sec.23AReplacement of body etc.

### sec.23A Replacement of body etc. If— reference is made in a law to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ); and the first thing has been replaced, either generally or in a relevant respect, by another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing ); the reference may be given using the second thing. Subsection (1) has effect according to its tenor, and has that effect despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 35 . If a law provides that reference to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ) is a reference to another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing ), the first thing is taken to have been replaced by the second thing in all appropriate contexts. In subsection (3) — law includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a foreign country. s 23A ins 1992 No. 68 s 3 sch 1 (sec.23A-ssec.1) If— reference is made in a law to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ); and the first thing has been replaced, either generally or in a relevant respect, by another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing ); the reference may be given using the second thing. (sec.23A-ssec.2) Subsection (1) has effect according to its tenor, and has that effect despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 35 . (sec.23A-ssec.3) If a law provides that reference to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ) is a reference to another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing ), the first thing is taken to have been replaced by the second thing in all appropriate contexts. (sec.23A-ssec.4) In subsection (3) — law includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a foreign country. - (a) reference is made in a law to a body, office, person, place or other thing (the first thing ); and - (b) the first thing has been replaced, either generally or in a relevant respect, by another body, office, person, place or other thing (the second thing );