3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act –

Act means an enactment of the Parliament of this State;

current legislative drafting practice means the legislative drafting practice for the time being in use in Tasmania;

database means the database referred to in section 5 ;

law means –

(a) an Act; and

(b) a statutory rule;

made includes enacted;

minor error means –

(a) a typographical error; or

(b) a grammatical error; or

(c) a spelling error; or

(d) an error of punctuation; or

(e) an error in cross-referencing to a provision of a law or other instrument;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 18 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:20 Jun 2013] original Act means an Act on which the Royal Assent has been signified;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 18 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:20 Jun 2013] original statutory rule means a statutory rule containing the signature or seal of the person or body that made the statutory rule;

referential words means any of the words specified in section 4 occurring in conjunction with a number to designate a provision of a law;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 63 of 1997, s. 4, Applied:23 Mar 1998] includes consolidation;