89Automatic repeal of certain laws and provisions

89 Automatic repeal of certain laws and provisions (1) An amending law is automatically repealed on the day after— (a) all of its provisions have commenced; or (b) the last of its provisions that have not commenced are omitted or cannot commence. Example—provision that can no longer commence The ABC Act 2005 includes a provision that amends the XYZ Act 2000. Before the provision commences, the XYZ Act 2000 is repealed. The provision can, therefore, no longer commence.

(2) An appropriation Act is automatically repealed on the last day of the financial year for which it makes appropriations. (3) An amending provision of a law is automatically repealed immediately after all of the amendments and repeals made by it (or to which it relates) have commenced. (4) A commencement provision of a law is automatically repealed immediately after all of the provisions of the law have commenced. (5) A commencement notice is automatically repealed on the day after the day, or the last of the days, fixed or otherwise determined by the notice for the commencement of a law. (6) If an instrument making, or evidencing, an appointment (including an acting appointment) is a legislative instrument, the instrument is automatically repealed— (a) on the day the appointment ends; or (b) if the instrument makes 2 or more appointments that end on different days—on the day the last-ending appointment ends. (7) A repeal under this section has effect for all purposes, including, for example, any other provisions of this chapter about repeals. (8) If apart from this subsection a law would be automatically repealed on a day that is earlier than its notification day, the law is instead automatically repealed on the day after its notification day. (9) In the application of subsection (8) to a statutory instrument that is not a legislative instrument, a reference to the instrument’s notification day is a reference to the day after the day it is made or, if it is required under an Act or statutory instrument to be approved (however described) by the Executive, a Minister or any other entity, the day after the day it is approved.

(10) This section does not limit any other provision of this chapter. (12) In this section: amend does not include modify. amending law means a law that consists only of provisions of the following kinds: (a) for an Act—the Act’s long title; (b) a preamble or recital (however described); (c) a provision about the law’s name; (d) a provision about the law’s commencement; (e) a provision about the purposes of the law or any of its provisions; (f) a provision about the effect of notes; Note A note itself is not part of an Act or statutory instrument (see s 127). (g) a provision providing for the amendment or repeal of a law (including a provision identifying the amended or repealed law); (h) a provision declaring a law to be a law to which section 88 (Repeal does not end effect of transitional laws etc) applies; (i) a provision about the renumbering of a law; (j) a provision authorising or requiring something to be done under chapter 11 (Republication of Acts and statutory instruments).