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Interpretation Act 1978
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53 References in an Act to provisions of that Act
(1) A reference in an Act to a Part, section or Schedule shall be read
as a reference to a Part or section of, or a Schedule to, that Act.
(2) A reference in a Part of an Act to a Division shall be read as a
reference to a Division of that Part.
(3) A reference in a section of an Act to a subsection or paragraph
shall be read as a reference to a subsection or paragraph of that
section.
(4) A reference in a subsection of a section of an Act to a paragraph
shall be read as a reference to a paragraph of that subsection.
(5) A reference in a paragraph of a section, or of a subsection of a
section, of an Act to a subparagraph shall be read as a reference to
a subparagraph of that paragraph.
(6) A reference in a Schedule, or part of a Schedule, to an Act to a
form, paragraph, item or clause, shall be read as a reference to a
form, paragraph, item or clause of that Schedule or part.
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(7) A reference to a form in an Act the Schedule to which or only one of
the Schedules to which contains a form or forms shall be read as a
reference to a form in that Schedule.