1General information

1 General information

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 30 October 1997

Legislative Council: 19 November 1997

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to make provision for the establishment of an Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council and six Alpine Resort Management Boards, to make provision for the management of alpine resorts, to amend the Alpine Resorts Act 1983, to make related amendments to other Acts and for other purposes."

The Alpine Resorts (Management) Act 1997 was assented to on 9 December 1997 and came into operation as follows:

Sections 1, 2, 60 on 9 December 1997: section 2(1); sections 3, 9–11, 63–65, 68, 73 on 16 December 1997: Special Gazette (No. 159) 16 December 1997 page 1; rest of Act on 30 April 1998: Government Gazette 30 April 1998 page 926.

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

• Headings

All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).

• Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).

• Punctuation

All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).