{"id":"qld:act-1992-027","name":"Reprints Act 1992","slug":"reprints-act-1992","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"qld","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"27 of 1992","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":104807,"registerId":"qld-act-1992-027-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"pt.1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"sec.1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### sec.1 Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the Reprints Act 1992 .","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"sec.2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Object of Act","content":"### sec.2 Object of Act\n\nThe object of this Act is to facilitate the updating and ready availability of Queensland legislation.\nThe object is to be achieved by modernising the law relating to reprints of Queensland legislation.\n(sec.2-ssec.1) The object of this Act is to facilitate the updating and ready availability of Queensland legislation.\n(sec.2-ssec.2) The object is to be achieved by modernising the law relating to reprints of Queensland legislation.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"sec.3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"### sec.3 Definitions\n\nThe dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this Act.\ns 3 amd 2013 No. 39 s 77\nNote—s 3 contained definitions for this Act. Definitions are now located in schedule 1 (Dictionary). Annotations for definitions contained in s 3 are located in annotations for sch 1.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"pt.2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preparation of reprints","content":"# Preparation of reprints","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"sec.4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Parliamentary counsel may prepare reprints","content":"### sec.4 Parliamentary counsel may prepare reprints\n\nThe parliamentary counsel may prepare a reprint of a law under this Act, including a law that has not been amended and a reprint in electronic form.\ns 4 sub 2013 No. 39 s 78","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"pt.3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amendments must be included in reprints","content":"# Amendments must be included in reprints","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"sec.5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendments","content":"### sec.5 Amendments\n\nIf a law has been amended by—\nthe omission of provisions; or\nthe insertion of provisions (whether or not in substitution for omitted provisions);\na reprint of the law must—\nshow the law as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before the reprint date; and\nincorporate all necessary consequential amendments, whether of punctuation, numbering or another kind.\nIf the following provision were to be amended by the omission of paragraph (c) , the bracketed punctuation mark would replace the bolded punctuation mark and the word ‘and’ at the end of paragraph (b) would be omitted—\nA notice is to—\nbe signed by the chairperson; and\nspecify the time within which it is to be complied with; (.) and\nspecify the place at which it is to be complied with.’.\nIf a section that is not divided into subsections is amended by the insertion of a subsection at the end, the existing provision is numbered as subsection (1) .\nIf a section that is divided into subsections is amended by the insertion of another subsection that is given a new number (for example, a subsection (1A) to be inserted after subsection (1) ), section 5 (d) does not require the renumbering of subsections after the inserted subsection.\nIf a definition is added to a section consisting of 1 definition, the existing section heading ‘Definition’ would become ‘Definitions’.\nIf a provision heading is amended, a reference to the provision mentioning the provision heading may be amended to mention the amended provision heading.\ns 5 amd 1992 No. 68 s 3 sch 1 ; 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1 ; 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1 ; 2013 No. 39 s 79\n- (a) the omission of provisions; or\n- (b) the insertion of provisions (whether or not in substitution for omitted provisions);\n- (c) show the law as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before the reprint date; and\n- (d) incorporate all necessary consequential amendments, whether of punctuation, numbering or another kind.\n- ‘ 5 A notice is to— (a) be signed by the chairperson; and (b) specify the time within which it is to be complied with; (.) and (c) specify the place at which it is to be complied with.’.\n- ‘ 5 A notice is to— (a) be signed by the chairperson; and (b) specify the time within which it is to be complied with; (.) and (c) specify the place at which it is to be complied with.’.\n- (a) be signed by the chairperson; and\n- (b) specify the time within which it is to be complied with; (.) and\n- (c) specify the place at which it is to be complied with.’.\n- ‘ 5 A notice is to— (a) be signed by the chairperson; and (b) specify the time within which it is to be complied with; (.) and (c) specify the place at which it is to be complied with.’.\n- (a) be signed by the chairperson; and\n- (b) specify the time within which it is to be complied with; (.) and\n- (c) specify the place at which it is to be complied with.’.\n- (a) be signed by the chairperson; and\n- (b) specify the time within which it is to be complied with; (.) and\n- (c) specify the place at which it is to be complied with.’.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"sec.6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reference to amending law","content":"### sec.6 Reference to amending law\n\nA reprint of a law that shows the law as amended by amendments must include, in a suitable place, a reference to the law by which each amendment was made.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Editorial changes may be included in reprints","content":"# Editorial changes may be included in reprints","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.1","sectionType":"division","heading":"General","content":"## General","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"sec.7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Editorial changes","content":"### sec.7 Editorial changes\n\nIn a reprint of a law, the text of the law may be given—\nusing citations and references permitted by Division 2 ; and\nusing references permitted by Division 3 ; and\nusing words and references, and otherwise expressed as, permitted by Division 4 ; and\nmaking the omissions and insertions permitted by sections 31 , 33 and 33B ; and\nusing the names permitted by sections 32 and 33A ; and\nusing headings, format and printing style permitted by sections 34 and 35 ; and\nomitting provisions as permitted by sections 36 to 42B ; and\nusing the numbering and renumbering of provisions and the references permitted by section 43 ; and\ncorrecting minor errors as permitted by section 44 ; and\ndoing anything else permitted to be done by this Act or a regulation; and\nmaking all necessary consequential amendments.\nIf the text of a law is given as permitted by subsection (1) , the reprint—\nmust indicate that fact in a suitable place; and\nmust outline in general terms, and in a suitable place, the way in which the permission was used.\ns 7 amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1 ; 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1\n(sec.7-ssec.1) In a reprint of a law, the text of the law may be given— using citations and references permitted by Division 2 ; and using references permitted by Division 3 ; and using words and references, and otherwise expressed as, permitted by Division 4 ; and making the omissions and insertions permitted by sections 31 , 33 and 33B ; and using the names permitted by sections 32 and 33A ; and using headings, format and printing style permitted by sections 34 and 35 ; and omitting provisions as permitted by sections 36 to 42B ; and using the numbering and renumbering of provisions and the references permitted by section 43 ; and correcting minor errors as permitted by section 44 ; and doing anything else permitted to be done by this Act or a regulation; and making all necessary consequential amendments.\n(sec.7-ssec.2) If the text of a law is given as permitted by subsection (1) , the reprint— must indicate that fact in a suitable place; and must outline in general terms, and in a suitable place, the way in which the permission was used.\n- (a) using citations and references permitted by Division 2 ; and\n- (b) using references permitted by Division 3 ; and\n- (c) using words and references, and otherwise expressed as, permitted by Division 4 ; and\n- (d) making the omissions and insertions permitted by sections 31 , 33 and 33B ; and\n- (e) using the names permitted by sections 32 and 33A ; and\n- (f) using headings, format and printing style permitted by sections 34 and 35 ; and\n- (g) omitting provisions as permitted by sections 36 to 42B ; and\n- (h) using the numbering and renumbering of provisions and the references permitted by section 43 ; and\n- (i) correcting minor errors as permitted by section 44 ; and\n- (j) doing anything else permitted to be done by this Act or a regulation; and\n- (k) making all necessary consequential amendments.\n- (a) must indicate that fact in a suitable place; and\n- (b) must outline in general terms, and in a suitable place, the way in which the permission was used.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"sec.8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Editorial changes not to change effect","content":"### sec.8 Editorial changes not to change effect\n\nSection 7 does not permit changes to the text of a provision of a law that would change the effect of the provision.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"sec.9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of editorial changes","content":"### sec.9 Effect of editorial changes\n\nIf, in a reprint authorised by the parliamentary counsel under the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 10A , the text of a law is given as permitted by section 7 , the law has effect as if the changes made under that section had been made expressly by another law that amended the law immediately before the reprint date.\ns 9 amd 2013 No. 39 s 80","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Updated citations and references to law","content":"## Updated citations and references to law","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"sec.10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of comma","content":"### sec.10 Omission of comma\n\nIf a law or group of laws has a citation that includes a comma before or after a year in the citation, the citation or a reference to the law or laws may be given omitting the comma.","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"sec.11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of inverted commas","content":"### sec.11 Omission of inverted commas\n\nIf a law or group of laws has a citation that begins and ends with inverted commas, the citation or a reference to the law or laws may be given omitting the inverted commas.","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"sec.12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of ‘of’","content":"### sec.12 Omission of ‘of’\n\nIf a law or group of laws has a citation that includes the word ‘of’ before the first year in the citation, the citation or a reference to the law or laws may be given omitting the word.","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"sec.13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of ‘to’","content":"### sec.13 Omission of ‘to’\n\nIf a law or group of laws has a citation that includes the word ‘to’ between the 2 years in the citation, the citation or a reference to the law or laws may be given omitting the word and substituting a hyphen.","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"sec.14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of ‘The’—general","content":"### sec.14 Omission of ‘The’—general\n\nIf a law or group of laws has a citation that begins with the word ‘The’—\nthe citation or a reference to the law or laws may be given omitting the word; and\nif the context requires—the word ‘The’ or ‘the’, as appropriate, may be inserted immediately before the citation or reference.\n- (a) the citation or a reference to the law or laws may be given omitting the word; and\n- (b) if the context requires—the word ‘The’ or ‘the’, as appropriate, may be inserted immediately before the citation or reference.","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"sec.15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of ‘The’—Criminal Code","content":"### sec.15 Omission of ‘The’—Criminal Code\n\nThe citation of, and a reference to, The Criminal Code may be given omitting the word ‘The’ and inserting, if the context requires, the word ‘The’ or ‘the’, as appropriate, immediately before the citation or reference.","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"sec.16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Year law made not included in citation","content":"### sec.16 Year law made not included in citation\n\nIf a law has a citation that does not include a year, the citation or a reference to the law may be given including the year the law was made.\n‘ The Judicature Act ’ may be cited as the ‘ Judicature Act 1876 ’.","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"sec.17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Word ‘Act’ not included in citation etc.","content":"### sec.17 Word ‘Act’ not included in citation etc.\n\nIf an Act has a citation that does not include the word ‘Act’, the citation or a reference to the Act may be given including the word ‘Act’, and any necessary consequential amendments made to the citation or reference.\nIf subordinate legislation has a citation that does not indicate the type of instrument, the citation or a reference to the legislation may be given including the type of instrument, and any necessary consequential amendments made to the citation or reference.\ns 17 amd 2005 No. 55 s 48 sch 4\n(sec.17-ssec.1) If an Act has a citation that does not include the word ‘Act’, the citation or a reference to the Act may be given including the word ‘Act’, and any necessary consequential amendments made to the citation or reference.\n(sec.17-ssec.2) If subordinate legislation has a citation that does not indicate the type of instrument, the citation or a reference to the legislation may be given including the type of instrument, and any necessary consequential amendments made to the citation or reference.","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"sec.18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Substitution of single-year citation for double-year citation","content":"### sec.18 Substitution of single-year citation for double-year citation\n\nThe citation of a law that has been amended, or a group of laws, may be given by omitting from the citation any words after the first year in the citation.\nIn a provision of a law, a reference to another law or a group of laws may be given by omitting from the reference any words after the first year.\nIn the following reference, the bolded words may be omitted—\n‘ Liquor Act 1912 –1990’ .\nIn subsection (2) —\nlaw includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a foreign country.\n(sec.18-ssec.1) The citation of a law that has been amended, or a group of laws, may be given by omitting from the citation any words after the first year in the citation.\n(sec.18-ssec.2) In a provision of a law, a reference to another law or a group of laws may be given by omitting from the reference any words after the first year. In the following reference, the bolded words may be omitted— ‘ Liquor Act 1912 –1990’ .\n(sec.18-ssec.3) In subsection (2) — law includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a foreign country.","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"sec.19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Substitution of singular form for plural form of citation for amended laws etc.","content":"### sec.19 Substitution of singular form for plural form of citation for amended laws etc.\n\nThe citation of a law that has been amended, or a group of laws, that is in the plural form may be given by changing the citation to the singular form.\nIn a provision of a law, a reference in the plural form to a law as amended may be given by changing the reference to the singular form.\n‘ Land Act 1910 ’ may replace ‘ Land Acts 1910–1958 ’.\nNote, however, that section 18 has also been applied to this example.\ns 19 amd 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4\n(sec.19-ssec.1) The citation of a law that has been amended, or a group of laws, that is in the plural form may be given by changing the citation to the singular form.\n(sec.19-ssec.2) In a provision of a law, a reference in the plural form to a law as amended may be given by changing the reference to the singular form. ‘ Land Act 1910 ’ may replace ‘ Land Acts 1910–1958 ’. Note, however, that section 18 has also been applied to this example.","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"sec.20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Citation indicating type of statutory instrument in plural","content":"### sec.20 Citation indicating type of statutory instrument in plural\n\nIf a statutory instrument has a citation or is otherwise called by a name indicating the type of instrument in the plural, the instrument may be given a citation, or referred to by a name, indicating the type of instrument in the singular.\nA statutory instrument that is called by a name in column 1 of the table may be called by the corresponding name in column 2\nTable\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nRegulations\nRegulation\nBy-laws\nBy-law\nRules\nRule\nThus, the Traffic Regulations 1962 may now be called the Traffic Regulation 1962 .","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"sec.20A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Correct year in statutory instrument’s citation etc.","content":"### sec.20A Correct year in statutory instrument’s citation etc.\n\nIf—\na statutory instrument is made in a particular year (the year of making ); and\nthe statutory instrument’s citation includes a single year other than the year of making;\nthe citation of, and a reference to, the statutory instrument may be given by omitting the other year and substituting the year of making.\ns 20A ins 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1\n- (a) a statutory instrument is made in a particular year (the year of making ); and\n- (b) the statutory instrument’s citation includes a single year other than the year of making;","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"sec.21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Other changes relating to citation","content":"### sec.21 Other changes relating to citation\n\nIf a law does not have a citation, it may be given a citation that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\nIf a law or group of laws has a citation that is inconsistent with current legislative drafting practice in a way that is not mentioned in sections 10 to 20 , the citation or a reference to the law or laws may be given in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\ns 21 amd 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1\n(sec.21-ssec.1) If a law does not have a citation, it may be given a citation that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\n(sec.21-ssec.2) If a law or group of laws has a citation that is inconsistent with current legislative drafting practice in a way that is not mentioned in sections 10 to 20 , the citation or a reference to the law or laws may be given in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.3","sectionType":"division","heading":"Updated references within law","content":"## Updated references within law","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"sec.21A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Changed citation","content":"### sec.21A Changed citation\n\nIf—\nthere is a reference to a law’s citation; and\nsince the reference was made, the citation has been amended;\nthe reference may be given using the citation as amended.\nIn this section—\nlaw includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory.\ns 21A ins 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1\namd 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4\n(sec.21A-ssec.1) If— there is a reference to a law’s citation; and since the reference was made, the citation has been amended; the reference may be given using the citation as amended.\n(sec.21A-ssec.2) In this section— law includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory.\n- (a) there is a reference to a law’s citation; and\n- (b) since the reference was made, the citation has been amended;","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"sec.22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Remade law or provision","content":"### sec.22 Remade law or provision\n\nA reference to a law that has been repealed and remade (with or without modification) since the reference was made may be given using the law as remade.\nA reference to a law, part of which has been repealed and remade (with or without modification) in another law since the reference was made, may be given using the first law and the other law.\nA reference to a provision of a law that has been omitted and remade (with or without modification and whether in the law or another law) may be given using the provision as remade.\nIf a law provides that reference to a law or provision of a law (the first law ) is a reference to another law or provision of the first law or another law (the second law ), the first law is taken to have been replaced by the second law in all appropriate contexts.\nIn this section—\nlaw includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory.\ns 22 sub 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1\namd 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch 1 ; 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4\n(sec.22-ssec.1) A reference to a law that has been repealed and remade (with or without modification) since the reference was made may be given using the law as remade.\n(sec.22-ssec.2) A reference to a law, part of which has been repealed and remade (with or without modification) in another law since the reference was made, may be given using the first law and the other law.\n(sec.22-ssec.3) A reference to a provision of a law that has been omitted and remade (with or without modification and whether in the law or another law) may be given using the provision as remade.\n(sec.22-ssec.4) If a law provides that reference to a law or provision of a law (the first law ) is a reference to another law or provision of the first law or another law (the second law ), the first law is taken to have been replaced by the second law in all appropriate contexts.\n(sec.22-ssec.5) In this section— law includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory.","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"sec.23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Changed name or title","content":"### sec.23 Changed name or title\n\nA reference to the name or title of the Sovereign or a body, office, person, place or other thing that has been changed may be given using the name or title as changed.\nSubsection (1) has effect according to its tenor, and has that effect despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 35 .\n(sec.23-ssec.1) A reference to the name or title of the Sovereign or a body, office, person, place or other thing that has been changed may be given using the name or title as changed.\n(sec.23-ssec.2) Subsection (1) has effect according to its tenor, and has that effect despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 35 .","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"sec.23A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Replacement of body etc.","content":"### sec.23A Replacement of body etc.\n\nIf—\nreference is made in a law to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ); and\nthe first thing has been replaced, either generally or in a relevant respect, by another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing );\nthe reference may be given using the second thing.\nSubsection (1) has effect according to its tenor, and has that effect despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 35 .\nIf a law provides that reference to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ) is a reference to another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing ), the first thing is taken to have been replaced by the second thing in all appropriate contexts.\nIn subsection (3) —\nlaw includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a foreign country.\ns 23A ins 1992 No. 68 s 3 sch 1\n(sec.23A-ssec.1) If— reference is made in a law to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ); and the first thing has been replaced, either generally or in a relevant respect, by another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing ); the reference may be given using the second thing.\n(sec.23A-ssec.2) Subsection (1) has effect according to its tenor, and has that effect despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 35 .\n(sec.23A-ssec.3) If a law provides that reference to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ) is a reference to another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing ), the first thing is taken to have been replaced by the second thing in all appropriate contexts.\n(sec.23A-ssec.4) In subsection (3) — law includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a foreign country.\n- (a) reference is made in a law to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ); and\n- (b) the first thing has been replaced, either generally or in a relevant respect, by another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing );","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Updated way of expression","content":"## Updated way of expression","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"sec.24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Gender","content":"### sec.24 Gender\n\nIf a provision of a law uses a word indicating a gender or that could be taken to indicate a gender, the provision may be expressed in a different way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\nIn the following provisions, the bolded words may be omitted and the bracketed words (if any) inserted—\n‘The commissioner may, by writing signed by him (signed notice), delegate any of his (the commissioner’s) powers.’.\n‘If requested by his servant (an employee), the master (employer) must complete the application.’.\n‘If a notice under section 5 is not received by the auctioneer, real estate agent, commercial agent, motor dealer or person named in it within 30 days after he receives (receiving) notice of the dispute, he (he or she) must ...’.\ns 24 amd 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1 ; 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch 1 ; 2002 No. 74 s 90 sch\n- 1 ‘The commissioner may, by writing signed by him (signed notice), delegate any of his (the commissioner’s) powers.’.\n- 2 ‘If requested by his servant (an employee), the master (employer) must complete the application.’.\n- 3 ‘If a notice under section 5 is not received by the auctioneer, real estate agent, commercial agent, motor dealer or person named in it within 30 days after he receives (receiving) notice of the dispute, he (he or she) must ...’.","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"sec.25","sectionType":"section","heading":"References to gender specific offices","content":"### sec.25 References to gender specific offices\n\nIf the name of an office established by a law uses a word indicating a gender or that could be taken to indicate a gender, the name of the office may be changed, and any reference in a law to the office may be changed or given, in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\n‘chairperson’ may replace ‘chairman’.\n‘deputy chairperson’ may replace ‘deputy chairman’.\n‘councillor’ or a similar word may replace ‘alderman’.\nA change in the name of an office does not otherwise affect the office or the holding of the office by the office holder.\n(sec.25-ssec.1) If the name of an office established by a law uses a word indicating a gender or that could be taken to indicate a gender, the name of the office may be changed, and any reference in a law to the office may be changed or given, in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. ‘chairperson’ may replace ‘chairman’. ‘deputy chairperson’ may replace ‘deputy chairman’. ‘councillor’ or a similar word may replace ‘alderman’.\n(sec.25-ssec.2) A change in the name of an office does not otherwise affect the office or the holding of the office by the office holder.","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"sec.26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Spelling","content":"### sec.26 Spelling\n\nIf a provision of a law uses a word that is spelt incorrectly, the word may be spelt correctly.\n‘accommodation’ may replace ‘accomodation’.\n‘similar’ may replace ‘similiar’.\nIf a provision of a law uses a word that is spelt in a way that is inconsistent with current legislative drafting practice, the word may be spelt in a different way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\n‘authorise’ may replace ‘authorize’\nand\n‘organisation’ may replace ‘organization’.\n‘connection’ may replace ‘connexion’.\n‘program’ may replace ‘programme’.\ns 26 amd 2010 Act No. 42 s 181\n(sec.26-ssec.1) If a provision of a law uses a word that is spelt incorrectly, the word may be spelt correctly. ‘accommodation’ may replace ‘accomodation’. ‘similar’ may replace ‘similiar’.\n(sec.26-ssec.2) If a provision of a law uses a word that is spelt in a way that is inconsistent with current legislative drafting practice, the word may be spelt in a different way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. ‘authorise’ may replace ‘authorize’ and ‘organisation’ may replace ‘organization’. ‘connection’ may replace ‘connexion’. ‘program’ may replace ‘programme’.","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"sec.27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Punctuation","content":"### sec.27 Punctuation\n\nIf a provision of a law uses punctuation that is inconsistent with current legislative drafting practice, the provision may be expressed using punctuation that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\nIn the following provision, the bracketed punctuation marks may replace the bolded punctuation marks—\nThe Commissioner may grant leave of absence to a person for any of the following purposes :— (—)\nto engage in employment;\nany other purpose approved by the Commission, (;)\nunless Part 5 applies.’.\nIn the following provision, the bracketed comma may be inserted—\nIf the occupier of premises cannot be found(,) a notice to quit may be served on the occupier by fixing a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part of the premises.’.\n‘sublet’ may replace ‘sub-let’.\nIn the following provision, the bolded comma may be omitted—\nIn this Act,—’.\n- ‘ 5 . The Commissioner may grant leave of absence to a person for any of the following purposes :— (—) (a) to engage in employment; (b) any other purpose approved by the Commission, (;) unless Part 5 applies.’.\n- ‘ 5 . The Commissioner may grant leave of absence to a person for any of the following purposes :— (—) (a) to engage in employment; (b) any other purpose approved by the Commission, (;) unless Part 5 applies.’.\n- (a) to engage in employment;\n- (b) any other purpose approved by the Commission, (;)\n- ‘ 5 . The Commissioner may grant leave of absence to a person for any of the following purposes :— (—) (a) to engage in employment; (b) any other purpose approved by the Commission, (;) unless Part 5 applies.’.\n- (a) to engage in employment;\n- (b) any other purpose approved by the Commission, (;)\n- (a) to engage in employment;\n- (b) any other purpose approved by the Commission, (;)\n- ‘ 5 If the occupier of premises cannot be found(,) a notice to quit may be served on the occupier by fixing a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part of the premises.’.\n- ‘ 5 If the occupier of premises cannot be found(,) a notice to quit may be served on the occupier by fixing a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part of the premises.’.\n- ‘ 5 If the occupier of premises cannot be found(,) a notice to quit may be served on the occupier by fixing a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part of the premises.’.\n- ‘ 5 In this Act,—’.\n- ‘ 5 In this Act,—’.\n- ‘ 5 In this Act,—’.","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"sec.28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conjunctives and disjunctives","content":"### sec.28 Conjunctives and disjunctives\n\nA provision of a law may be expressed using a conjunctive or disjunctive at the end if the use of the conjunctive or disjunctive is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\nIn the following provision, the bracketed disjunctive may be inserted—\nA statutory rule may—\napply generally; (or)\napply differently according to different factors; or\nauthorise anything to be determined.’.\nIn the following provision, the bracketed conjunctive may be inserted—\nThe trust fund consists of—\nall amounts paid to the Council by way of deposit or in trust for any person; (and)\nall amounts required by law to be paid to the trust fund.’.\nIf—\na provision of a law has a conjunctive or disjunctive (or both) at the end; and\nthe usage is not consistent with current legislative drafting practice;\nthe provision may be expressed in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\nIn the following provision, the bracketed disjunctive may replace the bolded conjunctive—\n‘ domestic animal means—\na cat; and (or)\na dog;’.\n(sec.28-ssec.1) A provision of a law may be expressed using a conjunctive or disjunctive at the end if the use of the conjunctive or disjunctive is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. In the following provision, the bracketed disjunctive may be inserted— A statutory rule may— apply generally; (or) apply differently according to different factors; or authorise anything to be determined.’. In the following provision, the bracketed conjunctive may be inserted— The trust fund consists of— all amounts paid to the Council by way of deposit or in trust for any person; (and) all amounts required by law to be paid to the trust fund.’.\n(sec.28-ssec.2) If— a provision of a law has a conjunctive or disjunctive (or both) at the end; and the usage is not consistent with current legislative drafting practice; the provision may be expressed in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. In the following provision, the bracketed disjunctive may replace the bolded conjunctive— ‘ domestic animal means— a cat; and (or) a dog;’.\n- ‘ 5 . A statutory rule may— (a) apply generally; (or) (b) apply differently according to different factors; or (c) authorise anything to be determined.’.\n- ‘ 5 . A statutory rule may— (a) apply generally; (or) (b) apply differently according to different factors; or (c) authorise anything to be determined.’.\n- (a) apply generally; (or)\n- (b) apply differently according to different factors; or\n- (c) authorise anything to be determined.’.\n- ‘ 5 . A statutory rule may— (a) apply generally; (or) (b) apply differently according to different factors; or (c) authorise anything to be determined.’.\n- (a) apply generally; (or)\n- (b) apply differently according to different factors; or\n- (c) authorise anything to be determined.’.\n- (a) apply generally; (or)\n- (b) apply differently according to different factors; or\n- (c) authorise anything to be determined.’.\n- ‘ 5 The trust fund consists of— (a) all amounts paid to the Council by way of deposit or in trust for any person; (and) (b) all amounts required by law to be paid to the trust fund.’.\n- ‘ 5 The trust fund consists of— (a) all amounts paid to the Council by way of deposit or in trust for any person; (and) (b) all amounts required by law to be paid to the trust fund.’.\n- (a) all amounts paid to the Council by way of deposit or in trust for any person; (and)\n- (b) all amounts required by law to be paid to the trust fund.’.\n- ‘ 5 The trust fund consists of— (a) all amounts paid to the Council by way of deposit or in trust for any person; (and) (b) all amounts required by law to be paid to the trust fund.’.\n- (a) all amounts paid to the Council by way of deposit or in trust for any person; (and)\n- (b) all amounts required by law to be paid to the trust fund.’.\n- (a) all amounts paid to the Council by way of deposit or in trust for any person; (and)\n- (b) all amounts required by law to be paid to the trust fund.’.\n- (a) a provision of a law has a conjunctive or disjunctive (or both) at the end; and\n- (b) the usage is not consistent with current legislative drafting practice;\n- ‘ domestic animal means— (a) a cat; and (or) (b) a dog;’.\n- (a) a cat; and (or)\n- (b) a dog;’.\n- (a) a cat; and (or)\n- (b) a dog;’.","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"sec.29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.","content":"### sec.29 Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.\n\nIf a provision of a law expresses a number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity or measurement of a thing, or other matter or idea, (the item ) in a particular way, the item may be expressed in a different way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\n‘25’ may replace ‘twenty-five’.\n‘ Part 1 ’ may replace ‘Part I’.\n‘ Schedule 1 ’ may replace ‘the First Schedule’.\n‘1 January 1952’\nmay replace\n‘the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two’.\n‘8a.m.’ may replace ‘8 o’clock in the forenoon’.\n‘$25000’ may replace ‘twenty-five thousand dollars’.\n‘%’ may replace ‘per centum’ or ‘percent’.\n‘ Commission means the Licensing Commission;’\nmay replace\n‘ Commission —The Licensing Commission;’.\n‘ land includes land covered by water;’\nmay replace\n‘ Land —Includes land covered by water;’.\n‘ A means the allocated amount;’\nmay replace\n‘ A represents the allocated amount;’.\n‘the Licensing Commission’ may replace ‘The Licensing Commission’\neven though ‘The’ forms part of the Commission’s given name.\n‘1.61km’ may replace ‘1 mile’\n‘any land (the dominant land )’\nmay replace\n‘any land (herein in this section referred to as the dominant land )’.\nAll persons shall have the same remedies for recovering such apportioned parts as they would have had for recovering such entire portions if so entitled.’\nmay replace\nAll persons shall have the same remedies for recovering such apportioned parts as aforesaid as they would have had for recovering such entire portions as aforesaid if entitled thereto.’.\n‘Maximum penalty—\nin the case of an individual—35 penalty units; or\nin the case of a corporation—170 penalty units.’\nmay replace\n‘Penalty: 35 penalty units in the case of an individual;\n170 penalty units in the case of a corporation.’.\n‘This section does not affect the priority of a lien that is renewed or further renewed under section 13 .’\nmay replace\n‘Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the priority of any lien which shall be renewed or further renewed under the provisions of section thirteen of this Act.’.\n‘anything’ may replace ‘any thing’.\n‘ registrar means the Registrar of Auctioneers and Agents appointed under this Act, and includes a deputy registrar;’\nmay replace\n‘ registrar means the Registrar of Auctioneers and Agents appointed under this Act. The term includes a deputy registrar;’.\nIn the following table, an expression in column 1 may be replaced, in appropriate contexts, by a corresponding bolded expression in column 2 or another expression more suitable in the context\nTable\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nas a result\nbecause\nby reason\nbecause\nby reason only\nmerely because\nby virtue of\nunder\nfirstmentioned\nfirst\nforthwith\nimmediately\nhereby\nthen\nin accordance with\nunder\nin lieu\ninstead\nnotwithstanding\ndespite, even though or even if\nof its own motion\non its own initiative\npursuant to\nunder\nsave\nother than\nsave as prescribed by\nsubject to\nthereafter\nafterwards\ntherefrom\nfrom it\ntherewith\nin the\nwhereby\nunder which\n‘the direction is taken to have the extended time specified in it’\nmay replace\n‘the direction is taken to have the extended time specified therein’.\n‘to bring to the Commission’s notice any matter arising before the Review Committee and to make such recommendations with respect to the matter as it considers appropriate’\nmay replace\n‘to bring to the Commission’s notice any matter arising before the Review Committee and to make such recommendations with respect thereto as it considers appropriate’.\n‘another area’ may replace ‘other areas’.\n‘In this regulation’ may replace ‘In these regulations’.\n‘employer’ and ‘employee’ may replace ‘master’ and ‘servant’.\n‘Because—’ may replace ‘Whereas—’.\n‘or’ may replace ‘and/or’.\n‘chief executive’ may replace ‘Director-General’, ‘Under Secretary’ or a similar title.\nNote also that if the replaced terms are defined, the definition of the term may be omitted as redundant under section 39 . See also section 7 (1) (g) for other editorial changes that may be made.\n‘ section 10 (2)(a)(i)(A)’ may replace ‘sub-subparagraph (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 10 ’.\nIn the following provisions, the bolded words may be omitted and the underlined words inserted—\n‘(3) Proceedings under the last preceding subsection (2) ...’.\n‘(2) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this section subsection (1) ...’.\n‘(c) ...as stated in paragraph (b) , or coloured as stated in the said paragraph (b) ;’.\n‘ paragraph (a) (i) ’ may replace ‘sub paragraph (a) (i) ’.\n‘ paragraph (a) ’ may replace ‘provision (a)’.\n‘ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (Cwlth) ’ may replace ‘ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 of the Commonwealth’.\n‘ Gaming Act 1850 (NSW) ’ may replace ‘ Gaming Act 1850 of New South Wales’.\n‘Insurance premiums— Act , s 20 ’ may replace ‘Insurance premiums (s 20 of the Act ).\n‘$2’ may replace ‘£1’.\ns 29 amd 1992 No. 68 s 3 sch 1 ; 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1 ; 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1 ; 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch ; 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1 ; 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4\n- ‘(3) All persons shall have the same remedies for recovering such apportioned parts as they would have had for recovering such entire portions if so entitled.’\n- ‘(3) All persons shall have the same remedies for recovering such apportioned parts as aforesaid as they would have had for recovering such entire portions as aforesaid if entitled thereto.’.\n- (a) in the case of an individual—35 penalty units; or\n- (b) in the case of a corporation—170 penalty units.’\n- 1 ‘(3) Proceedings under the last preceding subsection (2) ...’.\n- 2 ‘(2) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this section subsection (1) ...’.\n- 3 ‘(c) ...as stated in paragraph (b) , or coloured as stated in the said paragraph (b) ;’.\n- 1 ‘ paragraph (a) (i) ’ may replace ‘sub paragraph (a) (i) ’.\n- 2 ‘ paragraph (a) ’ may replace ‘provision (a)’.\n- 1 ‘ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (Cwlth) ’ may replace ‘ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 of the Commonwealth’.\n- 2 ‘ Gaming Act 1850 (NSW) ’ may replace ‘ Gaming Act 1850 of New South Wales’.","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"sec.30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Order of definitions","content":"### sec.30 Order of definitions\n\nIf a definition provision of a law contains definitions that are not in their appropriate alphabetical position (determined on a letter-by-letter basis), the definition provision may be expressed so that the definitions are in their appropriate alphabetical position determined on a letter-by-letter basis.\nIf a definition provision of a law contains definitions in a particular order, the definition provision may be expressed so that the definitions are in an order that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\nIn this section—\ndefinition provision of a law means a provision containing a number of definitions.\n(sec.30-ssec.1) If a definition provision of a law contains definitions that are not in their appropriate alphabetical position (determined on a letter-by-letter basis), the definition provision may be expressed so that the definitions are in their appropriate alphabetical position determined on a letter-by-letter basis.\n(sec.30-ssec.2) If a definition provision of a law contains definitions in a particular order, the definition provision may be expressed so that the definitions are in an order that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\n(sec.30-ssec.3) In this section— definition provision of a law means a provision containing a number of definitions.","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"sec.30A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Order of other provisions","content":"### sec.30A Order of other provisions\n\nIf a provision of a law contains provisions in a particular order, the provision may be expressed so that the provisions are in an order that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\ns 30A ins 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.5","sectionType":"division","heading":"Updated naming conventions within statutory instruments","content":"## Updated naming conventions within statutory instruments","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"sec.31","sectionType":"section","heading":"References to type of statutory instrument","content":"### sec.31 References to type of statutory instrument\n\nIf—\na statutory instrument has, or could be given, a citation indicating the type of instrument in the singular; and\nthe instrument or another law contains referential words or other words that refer to the instrument in the plural;\nthe words may be replaced by appropriate words in the singular.\nIf—\na statutory instrument was made as an instrument of a particular type (the original type ); and\nunder a law, the instrument continues to have effect and is taken to be an instrument of a different type (the new type ); and\nthe instrument contains a citation, referential words or other words that refer to the instrument as an instrument of the original type;\nthe words may be replaced by appropriate words that refer to the instrument as an instrument of the new type.\ns 31 sub 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1\n(sec.31-ssec.1) If— a statutory instrument has, or could be given, a citation indicating the type of instrument in the singular; and the instrument or another law contains referential words or other words that refer to the instrument in the plural; the words may be replaced by appropriate words in the singular.\n(sec.31-ssec.2) If— a statutory instrument was made as an instrument of a particular type (the original type ); and under a law, the instrument continues to have effect and is taken to be an instrument of a different type (the new type ); and the instrument contains a citation, referential words or other words that refer to the instrument as an instrument of the original type; the words may be replaced by appropriate words that refer to the instrument as an instrument of the new type.\n- (a) a statutory instrument has, or could be given, a citation indicating the type of instrument in the singular; and\n- (b) the instrument or another law contains referential words or other words that refer to the instrument in the plural;\n- (a) a statutory instrument was made as an instrument of a particular type (the original type ); and\n- (b) under a law, the instrument continues to have effect and is taken to be an instrument of a different type (the new type ); and\n- (c) the instrument contains a citation, referential words or other words that refer to the instrument as an instrument of the original type;","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"sec.32","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of provision units in statutory instruments","content":"### sec.32 Name of provision units in statutory instruments\n\nIf a provision of a statutory instrument is called a regulation, subregulation, sub-subregulation, rule, subrule, by-law, sub-by-law, clause, subclause, sub-subclause, paragraph, subparagraph, sub-subparagraph, item, subitem, or any other name, the provision may be called—\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a section of an Act—a section; or\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a subsection of an Act—a subsection; or\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a paragraph of an Act—a paragraph; or\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a subparagraph of an Act—a subparagraph; or\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a sub-subparagraph of an Act—a sub-subparagraph.\nRegulation 2 may be called section 2 .\nBy-law 5(2)(a) may be called section 5 (2)(a), that is, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 5 .\n- (a) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a section of an Act—a section; or\n- (b) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a subsection of an Act—a subsection; or\n- (c) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a paragraph of an Act—a paragraph; or\n- (d) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a subparagraph of an Act—a subparagraph; or\n- (e) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a sub-subparagraph of an Act—a sub-subparagraph.","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"sec.33","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reference to authorising Act","content":"### sec.33 Reference to authorising Act\n\nIf—\nthere is a reference in an instrument to a provision of the Act under which a statutory instrument is made or in force; and\nthe words ‘of the Act ’, or words of similar effect, do not appear at the end of the reference;\nthe words ‘of the Act ’ may be inserted at the end of the reference.\n- (a) there is a reference in an instrument to a provision of the Act under which a statutory instrument is made or in force; and\n- (b) the words ‘of the Act ’, or words of similar effect, do not appear at the end of the reference;","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.5A","sectionType":"division","heading":"Updated naming conventions within schedules and appendixes","content":"## Updated naming conventions within schedules and appendixes","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"sec.33A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of provision units of schedules and appendixes","content":"### sec.33A Name of provision units of schedules and appendixes\n\nIf a provision of a schedule or appendix is called a clause, subclause, sub-subclause, paragraph, subparagraph, sub-subparagraph, item, subitem, or another name, the provision may be called—\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a section in the body of a law—a section; or\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a subsection in the body of a law—a subsection; or\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a paragraph in the body of a law—a paragraph; or\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a subparagraph in the body of a law—a subparagraph; or\nif the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a sub-subparagraph in the body of a law—a sub-subparagraph.\nClause 2 may be called section 2 .\nClause 5(2)(a) may be called section 5 (2)(a), that is, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 5 .\ns 33A ins 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1\n- (a) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a section in the body of a law—a section; or\n- (b) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a subsection in the body of a law—a subsection; or\n- (c) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a paragraph in the body of a law—a paragraph; or\n- (d) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a subparagraph in the body of a law—a subparagraph; or\n- (e) if the provision is a provision unit equivalent to a sub-subparagraph in the body of a law—a sub-subparagraph.","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"sec.33B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reference to provision of schedule or appendix","content":"### sec.33B Reference to provision of schedule or appendix\n\nIf—\nin the body of a law there is a reference to a provision of an unnumbered schedule or appendix; and\nthe words ‘of the schedule’, ‘of the appendix’, or words of similar effect, do not appear at the end of the reference;\nthe words ‘of the schedule’, ‘of the appendix’, or words of similar effect, may be inserted at the end of the reference.\nIf—\nin the body of a law there is a reference to a provision of a numbered schedule or appendix; and\nwords indicating the schedule or appendix by number do not appear at the end of the reference;\nwords indicating the schedule or appendix by number, or words of similar effect, may be inserted at the end of the reference.\nIf—\nin a schedule or appendix to a law there is a reference to a provision of the body of the law; and\nwords indicating that the reference is to the body of the law do not appear at the end of the reference;\nwords indicating that the reference is to the body of the law may be inserted at the end of the reference.\nIn this section—\nbody of a law means the law other than a schedule or appendix to the law.\nIn an Act, ‘of this Act’ and, in a regulation, ‘of this regulation’ could be inserted at the end of a reference in Schedule 1 to ‘ section 14 ’ of the body of the law.\ns 33B ins 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1\n(sec.33B-ssec.1) If— in the body of a law there is a reference to a provision of an unnumbered schedule or appendix; and the words ‘of the schedule’, ‘of the appendix’, or words of similar effect, do not appear at the end of the reference; the words ‘of the schedule’, ‘of the appendix’, or words of similar effect, may be inserted at the end of the reference.\n(sec.33B-ssec.2) If— in the body of a law there is a reference to a provision of a numbered schedule or appendix; and words indicating the schedule or appendix by number do not appear at the end of the reference; words indicating the schedule or appendix by number, or words of similar effect, may be inserted at the end of the reference.\n(sec.33B-ssec.3) If— in a schedule or appendix to a law there is a reference to a provision of the body of the law; and words indicating that the reference is to the body of the law do not appear at the end of the reference; words indicating that the reference is to the body of the law may be inserted at the end of the reference.\n(sec.33B-ssec.4) In this section— body of a law means the law other than a schedule or appendix to the law. In an Act, ‘of this Act’ and, in a regulation, ‘of this regulation’ could be inserted at the end of a reference in Schedule 1 to ‘ section 14 ’ of the body of the law.\n- (a) in the body of a law there is a reference to a provision of an unnumbered schedule or appendix; and\n- (b) the words ‘of the schedule’, ‘of the appendix’, or words of similar effect, do not appear at the end of the reference;\n- (a) in the body of a law there is a reference to a provision of a numbered schedule or appendix; and\n- (b) words indicating the schedule or appendix by number do not appear at the end of the reference;\n- (a) in a schedule or appendix to a law there is a reference to a provision of the body of the law; and\n- (b) words indicating that the reference is to the body of the law do not appear at the end of the reference;","sortOrder":48},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.6","sectionType":"division","heading":"Updated form of law","content":"## Updated form of law","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"sec.34","sectionType":"section","heading":"Relocation of marginal or cite notes","content":"### sec.34 Relocation of marginal or cite notes\n\nA marginal note to a provision of a law, or a note to a provision of a law appearing in and at the beginning of the provision, may be treated as the heading to the provision.","sortOrder":50},{"sectionNumber":"sec.35","sectionType":"section","heading":"Format and printing style","content":"### sec.35 Format and printing style\n\nThe format and printing style of a law (including, for example, the setting out of the provisions, the placement of conjunctives and disjunctives and the use of capital letters, punctuation, hyphens, italics, bolding and quotation marks) may be brought into line with current legislative drafting practice.\n‘(2) In this section—\nperson includes an unincorporated body.’\nmay replace\n‘(2) In this section, the term person includes an unincorporated body.’.\n‘ variation , in relation to a permit, includes a variation of conditions of the permit;’\nmay replace\n‘ variation in relation to a permit includes a variation of conditions of the permit;’.\nPetroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 ’\nmay replace\n‘ Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 ’.\nIn the following provision heading, the bracketed words may be omitted—\n‘ (SECTION 2.2 INDUSTRIAL MATTER)\n2.2 Industrial matter ’.\nNote also that section 34 could also be applied to this example.\ns 35 amd 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4\n- person includes an unincorporated body.’","sortOrder":51},{"sectionNumber":"sec.36","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of arrangement provisions","content":"### sec.36 Omission of arrangement provisions\n\nA provision of a law setting out the arrangement of the law, or provisions of the law, may be omitted.","sortOrder":52},{"sectionNumber":"sec.37","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of expired provisions etc.","content":"### sec.37 Omission of expired provisions etc.\n\nA provision of a law that is spent, has expired, or otherwise ceased to have effect, may be omitted.","sortOrder":53},{"sectionNumber":"sec.38","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of old saving, transitional and validation provisions","content":"### sec.38 Omission of old saving, transitional and validation provisions\n\nA saving, transitional or validation provision of a law may be omitted if the provision applies only to a time or event that has passed.","sortOrder":54},{"sectionNumber":"sec.39","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of obsolete and redundant provisions","content":"### sec.39 Omission of obsolete and redundant provisions\n\nIf a provision of a law is obsolete or redundant because of the making of any law, the provision may be omitted.\nIn the following provisions, the bolded words may be omitted—\n‘In this Act , unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the meanings respectively assigned to them, that is to say, —’.\n‘In this Act , unless the contrary intention appears —’.\nBecause of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , particularly section 24B (8) (b) (which says that laws apply to an acting appointee as if the appointee were the holder of the office), section 33 (References to Ministers), 33AA (References to departments), 33AB (References to chief executives) and schedule 1 (Meaning of commonly used words and expressions), many statutory definitions are redundant.\nAccordingly, common definitions such as the following can be omitted as redundant—\narea , in relation to a local authority, has the meaning it has under the Local Government Act 1936 ;\nDepartment means the department of government of Queensland within which this Act is administered;\nDirector-General means the chief executive, by whatever title the chief executive is known, of the department, and includes any officer temporarily discharging the responsibilities of the chief executive;\nor\nDirector-General means the chief executive of the department;\nlocal authority , in relation to any land, means a local authority or a joint local authority constituted under the Local Government Act 1936 for the area in which the land is situated, and includes the Brisbane City Council constituted under the City of Brisbane Act ;\nMinister means the Minister of the Crown for the time being charged with the administration of this Act and includes any other Minister of the Crown for the time being performing the duties of the Minister.\ns 39 amd 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch 1 ; 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4 ; 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 35\n- 1 ‘In this Act , unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the meanings respectively assigned to them, that is to say, —’.\n- 2 ‘In this Act , unless the contrary intention appears —’.\n- 1 area , in relation to a local authority, has the meaning it has under the Local Government Act 1936 ;\n- 2 Department means the department of government of Queensland within which this Act is administered;\n- 3 Director-General means the chief executive, by whatever title the chief executive is known, of the department, and includes any officer temporarily discharging the responsibilities of the chief executive; or Director-General means the chief executive of the department;\n- 4 local authority , in relation to any land, means a local authority or a joint local authority constituted under the Local Government Act 1936 for the area in which the land is situated, and includes the Brisbane City Council constituted under the City of Brisbane Act ;\n- 5 Minister means the Minister of the Crown for the time being charged with the administration of this Act and includes any other Minister of the Crown for the time being performing the duties of the Minister.","sortOrder":55},{"sectionNumber":"sec.40","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of amending and repealing provisions","content":"### sec.40 Omission of amending and repealing provisions\n\nIf—\na provision of a law merely repeals or amends a law or a provision of a law; and\nthe provision has commenced;\nthe provision may be omitted.\ns 40 amd 2010 Act No. 42 s 182\n- (a) a provision of a law merely repeals or amends a law or a provision of a law; and\n- (b) the provision has commenced;","sortOrder":56},{"sectionNumber":"sec.41","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of unnecessary referential words","content":"### sec.41 Omission of unnecessary referential words\n\nUnnecessary referential words in a provision of a law may be omitted.","sortOrder":57},{"sectionNumber":"sec.42","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of historical notes etc.","content":"### sec.42 Omission of historical notes etc.\n\nNotes in a provision of a law indicating the legislative history, the source of the provision or corresponding provisions in other jurisdictions, and similar notes in a provision of a law, may be omitted from the law.","sortOrder":58},{"sectionNumber":"sec.42A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of words of enactment or notification","content":"### sec.42A Omission of words of enactment or notification\n\nWords of enactment or notification of a law may be omitted.\nThe Parliament of Queensland enacts—\nHis Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council and under section XYZ of the Example Act 19XY , makes the following order in council—\n[order]\nAnd the Honourable the Minister is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.\nXYZ, Clerk of the Council.\ns 42A ins 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1","sortOrder":59},{"sectionNumber":"sec.42B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Omission of provision heading with reference","content":"### sec.42B Omission of provision heading with reference\n\nWords associated with a reference to a provision of a law indicating the provision heading of, or associated with, the provision referred to may be omitted.\nIf a provision states that—\n‘An officer may make a disclosure under section 28 (2) (a) (Public officer may disclose official misconduct)’\nand the words in brackets are the section heading for section 28 , the provision may be reprinted as—\n‘An officer may make a disclosure under section 28 (2) (a) ’.\ns 42B ins 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1","sortOrder":60},{"sectionNumber":"sec.43","sectionType":"section","heading":"Numbering and renumbering of provisions","content":"### sec.43 Numbering and renumbering of provisions\n\nAn unnumbered provision of a law may be numbered in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice, and all necessary consequential numbering amendments made.\nIn the following provision, the sentences may be numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4) respectively—\nA tenant is not to be entitled to compensation, unless 2 months at least before the determination of the tenancy the tenant gives the landlord written notice claiming compensation.\nIf a tenant gives such a notice, the landlord may, within 1 month, give the tenant written notice claiming any set-off.\nEvery notice under this section must state the particulars and amount of the intended claim.\nProvided that noncompliance by either party with any of the provisions of this section does not deprive such party of any rights under this Division if the arbitrator is of opinion that there was reasonable excuse for the noncompliance.’.\nIf a provision of a law is numbered in a way that is inconsistent with current legislative drafting practice—\nthe provision may be renumbered in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice; and\nall necessary consequential numbering amendments may be made.\nA notice to terminate is sufficiently given if—\nit is delivered to a person apparently over 18 who apparently resides on the premises; or\nit is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated.\nWhere a proceeding for the recovery of the possession of land or premises is taken in reliance on a notice to terminate given in a manner provided in subsection (3) (a) , any occupier of the land or other person claiming an interest in the land or premises shall be entitled to be heard in the proceeding.\nSection 43 (4) has also been applied to this example.\nNothing in this section shall affect the right of a landlord to give notice to terminate otherwise than as provided in this section.’.\nmay replace\n—\nA notice to terminate is sufficiently given if—\nit is delivered to a person apparently over the age of 18 years who apparently resides on the premises; or\nit is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated;\nwhere a proceeding for the recovery of the possession of land or premises is taken in reliance on a notice to terminate given in a manner provided in paragraph (a) (i) , any occupier of the land or premises or other person claiming an interest in the land or premises shall be entitled to be heard in the proceeding.\nNothing in this section shall affect the right of a landlord to give notice to terminate otherwise than as provided in this section.’.\nThe office of councillor shall be vacated if the councillor—\nis ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or\nis or has become disqualified under this Act.’\nmay replace\nThe office of councillor shall be vacated if the councillor—\nis ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or\nis or has become disqualified under this Act.’.\nIf a law has been amended so that the numbering of provisions of the law is significantly different to the way in which the provisions would have been numbered if the law were to be remade—\nthe law may be renumbered in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice; and\nall necessary consequential numbering amendments may be made.\nIf a provision of a law is numbered or renumbered under this section—\na reference in any instrument to the provision is a reference to the provision as numbered or renumbered; and\na reference in the law or another law to the provision may be changed to a reference to the provision as numbered or renumbered.\ns 43 amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1 ; 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch 1\n(sec.43-ssec.1) An unnumbered provision of a law may be numbered in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice, and all necessary consequential numbering amendments made. In the following provision, the sentences may be numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4) respectively— A tenant is not to be entitled to compensation, unless 2 months at least before the determination of the tenancy the tenant gives the landlord written notice claiming compensation. If a tenant gives such a notice, the landlord may, within 1 month, give the tenant written notice claiming any set-off. Every notice under this section must state the particulars and amount of the intended claim. Provided that noncompliance by either party with any of the provisions of this section does not deprive such party of any rights under this Division if the arbitrator is of opinion that there was reasonable excuse for the noncompliance.’.\n(sec.43-ssec.2) If a provision of a law is numbered in a way that is inconsistent with current legislative drafting practice— the provision may be renumbered in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice; and all necessary consequential numbering amendments may be made. A notice to terminate is sufficiently given if— it is delivered to a person apparently over 18 who apparently resides on the premises; or it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated. Where a proceeding for the recovery of the possession of land or premises is taken in reliance on a notice to terminate given in a manner provided in subsection (3) (a) , any occupier of the land or other person claiming an interest in the land or premises shall be entitled to be heard in the proceeding. Section 43 (4) has also been applied to this example. Nothing in this section shall affect the right of a landlord to give notice to terminate otherwise than as provided in this section.’. may replace — A notice to terminate is sufficiently given if— it is delivered to a person apparently over the age of 18 years who apparently resides on the premises; or it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated; where a proceeding for the recovery of the possession of land or premises is taken in reliance on a notice to terminate given in a manner provided in paragraph (a) (i) , any occupier of the land or premises or other person claiming an interest in the land or premises shall be entitled to be heard in the proceeding. Nothing in this section shall affect the right of a landlord to give notice to terminate otherwise than as provided in this section.’. The office of councillor shall be vacated if the councillor— is ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or is or has become disqualified under this Act.’ may replace The office of councillor shall be vacated if the councillor— is ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or is or has become disqualified under this Act.’.\n(sec.43-ssec.3) If a law has been amended so that the numbering of provisions of the law is significantly different to the way in which the provisions would have been numbered if the law were to be remade— the law may be renumbered in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice; and all necessary consequential numbering amendments may be made.\n(sec.43-ssec.4) If a provision of a law is numbered or renumbered under this section— a reference in any instrument to the provision is a reference to the provision as numbered or renumbered; and a reference in the law or another law to the provision may be changed to a reference to the provision as numbered or renumbered.\n- ‘ 5 A tenant is not to be entitled to compensation, unless 2 months at least before the determination of the tenancy the tenant gives the landlord written notice claiming compensation. If a tenant gives such a notice, the landlord may, within 1 month, give the tenant written notice claiming any set-off. Every notice under this section must state the particulars and amount of the intended claim. Provided that noncompliance by either party with any of the provisions of this section does not deprive such party of any rights under this Division if the arbitrator is of opinion that there was reasonable excuse for the noncompliance.’.\n- (a) the provision may be renumbered in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice; and\n- (b) all necessary consequential numbering amendments may be made.\n- ‘(3) A notice to terminate is sufficiently given if— (a) it is delivered to a person apparently over 18 who apparently resides on the premises; or (b) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated.\n- (a) it is delivered to a person apparently over 18 who apparently resides on the premises; or\n- (b) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated.\n- (3A) Where a proceeding for the recovery of the possession of land or premises is taken in reliance on a notice to terminate given in a manner provided in subsection (3) (a) , any occupier of the land or other person claiming an interest in the land or premises shall be entitled to be heard in the proceeding. Editor’s note— Section 43 (4) has also been applied to this example.\n- (4) Nothing in this section shall affect the right of a landlord to give notice to terminate otherwise than as provided in this section.’.\n- (a) it is delivered to a person apparently over 18 who apparently resides on the premises; or\n- (b) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated.\n- ‘(3) — (a) A notice to terminate is sufficiently given if— (i) it is delivered to a person apparently over the age of 18 years who apparently resides on the premises; or (ii) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated; (b) where a proceeding for the recovery of the possession of land or premises is taken in reliance on a notice to terminate given in a manner provided in paragraph (a) (i) , any occupier of the land or premises or other person claiming an interest in the land or premises shall be entitled to be heard in the proceeding.\n- (a) A notice to terminate is sufficiently given if— (i) it is delivered to a person apparently over the age of 18 years who apparently resides on the premises; or (ii) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated;\n- (i) it is delivered to a person apparently over the age of 18 years who apparently resides on the premises; or\n- (ii) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated;\n- (b) where a proceeding for the recovery of the possession of land or premises is taken in reliance on a notice to terminate given in a manner provided in paragraph (a) (i) , any occupier of the land or premises or other person claiming an interest in the land or premises shall be entitled to be heard in the proceeding.\n- (4) Nothing in this section shall affect the right of a landlord to give notice to terminate otherwise than as provided in this section.’.\n- (a) A notice to terminate is sufficiently given if— (i) it is delivered to a person apparently over the age of 18 years who apparently resides on the premises; or (ii) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated;\n- (i) it is delivered to a person apparently over the age of 18 years who apparently resides on the premises; or\n- (ii) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated;\n- (b) where a proceeding for the recovery of the possession of land or premises is taken in reliance on a notice to terminate given in a manner provided in paragraph (a) (i) , any occupier of the land or premises or other person claiming an interest in the land or premises shall be entitled to be heard in the proceeding.\n- (i) it is delivered to a person apparently over the age of 18 years who apparently resides on the premises; or\n- (ii) it is advertised in a daily newspaper circulating in the district in which the premises are situated;\n- ‘ 10.(1) The office of councillor shall be vacated if the councillor— (a) is ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or (b) is or has become disqualified under this Act.’\n- (a) is ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or\n- (b) is or has become disqualified under this Act.’\n- (a) is ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or\n- (b) is or has become disqualified under this Act.’\n- ‘ 10(1) The office of councillor shall be vacated if the councillor— (i) is ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or (ii) is or has become disqualified under this Act.’.\n- (i) is ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or\n- (ii) is or has become disqualified under this Act.’.\n- (i) is ousted from office by the Supreme Court; or\n- (ii) is or has become disqualified under this Act.’.\n- (a) the law may be renumbered in a way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice; and\n- (b) all necessary consequential numbering amendments may be made.\n- (a) a reference in any instrument to the provision is a reference to the provision as numbered or renumbered; and\n- (b) a reference in the law or another law to the provision may be changed to a reference to the provision as numbered or renumbered.","sortOrder":61},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.7","sectionType":"division","heading":"Correction of minor errors","content":"## Correction of minor errors","sortOrder":62},{"sectionNumber":"sec.44","sectionType":"section","heading":"Correction of minor errors","content":"### sec.44 Correction of minor errors\n\nIf a provision of a law contains a minor error, the provision may be expressed in a different way so as to correct the error.\n‘licence’ may replace ‘license’ if used as a noun.\nIn the following provision, the bolded word may be omitted—\n‘The chairperson is to be the executive officer of the the Board.’.\nIn the following provision, the bracketed word may be inserted where indicated—\n‘The chairperson is to be the executive officer of (the) Board.’.","sortOrder":63},{"sectionNumber":"pt.4-div.8","sectionType":"division","heading":null,"content":"","sortOrder":64},{"sectionNumber":"sec.44A","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### Section sec.44A\n\ns 44A ins 2014 No. 30 s 50\nexp 31 December 2014 (see s 44B)","sortOrder":65},{"sectionNumber":"sec.44B","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### Section sec.44B\n\ns 44B ins 2014 No. 30 s 50\nexp 31 December 2014 (see s 44B)","sortOrder":66},{"sectionNumber":"pt.5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Not reprinted and relocated provisions","content":"# Not reprinted and relocated provisions","sortOrder":67},{"sectionNumber":"sec.45","sectionType":"section","heading":"Not reprinted provisions","content":"### sec.45 Not reprinted provisions\n\nNothing in this Act requires every provision of a law to be shown in a reprint of the law.\nIf a provision of a law is not shown in a reprint, the reprint is to indicate that fact in a suitable place.\n(sec.45-ssec.1) Nothing in this Act requires every provision of a law to be shown in a reprint of the law.\n(sec.45-ssec.2) If a provision of a law is not shown in a reprint, the reprint is to indicate that fact in a suitable place.","sortOrder":68},{"sectionNumber":"sec.46","sectionType":"section","heading":"Relocated provisions","content":"### sec.46 Relocated provisions\n\nNothing in this Act requires each provision of a law to be shown in the location within the law in which the provision was located when the provision was made.\nA table or diagram originally located within the body of a law may be relocated to the end of the law.\nIf a provision of a law is not shown in the location within the law in which the provision would otherwise be located, the reprint is to indicate that fact in a suitable place.\n(sec.46-ssec.1) Nothing in this Act requires each provision of a law to be shown in the location within the law in which the provision was located when the provision was made. A table or diagram originally located within the body of a law may be relocated to the end of the law.\n(sec.46-ssec.2) If a provision of a law is not shown in the location within the law in which the provision would otherwise be located, the reprint is to indicate that fact in a suitable place.","sortOrder":69},{"sectionNumber":"pt.6","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"","sortOrder":70},{"sectionNumber":"sec.47","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### Section sec.47\n\ns 47 om 2013 No. 39 s 81","sortOrder":71},{"sectionNumber":"pt.7","sectionType":"part","heading":"Effect of official copies of reprints","content":"# Effect of official copies of reprints","sortOrder":72},{"sectionNumber":"sec.48","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### Section sec.48\n\ns 48 amd 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1\nom 2013 No. 39 s 83","sortOrder":73},{"sectionNumber":"sec.49","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendment of and reference to reprinted law etc.","content":"### sec.49 Amendment of and reference to reprinted law etc.\n\nA law may be amended or referred to as set out in this section.\nSee the Evidence Act 1977 , sections 43 (h) and 46A for evidentiary provisions relating to reprints.\nIf a reprint of the law has been produced and no amendments of the law have commenced on or after the reprint date for the latest reprint, the law may be amended or referred to having regard to the text of the law as shown in the latest reprint.\nIf a reprint of the law has been produced and amendments of the law have commenced on or after the reprint date for the latest reprint, the law may be amended or referred to having regard to the text of the law—\nas shown in the latest reprint; and\nas the text would be required to be shown in a subsequent reprint because of Part 3 (Amendments must be included in reprints).\nIf a reprint of the law has not been produced, the law may be amended or referred to having regard to the text of the law—\nas it would be required to be shown in a reprint because of Part 3 (Amendments must be included in reprints); and\nas the text would be shown if the following provisions were used—\nPart 4 , Division 2 (Updated citations and references to law)\nsection 25 (References to gender specific offices)\nsection 26 (Spelling)\nsection 27 (Punctuation)\nsection 29 (Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.) but only to the extent stated in subsection (5)\nPart 4 , Division 5 (Updated naming conventions within statutory instruments)\nsection 34 (Relocation of marginal or cite notes)\nsection 35 (Format and printing style).\nFor the purpose of subsection (4) , section 29 must be used only to express the designation of provision units in the law, and references to the designation of provision units in another law, in a way consistent with current legislative drafting practice.\nAn expression in column 1 of the following table may be amended or referred to as if it were the corresponding bolded expression in column 2\nTable\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nPart II\nPart 2\nFirst Schedule\nSchedule 1\nIn this section—\nreprint means an official copy of a reprint.\ns 49 sub 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1\namd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1 ; 2013 No. 39 s 84\n(sec.49-ssec.1) A law may be amended or referred to as set out in this section. See the Evidence Act 1977 , sections 43 (h) and 46A for evidentiary provisions relating to reprints.\n(sec.49-ssec.2) If a reprint of the law has been produced and no amendments of the law have commenced on or after the reprint date for the latest reprint, the law may be amended or referred to having regard to the text of the law as shown in the latest reprint.\n(sec.49-ssec.3) If a reprint of the law has been produced and amendments of the law have commenced on or after the reprint date for the latest reprint, the law may be amended or referred to having regard to the text of the law— as shown in the latest reprint; and as the text would be required to be shown in a subsequent reprint because of Part 3 (Amendments must be included in reprints).\n(sec.49-ssec.4) If a reprint of the law has not been produced, the law may be amended or referred to having regard to the text of the law— as it would be required to be shown in a reprint because of Part 3 (Amendments must be included in reprints); and as the text would be shown if the following provisions were used— Part 4 , Division 2 (Updated citations and references to law) section 25 (References to gender specific offices) section 26 (Spelling) section 27 (Punctuation) section 29 (Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.) but only to the extent stated in subsection (5) Part 4 , Division 5 (Updated naming conventions within statutory instruments) section 34 (Relocation of marginal or cite notes) section 35 (Format and printing style).\n(sec.49-ssec.5) For the purpose of subsection (4) , section 29 must be used only to express the designation of provision units in the law, and references to the designation of provision units in another law, in a way consistent with current legislative drafting practice. An expression in column 1 of the following table may be amended or referred to as if it were the corresponding bolded expression in column 2 Table Column 1 Column 2 Part II Part 2 First Schedule Schedule 1\n(sec.49-ssec.6) In this section— reprint means an official copy of a reprint.\n- (a) as shown in the latest reprint; and\n- (b) as the text would be required to be shown in a subsequent reprint because of Part 3 (Amendments must be included in reprints).\n- (a) as it would be required to be shown in a reprint because of Part 3 (Amendments must be included in reprints); and\n- (b) as the text would be shown if the following provisions were used— • Part 4 , Division 2 (Updated citations and references to law) • section 25 (References to gender specific offices) • section 26 (Spelling) • section 27 (Punctuation) • section 29 (Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.) but only to the extent stated in subsection (5) • Part 4 , Division 5 (Updated naming conventions within statutory instruments) • section 34 (Relocation of marginal or cite notes) • section 35 (Format and printing style).\n- • Part 4 , Division 2 (Updated citations and references to law)\n- • section 25 (References to gender specific offices)\n- • section 26 (Spelling)\n- • section 27 (Punctuation)\n- • section 29 (Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.) but only to the extent stated in subsection (5)\n- • Part 4 , Division 5 (Updated naming conventions within statutory instruments)\n- • section 34 (Relocation of marginal or cite notes)\n- • section 35 (Format and printing style).\n- • Part 4 , Division 2 (Updated citations and references to law)\n- • section 25 (References to gender specific offices)\n- • section 26 (Spelling)\n- • section 27 (Punctuation)\n- • section 29 (Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.) but only to the extent stated in subsection (5)\n- • Part 4 , Division 5 (Updated naming conventions within statutory instruments)\n- • section 34 (Relocation of marginal or cite notes)\n- • section 35 (Format and printing style).","sortOrder":74},{"sectionNumber":"pt.8","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"# Miscellaneous","sortOrder":75},{"sectionNumber":"sec.50","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulations","content":"### sec.50 Regulations\n\nThe Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.","sortOrder":76},{"sectionNumber":"pt.9","sectionType":"part","heading":"Transitional provision for Treasury and Trade and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013","content":"# Transitional provision for Treasury and Trade and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013","sortOrder":77},{"sectionNumber":"sec.51","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reprints authorised under previous pt 6","content":"### sec.51 Reprints authorised under previous pt 6\n\nAn existing authorised reprint is, from the commencement, taken to be a reprint authorised by the parliamentary counsel under the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 10A.\nIn this section—\ncommencement means the commencement of this section.\nexisting authorised reprint means a reprint—\nauthorised by the parliamentary counsel under part 6 as in force before the commencement; and\nprinted by or under the authority of the government printer or published on the Queensland legislation website.\ns 51 ins 2013 No. 39 s 85\n(sec.51-ssec.1) An existing authorised reprint is, from the commencement, taken to be a reprint authorised by the parliamentary counsel under the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 10A.\n(sec.51-ssec.2) In this section— commencement means the commencement of this section. existing authorised reprint means a reprint— authorised by the parliamentary counsel under part 6 as in force before the commencement; and printed by or under the authority of the government printer or published on the Queensland legislation website.\n- (a) authorised by the parliamentary counsel under part 6 as in force before the commencement; and\n- (b) printed by or under the authority of the government printer or published on the Queensland legislation website.","sortOrder":78}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 1992 Act focused on facilitating reprints and modernising reprint law. Over time, through amendments in 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2023, its scope expanded significantly — adding new divisions on naming conventions for schedules and appendixes (Div 5A), provisions on electronic reprints, transitional provisions for machinery-of-government changes, and expanded editorial change permissions. The 2013 amendments also shifted authorisation of reprints from an internal Part 6 mechanism to the Legislative Standards Act 1992, representing a structural reallocation of functions beyond the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Highly granular and prescriptive rules across many sections covering dozens of specific editorial scenarios","Multiple cross-references between sections requiring readers to navigate back and forth (e.g., s.7 references ss.31-44, s.49 references multiple other parts)","Numerous worked examples embedded in the legislation itself, which aids understanding but adds volume","Technical legal drafting concepts (conjunctives, disjunctives, provision units, statutory instruments, subordinate legislation) require specialist knowledge","Interaction with external legislation (Legislative Standards Act 1992, Acts Interpretation Act 1954, Evidence Act 1977) creates dependency on other laws","Multiple amendments over time (1992–2023) have added, substituted and omitted sections, creating structural complexity","Fine distinction between permitted editorial changes and prohibited substantive changes requires careful legal judgement in application","Division structure within Part 4 (Divisions 1–7, plus 4A, 5A) adds navigational complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"## What is this law about?\n\nThe **Reprints Act 1992** is a Queensland law that governs how the Parliamentary Counsel (the government's chief law drafter) can update and republish Queensland legislation in a clean, modernised format called a **reprint**.\n\n## Who does this affect?\n\nThis law primarily affects:\n- **The Parliamentary Counsel's Office**, which prepares the reprints\n- **Anyone who reads or relies on Queensland legislation** — lawyers, businesses, government agencies, and ordinary Queenslanders\n\nIn practical terms, this is the law that allows the government to produce the clean, up-to-date versions of Acts and regulations that you read on the Queensland legislation website.\n\n## What does it actually allow?\n\nWhen a law gets amended (changed), the Parliamentary Counsel can publish an updated version showing all changes incorporated. The Act sets detailed rules about what kinds of changes can be made in a reprint **without going back to Parliament**. These are called **editorial changes** and include:\n\n- **Updating language**: replacing archaic words like *\"forthwith\"* with *\"immediately\"*, or *\"pursuant to\"* with *\"under\"*\n- **Fixing gender-biased language**: replacing *\"chairman\"* with *\"chairperson\"*, or gendered pronouns with neutral equivalents\n- **Modernising citations**: cleaning up how other laws are referenced (e.g., dropping old-fashioned punctuation or plural forms)\n- **Correcting spelling and punctuation**: fixing typos or updating to modern conventions (e.g., *\"authorise\"* instead of *\"authorize\"*)\n- **Removing dead provisions**: cutting out laws that have expired, been spent, or are now redundant\n- **Renumbering sections**: tidying up provision numbers when amendments have made them messy\n- **Updating references**: if a body, office, or law has been renamed, the reprint can use the new name\n\n## One critical rule\n\nAll these editorial changes **cannot change the legal effect** of any provision. They're purely cosmetic and structural — the law must mean the same thing before and after the reprint.\n\n## Why does this matter?\n\nWithout this Act, every single update to Queensland law — even fixing a typo — would require a new Act of Parliament. This law makes the **Queensland legislation website** possible: that clean, consolidated, up-to-date version of the law that everyone can access and rely on."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"sec.2","severity":"low","reasoning":"This appears to be an artefact of the document rendering, but taken at face value as presented legislation, the Act's object clause is stated four times (twice in unlabelled prose, twice in labelled subsections). A law about producing clean, readable reprints itself contains redundant duplication in its own foundational provision — an ironic self-defeating quality.","confidence":0.6,"description":"Section 2 is duplicated verbatim in its own body: the section states its two subsections as prose, then immediately restates them again as labelled subsections (sec.2-ssec.1) and (sec.2-ssec.2), producing a legislative provision that says the same thing twice within itself."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"sec.8 and sec.9","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The deeming provision in s.9 is legally superfluous if s.8 truly ensures no change in effect occurs. Conversely, if the deeming is necessary to preserve legal continuity, it implicitly acknowledges that editorial changes may in practice alter effect, contradicting s.8's prohibition. The provision either renders s.9 redundant or tacitly admits s.8 is unenforceable.","confidence":0.72,"description":"Section 8 prohibits editorial changes that would change the effect of a provision, but section 9 deems that editorial changes made under section 7 have effect 'as if the changes had been made expressly by another law'. If an editorial change cannot change effect (s.8), why does s.9 need to deem it to have been made by a separate amending law — a legal fiction ordinarily reserved for changes that do alter legal effect?"},{"type":"other","section":"sec.29","severity":"low","reasoning":"While the 1966 conversion rate was indeed £1 = $2, applying this mechanically as an editorial change decades later in reprints of old laws treats currency conversion as a purely nominal clerical exercise, ignoring that the legal effect of monetary thresholds (e.g. fine amounts, jurisdictional limits) depends on the real value intended. The Act's own s.8 requires no change in effect, yet a mechanical currency substitution using a 1966 rate in a modern reprint arguably does change practical effect.","confidence":0.55,"description":"Section 29 permits substituting '$2' for '£1', treating one pound sterling as equivalent to two Australian dollars. This exchange rate is historically inaccurate (the 1966 decimalisation rate was £1 = A$2, which was technically correct at conversion but the provision applies this as an ongoing editorial licence without temporal or contextual limitation, potentially misrepresenting monetary values in laws where the amounts have different purchasing power significance)."},{"type":"other","section":"sec.37 and sec.38","severity":"low","reasoning":"Redundancy between sections is a minor legislative drafting flaw. Section 38 adds no independent operation not already covered by section 37, unless the drafters intended 'ceased to have effect' in s.37 to mean something narrower than covering transitional provisions — but no such narrowing is expressed.","confidence":0.6,"description":"Section 37 permits omission of provisions that have 'expired, or otherwise ceased to have effect', while section 38 separately permits omission of saving, transitional and validation provisions that 'apply only to a time or event that has passed'. Section 38 is largely subsumed by section 37 since a saving or transitional provision applying only to a past event has by definition ceased to have operative effect, making section 38 redundant."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"sec.44A and sec.44B","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A provision that expires on a date 'as defined in itself' is circularly self-referential. To know when s.44B expires, one reads s.44B; s.44B says it expires on 31 December 2014 (see s.44B). While in practice this is merely inelegant (the date is stated), as a matter of legal logic it is a circular self-reference — the expiry of the provision is governed by the very provision that is expiring.","confidence":0.75,"description":"Sections 44A and 44B are listed with annotations showing they expired on 31 December 2014 (with sec.44B's expiry defined by reference to itself: 'exp 31 December 2014 (see s 44B)'). Section 44B defines its own expiry date, creating a self-referential expiry provision: the section that expires refers to itself to determine when it expires."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"sec.49(6)","severity":"high","reasoning":"The definition 'reprint means an official copy of a reprint' is textbook circularity. To understand what a 'reprint' is for s.49 purposes, one must already know what a 'reprint' is. The word being defined appears in the definition itself without any further clarification. In a statute whose entire purpose is the production and authorisation of reprints, leaving the central term circularly defined in the key operative section is a significant logical flaw.","confidence":0.92,"description":"Section 49(6) defines 'reprint' for the purposes of section 49 as meaning 'an official copy of a reprint'. This definition is circular: a reprint is defined as a copy of a reprint, which itself requires knowing what a reprint is."},{"type":"other","section":"sec.7(1)(j)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The combination of s.7(1)(j) and s.50 means the scope of permissible editorial changes is not fixed by the Act but can be expanded without limit by regulation. This undermines the legislative certainty the Act is meant to provide, and potentially conflicts with the Act's own object of facilitating 'updating' (not substantive rewriting) of legislation.","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 7(1)(j) permits the text of a law to be given by 'doing anything else permitted to be done by this Act or a regulation'. This is an open-ended catch-all that, combined with section 50 (which allows the Governor in Council to make regulations 'for the purposes of this Act'), creates an unlimited and unconstrained editorial power: regulations can permit any change whatsoever to a reprint, subject only to s.8's no-change-of-effect requirement."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"sec.29 (table — 'or' may replace 'and/or')","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Section 8 prohibits changes that alter the effect of a provision. 'And/or' is used precisely because 'or' alone is sometimes ambiguous as to whether it is inclusive. Permitting editorial substitution of 'or' for 'and/or' under s.29 directly risks violating s.8 in cases where the distinction matters, creating an internal contradiction between the two sections.","confidence":0.7,"description":"Section 29 permits 'or' to replace 'and/or' as an editorial change. However, 'and/or' is legally broader than 'or' in some contexts (meaning one, the other, or both), while 'or' in Australian statutory interpretation typically means 'one or the other or both' (inclusive or) but not always. Replacing 'and/or' with 'or' could in specific contexts narrow or alter legal meaning, potentially violating section 8's prohibition on changes that alter effect."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sec.8","section_b":"sec.9","confidence":0.7,"description":"Section 8 prohibits editorial changes that change the effect of a provision. Section 9 deems such changes to have been made by a separate amending law, a legal fiction typically used when a change does alter legal relations. If editorial changes truly cannot change effect (s.8), the deeming in s.9 is either unnecessary or implicitly acknowledges that the changes do have legal effect requiring validation."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sec.29","section_b":"sec.8","confidence":0.68,"description":"Section 29 permits numerous substitutions as 'editorial' changes (including currency conversion, replacement of 'and/or' with 'or', replacement of archaic terms with modern equivalents) that could in specific legal contexts alter the operative effect of provisions. This conflicts with section 8's absolute prohibition on editorial changes that change the effect of a provision."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"sec.37","section_b":"sec.38","confidence":0.58,"description":"Section 37 already permits omission of any provision that has 'expired, or otherwise ceased to have effect'. Section 38 separately addresses saving, transitional and validation provisions that apply only to past times or events — which are by definition provisions that have ceased to have operative effect. Section 38 is subsumed within section 37, creating overlapping and potentially inconsistent bases for omission (e.g. different provisions in the Act may impose different procedural requirements or interpretive approaches)."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"sec.5","section_b":"sec.7 and sec.8","confidence":0.5,"description":"Section 5 mandates that a reprint 'must' incorporate amendments and consequential changes. Sections 7 and 8 frame editorial changes as permissive ('may') but prohibit any change in effect. The tension arises where a mandatory consequential amendment under s.5(c)-(d) would, in its operation, also constitute an editorial change under s.7. It is unclear which regime governs and whether the s.8 prohibition on effect-changing applies to mandatory consequential amendments under s.5."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"sec.49(4)","section_b":"sec.49(5)","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 49(4)(b) lists section 29 as one of the provisions to be applied when no reprint has been produced. Section 49(5) then immediately qualifies this by stating section 29 'must be used only' for expressing provision unit designations. This creates an internal contradiction within section 49: subsection (4) includes s.29 as a general tool, while subsection (5) severely restricts s.29 to a single narrow purpose, making the inclusion in (4) misleading."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 1992 Act appears to have been a relatively straightforward mechanism for creating reprints. However, the current version has grown significantly through amendments (notably in 1993, 1994, and 2013) to become a comprehensive legislative drafting manual. It now includes extensive detailed rules about gender-neutral language, spelling standardisation, punctuation modernisation, numbering conventions, and the treatment of statutory instruments. The addition of Part 9 (transitional provisions for the 2013 Act) and the removal of former Part 6 (evidentiary provisions moved to the Legislative Standards Act 1992) show the legislation has evolved from a simple reprinting mechanism into a complex code governing legislative presentation and citation practices across the entire Queensland statute book."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing between Parts and Divisions (Part 4 contains 7 Divisions with interlocking provisions)","Numerous conditional triggers using 'if' clauses (e.g., sections 31, 33, 33B, 40 all operate only if specific factual conditions are met)","Heavy use of examples and tables throughout (particularly sections 24-29, 39, 43, 49) which create parallel structures that must be read together","Multiple amendments noted (1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2023) creating layered legislative history","Defined terms located in Schedule 1 (Dictionary) rather than in the body of the Act, requiring external cross-reference","Nested exceptions and qualifications (e.g., section 29 has 11 subsections/examples, section 43 has 4 subsections with multiple paragraphs)","Interaction with other statutes (Legislative Standards Act 1992, Acts Interpretation Act 1954, Evidence Act 1977) requiring external knowledge","Expired transitional provisions (sections 44A, 44B) that remain in the text but are marked as expired"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThe *Reprints Act 1992* (Queensland) is essentially a housekeeping law. It gives the **Parliamentary Counsel** (the senior lawyer who drafts Queensland's legislation) the power to create **reprints** of Queensland laws. A \"reprint\" is an updated version of a law that incorporates all amendments made since the original was passed, presented in a clean, readable format.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **The general public and lawyers** — anyone who needs to read Queensland legislation. Before this Act, finding the current version of a law meant digging through the original Act plus dozens of amendment Acts. Reprints consolidate everything into one document.\n- **The Parliamentary Counsel** — the Act authorises them to prepare these reprints and gives detailed rules about what editorial changes they can make.\n- **Courts and government** — the Act ensures reprints are treated as accurate evidence of what the law currently says.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nWithout this Act, Queensland's statute book would be a nightmare to navigate. Laws get amended constantly. Imagine trying to work out what the *Environmental Protection Act* actually says today if you had to read the original 1994 Act plus 50 separate amendment Acts passed over 30 years. This Act solves that by:\n\n- **Consolidating amendments** — ensuring all changes are merged into one text\n- **Modernising language** — allowing gender-neutral terms (replacing \"chairman\" with \"chairperson\"), fixing spelling, updating punctuation, and converting Roman numerals to modern numbering (\"Part II\" becomes \"Part 2\")\n- **Removing clutter** — allowing the removal of spent provisions, old transitional arrangements, and redundant definitions\n- **Standardising citations** — fixing how laws are named and referenced\n\n**Key safeguards:**\n\nThe Act is careful to say that **editorial changes cannot change the legal effect** of a provision (section 8). It's purely about presentation, not substance. Also, reprints must indicate where editorial changes have been made and must reference the laws that made the amendments.\n\n**In short:** This is the law that keeps Queensland's laws readable and accessible, turning a chaotic pile of amendments into a coherent, up-to-date code."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/reprints-act-1992","history":"/api/acts/reprints-act-1992/history","analysis":"/api/acts/reprints-act-1992/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/reprints-act-1992/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/reprints-act-1992/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/reprints-act-1992/documents"}}