39BNumbering consequential on insertion of new provisions

39B Numbering consequential on insertion of new provisions (1) If a section that is not divided into subsections is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections at the end of it, the section as in force immediately before the commencement of the amendment must be taken to be subsection (1) of that section and to be amended, by force of the amending provision, by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of it. (2) If a statutory rule containing regulations or rules includes a regulation or rule that is not divided into subregulations or subrules and that regulation or rule is amended by the insertion at the end of it of one or more subregulations or subrules, the regulation or rule as in force immediately before the commencement of the amendment must be taken to be subregulation (1) of that regulation or subrule (1) of that rule (as the case requires) and to be amended, by force of the amending provision, by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of it. (3) If a clause of a Schedule to an Act or statutory rule that is not divided into subclauses is amended by the insertion of one or more subclauses at the end of it, the clause as in force immediately before the commencement of the amendment must be taken to be subclause (1) of that clause and to be amended, by force of the amending provision, by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of it. (4) This section applies only to amendments made by an Act passed, or statutory rule made, on or after the commencement of the **Interpretation of Legislation (Amendment) Act 1997**.