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Reprints Act 1992
sec.29Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.
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### sec.29 Expression of number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity etc.
If a provision of a law expresses a number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity or measurement of a thing, or other matter or idea, (the item ) in a particular way, the item may be expressed in a different way that is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.
‘25’ may replace ‘twenty-five’.
‘ Part 1 ’ may replace ‘Part I’.
‘ Schedule 1 ’ may replace ‘the First Schedule’.
‘1 January 1952’
may replace
‘the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two’.
‘8a.m.’ may replace ‘8 o’clock in the forenoon’.
‘$25000’ may replace ‘twenty-five thousand dollars’.
‘%’ may replace ‘per centum’ or ‘percent’.
‘ Commission means the Licensing Commission;’
may replace
‘ Commission —The Licensing Commission;’.
‘ land includes land covered by water;’
may replace
‘ Land —Includes land covered by water;’.
‘ A means the allocated amount;’
may replace
‘ A represents the allocated amount;’.
‘the Licensing Commission’ may replace ‘The Licensing Commission’
even though ‘The’ forms part of the Commission’s given name.
‘1.61km’ may replace ‘1 mile’
‘any land (the dominant land )’
may replace
‘any land (herein in this section referred to as the dominant land )’.
All persons shall have the same remedies for recovering such apportioned parts as they would have had for recovering such entire portions if so entitled.’
may replace
All persons shall have the same remedies for recovering such apportioned parts as aforesaid as they would have had for recovering such entire portions as aforesaid if entitled thereto.’.
‘Maximum penalty—
in the case of an individual—35 penalty units; or
in the case of a corporation—170 penalty units.’
may replace
‘Penalty: 35 penalty units in the case of an individual;
170 penalty units in the case of a corporation.’.
‘This section does not affect the priority of a lien that is renewed or further renewed under section 13 .’
may replace
‘Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the priority of any lien which shall be renewed or further renewed under the provisions of section thirteen of this Act.’.
‘anything’ may replace ‘any thing’.
‘ registrar means the Registrar of Auctioneers and Agents appointed under this Act, and includes a deputy registrar;’
may replace
‘ registrar means the Registrar of Auctioneers and Agents appointed under this Act. The term includes a deputy registrar;’.
In the following table, an expression in column 1 may be replaced, in appropriate contexts, by a corresponding bolded expression in column 2 or another expression more suitable in the context
Table
Column 1
Column 2
as a result
because
by reason
because
by reason only
merely because
by virtue of
under
firstmentioned
first
forthwith
immediately
hereby
then
in accordance with
under
in lieu
instead
notwithstanding
despite, even though or even if
of its own motion
on its own initiative
pursuant to
under
save
other than
save as prescribed by
subject to
thereafter
afterwards
therefrom
from it
therewith
in the
whereby
under which
‘the direction is taken to have the extended time specified in it’
may replace
‘the direction is taken to have the extended time specified therein’.
‘to bring to the Commission’s notice any matter arising before the Review Committee and to make such recommendations with respect to the matter as it considers appropriate’
may replace
‘to bring to the Commission’s notice any matter arising before the Review Committee and to make such recommendations with respect thereto as it considers appropriate’.
‘another area’ may replace ‘other areas’.
‘In this regulation’ may replace ‘In these regulations’.
‘employer’ and ‘employee’ may replace ‘master’ and ‘servant’.
‘Because—’ may replace ‘Whereas—’.
‘or’ may replace ‘and/or’.
‘chief executive’ may replace ‘Director-General’, ‘Under Secretary’ or a similar title.
Note also that if the replaced terms are defined, the definition of the term may be omitted as redundant under section 39 . See also section 7 (1) (g) for other editorial changes that may be made.
‘ section 10 (2)(a)(i)(A)’ may replace ‘sub-subparagraph (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 10 ’.
In the following provisions, the bolded words may be omitted and the underlined words inserted—
‘(3) Proceedings under the last preceding subsection (2) ...’.
‘(2) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this section subsection (1) ...’.
‘(c) ...as stated in paragraph (b) , or coloured as stated in the said paragraph (b) ;’.
‘ paragraph (a) (i) ’ may replace ‘sub paragraph (a) (i) ’.
‘ paragraph (a) ’ may replace ‘provision (a)’.
‘ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (Cwlth) ’ may replace ‘ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 of the Commonwealth’.
‘ Gaming Act 1850 (NSW) ’ may replace ‘ Gaming Act 1850 of New South Wales’.
‘Insurance premiums— Act , s 20 ’ may replace ‘Insurance premiums (s 20 of the Act ).
‘$2’ may replace ‘£1’.
s 29 amd 1992 No. 68 s 3 sch 1 ; 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1 ; 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1 ; 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch ; 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1 ; 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4
- ‘(3) All persons shall have the same remedies for recovering such apportioned parts as they would have had for recovering such entire portions if so entitled.’
- ‘(3) All persons shall have the same remedies for recovering such apportioned parts as aforesaid as they would have had for recovering such entire portions as aforesaid if entitled thereto.’.
- (a) in the case of an individual—35 penalty units; or
- (b) in the case of a corporation—170 penalty units.’
- 1 ‘(3) Proceedings under the last preceding subsection (2) ...’.
- 2 ‘(2) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this section subsection (1) ...’.
- 3 ‘(c) ...as stated in paragraph (b) , or coloured as stated in the said paragraph (b) ;’.
- 1 ‘ paragraph (a) (i) ’ may replace ‘sub paragraph (a) (i) ’.
- 2 ‘ paragraph (a) ’ may replace ‘provision (a)’.
- 1 ‘ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (Cwlth) ’ may replace ‘ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 of the Commonwealth’.
- 2 ‘ Gaming Act 1850 (NSW) ’ may replace ‘ Gaming Act 1850 of New South Wales’.