The Commonwealth Law Bulletin first appeared, as an occasional publication, in 1974, and has since developed into a regular, quarterly publication of some 400 pages. Principally designed to keep Commonwealth Law Ministers appraised of legal developments throughout the Commonwealth, it contains much information of interest and of relevance, among others, to Health Ministries. The purpose of these extracts from the Commonwealth Law Bulletin up to January 1981 is to make this material more readily accessible to Health Ministries.