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Acts Interpretation Act 1954
sec.6References to Act
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### sec.6 References to Act
In an Act—
Act means an Act of the Queensland Parliament, and includes—
a British or New South Wales Act that is in force in Queensland; and
an enactment of an earlier authority empowered to pass laws in Queensland that has received assent.
In an Act, a reference to ‘an Act’ includes the Act in which the reference is.
s 6 ins 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 1
amd 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 1 ; 1992 No. 68 s 3 sch 1 ; 2005 No. 70 s 5
(sec.6-ssec.1) In an Act— Act means an Act of the Queensland Parliament, and includes— a British or New South Wales Act that is in force in Queensland; and an enactment of an earlier authority empowered to pass laws in Queensland that has received assent.
(sec.6-ssec.2) In an Act, a reference to ‘an Act’ includes the Act in which the reference is.
- (a) a British or New South Wales Act that is in force in Queensland; and
- (b) an enactment of an earlier authority empowered to pass laws in Queensland that has received assent.