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5 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 6, 43, 72, 74, 84, 89, 110B,
110D and 111.
6 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
lt amd No. 6, 1981, s. 4
ss 1 – 2 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4
s 3 amd No. 22, 1974, s 3; No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2
s 4 rep No. 38, 1979, s 4
s 5 rep No. 22, 1974, s 4
s 6 amd No. 38, 1979, s 5; No. 90, 1979, s 4; No. 6, 1981, ss 2 and 4; No. 29,
1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2; No. 55, 1989, ss 3 and 14; No. 60, 1989, s 6;
No. 77, 1991, s 13; No. 83, 1991, s 4; No. 92, 1998, s 3; No. 11, 1999, s 4;
No. 2, 2002, s 4; No. 1, 2004, s 62; No. 7, 2007 s 16; No. 13, 2016, s 35
s 7 rep No. 51, 1977, s 3
s 8 amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 55, 1989, s 4
ss 9 – 10 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4
s 11 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4
rep No. 90, 1979, s 5
s 12 rep No. 90, 1979, s 5
s 13 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4
rep No. 90, 1979, s 5
s 16 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 18 amd No. 55, 1989, s 5
s 20 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
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s 21 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4
s 22 amd No. 37, 1974, s 10; No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 83, 1991, s 5; No. 2, 2002,
s 9
s 23 amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 90, 1979, s 6
sub No. 55, 1989, s 6
s 24 rep No. 55, 1989, s 6
s 25 amd No. 90, 1979, s 7
rep No. 55, 1989, s 6
s 26 amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 28 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 30 amd No. 37, 1974, s 10; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 31 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 83, 1991, s 11
ss 32 – 33 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 34 amd No. 37, 1974, s 10; No. 55, 1989, s 7; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 35 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 36 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 37 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14
ss 38 – 39 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 40 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 41 amd No. 55, 1989, ss 8 and 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 42 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 43 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 2, 2002, s 9
div 2 hdg sub No. 55, 1989, s 9
s 44 amd No. 22, 1974, s 5
sub No. 55, 1989, s 9
ss 45 – 48 rep No. 55, 1989, s 9
s 49 rep No. 55, 1989, s 9
ins No. 2, 2002, s 5
s 50 amd No. 90, 1979, s 8
rep No. 55, 1989, s 9
ins No. 2, 2002, s 5
s 51 amd No. 90, 1979, s 9; No. 6, 1981, s 4
sub No. 2, 2002, s 5
ss 52 – 54 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 55 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 56 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 57 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 59 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 60 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 60A ins No. 23, 2012, s 30
s 61 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 62 amd No. 38, 1979, s 6; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 63 amd No. 37, 1974, s 10; No. 2, 2002, s 9; No. 38, 2014, s 2
s 64 amd No. 83, 1991, s 11; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 66 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2; No. 83, 1991, s 11; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 67 amd No. 38, 1979, s 7
sub No. 83, 1991, s 6
s 67A ins No. 38, 1979, s 8
s 68 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 2, 2002, s 9; No. 6, 2022, s 18
s 69 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 70 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2; No. 83, 1991, s 7;
No. 2, 2002, s 9
div 4A hdg ins No. 38, 1979, s 9
s 71 rep No. 16, 1979, s 19
ins No. 38, 1979, s 9
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s 71A ins No. 38, 1979, s 9
s 71B ins No. 38, 1979, s 9
amd No. 90, 1979, s 10; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 71C ins No. 38, 1979, s 9
amd No. 11, 1998, s 2
ss 71D – 71E ins No. 38, 1979, s 9
s 71F ins No. 38, 1979, s 9
div 5 hdg amd No. 83, 1991, s 11
s 72 amd No. 38, 1979, s 10; No. 55, 1989, s 10; No. 15, 2001, s 3; No. 14, 2009,
s 116; No. 10, 2018, s 6
s 73 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 83, 1991, s 8; No. 2, 2002, s 9
ss 74 – 75 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14
ss 76 – 77 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 83, 1991, s 11
s 78 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 83, 1991, s 11; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 79 amd No. 37, 1974, s 10; No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 83, 1991, s 9; No. 2, 2002,
s 9
s 80 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 83, 1991, s 11; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 81 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 2, 2002, s 9; No. 59, 2002, s 5
s 83 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4
s 84 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 45, 2000,
s 11; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 85 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 86 rep No. 55, 1989, s 14
s 87 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 88 amd No. 55, 1989, ss 11 and 14
s 89 amd No. 9, 1985, s 4; No. 55, 1989, s 14
sub No. 22, 1993, s 2
s 89A ins No. 9, 1985, s 5
amd No. 55, 1989, s 12
rep No. 22, 1993, s 2
s 91 amd No. 55, 1989, s 13; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 93 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14
s 94 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 95 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4
s 96 amd No. 38, 1979, s 11; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 97 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 98 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 99 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
s 100 rep No. 55, 1989, s 14
s 101 amd No. 22, 1974, s 6; No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 77, 1991,
s 13; No. 92, 1998, s 3; No. 2, 2002, s 9
div 7 hdg sub No. 33, 1990, s 2
s 102 rep No. 55, 1989, s 14
ins No. 33, 1990, s 2
div 8 hdg ins No. 2, 2002, s 6
s 103 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 55, 1989, s 14
amd No. 7, 2021, s 4
s 104 rep No. 33, 1990, s 2
amd No. 20, 2005, s 4; No. 7, 2021, s 5; No. 6, 2022, s 18
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s 105 rep No. 33, 1990, s 2
s 105A ins No. 2, 2002, s 6
amd No. 12, 2010, s 3
pt IV
div 1 hdg ins No. 2, 2002, s 7
s 106 amd No. 38, 1979, s 12; No. 17, 1988, s 2; No. 92, 1998, s 3
s 107 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9; No. 40, 2010, s 118
s 108 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 17, 1988, s 3; No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 92, 1998, s 3
s 109 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 110 amd No. 2, 2002, s 9; No. 7, 2007, s 16
pt IV
div 2 hdg ins No. 2, 2002, s 8
s 110A ins No. 2, 2002, s 8
amd No. 1, 2020, s 4; No. 6, 2022, s 18
ss 110B –
110C ins No. 2, 2002, s 8
amd No. 6, 2022, s 18
s 110D ins No. 2, 2002, s 8
rep No. 7, 2021, s 6
s 111 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 11, 1998, s 2; No. 92, 1998, s 3; No. 2, 2002, s 9
sub No. 1, 2020, s 5
pt VI hdg rep No. 90, 1979, s 11
s 115 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4
ss 116 – 117 rep No. 90, 1979, s 11
ss 118 – 120 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4
ss 121 – 127 rep No. 90, 1979, s 11
s 128 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4
ss 129 – 142 rep No. 90, 1979, s 11
ss 143 – 145 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4
s 146 rep No. 55, 1989, s 14
s 147 amd No. 55, 1989, s 14; No. 2, 2002, s 9
s 148 amd No. 22, 1993, s 3; No. 40, 2010, s 118
s 149 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 55, 1989, s 14
sub No. 1, 2020, s 6
s 150 amd No. 22, 1974, s 7; No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 55, 1989, s 14
s 151 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4
rep No. 55, 1989, s 14
s 152A ins No. 24, 1983, s 4
amd No. 83, 1991, s 11
pt IX hdg rep No. 24, 1984, s 5
ins No. 20, 2005, s 5
s 153 amd No. 6, 1981, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2
rep No. 24, 1984, s 5
ins No. 20, 2005, s 5
pt X hdg ins No. 7, 2021, s 7
s 154 ins No. 7, 2021, s 7
sch 1 – 2 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
sch 3 sub No. 22, 1974, s 8
amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 24, 1983, s 6
sch 4 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 19, 2000, s 9
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sch 5 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 92, 1998, s 3
sch 6 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 24, 1983, s 7; No. 83, 1991,
s 10; No. 2, 2002, s 9; No. 38, 2014, s 2