Checking your retirement rights
Find the scope, exceptions and complaint provisions in the minimum retirement age legislation.
Minimum Retirement Age of Workers Act
Guides for life events
What the law says when something happens to you, in plain English, with every section it relies on linked.
12 guides · Each checked against the official text
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Responding to a lease recovery case
Understand the special court procedure for recovering leased premises and why the court papers matter.
Recovery of Possession of Premises Given on Lease Act
Applying for family maintenance
Understand who can apply for maintenance, the court’s assessment and changes to an existing order.
Maintenance Act
Receipts and misleading sales
Start with the provisions on receipts, misleading conduct and false descriptions of goods and services.
Consumer Affairs Authority Act
Reading electronic transactions law
Find the provisions on electronic records and writing, together with the amending legislation.
Electronic Transactions Act
Seeking protection from domestic violence
Read about applications, interim protection and the restrictions a court can order.
Prevention of Domestic Violence Act
Preparing to incorporate a company
Find the legal building blocks of incorporation, company names and basic company administration.
Companies Act
Requesting public information
A reading guide to making an information request, finding the information officer and understanding the response.
Right to Information Act
Applying for welfare benefits
Read how declarations, selection criteria and objections fit into the statutory welfare-benefit process.
Welfare Benefits Act
Understanding computer misuse
Distinguish unauthorised access, damaging changes and misuse of passwords under the Computer Crime Act.
Computer Crime Act
Finding victim and witness protection
Navigate the enacted framework for fair treatment, information and requests for protection.
- Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act, s 1
- Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act, s 3
- Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act, s 4
Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act
Protecting a trade mark
Read about registration, earlier rights and the limits of a registered mark.
Intellectual Property Act
