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Interpretation Act 1978
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75 Short titles and cross references taken to include year of
enactment or making
(1) On and after the repeal of the Amendments Incorporation Act 1938:
(a) the short title of an Act that, but for the operation of
section 4(1) of the Amendments Incorporation Act 1938, would
have included the year of enactment is taken to include the
year of enactment; and
(b) the short title of subordinate legislation is taken to include the
year of making; and
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(c) a reference in an Act or subordinate legislation to another Act
or subordinate legislation by its short title is taken to be a
reference to that Act or subordinate legislation including its
year of enactment or making; and
(d) the short title of an Act or subordinate legislation including its
year of enactment or making may be substituted in any Act or
subordinate legislation for any other form of reference to the
short title of the Act or subordinate legislation.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a reference in any other document of
any kind to an Act or subordinate legislation is not invalid merely
because it does not include the year of enactment or making.