CTHIn ForceAct
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
34Certain laws converted into enactments
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 34
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988.
#### 34 Certain laws converted into enactments
(1) In this section:
> Imperial Act has the same meaning as in the Imperial Acts Application Ordinance 1986 of the Territory.
> law includes a provision of a law.
(2) A law specified in Schedule 2 shall be taken to be an enactment, and may be amended or repealed accordingly.
(4) A law (other than a law of the Commonwealth) that, immediately before the commencing day:
(a) was in force in the Territory; and
(b) was an Ordinance, an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales or an Imperial Act;
shall be taken to be an enactment, and may be amended or repealed accordingly.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to a law specified in Schedule 5.
(9) This section does not limit the power of the Assembly to make laws with respect to the common law.