Inquiries Act 1991

Number: A1991-2
Status: In Force

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
26 June 2026	HTML PDF Word	R11	26 June 2026	Republication for amendments by A2026-12

Administering Minister and Directorate

Chief Minister - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate

Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Classifier	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Inquiries Regulations(Repealed)	Repealed		Subordinate laws	s 40	3 June 1994 - 12 September 2001	SL1994-18
Inquiries Commencement Notice 1991(Repealed)	Repealed		Commencement notices	s 2	24 April 1991 - 2 May 1991	CN1991-7
Inquiries (Board of Inquiry—System Level Responses to Family Violence in the ACT) Appointment 2016	None	Appointment	Notifiable instruments	s 5	23 February 2016	NI2016-97
Inquiries (Board of Inquiry—Criminal Justice System) Appointment 2023(Repealed)	Repealed	Appointment	Notifiable instruments	s 5	2 February 2023 - 31 July 2023	NI2023-49
Inquiries (Board of Inquiry—Criminal Justice System) Amendment Appointment 2023 (Repealed)	Repealed		Notifiable instruments	s 5	29 April 2023 - 30 April 2023	NI2023-232

Point-in-time versions

Enter a date to find a version from 1 May 1991 onwards:

The following table lists 16 point in time versions. You can skip this and jump to the next tab.
Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
26 June 2026	HTML PDF Word	R11	26 June 2026	Republication for amendments by A2026-12
1 September 2016 - 25 June 2026	HTML PDF Word	R10	1 September 2016	Republication for amendments by A2016-52
1 July 2011 - 31 August 2016	HTML PDF Word	R9	1 July 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-22
24 November 2006 - 30 June 2011	HTML PDF Word	R8	24 November 2006	Republication for commenced expiry
16 November 2006 - 23 November 2006	HTML PDF Word	R7	16 November 2006	Republication for amendments by A2006-42
23 November 2005 - 15 November 2006	HTML PDF Word	R6	23 November 2005	Republication for amendments by A2005-53
4 December 2003 - 22 November 2005	HTML PDF Word	R5	4 December 2003	Republication for amendments by A2003-52
28 February 2002 - 3 December 2003	HTML PDF Word	R4 (RI)	10 February 2003	Reissue for retrospective amendment by A2002-49
28 February 2002 - 3 December 2003	HTML PDF Word	R4	28 February 2002	Does not include retrospective amendments by A2002-49 (see reissued republication).
9 December 1998 - 11 September 2001	HTML PDF Word	R3 (RI)	2 February 2006	Reissued electronic republication of printed version Republication for amendments by A1998-54 and includes retrospective amendments by A2002-49 amdt 3.222
1 June 1998 - 8 December 1998	PDF PDF	R2 (RI)	2 February 2006	Republication for amendments by A1997-96 and does not include retrospective amendments by A2002-49 amdt 3.222 Reissued electronic republication of printed version
24 September 1997 - 31 May 1998	HTML PDF Word	R1B	2 February 2006	Republication for amendments by A1997-41 and includes retrospective amendments by A2002-49 amdt 3.222
27 May 1996 - 23 September 1997	HTML PDF Word	R1A	2 February 2006	Republication for amendments by A1996-19
1 July 1994 - 26 May 1996	HTML PDF Word	R1 (RI)	2 February 2006	Republication for amendments by A1994-38 Reissued electronic republication of printed version
14 March 1994 - 30 June 1994	HTML PDF Word	R0B	2 February 2006	Republication for amendments by A1994-10
27 August 1993 - 13 March 1994	HTML PDF Word	R0A	2 February 2006	Republication for amendments by A1993-44
1 May 1991	HTML PDF Word	As notified	1 March 1991

Bill and Explanatory statement

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Inquiries Bill 1990.

Notification statement

The Inquiries Act 1991 was passed by the Legislative Assembly and was notified in the Gazette on 1 March 1991 (Gaz 1991 No S7).

(Parliamentary Counsel)

Act as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
1 March 1991	1 May 1991	HTML PDF Word

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	1 March 1991	s 2 (1)
remainder	1 May 1991	s 2 (2) and Gaz 1991 No 16

Expiries

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
s 26 (4) and (5)	23 November 2006 (midnight)	s 26 (5)

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2016-52	Public Sector Management Amendment Act 2016	sch 1 pt 1.39	1 September 2016
A2011-22	Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2011	sch 1 pt 1.83	1 July 2011
A2006-42	Statute Law Amendment Act 2006	sch 3 pt 3.12	16 November 2006
A2005-53	Criminal Code (Administration of Justice Offences) Amendment Act 2005	sch 1 pt 1.14	23 November 2005
A2003-52	Inquiries Amendment Act 2003	ss 4-7	4 December 2003
A2001-44	Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001	pt 190	12 September 2001
A1998-54	Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1998	sch	9 December 1998
A1997-96	Legal Practitioners (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	sch 1	1 June 1998
A1997-41	Remuneration Tribunal (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	sch 1	24 September 1997
A1996-19	Inquiries (Amendment) Act 1996	s 4	27 May 1996
A1994-38	Public Sector Management (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1994	sch 1 pt 47	1 July 1994
A1994-10	Judicial Commissions (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994	s 6	14 March 1994
A1993-44	Acts Revision (Position of Crown) Act 1993	sch 2	27 August 1993
A2026-12	Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2026 (No 2)	pt 6	26 June 2026