Norfolk Island

• Commonwealth of Australia legislation about the territory
• The laws of New South Wales, which apply there
• Local rules made by the Norfolk Island Regional Council

• The High Court of Australia, the final court
• The Supreme Court of Norfolk Island, and the federal courts
• The local magistrates' court, for minor matters

Australian qualifications and admission in an Australian jurisdiction.

• It had its own self-government for decades before the change in 2016.
• Many residents descend from the Pitcairn Islanders, who came from the Bounty mutineers.
• It once had its own tax system, separate from Australia's.

Australia, Pitcairn Islands, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australian Indian Ocean Territories

The University of Ottawa’s JuriGlobe database lists Norfolk Island as: Common law. It names the systems in order of importance.

The map colours a country by the first-named system, and shows both civil-law and common-law countries as “mixed”. It is a simplification, and real systems are rarely pure.

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Cook Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, India, Ireland, Jamaica.

• JuriGlobe: world legal systems (University of Ottawa)

Sources last reviewed: October 2026.