Fee Units Act 1997
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3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act –[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 2002, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2003] [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 34 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2024]
CPI figure for Hobart means the Consumer Price Index: All Groups Index Number for Hobart published by the Australian Statistician under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 of the Commonwealth;
[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 34 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2024] disallowed or rescinded means –
(a) disallowed in accordance with section 47 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 ; or
(b) rescinded in accordance with section 9 of the Subordinate Legislation Committee Act 1969 ;
enactment means an Act, but does not include –
(a) a regulation, rule or by-law unless it is –
(i) made by the Governor; or
(ii) made by a person or body other than the Governor and is required by law to be approved, confirmed or assented to by the Governor; or
(b) any other instrument of a legislative character unless it is –
(i) made under the authority of an Act; and
(ii) declared by the Minister under subsection (2) to be an enactment for the purposes of this Act;
fee means a fee or charge that is payable under any enactment;