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#### 30C Automatic repeal of amending Acts that have commenced
30C Automatic repeal of amending Acts that have commenced
> > (1) In this section—
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> > amending Act means—
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> > > (a) a whole Act that directly amends or repeals other Acts or instruments and that contains no other provisions apart from ancillary provisions, or
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> > > (b) a section or subsection of an Act, a schedule or subschedule to an Act or a provision of any such schedule or subschedule that directly amends or repeals other Acts or instruments and that contains no other provisions apart from ancillary provisions.
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> > ancillary provision of an amending Act means the long title of the Act, a preamble to the Act, a provision that specifies the short title or name of the Act, a provision that provides for the commencement of the Act, a provision that declares that notes in the Act do not form part of the Act or a provision that gives effect to or describes a schedule to the Act.
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> > (2) An amending Act is repealed on the day after all of its provisions have commenced (except as provided by subsection (3)).
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> > (3) If an amending Act commences before the date of assent, the amending Act is repealed on the day after the date of assent.
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> > (4) The repeal by this section of an amending Act does not, because of the operation of section 30, affect any amendment or repeal made by the amending Act.
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> > (5) This section does not apply to an amending Act that makes provision for the repeal of the amending Act.
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> > (6) This section applies only to an amending Act enacted after 1 January 2009.
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> **s 30C:** Ins 2008 No 114, Sch 1.10 \[1\]. Am 2012 No 42, Sch 1.17 \[3\] \[4\].