made to them. These versions are called reprints. Copies of individual reprints can be purchased from Legislation Direct or selected retail outlets, and are available at many public libraries.

Legislation Direct also provides subscription and standing order services for Acts, Bills, Statutory Regulations, and Supplementary Order Papers. Please contact Legislation Direct for details.

Facsimile printed editions of the annual volumes of Acts from 1888 to 1894 (the "shattering statutes") are available from Legislation Direct. These are also available online in PDF format on the Knowledge Basket website. More information

The PCO also publishes the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force, available from Legislation Direct.

Other subordinate legislation

Some of this type of legislation is published in the New Zealand Gazette. Copies of the New Zealand Gazette can be purchased from selected retail outlets.

To access other subordinate legislation not published in the New Zealand Gazette, contact the agency responsible for administering the legislation.

One kind of subordinate legislation is known as deemed regulations. See the table of deemed regulations for more information, including agency contact details.