4The Dictionary

#### 4 The Dictionary 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.