Legislation Act 2003
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In this Act:
amend: see subsection 5(1).
approved website: see section 15C.
authorised version, of a registered law or explanatory statement: see section 15ZA.
commencement instrument, in relation to an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument, means an instrument providing solely for the commencement of:
(a) the Act or instrument; or
(b) a provision of the Act or instrument.
Note: Example: A Proclamation providing solely for the commencement of an Act.
compilation, of an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument, is a document showing the text of the Act or instrument:
(a) as amended (if at all) and in force on a day (the compilation date) stated in the document; or
(b) as the Act or instrument would be amended and in force on a day (the compilation date) stated in the document, by amendments that have not commenced, if the document indicates that the amendments have not commenced; or
(c) as the Act or instrument is, or would be, modified by an Act or an instrument, and in force on a day (the compilation date) stated in the document.
Note: See Part 2 of Chapter 2 for the registration of compilations.
compilation date: see the definition of compilation in this section.
disallowable legislative instrument means a legislative instrument to which section 42 applies.
Note: Section 42 provides for the parliamentary disallowance of legislative instruments. Section 42 does not apply to some legislative instruments (see section 44).
discretionary compilation event, for an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument: see section 15Q.
editorial change, in relation to an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument: see section 15X.
enabling legislation, in relation to a legislative instrument or notifiable instrument, means the primary law that authorises the making of the instrument.
explanatory statement for a legislative instrument: see section 15J.
Federal Register of Legislation means the register established and maintained under section 15A.