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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.
> First Parliamentary Counsel means the person appointed to the position of First Parliamentary Counsel under subsection 4(1) of the Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970.
> initial explanatory statement: see section 15J.
> instrument means any writing or other document, and includes an instrument in electronic form.
> legislative instrument: see section 8.
> Note: This term has the same meaning when used in other Acts and instruments: see the definition of legislative instrument in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
> making, in relation to an instrument, means the signing, sealing or other endorsement of the instrument by the person or body empowered to make it.
> modify: see subsection 5(2).
> notifiable instrument: see section 11.
> Note: This term has the same meaning when used in other Acts and instruments: see the definition in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
> Office of Parliamentary Counsel means the office established by subsection 2(1) of the Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970.
> power delegated by the Parliament: an instrument made under a power delegated by the Parliament includes:
(a) an instrument made under a power delegated by the Parliament to a person or body and then, under the authority of the Parliament, further delegated by that person or body to another person or body; and
(b) an instrument that may be made under a power delegated by the Parliament as well as under a power given otherwise by law.
Example: An instrument made under an Act as well as a prerogative power.
> primary law means an Act or an instrument made under an Act, or a provision of an Act or an instrument made under an Act.
> register means register on the Federal Register of Legislation.
> registered law or explanatory statement: see section 15Z.
> repeal, in relation to an instrument or a provision of an instrument, includes revoke or rescind the instrument or provision.
> Note: Section 5 defines amend, for a provision of an instrument, to include the repeal of a provision of the instrument.
> replacement explanatory statement: see section 15J.
> required compilation event, for an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument: see section 15Q.
> responsible person: see section 6.
> rule‑maker: see section 6.
> rules means rules made by the First Parliamentary Counsel under section 61A.
> Note: These rules are legislative instruments. Regulations may also be made for the purposes of this Act (see section 62).
> supplementary explanatory statement: see section 15J.
> text includes any writing.
> Note: See the definition of writing in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.