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Interpretation Act 1978
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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as the Act or provision amended or repealed, the Act or provision
amended or repealed, as the case may be, shall not commence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effective as though the repealed provision had never existed.
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