9Amendment before commencement

9 Amendment before commencement At any time after a proposed law has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and before it has commenced: (a) it may be cited by its proposed short title; and (b) it may be the subject of a further proposed law to amend or repeal it, and if a provision of an Act to amend or repeal another Act (including a provision relating to the commencement of the Act proposed to be amended) commences before or on the same day as the Act or provision amended or repealed, the Act or provision amended or repealed, as the case may be, shall not commence except as amended or for the purpose of making the repeal effective as though the repealed provision had never existed. Interpretation Act 1978 5