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#### 15W Editorial changes treated in the same way as amendments
If the First Parliamentary Counsel makes an editorial change to an Act or instrument under section 15V in preparing a compilation, then, after the registration of the compilation:
(a) the Act or instrument has effect for all purposes as if the change had been made by an amendment of the Act or instrument that commenced on the day the compilation was registered; and
(b) the Act or instrument may be further amended as if the change had been made by an amendment of the Act or instrument.