1General information

1 General information

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 14 December 2017

Legislative Council: 8 February 2018

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to provide for the regulation and licensing of providers of labour hire services, to establish the Labour Hire Licensing Authority and the office of Labour Hire Licensing Commissioner, to amend the Public Administration Act 2004 and for other purposes."

The Labour Hire Licensing Act 2018 was assented to on 26 June 2018 and came into operation as follows:

Sections 1–12, 50–63, 103, 108, 109, 114, 115, 120 on 27 June 2018: Special Gazette (No. 305) 26 June 2018 page 1; sections 13–49, 64–102, 104–107, 110–113, 116–119 on 29 April 2019: Government Gazette 28 February 2019 page 336.

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

• Headings

All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).

• Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).

• Punctuation

All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).